The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-09
ONE UNION MINER
LOSES HIS LIFE.
Militia That Went We're Commanded
by General Bell.
RUM0RS OF EFFORT
TO FREE PRISONERS
Report Came That Two Hundred and
Fifty Organized Men Would 60
to the Ball Pen and Re-
lease Comrades.

Victor. Colo. June "a pitched bat
tie betweeR the military and union
miners was fought at DuncanviIle, the
new mining camp thirteen miles out OF
Victor. shortly after o'clock wednes-
day afternoon. John CorIey. a union
miner. was killed. The troops returned
60 Victor at 8 o'clock in the evening
bringing with them fourteen eaptives
II was reported before the special
train left Victor for Dunnville. bearing
the force under Genera Bell. that the
miners ia the hills about Dunnvilie
numbered about ESQ men and that 1;
was their intention to march into Vic-
tor tonight in a body and attempt &c
liberate by force the inmates Of tha
temporary bull PEI. at Victor. The force
actually consisted OF but twenty-one
men, IN the Statement, OF one OF the
number that was taken captive The
train proceeded to the Immediate vicin-
ity % Duuuviiie without unusual Incl
dent When about s. quarter Of "a mile
distant from the Dunnviils temporary
station the officers could see ne camp
Of the miners. IL Included ore Ga bin
and six or seven tents. The officers lefc
the train at the command Of General
Bell and prepared to advance CA the
camp ~ the unipnists Ia regular skir~
misa order As they emerged from the
cut where the train had come TO 4 stop
they we're greeted with a voiley al
shots which came from the points ~
va8tage 10 the surrounding hills THE
deputies returned the FIRE to the best
advantage possible and prontscuou~
shooting was engaged ga for period Il
ten rnjHttes.
Prom The character ef the shooting
from the hills, General Bell realized the
fact thAt th@ strength - the miners
bad been greatly over estimated AMI
that he had SUFFICIENT under his coin
naHd - make an immediate roundup
and capture the entire opposing force.
Accordingly he dlvlaea Jbs aeput{ez
and hts command ro ra4k@ an Imuedi-
ate roundup and ga ptur~ the entire OPP
posing force Accordingly he divided
the deputies and soldiers IN seven de-
tac Hrnast~ and these set out 90 rpake
- t"hs@tE bstfh+ Att@tt 7tA' t"h Hft we @At
rounding hills TsU W~ga taken prison
ere several being released later
buuN{lie apraug suIe prominence last
week when b. was said that enormous
amounts - frse gold had been disfov
Erred there. This was followed bv ea
immediate rush to thv place uy unloH
Fusu Wao declared tnat aa others SHOULD
be permitted In tbe eemp All others
were barred Hut tb- camp WAS ~
mushroom growth and tne thuusan BE-
who ~u~awp~d there iu the nfat tva
DAYS - SIS existence dwirIleJ away fa
nfty or hundred dsv General 1901
has expressed the opinion that the
camp was nothing but 90 3~cov and
would bee used by The miners ss base
81 operation.
A s~eona hat5le was fought Sse.a
soldiers s*rt on horseback 90 Zig HiH.
two miles east ~ Victor to arrest uuln1
miners foaud them iutreue he'd The
men refused fo surrender ard ire so}5-
iers opened IRE over 200 shots were
fired
Miners opened ere on tho soldiers
as soon re- they Vaw fbem counting
W The hiI Ne ore was injured Seven
men w~fe captured by the guards aui
taken - Cripple Greek