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

CRIPPLE CREEK, Col, June 10
sfARavonets ruled in Teller county last
.nISht. Civil government is suspend
.asd and the only law recognized is the
law of might The law is of the krag-
Ior,rgensen and the winchester.
TWO military expeditions went into
she mountains yesterday. One was
90 the Portland mine, the only union
mine in the vicinity. 1t employed 500
men. They contributed heavily to
the strike fund General Bell de-
sycided to close this mine down because
he said: These men in the Portland
nine have been harboring lawless
$.1rl men. It is a menace to the peace OF
5the community So he sent one
company of Infantry over to it. Man-
z=ager Thomas hoisted the United
states flag. Bell brought his COM
-mand to a halt, sa1uted the stars and
stripes and Thomas surrendered the
mine Under protest the manager
stopped and one hundred deputies
we're left to guard it. The men were
told they could return to work when
:Ihey@ieft their union. His next step
was to order all union men out 81
ahe district General Bells second
expedition made up of infantry and
deputies marched to Gillette late yes
4erday afternoon to arrest some
strikers. I accompanied them. The
expedition was divided into three sec
s7tiens and to prevent careless depu-
.5tiess9or soldiers from firing on cor
respondents tied bands of white rib
bon on the newspaper mems arms.
When three miles from the scene one
Dpened fire on our detachment.
There were two reports; soldiers
sclaimed that the shots were from
Winchesters using smokeless pow
ofIer There were two revolvers USED
100 as puffs of smoke could be seen
rising from two high boulders. The
IDENTITIES and the soldiers depIoyed in
open formation answered the fire and
"a detail charged upon the mountain
side. This put an end to the attack.
One man was seen to plunge out
Z from behind a scrub oak as though
hit. then he disappeared The sol
s5iers searched but could not find him.
They did find rife. Later the dead
body of a man was found shot through
5at1le head. The firing party did not
seem to respect the whole bandases
sand as these ribbons appeared TO
draw fire they were removed. Ihe
party was in little or no danger on
account of the elevation. General
Bell explained that shooting from
such heights the narksman had only
4our 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 Creek bull
pen. Fifty-seven strikers are in this
bu1lpen. 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
about two hundred more are in the
bu1lpen 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 Belis
sterse order. The Editor kyner- OF
the Victor Record, whose plant was
wrecked, has arranged with the Grip
ole Crek Star to have his paper is
no off
The citizens alliance, it is said, no no
titled the Star" that If this was was
done the ..Star" would be wrecked
zThe Star people decline to discuss
this rumor.
The Citizens Alliance is running
the district Its membership sin
scIudes the best people Of the town