The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-11
APPEAL To PRES|-
DENT ROOSEVELT
lawless Ilement Have Fled
and further Disturbance
Not Anticipated

Denver, Colo, June 1.-THE execu-
tive board of the Western Fede. alton
OF Miners decided yeste. day to appeal
To +. esident Roosevelt to invest gaze
the conditions in Colorado. Sec etaIy
w. d. Haywood was instructed to send
the following teleg. am:
Hon. TEeodo.e Roosevelt, Washing.
ton, d. c.
"A d Ity devolves upon you as Pre-
ident of the United States TO lnvestl-
gate the terrible crimes that are being
perpetrated In Colorado In the. name
of law and order. We viii render ev.
efy possible ass stance to the prope
authorities in such investigation TO the
end that the people of the count may
realize the outrages that are being In
fiicted on innocent persons by those
I'm ten perary official power
Signed w. G. HAYWOOD.
Secretary"
1t was further decided that his
tory OF The labor troubles In Colorado
shall be taken to Washington by an
EN- ssary and placed in the p. esidents
hands.
II was also voted to appeal President
Meyers habeas corpus to the United
States sup eme Court.
Cripple Greek. Colo. June 10.-The'
excitement and disc der Throughout
this district resulting from the terri
bic dynamite outrage at independence
last Monday by VIII ch over twenty mei
were killed and crippled a gradua:
subsiding ard an attempt is being
made today to restore normal cond-
tons. Work was resumed this morning
al some mines employing non unio:.
men which had been closed since Mon
day. the independence. owned
by an English company. being the FIRST
To reopen.
The Portland mine is closed by oTdsr
of General She man NJ. Bell, IN lita
commander. and its 400 employees viii
be compelled, General Bell has sa a. Il
abandon the union of leave the distric,
Employees in all b anches of busl-
ness In this city. without an exception
so far as yet canvassed. have signec
the agreement prepared by the Citi
zens' Alliance mot TO employ help OF
any kind that is IN any way connected
with the district trades assembly. o
tie State Federation of Labor. the
Anne. lean Labor Union or the West
ein Federation of Miners, or any KIN
dred organization"
Committees today continued making
a house Ia house and sto4e to stotv
canvass. many times letracing thei
steps If d proprietos or partner hap
pened TO be oui al the rst visit.
This agrerIurai Of the proprietors
has caused CONSERVATION among the
clerks and employees In shops anu
stores who are members of the retail
clerks. BARRIERS. carpenters, barten-
ders. cooks and waite.s and othei
unions, as all viii have TO resign L.
huid Their positions.
The union cards which have beer
demanded in III camp In order |,
t.ansact business VIII no longer b
neeessa3 Yin fact. II is intended tha,
the ca d sEail be sur endered as soou
as the committees report can De actec
on.
The present scale of wages viii pre-.
vail aud individual unions will be tol
Grated. II is conceded. If they are cor
Quoted on conservative Ines and d
not give aid directly or indirectly To
the Western Federation Of Miners.
This warfare against unions as at
present organized and associated viii
be extended. promote OF the move
ment say to every city and town In
the district.
The authorities now in control of
affairs declare that there has not beer,
a time for months when life and prop.
erty were safer than they are today
The streets are quiet and as those who
are believed to have been the lawless
element have fed or a g imp isonei
nobody anticipates further disturb
ances.
The search for agitors and criminals
stll goes on. Many persons arrestec
have been released W tn q word OF 2au-
tion or adv ce after being examined
by the military provost marshalor the
citizens cou. of Investigations