The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-08-27
ANARCHY AGAIN
DEPORTAnONS FROM cPIpp,
CREEK RENEWED.
Many Prominent Residents ~
Out by Citizens Alliance.a.
rangements Were Caref,u.
Planned and systematically Ia,
ried Ont.

OIipplo OTeek, Colo, Aug. 22-Crip.
pie Greek is again in the hands Of tho
Citizens Alliance mob and wholesale
deportations have begun by armed men
on horseback. Among those already
deported' ARE:
j. II. Virgins, formerly president Of
the Civil Carpenters union and Re.
publ van candidate for alderman in
the Fourth ward at the last CITY cleo
ton; M. N. Heimerdinger, one of thu
principal owners Of the Interstate Mer.
camille Company of Butte, Mont 7
w. Hall, heavy stakeholder in the In.
terstate Mercantile Company; M. 7
O'Neill, deputy county clerk; T. H
Parfel, former manager of the Union
Store in this city; Albert Pierce, for
ten years a prominent resident of this
city; Frank Altman, employed by the
Interstate Mercantile Company.
The above men were corraled at va.
rious points in Cripple Creek. When
all had been herded together they were
statred over the hills west of town and
marched toward Florissant under
heavy armed guard.
Work of the Mob.
Just as the men were going ON shifts
at O'Clock they were stopped nd
formed into crowd, which marched
through the streets gathering known
union men and sympathizers together.
practically as prisoners. The first to
beaken was Eugene Engley, former at
torney general of the state and attor.
ney for the union men. Next the
crowd picked up J. c. Cole, former as
sisan district attorney of Teller county,
and Frank. j. Hangs, attorney for the
Western Federation. They then
marched to the store and took John S.
Hall, the manager, from the place.
The crowd then gathered in front of
the court house and waited there for
other union men to be apprehended.
The expressed design of the crowd was
to herd the union men together and
march them ever the hills and out of
the district The statement was made
that conspiracy had been discovered
to commit violence and that the
prompt deportation of union men would
prevent further bloodshed.
Apparently No Disorder.
There was no disorder. Apparently
arrangements for the action of the
crowd had been carefully planned and
everything was carried out without
any hitch.
John S. Hall came to Cripple Creek
two years ago from Butte, representing
the Interstate Mercantile Company,
which has purchased the Union stores
here and at Victor from the Western
Federation of Miners. The store was
closed week ago and the first action
against it was an order issued by the
Citizens Alliance forbidding the news
papers advertising the store and also
forbidding miners to patronize it. The
Interstate Company is a Montana cor
poration and was organized so as to
bring any interference with the stores
into the federl courts. HARRY Helm
erdinger, of Butte, is the father OF the
enterprise and he is now believed to be
in Denver prepared ito ask the federal
court for an injunction restraining any
one from interfering with the store or
its management.
The greatest excitement prevails IN
the district, and the citizens are de-
claring that none of the deported men
shall be allowed to return.