The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-10

CRIPPLE CREEK, Col, June 10
atBayonets ruled in Teller county last
night. Civil government is suspend
ed and the only law recognized is the
law of might. The law is of the krag-
Jorgensen and the Winchester
Two military expeditions went into
10 the Portland mine, the only union
mine in the vicinity It employed 500
men They contributed heavily TO
the strike fund. General Bell de-
-4cided to close this mine down because
he said: ttThese men in the Portland
mine have been harboring lawless
men It's a menace to the peace of
The community" So he sent one
company of Infantry over to it. Man
ager Thomas hoisted the United
States flag. Bell brought his COM
5mand to a halt, saluted the stars anu
stripes and Thomas surrendered the
mine Under protest the manager
stopped and one hundred deputies
were left to guard it. The men were:
told they could return to work when
they left their union. His next step
was to order all union men out Il
the district. General Bells second
expedition made up of infantry and
deputies marched to Gillette late yes
3erday afternoon to arrest some
strikers. accompanied them. The
expedition was divided into three sec
tions and to prevent careless depu-
ties or soldiers from firing on cor
respondents tied bands of white 'r1b-
bon on the newspaper mems arms.
When three miles from the scene one
opened fire on our detachment
There were two reports; soldiers
claimed that the shots were from
5TWinchesters using Smokeless pow
der. There were two reyolvers used
too as puffs of smoke could be seen
rising from two high boulders. The
deputies and the soldiers deployed in
sopen formation answered the fire and
detail charged upon the mountain
side This put an end to the attack.
ssOne man was seen to plunge out
from behind a scrub oak as though
hit, then he disappeared. The sol
sliers searched but could not find him.
They did find rifle Later the dead
body of a man was found shot through
the head. The firing party did not
seem to respect the whole bandaSes
and as these ribbons appeared TO
draw fire they were removed. the
party was in little or no danger on
account of the elevation. General
Bell explained that shooting from
such heights the marFsman had only
sour heads to aim at. Even then the
whizzing of the projectiles was not
the most pleasing sensation in the
world.
The Geneva convention should
have recognized the white bands
scheme.
At Gillette about twenty-five
strikers were rounded up and
brought to the Cripple Greek bull
pen Fifty-seven strikers are in this
buIl=pen. 1t is the flood of the stock
exchange. A dozen armed guards
sit in the balcony, with riot guns in
hands. The mountain Jail holds
about two hundred men. At Victor
s about two hundred more are in the
bullpen and squads of soldiers and
deputies are bringing in more every.
hour Twice in two days carloads of
these men were sent to Denver. DE
port the harmless ones and hold the
traitors for trial. is General Bells
terse order The Editor Kyner, Of
the Victor Record, whose plant was
wrecked, has arranged with the Grip
pie Crek Star to have his paper is
sued from that office.
The citizens alliance, it is said, no.
titled the STAR that if this was
done the Star would be wrecked.
THE Star people decline to discuss
I this rumor.
The Citizens Alliance is running
the district Its membership In
.cIudes the best people Of the #tow m,