The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-09-26

People Ars Aroused.
About this time It became neces-
sasf for the officers Of the western
Federation Of Miners 70 besttr them
selves and arouse the sympathy and
secure. the active support and imam
cial help of the union men In various
parts Of the state ~ well as In other
parts OF the country. This was ac-
c0mplished In large measure by the
general circula ton Of The Miners
Magazine, but this was not SUFFICIENT.
Among the other means Of arousing
the people Of this nation employed by
the ofiicefs was the preparation and
publication Of what is now known as
tho famous nag. with the stars and
stripes embeilished with the lawleas
things that had happened to the min
ers of Colorado.
"As q result of the circulation Of
this flag the military authorities pre-
tended that the flag was desecrated
by this act, and did all In their power
to secure the arrest Of the president
and secretary Of the w. F. M. About
the first Of March President Meyer
was in Ouray looking after the inter-
ests Of the miners deported by the
military from Telluride who had
taken refuge in Ouray.
Yrssidsnt Meyer Axrsstsd.
Here President Meyer was arrest
ed on warrant sworn out in Tellur-
ide, charging him with desecrating
the American flag. He was taken to
Telluride for preliminary hearing.
gave bond, but was Immediately ar
rested by the military authorities
without warrant. thrown into prison
and held as a military neoessity for
10s days. During this time all at
tempts to secure his release or force
the military authorities to prefer q
charge against him or turn him loose
failed. President Meyer applied to
the supreme court for original juris-
diction on . writ Of habeas corpus,
but the court. after a tedious delay,
denied the writ and remanded him
to the custody Of the military at
Telluride. It is worth stating, how
ever, that when the attorneys for
President Meyer applied to a United
States court at st. Louis for q like
writ 1t was Immediately granted, and
Meyer was turned over to the civil
authorities, who arrested him on q
charge for completely In q crime in
the Cripple Creek district. several
hrtr nd rod N lntI Ia
he was the custody Of the military
in Telluride.
Explosiou 1t Independence.
ION the 9Th Of June, 1904, the day
upon which the supreme court rem
dered its now famous decision which
denied the writ Of habeas corpus, an
explosion occurred at the depot at
independence. Col. in the Cripple
Greek district. at which time 1s nom
union miners were killed. Events
that have followed the explosion
leave no room for doubt that the
mine managers have used the soldiers
Of the state for the sole and only
purpose Of disrupting the organiza-
ton known as the w. F. M. and also
running the members of that organi-
nation who remained Arm In their ad-
herence to its principles out Of the
state entirely. In pursuance OF this
plan the many outrageous assaults
upon person and property have been
committed. by the connivance. and
we believe upon the order Of the
mine managers association through
their hired deputies and thugs.
1.-THE explosion which killed Is nom
union miners occurred during the
last days Of the twelfth annual con-
vention Of the W. F. NJ. which was
being held in Denver. This conven-
ton. feeling that the persons who
could commit such cowardly act
should be punished. officially offered
a reward of $4,000 for the apprehen-
sion and conviction Of the persons
responsible for the crime. No reward
has been offered by the mine man.
ayers association. Notwithstanding
their professions Of horror and their
anxiety to find the guilty parties.
HNotuihS HdS uceH OOiie ny the OfI1CldlS
or the mine managers except attempt
to fasten the crime upon some MEM
Der or members Of the Western Fed
Grafton.
"After this explosion soldiers were
again sent to the Cripple Creek dis
trict. who took up the lawlessness in
augurated by the hired thugs of the
miners association. Officers were
forced and compelled to resign. Citi-
xens were ruthlessly thrust into
prison without warrant. Hundreds
Of miners who refused to relinquish
their membership in the union were
deported to remote parts Of the
state. The four grocery stores es-
tablished by the w. F. NJ. in the dis
trict for the sustenance Of men on
strike were destroyed and much of
the property stolen and carried away.
Union halls and buildings were enter
ed and records destroyed. the Victor
Daily Record was visited by mob
and the machinery destroyed, and
hundreds of other acts Of vandalism
committed"