The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-15
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Scores Of Warrants Issued For Mem
bers Of Unions.

Denver, June &c. G.. Keuuison,
president of the Cripple Greek Miners
union, who was arrested here yester-
day by Marshal Moore of GOlddeld, is
still held i'm the Denver county jail
Warrants have been placed IN the
hands Of Sheriff Hamilton Armstrong
for the following;
Sherman Parker, secretary of tie
Altman union, who was acquitted aft
en- having been held in the bull pen
three months on the charge of having
conspired to wreck a Florence and
Cripple Creek train.
y. l.. Whiting, secretary Of the En-
gineers' union No 50 Of Cripple Greek
w. F. Davis, president of the local
miners union No. 19 Of Altman.
Fritz Corey and w. b. Easterly,
members of unions in the district.
Suspects in Montana.
1t is said that some of the men for
whom warrants have been issued i'm
Teller county have left Denver for
Butte. Mont. preferriug To avoid arrest
because they do not wish TO go 60 tine
bull rem. and desire 10 avoid the ex-
peuses of defending Themselves I'm the
courts. The Teller county authorities
say they viii endeavor to eXtradite
them if they are in another state, and
a legal battle before the governor of
Montana is assured if the men are
found in that state.
In each case the charge is murder,
based on the explosion of Monday
morning Of last week at Independence
station.
Both Sheriff Armstrong and District
Attorney II. A. Lindsey say that no
course remains for them In these cases
but TO permit the Cripple Creek au-
thorities to take the men if found here.
Each of the warrants is OF the regular
form, issued by the civil authorities
Were Absent at the Time.
Vice President J. C. Williams and
Secretary W. d. Haywood Of the West
ern Federation of Miners, say that
they believe the men who may be ar
rested here on warrants issued by the
courts OF Cripple Greek viii have to
go there. But the federation VIII em-
ploy the best lawyers obtainabie TO
defend them. Mr.. Williams and Mr.
Haywood say the accused men were
delegates to the federGtiOn's conven-
ton and were in Denver at the time or
the explosion.
Oncers of the federation have been
requested by the agents of the mining
exchange building TO move the union
Headquarters from that building. The
officers say this Is petty spite work.
begun at the instance Of the Citizens
Alliance. They have numerous offers
Of quarters IN the city.
Eighty-seven Warrants.
Ffsbty-seven warrants are out for
miners who are supposed to be mixed
uD in the explosion at the Independ-
ence station and the killings during
the riotiug at Victor. These warrants
have been placed I'm the hands of Un-
der Sheriff Felix O'Neiu here and viii
be given TO his deputies to serve. 1T
is expected that there wifi be "a general
roundup of all the men for whom
warrants have been issued liz the next
few days
Marshal L. S. Moore Of Goldheld
said today:
Il am not here to hurt the union In
any way. L only want the men for
whom I have warrants. and propose
to get them. L know all of the miners
and have been their friend all along.
7 was member Of the union that went
through the Bull Hill strike of 1894.
have sympathized with the union
until the dynamiting and riOting.
Keunison was taken to Cripple Creek to-
night in the custody Of a subotficer or
Goldfeid.
Concerning the order Of the aEents Of
the Mining Exchange building that N est
cru Federation of Miners headquarters be
removed from the building, secretary
HAYWOOD tonight said the executive Of
fieers of the Federation are considering
the purchase Of the building. lie Sald Jne
Federation has had-au option on tne ouiiH-
ing for a long time, and may now close
Up the deal