Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-08
MILITARY UNDER ARMS
COLORADO SITUATION RECEIV-
ING CLOSE OFFICIAL ATTENTION.
Union Men Deported - Statement OF
Federation Of Miners-Mine oWn-
ers After Dynamiters.

says:
Acting Gov. Hargott is considering the
question of declaring martial law in Teller
county. He said tonight that he had writ
ten a proclamation for that purpose but
was holding it back. pending further ad-
vices on the situation there. He lntlmateo
that the proclamation would probably be
published within few hours. The COVER
nor said that two companies of militia were
already under arms in the Cripple Creek
district, having been called out by the local
peace officers. His latest advices were that
no further disturbance had occurred In the
camp. He did not know, he said. that the
authorities had arranged to deport all union
miners.
Adjt. Gen. Bell and six of his National
Guard left Denver for Cripple Creek to-
night Gen. Bell said he was going up
merely to size up the situation 1t is
probable that the martial law proclamation
will be issued on his arrival at Cripple
Creek
A dispatch from Cripple Creek last night
says:
Apart from a few small fights In connec-
ton with the rounding up and arrestlng or
union miners, no outbreak has occurred in
this district today Two local militia COM
panies and small army of armed deputies,
under Sheriff Edward Bell. are in full con-
troll of the camp. Though there has been
no turbulence today. there is an undercur-
rent of feeling which bodies ILL.,
Miners Authorize a Statement.
A dispatch from Victor last night says:
The local committee Of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners has authorized the Asso-
ciated Press to say that they deplore the
dynamiting at Independence. The following
civ nv tonight.
mo men who deserve to live would or
could approve the awful deed. The fiends
who planned and carried out the devilish
crime should be detected and punished to
the full extent of the law The crime must
be unearthed and the perpetrators pun
ished. The committee and all local men,
bers of the Western Federation of Miners
are ready and willing to assist in uncover
ing the guilty ones and will use every
deavor to assist the authorities in their eff
forts: and we herewith tender the services
of all our members. We will also join in
Offering a suitable reward for the arrest
and conviction of the guilty persons
Union Miners Deported.
dispatch from Colorado Springs last
night says: A special train consisting OF
an engine and two coaches, bearing fifty
union miners deported from Cripple Creek
by the citizens, passed through this city to-
night. 1t was going at the rate of thirty
miles an hour and did not stop here. The
first was empty and the second car had
all the blinds drawn and armed guards
were on the platform. The police and
sheriff's officers here were determined not
to let the depOrted men stop here, and ar
engagements were made with the railroad to
carry them past this city. 1t Is presumed
they are headed for Denver. About 800
people were at the station to the train
pass through, but there was no demonstra-
ton.
Mine Owners Collecting Evidence.
A dispatch from Denver last night says:
While the Victor miners union has de-
nounced the dynamite outrage of yesterday,
and the convention Of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners, in session here, has express
ed Indignation over It, and talks of offering
reward for the perpetrators, damaging
evidence of the guilt of union men is being
gathered by the Mine Owners Association
and the authorities at Victor. All the
books and records of the union were search
ed when the hall was raided yesterday, and
among the archives was quantity of pho
tographS of non-unfOn men who have been
employed in the mines of the district since
the strike began last fall Some Of these
photographs are peculiarly marked, and
these are Of the men who were dynamited
yesterday, many who were shot or beaten
at various times and a large number who
have disappeared
1t has developed that nearly half of the
miners now at work in the district are
union men who have deceived the mine
owners, and these men, whose names We're
gathered from the unions books seized at
Victor will not only lose their employment
but will be depOrted from the district if the
mine owners and Citizens Alliance have
their way. 1t will require vigorous action
by the authorities to prevent bloody clashes
not only tonight and tomorrow. but in the
more distant future as the foul plots for
murder and other outrages are unearthed
and their participants brought to light by
the searching investigation now under way.
Gov. Peabody Returns to Colorado.
A dispatch from st. Louis last night says:
Gov. James H. Peabody of Colorado left for
Colorado today at 2:15 pm. over the Bur-
lington road Up to the time Of his de-
parture Gov Peabody received numerous
kilograms from the Colorado authorities
apprising him of the situation in the dis
turbed districts.