Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-09

After They Had Shown Him the
Rope He Weakened and Gave
Ills Resignation.
/. TROUBLE NOT VET ENDED
| Minc Owners and Sympathizers Are in
Control of the Government of Teller
county-Dangerous Towns
Are Patroled.
General sherman Nj. Bell, accompanied
W. u detail Of staff officers, is on his
! way 10 Cripple Greek bearing acting
l;overnor Hasott's proclamation of
| martial law FOR that district. He has
instructions To use his judgment as to
I the need for issuing Il proclamation,
and If he decides that conditions war.
rant 1t to place the gold camp under
1.-The reign of the military for the Sec.
ond time since the strike of metallifer-
Gus miners began last August.
1 Tie framing of the proclamation was
the result of an appeal from Sheriff.
: Bell of Teller county for troops de-
claring that an Instruction exists.
/ The governor said that two COM
/ panes of militia We're already under,
arms in the Cripple Creek district, hav-'
ing been called out by the local peace
(. officers. He latest advices were that no
!, further disturbance had occurred in the
camp He did not know, he said, that;
Ia Il ieS.I \. Il tn
, all union miners.
Cripple Creek Colo, June 9.-Com-
operative peace prevails throughout this
! great gold camp today. but conditions
larc still Volcanic and nobody believes
! the trouble is yet ended. A thoroughly
organized vigilance committee COM.
posed of mine owners and their en-
pcyes and synfpatfizers has taken
charge of the government of Teller
! county and large squads of armed men!
are patrolling the districts These men;
are ostensibly acting under orders of
Edward Fell, the new sheriff, who is n
large property owner and am outspoken
opponent of the miners union. Sheriff
Robertson resigned under compulsion.
He WAS forcibly taken to the headquar-
ters of the mine owners association and
his resignation demanded.
] Refused to Res:sn-Shown Rope.
AZ first he refused TO resign, but when
faally a coil of rope was thrown at his
feet he weakened and signed the resig-
ration. The sentiment of the mine
owners, MS voiced by G. G. Hamlin, sec
rotary of the association, is that all!
union miners must be driven out of the
camp. His declaration that the time
had come ito purge the district" start
Ell rioting at Il mass meeting in Victor
called Ia fiec,es the dynamite o,ltra sre
AT lnlependence.
IN is I'M In Won 10 drive these
where,l,,on AIR Miller. n union man who
has hoan sworn In as a depn1v raised
a rifla and ino,iral.
"W-ho arc Won, referri,,p too.
Mi,ler,s riflo VOC ea;gad and than
s,5oo,ine, ,,arnn Wilton ,,ee,,lted In tho
l-i,lino Of povia NI,6,ee J, non.union
,S,if,a. ord mo ,.a,,ndina oe civ ntI,er
verso. ono rf v.sn,,, Io,,n I1avis a
,5o,,-,,,,i,,r ,,,,r aiaa ,ata, -
~. -.
ope,'''s " s',e 's"e'
The iiist shot was 1lred by some one
IN INC cfoMa. rms was loiioWed mn
nedlateiN ny Two fllle SHOTS from the
Niiia"MS on ,iis MINERS Union nan.
Of 't. .,,,,,, 20 10 '.,s ssi io' ~,
serving order SCATTERING fire was
! kent lln between both sides for twen
4. miri,,ies, at the end of which the
miners surrendered
Three miners were found wounded
I'm the hail. For others We're arrested
and an union books and documents Sc
cured
During Tie night further arrests were
made AT Victor. Goldfeld and Inde-
pendence The union stores at Victor,
and Gol,lfield ,-ere wrecked and the
stocks scatterSf i'm the streets by a
mob.
An armed posse of 500 deputy sher-
IFS is NOW sco,,rn. the hills of the
Cripple Creek district with the object or
rounding M every union man and
lnafnr i'm the c,,nn They will ha &c
con, ~, tn tho county lines and wnrnad
,,ovc,. ;, GAIN 10 ,,etl1,.n TO Teller co,,rtv
,rha ,,,,i7, ,nan a,.a wall armed and Gov,
,,,n, viii ,.as;st any, ,tta,nnt ~ da,,ar,.,
Han pr w.
~ 1,,yn more ,,,,,,as were oddoa toa.,,
TO tho list of tlose killed bv the Tnde.
pendence dynamiting. They are:
GEO s. HENDERSON.
FIRED BEC,KLIY.
III is believed the bodies of several
Others were blown to atoms and tho
remains are AT the bottom of the hole
made b,, fine tremendous aynlosion
co,+;,,. Ct. - VIZ
Gse q. v'esof.
NetoI, 'olo, June i'-.AitnouSh eX-
ei'elheh' Was 't hlgh pltch last night,
no sensallohai lhcidehts occurred after,
crowded by thousands Of men and