The Washington times., 1904-06-08
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10 the union miners. in connection with
the recent crimes.
When the time for the departure OF
the train approached ii was considered
dangerous TO attempt TO take the men
along the streets from the armory to
the train and for hour after hour the
cars stood on the track without any
sign of movement.
Sheriff Bell and Mr.. Hamlin had
planned that the men should be unceTe-
moniously disembarked at Colorado
Springs, but later they were Informed
that Mayor Harris would not tolerate
this. and it was decided 70 take them
u Denver
Leaders Agree to Resign.
The facility with which the united
labor officials were induced to submit
their designations is easily explained.
They were given the choice OF dangling
at the end OF a rope or complying with
the wishes Of the mine owners.
All meetings OF the operators have
been conducted in military hall where
central table is graced with a stout
rope, nOosed at one end. When IL is
decided that some official IS wanted his
presence is easily obtained, and then
the sequel appears in the resignation.
Met With Noosed Ropes.
with two hemp ropes lying on a table,
knotted with hangman's nooses, the
CRIPPLE Creek District Mine Owners AS
ISOLATION ended a meeting yesterday,
after having held a heated discussion all
day. Declare lions made indicate that
a Iynching would take place as soon
as Charles Copley. OF the miners union.
returns from Kansas. where he fed the
morning Of the explosion.
The sentiment Of the mine owners, as
voiced by c {. Hamlin, secretary OF
the association. IS that all union miners
HaH# Na. rHrHn~ &c
declaration that the time has come to
purge the district" started the riOting
AT the mass meeting called TO discuss
the dynamite outrage at Independence.
Threatened to Shoot.
IT'S up 20 you 20 drive these scoun-
dreis out" Hamlin had declared. where
upon All Miller. Il union man. who had
been sworn IN as deputy sheriff raised
his rife and inquired: Whom are you
referring top
Miller's rifle was seized and the shoot
ing began which resulted in the killing
Of RoXie MCGEE, non-union miner, and
the WOundlng OF six other persons, one
Of whom, John Davis also non-union
miner. died few hours later.
Evidences of Plot.
The mine owners have captured pho
tographs from the headquarters OF the
Victor union which. they say, snow halc
dozen plots to murder non-uniOn
miners. The city has been thrown into
great excitement by these alleged dis
coveries, and violence IS expected upon
the men imprisoned IN the armory here.
James Cochran. secretary Of the union.
was arrested and taken into the mine
owners headquarters for ''sweaung''
His statement was as follows: 1 j.
not know anything about these pictures
except that they told me when I came
here that they were taken 10 show tile
sea BIS The marks by the names Of the
men who have been killed are mysterI-
Gus 10 me.
Il was not present when the pictures
were taken, and cannot tell YOU any
more about IT."
Marked as Non-Union.
The pictures are Of groups Of miners
representing the shifts on the various
mines Some Of the men marked as non
union. as admitted by the union secre-
tary. have been killed by an explosion.
That was in the Vindicator catastrophe.
last November when Charles MCCOr-
mick and Mel Beck were killed.
In other cases those marked out OF
the photogra phs have disappeared from
camp and time enough has not elapsed
since the discovery of the pictures 10
determine how they went
The books of all the miners unions
except one have been seized by the milf
tary and delivered to the mine owners.