The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-11
MARTIAL Law IN
Teller COUNTY
SOLDIERS AGAIN IN CONTROL
AT VICTOR AND NEIGH
BORING TOWNS.
MILITIA ASSISTS IN
MAKING ARRESTS
Gen. Bell in Command-Declares the
Troops Will Shoot If Necessary
Labor Paper Urges That Strike Be
Called Off.

Called Of.
Cripple Creek, COL, June 9-Teller
county is once more under martial law,
and the military is in supreme command.
Adjt. Gen. Sherman M. Bell and staff
arrived in Victor early Wednesday, and
Immediately promulgated military rule
by posting on the door of the armory,
where large number of union men and
sympathizers are imprisoned, Acting
Governor Warren A. Haggott's procla-
nation. Gen. Bell is in command, and
will be assisted by Col. Edward Yer.
deckberg. Two companies of infantry
are on duty, company L, of Victor, and
company H, of this city, both of which
had been called out by the local au-
thorities before martial law was pro-
claimed, and had been assisted in max
ing numerous arrests during the past
two days.
Will Shoot If Necessary.
Gen. Bell said: eve will not bring
any outside troops here, unless the sit
uation becomes worse than it is at pres
ent. These strikers did not appreciate
the treatment we gave them when here
before. No resistance from them will
be tolerated, and, if necessary, they will
be shot down."
Gen. Bell intimated that further de-
portations would be made soon. The
Citizens alliance and the Mine Owners,
who are in control of the camp, and count
upon the continued support of the mill
tary, have determined to deport all idle
men except those against whom informa-
ton charging crimes will be filed.
Declaration of military rule has al
ready had salutary effect. All factions
in the camp are tired of the long-drawn-
out controversy, and are planning a
settlement. That the union miners who
went on strike August 10, 1908, would
be glad to bury the Ratchet is shown by
the publication of two-column edito-
rial in the Victor Record, the mouth
piece of the Western Federation of
Miners, urging that the strike be called
off.
A dispute has arisen over the inquest
on the bodies of the victims of the In
dependence explosion. Coroner James
Doran, who resigned under pressure
brought to bear by the Citizens alliance,
the pressure being a moose around his
neck, according to his statement, now
says that his resignation does not 20,
and that he will hold the Independence
inquest. He has impaneled jury for
that purpose. George Hall, the new cor
oner appointed as Doran's successor, is
also proceeding to conduct an inquest.
Many Union Men Arrested.
In all about 200 union members and
sympathizers have been arrested by the
sheriff and military since Monday.
Twenty-eight of these have already been
deported. The remainder are impris-
oned in the jails, Victor armory and
the Cripple Creek mining exchange hall,
under military guard. The dragnet is
still out, and the "housecleaning," as
the authorities term their proceedings,
continues. Records of the unions have
been seized, whenever found, and are
under examination for the purpose Of
securing evidence showing that the
unions or some of their officers have
participated in or approved of crimes
that have been committed. In addi-
ton to the unearthing of about 30 group
photographs of nonunion workmen in
various mines, which were concealed in
a heap of rubbish in the Victor union
office, it is alleged that in the office of
the Altman union were found quanti-
ties of electrical fuses and batteries to
produce explosions.
Talk of lynching or violence has SUBJ
sided to degree, though if the man
who exploded the Internal machine in
Independence, killing Is men, should
be captured, it is doubtful whether any
force could protect him from
the fury of friends of the murdered men.
The man who killed Roxie MCGEE at
the mass meeting here on Monday has
been positively identified by an eye-wit-
ness of the shooting, and although he
has not yet been captured it is believed
he cannot escape.
More designations.
Three more Victor city officials have
been forced to resign. They are Justice
of the Peace J. P. Thomas and Alder
men J. w. Murphy and ]. J. Tobin. Po-
lice Magistrate Michael Gibbons, who re-
fused to resign, was made prisoner at
the Victor military armory, where many
union miners are also confined.
Frank J. Hangs, leading attorney of
the Western Federation of Miners here,
has been warAed to leave the district.
No further deaths have been reported
among those wounded in the explosion
and riots of Monday
Mayor Gives His Views.
Chicago, June 9.-Mayor Harrison. in