Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-08

MULLEN, ARTHUR. 35.
MILAN, ELECK. shift boss.
BARBER, CHARLES e.
MCCOY. HERBERT.
SHINKLIN, L. s., eager.
BERKELEY, .
bAEANo, wi /; Il
ROSS, EDWARD.
KELSO, e.
List of the Injured.
The following is a partial list Of the
injured
Phil Chandler. ankle broken.
J. A. Bodice, face and head badly in
jured
Clarence Allen, leg broken
John Garvey, legs broken.
Edward Holland. both legs broken.
John II. st. Clair.
j. A. Becker.
John Police.
Mccoy was taken from the ruins alive,
but died in the Victor hospital.
Eight men are lying at the Victor and
Red Cross hospitals fatally injured.
On account of the terrible nature of
their wounds, Identification was difficult.
families.
Describes the Catastrophe.
Charles Rector of the Shurtloff mine
about fifty or sixty Of u.s." he said, wait
ing for our train, which was coming up
the track a few hundred feet distant. A
number of miners, who had not yet
reached the depot, were running toward
it with their dinner buckets III hand. The
train approached the depot at moderate
rate and the crowd on the platform began
to move around to secure points Of van
tage IN getting aboard as soon as the train
stopped. At this moment an explosion
occurred right under our feet. The i'm
pact shook the buildings in the town and
everything became absolutely dark. A
few moments later the groans of the in
jured were heard and people came run
ming from residences and stores to the
scene. l was uninjured The depot,
platform and the surrounding objects
were rent Into splinters.
The Work of Rescue.
'The work Of rescue was begun at
once. Six badly wounded miners were
picked up at different points near tn e
scene and were quickly. carried to the
train and sent TO Victor. The dead were
found after much difficulty. There was
almost total darkness in the vicinity
1.-THE train was in charge Of Engineer
W. w. Rush and Fireman James Gard
ner. who escaped unhurt.
The train consisted of two large pas
senger coaches and was without passen-
gers, as this was the first trip of the
morning, and independence was the first
station where passengers were expected.
Premeditated Murder.
cit is supposed that at least 200
pounds Of dynamite must have been used
to produce such an explosion. The depot
was entirely destroyed. The ground on
which it stood shows a great cash as if
an earthquake had torn up the country
and left this yawning cavity to remind
the people OF Il great upheavaI The i'm
pact Of the explosion was felt in every
direction. The miners who stood on the
platform were literally shot into the air.
''The theory Of an accident is secuted
by everyone. 1t was premeditated MUIR
der"
Troops Have Been Withdrawn.
Although the strike Of union miners in
the Cripple Creek district, which began
August 10, 1908, and which led to the
declaration Of martial law in Telluride
county by Gov. Peabody, is still in effect,
,, good order has been maintained for the
! past six months and military rule has
been suspended and all troops withdrawn.
The mine owners, with the exception of
the Portland company, claim to have as
many men working as they need and they
require all miners to renounce allegiance
tC the Western federation before giving
luen eulpIoy ueHl.
Union Committee Pays Visit.
! A committee appointed by the west
ern federation, now in session at Denver,
to investigate the situation in the district
visited the camp last week. Charles III.
Meyer, president of the fedora ton, is in
jail at Telluride, which is under martial
law, being held as a military prisoner
by Gov. Peabody, who charges him with
melting instruction and rebellion. Tel
| lurlde is in southwestern Colorado and
| is about 400 miles from Cripple Creek.
| The strikes in the metalliferous mines of
Colorado were ordered by the executive
| board of the Western Federation of Min
| ers for the purpose of cutting off the
ore supply Of mills and smelters
at which, an eight-hour day was refused
| to the employees.
Most of the killed and injured were
| non-union miners employed on the Find
| lay mine, which is controlled by A. r.
Carleston, president Of the First National
bank, & man prominent IN the councils
of the Cripple Creek Mine Owners asso-
citation.
; Militia Sent Home.
Hanging Rock, O., June 6.-Orders
were received by Col. Thompson today
from Adjt.-Gen. Critchfeld relieving the
soldiers from further duty and ordering
them to their home armories. By 8
o'clock this afternoon the four companies
| will have left Hanging Rock. The sheriff
thinks he can keep order now that every
one in the village has been disarmed.