The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-11
ASK AID OF
PRESIDENT
Colorado Miners Appeal to
Washington.
OFFICIALS ARE EXlLES.
Federation Lays Blame Of Recent
Ontrases Upon the Military
Control.
OFFICIALS ARE EXILES.

DENVER. June 1.-THE executive
board of the Western Federation Of
Miners has appealed to President
Roosevelt to investigate conditions in
Colorado. Secretary w. u. Haywood
was instructed to send the following
telegram to the president:
"A duty deyolves upon you as presi-
dent of the United States to investigate
the terrible crimes that are being per-
petrated in Colorado in the name of
law and order. We will render every
possible assistance to the proper au-
thorities I'm such investigati ton to the
end that the people of the country may
realize the outrages that are being in
ficted on innocent persons by those in
temporary otIicialpowcr."
II was further decided that a history
of the labor troubles in Colorado shall
be taken to Washington by an ennis
sary and placed in the presidents
hands.
1t also was voted to appeal President
Meyers habeas corpus case to the
United States supreme court.
y Victor report says at the inquest
on the explosion victims several wit
nesses testified TO the finding of the
wire with which a revolver was dis
charged, exploding the dynamite under
the depot platform.
ArthEr Beard, a boy, told of finding
Il bulldog revolver near the scene of
the crime.
a sensation was caused by c. c.
Hathaway, a carpenter, who lives
within 300 feet Of where the explosion
occurred. He said he hurried to the
place. He met man and asked him
what was the matter, to which he re-
ceived the reply, "Oh, nothing; only
lot of scabs gone TO hell"
At that instant witness in stepping
owed a gully fell directly on to one of
the victims. He did not know who the
man was who had used the language,
as 1t was still dark, but later on heard
him use about the same words to an
other person. He inquired the mans
name and was told that it was Joe
Craig.
The inquest jury's verdict says:
The jurors upon their Oaths do say
that the victims came to their death
by an explosion of dynamite or other
explosives at the Florence and Cripple
Creek depot at or near the town Of In
dependence.
1--WE further find that said explosive
was exploded by an Internal machine
purposely and artfully set and dis
charged by some persons to the jury
unknown for TIE purpose of willfully,
maliciously and feloniously killing and
numbering said persons and others;
that said crime is one of similar crimes
designed and committed in the Cripple
Creek district during the past few
months and perpetrated for the pur-
pose Of lntlmidating nonunlon miners
and thereby preventing them from
working, and said crimes are the result
Of conspiracy entered into by certain
members of tie Western Federation of
Miners and known, melted and fur
thered by certain officers of that organ
ization."
The following Teller county officials
are exiles from their homes and will
not return to Cripple Greek while the
military is In control. owing to reports
that the citizens committee. which ia
cooperating with the military, intend
ed to force them to resign their Offices:
District Judge ". p. Seeds, County
Judge A. s. Frost, County Assessor P.
]. Devault, County Treasurer d. J. Nc
Neil, County Clerk F. P. Mannix. All
of these officials except Judge Seeds
are in Denver.
~ have not been asked for my resig-
nation" said Judge Frost "but have
heard that members Of the mob which
has taken control OF the AFFAIRS of the
county are after me as well as the
other county officers. / shall stay In
Denver until after the militia has been
withdrawn from the district have
no idea Of resigning but 1t Is impossi-
BILE to do business properly and orderly
in Cripple Greek - = S~(
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