The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-06-20

TROUBLES
AT AN END

Cripple Creek. Colo, June 9.-In re-
sponse to a telegram from an eastern
newspaper asking for a statement from
him an to whether he said that Gov.
Peabody would soon have to declare the
whole of Colorado in state OF rebellion
and put the state under military guard,
Adjutant Bell has replied as follows:
"The alleged interview is absolutely with
out foundation. i not only never gave
out such an interview. but the idea is alb
solutely foreign 10 my mind under the
past and present conditions.
There is no need of declaring Colorado
under martial lay. The whole state
practically has been cleaned UP by my
anarchists and socialists left who can
cause trouble.
However. should IL become military
necessity, the whole state OF Colorado
will be placed under martial law and all
instructions be dealt with accordingly.
IT do not believe that this will ever be
necessary. In my Judgment the Colorado
labor troubles are at an end.
I'VE have been making the fight against
the whole United States as the Western
Federation OF Miners has been receiving
financial support and other assistance
from the country at large. Colorado is
looking TO other states TO follow suit.
MINERS sECRETARY's VIEWS.
Denver. Col. June 2o.-Replying to an
inquiry from an eastern newspaper as to-
the justification, II any, for the reported
assertion Of Gen. Bell that the state OF
Colorado would be placed under martial
law II such a move became necessary
Secretary Haywood OF the Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners sent the following mes
sage:
mo, there is nothing In the situation TO
justify the prediction OF General Sherman
Bell. unless perchance the people become
aroused over the awful torture inflicted
upon innocent victims confined in the bull
pens and the relentless. cruel war being
waged against women and children.
The military authorities have issued
orders that no provisions or relief or any
kind can be distributed
I'VE deposited in the First National
bank of Denver $500 TO the credit OF a
merchant of Victor. Scarcely $1,000 OF this
amount had been expended for women
and children when the merchant was noti-
fed by the vigilance committee that his
store would be demolished as the union
stores had been, II he did not ointt selling
supplies to union people. Miners have
been taken from the bull pens, hung by
the neck until nearly dead, suspended by
the thumbs and tortured with thumb
screws These punishments have been in
ficted by an investigating committee for
the purpose of extorting confessions
from innocent men.
THE spirit OF resentment Is strong In
the breasts of the people. but not re-
bellion. That Is a horrible phantasm.
wrought from the weird brain OF mill
tary fanatic. who would rather hear the
clanking OF sabre chains than an angef's
music.
"The question OF martial law does not
depend upon the Justification. as Gen.
Bell blasphemously remarked: Only I
and the Lord krows what the next move
will be- and the Lord is not very sure
about it
1--WE had martial law In San Miguel for
two months. with only 16 soldiers on duty.
and for many weeks 40 soldiers held 1000
brawny miners IN subjection in Teller
county.
There may be martial law in Colorado.
but not TO suppress insurrection, but
rather to insure. II possible, the re-elec-
ton of a 900 Republican state ad-
minlstration.'