Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-06-09
UNION MINERS MURDER WORK.
MEN AND FIGHT SOLDIERS.
MANY KILLED AND INJURED
Exploded Dynamite Beneath station
Kills and Mansles- Soldiers Called
and Battle With Angry Moo-Sher.
IN and City Marshall Removed
Anarchy Breaks Out Atresh,

Anarchy Breaks Out Afresh,
Cripple Greek, Colo, June 7--Thir.
teen men were killed by the explosion
of an internal machine at the railroad
station in Independence yesterday, and
, several others were seriously injured.
Eleven men were killed outright, and
one died later from his wounds. All
the Killed and injured, with the excep-
! ton Of two men from the Deadwood
mine, were non-union miners employed
on the night shift of the Findley mine,
The men had quit work at . a. m. and
Were waiting to board a suburban train
on the Florence 4 Cripple Creek rail.
road and return to their homes in Grip
PIE Geek and Victor Just after the en-.
glneer of the approaching train blew
his whistle. as a signal to the miners,
a terrific explosion occurred under.
meath the station platform, on and near
which &c men We're gathered, The
platform was blown into splinters. the
station wrecked and a hole 20 feet In
circumference and about MS many feet
in depth was torn in the ground,
Fragments of bodies were hurled
through space for several hundred feet
and later picked up still Quivering
Some bodies dropped lGto the pit made
by the explosion. but hoads, hands,
ears legs, arms and trunks were
strewn about on all sides. Pieces of
flesh were found on buildings 500 feet
away, and blood stained everything
within a radius of 50 feet The crew
of the approaching train were the first
men to reach the scene OF the disas.
ter They were Joined in few min
utes by hundreds OF persons Aand the
relief work was begun at once. A
special train was sent from Cripple
Creek carrying physicians, nurses, of.
ficers and many others but when It
reached Independence the injured had
already been removed to the hospital
in Victor.
Dead;
Gus Augustine, aged Is; has brother
living in GAINESVILLE.
Arthur Muhleise
Henry Haag
Alexander MCLanc.
Charles r Barber.
Herbert Mccoy
]. H. .Hartsell
William Shanklin.
L. Kelso, married
w. w Delaney.
Edward Ross.
Il. II. Johnson, formerly of Little
Horse. Wyo.
The internal machine with which the
diabolcal work was done consisted of
a quantity of dynamite, estimated Mt
100 to 800 pounds, loaded revolver
and long, slender steel wire attached
to the trigger The wire ran from IN.
der the station TO the cribbing of the
Delmonico property, about 400 feet
away, where It's end was fastened TO
the rung of a chair. The dynamite
was placed close to the muzzle Of the
revolver which was discharged by pull.
ing the wire when the engineer blew
his whistle A Lall from the revolver
exploded the dynamite.
Sensational Developments.
A man was seen running down the
hill from Delmonicos after the explo.
sion. Victor troops who were ordered
out by Mayor French, were so sta.
toned as 10 keep the people from
passing over the path taken by this
man and blood hounds were sent from
Canyon City and Trinidad for the pur.
pose of trailing the assassin. The In
fernal machine used was similar 10 the
one exploded in the indicator mine
November q, 1903. killing two men.
Without giving any explanation Sheriff
Robertson resigned and Edward Bell,
member Of the citizens alliance, has
been appointed TO succeed him City
Marshall O'Connell Of Victor swore in
a large number Of special policemen,
who are patrolling the streets with
shot guns. OConnell was afterwards
suspended by Mayor French and Major
Naylor appointed provisional marshal.
Union miners have armed them
selves and declare they will resist any
attempt to run them out OF town.
Victor. Colo June Rioting
troke out in this city yesterday after
noon while a mass meeting was being
held 10 discuss the explosion at indie
pendence Forty shots were fired
into a crowd in the street One man
was killed and six ersons al least IN.
jnred
Dead:
II. MCGEE. Of Victor shot through
heart
Injured:
William Hoskins and Alfred Miller
both Of Golddeld. may d!e
Secretary Hamlin Of the mine own.
els association. concluding short
address. said
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