Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-06-11
ASK PRESIDE IT'S AID
Miners at Denv Appeal to
Washington.
VERDICT PLACES CRIME ON THEM
Federation Of Miners Charge Present
Military Control with Outrages ON
Innocent Persons-TeIIer Coun-
~ OmciaIs Are ExiIed.

" O"cAM18 arc EX1kG0s
DENVER, June 1.-THE executive
board of the Western Federation of
Miners has appealed to President
Roosevelt to investigate conditions in
Colorado. Secretary w. d. Haywood
was instructed to send the following
telegram to the president:
"a duty devolves upon you as presi-
dent of the United States to investigate
the terrible crimes that are being per-
petrated in Colorado in the name of
law and order. We will render every
possible assistance to the proper au-
thorities in such investigation to the
end that the people of the country may
realize the outrages that are being in
dicted on innocent persons by those in
temporary official power
1t was further decided that history
Of the labor troubles in Colorado shall
be taken to Washington by an ennis
sary and placed in the presidents
hands.
A Victor report says at the inquest
on the explosion victims several wit
nesses testified to the finding of the
wire with which revolver was dis
charged, exploding the dynamite under
the depot platform.
A sensation was caused by @. g.
Hathaway, a carpenter, who lives
within 300 feet of where the explosion
occurred. He said he hurried to the
place. He met man and asked him
what was the matter, to which he re-
ceived the reply, ooh, nothing; only q
lot of scabs gonelto HE'LL
At that instant witness in stepping
owed gully fell directly on to one Of
the victims. He did not know who the
man was who had used the language,
as it was still dark. but later on heard
him use about the same words to an
other person. He inquired the mans
name and was told that 1t was Joe
Craig.
The inquest tury's verdict says:
.'The jurors upon their oaths do say
that tie victims came to their death
by an explosion of dynamite or other
explosives at the Florence and Cripple
Greek depot at or near the town of In
dependence.
eve further find that said explosive
was exploded by an Internal machine
purposely and artfully set and dis
charged by some persons to the jury
unknown for the purpose Of willfully,
maliciously and feloniously killing and
numbering said persons and others;
that said crime Is one OF similar crimes
designed and committed in the Cripple
Creek district during the past few
months and perpetrated for the pur-
pose of intirnidating nonunion miners
and thereby preventing them from
working and said crimes IRE the result
of conspiracy entered into by certain
members of the Western Federation OF
Miners and known, melted and fur
thered by certain officers Of that organ
iZatiOn."
The following Teller county officials
are exiles from their homes and will
not return to Cripple Greek while the
military is in control, owing to reports
that the citizens committee, which is
cooperating with the military, intend
ed to force them to resign their Offices:
District Judge w. r. Seeds, County
Judge A. s. Frost, County Assessor r.
j. DevRult, County Treasurer d. J.. Nc
Neill, County Clerk F. p Mannix. All
of these oficials except Judge Seeds
are in Denver
A report from Colorado Springs says:
acting under the orders of General
Sherman Bell, special train was
made up at Victor for the deportation
of seventy six union miners. The men
! were marched to the train between
! heavy lines of military and deputies.
The men were put over the Kansas
line, and another party of exiled men
will be sent out OF the district today.
Sixty men confined in the Cripple
Greek bull pen have been taken to the
county jail and charges Of murder
placed against them"