The Bourbon news., 1904-06-10
Thirteen Men Killed in an ExpI0-
sion at the Railroad Station,
independence, Col.
SEVEN OTHERS SERIOUSLY HURT.
All the Victims Except Two We're
NOn-UniOu Miners Employed at
the Findlay Mine.
Rioting Broke Out in Victor, COL
Forty Shots Fired Into a Crowd
and One Man Was Killed and
Others Wounded.

Cripple Creek, June 7.-Tairteen
men were killed by the explosion of an
Internal machine at the railroad sta
ton in independence Monday. and sew
en- others were seriously injured. Eley-
en- were killed outright and two died
later from wounds. All the killed and
injured, with the exception of two
men from the DeadWOOd mine. were
nOn-union miners employed on the
night shift of the Findlay mine. The
men had quit work at 2 a. M. and were
waiting to board a suburban train on
the Florence & Cripple Creek railroad
and return to their homes in Cripple
Creek and Victor
Some of the bodies dropped into the
pit made by the explosion, but heads,
hands. ears, legs. arms and trunks
were strewn about on all sides. Pieces
of flesh were found on buildings 500
feet away and blood stained everything
within radius of so feet.
The Internal machine with which the
diabolical work was done consisted Of
a quantity CT dynamite estimated at
100 to 300 pounds, a loaded revolver
and long slender steel wire attached
to the trigger. The revolver was fast
ened so that the pulling of the trigger
would not draw it away. The wire ran
from under the station to the cribbing
OF the DelmOnico property, about 400
feet away, where its end was fastened
to a rung Of a chair. The dynamite
was placed close to the muzzle of the
revolver which was discharged by pull
ing the wire when the engineer blew
his whistle. The ball from the revol-
yer exploded the dynamite man
was seen running down the hill from
the DelmOnico after the explosion.
Cripple Greek, Col, June with
out explanation and with suddenness
that has caused great surprise. Sheriff
Henry NJ. Robertson Monday afternoon
resigned his position and Edward Bell
was named to succeed him by the
county commissioners. Bell is q mem
Der Of the Citizens Alliance.
Victor, Col, June 7-Rioting broke
out in this city Monday after
noon while a mass meeting was
being held to discuss the murder of u
nOn-uniOn miners by means of an in
fernal machine at independence. For
ty shots were fired into the crowd in
the street
One man was killed and six persons,
at least, injured.
Telluride, Col, June 10. A. Float
en-, one of the prOprietors of the Peo-
pies supply store; NJ. J. Sullivan, sec
reJary of the local miners union, and
Tony Roll, a bartender, who have been
advised by the military authorities to
leave San Miguel county, have retain
ed Congressman H. H. Hogg as cOun-
sci and acting under his advice have
decided to remain here until forced to
leave. The following telegram has
been sent to President Roosevelt at
Washington to which no reply as yet
has been received:
Have been ordered to leave our
homes by June Z, but do not intend to
60 We, as citizens of the United
States, demand your protection under
the constitutional rights The civil
courts would protect us, but they are
pOwerless. The governor will not pro-
tect us. o. A. Floaten, M. ]. Sullivan" J"
Cripple Creek, Col, June 8.-Apart
from a few small fights in connection
with the rounding up and arresting of
union miners no outbreak has occur
red in this district Tuesday. Two local
militia companies and a small army OF
armed deputies under Sheriff Edward
Bell are in full control of the camp.
Though there has been no turbulence
Tuesday there is an undercurrent of
feeling which BODIES i'll.
Secretary Clarence Hamlin, of the
Mine Owners association, declared
Tuesday that 200 prisoners now held
in the armory in Victor would be run
over the hills and warned never to
return.
Virgil King. a union leader, and Is
others arrested in Cripple Creek Tues
day. have been taken to Victor for de-
pOrtatiOn A well grounded rumor is
to the effect that a large number of
union miners working in the Portland
will be arrested The building owned
and occupied by Miners Union No. 40
in Cripple Creek is in charge of militia.
The front windows have been demol-
ished and the big sign of the w. Q. M.
torn down.
City Marshal w. J. Graham was
forced to resign by the citizens COM
mittee, headed by E. C. Newcomb,
cashier of the First national bank, anG
Charles n. Crowder was appointed as
his successor by the city council, which
The Dog Famine Broken.
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