Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-11
c.re Dumped Down on the Plains
Of Kansas and Told to Hike
To the East.
TROOPS THEN FIRED A VOlLtY
A., Men, Practically Destitute were
Left to Make Their Way as
Best They Gould.
CIV. BAILEY OF KANSAS TALKS
II They Come to Kansas as Peaceful
,ad Law Abiding Citizens Looking
for Work, They VIII be Welcome

And Law ABIDING ''''N'"o N''s
for Work, They viii be Welcome
n.o,or colo. June ia special 70
80 Past from Holly, colo.' says
"" wan a parting volley Of rife bullets
o..a aver their heads by the militia ana
1..nnes TO warn them to hike east
'p.,5 as fast as their legs could carry
- and never again set foot on COL
osdo soil 81 union miners from the
C,rn,o creek district We're unloaded
s.,m special Santa Fe train on the
,,.,rio mis- morning, one half mile from
,bs Colorado-Kansas state line ana
len 10 shift for themselves. The exlles
woro disembarlSed in haste and without
'oremony The guards and deputies
,'ore tred out and IN III humor FROM
wolr long tedious trip from the Teller
connty gold camp and were in no moou
~ oytend any special courtesies OF
Madness TO their unfortunate charges
hurry Up THERE!'
oHurrv up there, you fellows cried
1,eut cole. when the train stopped III
1be midst Of the alkall sand dunes that
Io, the prairie IN the vicinity or tue
EASTERN mart of Prowers county, near
the Kansas line.
I'VE haven't got time to waste out
here" and no time was wasted. Inc
snecial which consisted Of an engine,
continuation baggagecar and smoker,
md TWO day coaches, had no sooner
come to a standstill than the car doors
were unlocked and thrown open and the
order given by Lieut.. Cole for the exiles
to eaye the train,
STEP LIVELY. YOU FELLOWS"
Step lively. you fellows, step lively"
sdmonished Deputy Benton, who was
IN command OF the civil force of the
expedition, and In less time than II
takes TO tell Il. the three cars were
empued of their unfortunate and un-
willing passengers and was started on
It's way back 10 La Junta,
DUMPED ON PRAIRIE,
The men were dumped on the cheer
less prairie without food or water, for
the soldiers and deputies, In their haste
70 gel home, had forgotten TO unload
the small stock OF Commssary supplies,
ihe train carried when 1t left Victor
yesterday afternoon. The eXiles were
0 cheerless lot, indeed
Without even light and miles from
the nearest habitatiOn, they huddled
together IN groups on either side of
the Santa Fe track and discussed their
plight
MEMS SPIRIT BROKEN.
Warned TO move eastward on pain Of
being re-arrested and severely handled,
and notified by the Kansas authorities
that they would not be allowed TO seek
refuge In that state, the spirit OF the
men broke Many Of them walked back
westward on the railroad to Holly, the
salvation Army settlement I'm Colorado,
Where the charitable inhabitants pro-
Nlded breakfast for them Some OF
Colo
MET BY SHERIFF.
a special from Coolidge Kan. the
hrst station east Of the state line. says
Nlhely-0ne miners were unloaded
tpout three miles west OF Coolidge OF
10Y ms morning. They We're accom-
panied by % militia men. Sheriff Jack
nfauy ana 40 deputies OF Hamilton
county We're az the state line To pre-
,eut lhe deported men from entering
N1uSas. When the train stopped. the
,u'Hua Hhed up on each side, ordered
,ue miners TO keep walking up the track
una nred their guns on The miners
~ that they were driven into the cars
nv cattle they are expecting trans
poIlaVlon from Denver so that they
may return tonight, They seemed TO
~ wen supplied with money, and peace
,np'e' Most OF the men have families.
InCE say mat their wives and children
wished TO come with them. but the
iImllua beat them of with their guns.
nc miners here say that there are TO
ne more miners deported from Colorado
70 Coolidge, Tho sheriff has called ON
'ne governor Of Kansas for protection.
TROOPS FIRE A voLLEY.
Ia Junta Colo, June ll.-A special
ron Holly Colo, a town near the
.olorado-kansas boundary, saws thar
.ne raln load Of deported Cripple Creek
nnheIs stopped half mile west of the
t,ale llne and that the prisoners We're
SS VI from the cars and ordered by
W. !" W. Kennedy, the officer I'm com
manu- OF the guard, to hike" 10 the
.ast ana remain outside the borders of
,nN state a volley OF shots, It "a said.
vas llfed IN the air by the troops. who
,ew, boarded their train and returned
W lne west The deported men were
~ al the state line by shrlm Jack
sn,9Sug OF Hamilton county. Kansas,
~ s, w deputies and were turned back
'e carry morning the unhappy min.
Sh nave been struggling into Holly,
,.e breakfast was furnished them by
"n Iesdents Many OF them are now
""'N'ns to Lamar Colorado
DESERTED ON THE PRAIRIE.
4, hansas city, June ia speclal IN
'"e oler from Syracuse. Kansas says.
ntno,ps e YIN traln carrying Is deported
N AZ rom ION victor, Colorado, In charge
poiu3 colorado militia men, reached "A
S,n' on The main line of the santa ne
inaN rev rods over the Colorado state
nra, quay and We're deserted upon tho
iba,'le' the train bearing the troops
al u returning westward The deport.
~ men We're left on the prairie 10 make
,h,I way east as best thew could Ar
~ point where they were sct down
49, Is no eating house nor railway
6ss,I, ana the men We're practically
,opeha' KAN. June li.--Gcneral Paa-
,enser Agent Black. Of the santa 10
i"du, said AZ N nfcincl, tn.a.-. $500 ~