Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-09
TOWN OF VICTOR NAY BE
BURNED BY THE RIOTERS
bull pen. All wealthy mine owners
are carrying guns.
A Spectator Is Killed.

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After the first excitement cleared
away the injured and dying were gath
cred up. R. McGee, Of Victor, who
an embankment thirty feet above the
an innocent spectator.
A pitched battle is looked for at any
moment. There are 5000 men on the
streets and union men are arming
themselves and lined up on corners Of
Fourth, and Victor avenues.
Attack Troops; Miners Slain.
Denver Col, June 7.-Adjutant Cen
eral Bell has been informed by tele-
phone from Victor that an attack was
made late yesterday afternoon on Min
ers' union hall by a squad of soldiers.
Major Taylor sent guards to aid in
quelling the disturbance on Fourth
street. When the soldiers swung into
Fourth street they were fired upon
from houses on both sides of the
street. They returned the fire and
raced on at 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 windows of the
hall. The doors of the building had
been left open and dozen guardsmen
fired into the hall as fast as they could
work their guns. After few volleys
the order to take the place by assault
was given and they jumped in. TWAS
reported to General Bell that num-
Der Of men were killed, but none of
the guardsmen were injured.
Capture of 175 Prisoners.
Denver June Z. - A special to the
News says that no one was killed in
the attack on Miners hall. but four
persons were shot in the legs. Soldiers
stationed in the streets and on the
roofs of buildings across the street,
fired yolleys through the windows OF
union hall. After exhausting their am
munition in return fire, the miners
marched down stairs with hands up
and bearing white flag. They werf
surrounded by soldiers and ESCORT
to the bull pen. From all accounts,
about ITS men are now held in the
military prison.
Appoint Investigating Committee
Denver, Col, June T. - The Western
Federation of Miners has appointed G.
|C. Mitchell of South Dakota, G. Ma
honey of Montana, and Henry l.. Lane
of Nevada, to investigate the dynamite
outrage at Cripple Creek. Instructions
were to make the investigation thor.
ough and spare no ne.
Dead Were Nonunion Men.
Most Of the killed and injured were
nonunion men employed at the Find
lay mine, which is controlled by A. 3.
Carleton, who is prominent in the coun-
ellis Of the Cripple Creek Mine Owners
association.
| Explosion Nicely Timed. S
The conspirators evidently did not
wish to kill or injure any Of the train
crew. When within seventy-five feet
of the depot the engine whistle sound
ed as signal for the men at the repot
to get ready to board the train and to
warn any laggers to make haste. This
whistle was the death signal, for no
sooner had the shrill blast sounded
than muffied roar was heard and the
mountain trembled as if rocked by an
earthquake. The train, which was
running very slowly, was brought to a.
sudden stop and the members of the
train crew ran hastily forward They
were horror stricken at the sight that
greeted their eyes, Portions Of human
bodies were scattered over the right Of
way, and in twenty-foot hole made
| by rhe explosion were found several
skulls, arms, legs, and hands, and
every object within a radius of fifty
feet from the hole was despatched
with blood.