Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-06-10
WORK OF INTERNAL MACHINE.
Without Warning Death Cane to IL
Miners at independence, Col.
DEADLY RIOTING AT VICTOR. COL.
Storm of Bullets Broke Up Mass
Meetlng-one Man Was Killed
and Six Persons Injured
Militia Fired Upon.

Twelve men were killed and seven
were severely wounded Monday by
the explosion of an internal machine
at the railroad station in Independ-
ence. Eleven men were killed out
right, being blown to pieces, and one
died later from his wounds. All the
killed and injured, with the exception
of two men from the Deadwood mine,
were non union miners employed on
the night shift Of the Findlay mine.
The internal machine with which
the murder was committed consisted
of quantity of dynamite, probably
800 pounds, loaded revolver and a
long, fine steel wire attached to the
trigger The revolver was fastened
so that the pulling of the trigger
would not draw it away.
The men quit work at o'clock in
the morning and were waiting to
board a suburban train on the Flor
ence G. Cripple Creek railroad to re-
turn to their homes in Cripple Creek
and Victor.
Just after the engineer of the ap-
preaching train blew the whistle as a
signal to the miners, according to the
custom, terrific explosion occurred
underneath the station platform, on
and near which 26 men were gathered.
The platform was blown into splint-
ers, the station was wrecked and a
hole 20 feet in circumference and 20
feet in depth was torn in the ground.
Fragments of bodies were hurled
several hundred feet.
Several bodies dropped into the pit
made by the explosion, but heads,
hands, ears, legs, arms and trunks
were strewn about on all sides.
Pieces of flesh were found on every
thing within a radius of SO feet. The
force of the explosion was felt
throughout the camp and the crash
awakened everybody. The approach
ling train was stopped and the train
men rushed ahead to the scene of the
disaster.
Amputations have been performed
on few of the wounded and it is al
most certain that several of them will
die.
Without explanation and with a
suddenness that caused great sur
prise, Sheriff Henry NJ. Robertson on
Monday afternoon resigned his posi-
tion and Edward Bell was named to
succeed him by the county commits
sioners. Bell is member of the Citi-
zens Alliance.
Among the mines that have already
closed down are the Stratton Inde-
pendence, the Last Dollar, Theresa
and the Shurtleff. These properties
employed nearly 1000 Een.
Denver, June THE Western Fed
Grafton of Miners will investigate
the dynamite outrage at Independ-
ence. At the session of the fedora
tion's convention yesterday a COM
mittee was appointed to go to the
Cripple Creek region to make a thor
ough investigation of the affair and
to spare no one in its report.
Victor, Col, June deadly rioting
broke out in Victor Monday afternoon
lille mass meeting was being held
discuss the murder of IL non union
Cminers by means of an internal ma
chine at Independence. Forty shots
were fired into a crowd in the street
R. MCGEE, of Victor, was shot dead
and at least six persons were injured.
Soldiers have already arrested
three editors and printers of the
Daily Record.
Denver, June 7.-Adjt. Gen. Bell
has been informed from Victor that
an attack was made Monday after
noon on Miners Union hall by a
squad of soldiers. Maj. Naylor sent
guards to aid in quelling the disturb
ance on Fourth street. When the
uniformed men swung into Fourth
street they were fired on from
houses on both sides of the street.
They returned the fire and raced on
at a double quick until they were
near Miners Union hall. At that
point the mob scattered and as the
soldiers halted several shots were
fired at them from the windows of
the hall.
The doors Of the building had been
left open and a dozen guardsmen
fired into the hall as fast as they
could work their rifles. After a few
volleys the order to take the place by
assault was given and they jumped
, in. 1t was reported to Gen. Bell that
a number of men were killed, but
none of the guardsmen were injured.
Ground to Pieces by Car.
New York, June Frank ].