Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-07

CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo, June l.
TWenty-0ne lives at least is the cost
of such Il day of rioting and general
lawlessncss as this section has never
before witnessed.
First at an explosion of dynamite ut
the station platform ut Independence
twelve nonunion miners were killed.
This was succeeded by rioting in the
streets here, in which two men were
instantly killed by revolver shots and Il
dozen wounded.
Following this came an attack upon
the militia, who were called out to
quell the disorders, the dispersal of an
indoor mass meeting of union miners
after the troops already on duty had
fired several vollcys, and the killing of
several more men inside Miners hall.
The reputable residents, supported
by the militia, believe they now hold
the rioters in check. But the streets
of Victor swarm with armed men, and
q pitched battle is not far off. Threats
of lynching are heard Oh every hand,
anu llit NllliliA may w lNhNhNt "hNii
the night shift leaves the mines and
hears of the days disorder.
Thirteen nonunion miners were in
stantly killed and eight or ten others
badly injured by an explosion of dyna-
mite deliberately set off after midnight
at the independence station of the Flor
cnce and Cripple Creek railroad.
The machine that exploded the dyna'
mite was found and apparently indl-
Gates II plot against the %nonunlon mill
ers on the night shift ut the Shurtlcif,
Findlay and Last Dollar mines. These
men had just finished work and were
about to return to their homes. About
forty-five or fifty of them from the
Shurtleff. Findlay and Last Dollar
mines had gathered at the station plat
form, and they were blown into the
air in every direction.
The explosion occurred at the mo-
ment the whistle of the approaching
train was heard.
One mans body, cut in two, was
found 100 yards from the scene of the
explosion. Seven bodies We're laid out
together, and the remnants of others
were secured us fast as possible. On
account of the terrible nature of their
wounds identification was difficult.
Several bodies dropped into the pit
made by the explosion, but heads,
hands. ears, legs. arms and trunks
were strcwn about on all sides. Pieces
of flesh were found on buildings fifty
feet away, while splashes of blood
were found on everything within Il IA
dius of fifty feet. The force of the eX-
plosion was felt throughout the camp.
and the crash awakened everybody.
The approaching train was stopped,
md the %trainincn rushed ahead to the
scene of the disaster They were Joined
in Il few minutes by hundreds of per-
sons, and relief work was begun at
once.
The explosion occurred beneath the
| platform on which they were waiting
for the train, hurting many of then
| high into the air, destroying the al
Joining depot and rending a great mole
i'll the earth.
That the crime was carefully planned
and perpetrated there seems small
cause for doubt. The authorities are III
loss for n clew. There is much excite
ment and talk of burning the perpe
traitors at the stake if caught. Groups
of men carrying clubs are to be seen II
all portions of Independence. The
usual rowdy element is not In evidence
The internal machine which set of
the powder under the platform consist
ed of "A revolver and 800 feet of stee
wire. The revolver was placed under
meath the platform close to the dyna
mite. The other end of the wire was
fastened to Il chair leg. which was
used as Il lever.
The revolver was fastened so that
the pulling of the trigger would no
draw it away. The wire ran from un
der the station platform to the crib
bling of the Delmonico property, abou
400 feet away, where its end was fas
tened to a rung of Il chair. The dyna
mite was placed close to the muzzle o
the revolver, which was discharged b.
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volver and the resultant conclusion eX
ploded the dynamite. A mar was seei
running down the hill from the Del
monico property after the explosion.
1t is supposed that at least 2O
pounds of dynamite must have bee
used to produce such an explosion. Th
station was destroyed. On the groun'
where it stood there is a great hole, Il
if made by an earthquake.
The shock of the explosion was fel
in every direction. The miners VIII
stood on the platform were LITERAL
shot far into the air.
The whole district is aroused owe
the catastrophe.
The Victor militia, under Capital
Moore, is under armS.
City Marshal O'Connell of Victor ha