The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-27

Governor Peabody Suspends Military
Rule at Cripple Creek.

of military rule in Teller county anS
placing the Cripple Creek district il
charge of the civil authorities
This action was taken by the COVER
nor in face of opposition from many in
duential citizens of Cripple Creek wh'
desire to prevent deported union min
ers from returning to the district. Be
fore issuing his order withdrawing
troops, however, the governor received
assurances from Sheriff Edward Bel
that mis- forces were able to control the
situation
Military rule was proclaimed in
Teller county on June 8, in conSe-
quence of disorderly acts following the
explosion at Independence on June
by which many nonunfon miners We're
killed and injured Previous to that
there had been a large force of soldiers
on duty for many months in the Grip
pie Creek district but before the ex-
plosion occurred these had all been
Withdrawn. No troops are now under
arms anywhere in Colorado and good
order prevails in all the mining camps.
The military expenses of the. state
during the past eighteen months due to
strikes are said to aggregate about
81, 100000
Mines Are Running.
Victor. Colo, July 27.-The recall of
the militia marks new era for the
Cripple Creek district over 1000 min
ers are working and nearly every mine
is running full handed. The civil au-
fhorities are in control.
military court, or board of inquiry,
which was established here on June 8,
has been given out by Captain Moore,
commander of the district:
the commission assembled at once
and elected H. McGarry as president
and Nelson Franklin as recorder, and
proceeded to examine all parties APP
pearing. The number of those appear
ing was 1859; the number of those rec
commended for deportation was 23S. The
number recommended for trial in the
criminal court was AZ; the number rec
commended for release was 1928.
'Of those recommended for deporta-
tion the list was composed of agitators,
ore thieves, keepers of fences for stolen
ore, habitues of bawdy houses, saloon
buns and Migrants. The examination
bility of those examined for residence
9n this district with a view to peace
and law observance. and no other pur-
pose was mad in view in the recommen-
dation."
John Fisher. Joseph Fisher. John
Schmidt and John Miller at 9:15 o'clock
last night were driven from their homes
1n the suburbs of Hollywood about
mile east of this city by three or four
men. John Fisher escaped and came to
military headquarters where he inform
ed Commander Moore of the alleged
facts. What has become of the other
three has rot yet been learned. Fisher
states that he is a nonunion man and
has been a resident of the district for
IL years. The three men who were
driven out with Fisher are also nom
union men. Fisher said ne did not
know any of the vigilantes.
Beaten and Robbed.
Colorado Springs, Colo, July "a
William Amole, a former Waterman at
the Portland mine who was arrested in
with the alleged conspiracy
of the mechanical force on the proper
ty to walk out in a body, thereby clos
ing the mine, has arrived here in an
xA11e
of alleged maltreatment at Victor. He
says that after his release by the mill
itary board at Victor ne was set upon
by four masked men, beaten and rob-
bed of $26. '
His back bears a number of red welts \
where a heavy horsewhip was laid
across his shoulders.
Amole had been in the employ of the
Portland company as Waterman at the
mines several years He was not
member of the union He was run out
of Victor at the time the raid was
made on the engineers at the Portland
by the military.
Bell Looks for Trouble.
Denver. Colo, July 27.-Adjutant |
General Sherman NJ. Bell has ex-
pressed dissent from the opinion of |
Governor James H. Peabody that the |
Cripple Creelt district is sufficiently |
pacified to justify the Withdrawal of |
the national guard, which was done |
last night by the governors order.
1.-The troops have been protecting |
union men and their friends against |
other citizens" explained General Bell, |
land / look for a clash now that mill |
ltary rule is ended
81 have called off the militia" said |
Governor Peabody. Now let the |
unions do the proper thing and call |
off the strike. We can then submit |
our differences to the people at the |
polls. and let them decide at the next |
election who is right"
Replying to Governor PeabOdV'S sug-
gestion that the unions should call off /
the strike, William d. Haywood sec /
of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners, said today: 1.-The |
calling off of the militia by Governor /
Peabody has not the slightest logical /
off the strike. We have not been strik- /
ing against the use of the militia, al
though it has been hired to the mine |
operators for use against the unions |
in the strike. Our original conten-
tionS were and still remain for the es-
ia blishment of the right to organize.
TO prevent unjust discrimination
against members of the Western Fed
grafton of Miners, to establish an eight
hour day.
the maintenance of those principles of /
this republic which guarantee to every
citizen the right to live in any place
he chooses This and all other funda-
mental principles guaranteed by the
of this country have been
openly violated in Colorado.
Never was there any occasion war
ranting the calling out of the militia
and Governor Peabody now calls off
his dogs of war at this time solely on
TO bear upon him by the managers
Of the Republican party"
The Neil-McCsovern RattIe