The Grit-advocate., 1904-06-17
THIRTY-FIVE GO
FROM VICTOR TO NEW MEXICO.

Strikers Ospored to New Mexico Line
by Order Of General eeii.-AiI Aid
Must Be Through Military Chan.
nsis.
Denver. June ia Victor special
to tho News last night says: Thirty
i've men were deported to-day by the
military. The men were residents OF
different sections of the district. but
mainly lived in Cripple Creek and Vic
tor. There was . large crowd at the
Florence & Cripple Creek depot about
3 O'Clock in the afternoon. But little
excitement or demonstration OF any
kind was made when the trsinload of
deported left shortly after that hour.
| The destination OF the deported men
was given out officially as New Mex
| ico.
| A strong guard OF the local military
will accompany them until they are
finally released The train left Grip
pie Creek at 2'30 o'clock p. N. with
| fourteen prisoners, and after it arrived
here about thirty minutes later twen.
ty-three additional prisoners were
marched from the military bullpen in
Armory hall and placed on the train.
The report that headquarters OF the
| Western Federation of Miners Of Den
yer was about to send 81 900 to the dis
trict to be applied to the support OF
families OF deported miners was dis
cussed to-day by peace commission.
and 1t was decided to recommend to the
officers of the Western Federation OF
Miners that they devote this money to
taking the families to Denver and car
ing for them there.
The following special order was is
sued to-day by Sherman NJ. Bell rela,,
tive to the disposition of the men who
were deported this afternoon:
Upon receipt of this order Lieut..
Col. Leo w. Kennedy, First infantry,
N. G. c.. will proceed by special train
via the Florence & Cripple Creek rail-
way to Canon City. taking with him
| the persons whose names appear on the
lists hereto attached. Upon his arriv-
a. at Canon City he will proceed by the
same special train or such other train
as may be furnished by the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad Company via the
railroads of the said Denver e. Rio
Grande railway to Salida, thence to
Alamosa, thence to the southern boun-
Diary of the state Of Colorado, where he
will deposit the persons whose names
appear upon the annexed lists, seeing
to it, however, that said persons are
deposited upon territory within the
boundary of the state Of Colorado"
Col Edward Verdeckberg comman-
der of the Teller county military dis
trict, tonight issued the following i'm
portant order:
Headquarters Teller County Military
District, National Guard OF Colo
RADIO.
"Victor. Colo. June IA. 1904.
Special Order No. 10
mo organization will be allowed
! while this county Is under military
control to furnish aid in any form to
the members OF any organization or
their families in this county unless the
same is done through military chan
nels. Major Thomas E. McClelland is
provost marshal of this military dis
trict and he stands ready to receive
from any person or organization any
money or other supplies which are for
distribution to any persons rendered
needy by reason of the military occupa-
ton Of this county for the suppression
OF insurrection, and all money and
other supplies so furnished will be ap-
piled to the relief OF the persons above
referred to. (Signed)
EDWARD VERDECKBERG,
Colonel First Infantry, N. G. c., Com
manding Teller County Military Dis
trict In the Absence Of Brigadier
General Sherman NJ. Bell"
The cause for the above order is due
to the fact that since the union gro
Gerry stores in the district were closed
by the military. which occurred one
week ago last Monday. the Western
Federation of Miners. through its Off
cials in Denver. made arrangements
with the grocery house of John Kettel-
sen in this city to furnish supplies to
the destitute or needy families of Min
ers' Union members who were depOrted
from the district. 1t is understood that
any money or other form of supplies
for the union miners here or their FAM
lilies which are furnished by the West
ern Federation will be handled under
the above order.
Preparations are under way here
looking to the eventual abrogation OF
martial law, which it is expected will
occur within one week A large num-
Der of deputy sheriffs will be commits
stoned to take charge of the district un-
der Sheriff Bells direction when mar
tial law is called off, but the number of
deputies is not yet known. A list OF
men to act in that capacity Is being
prepared.