The Bourbon news., 1904-06-14
FEDERAL SOLDIERS.
Organized Labor Wants Them
Sent to Colorado.
z General Committee Was Appointed
BY the Federation of Labor Whose
Duty 1t Shall BE To Pro
cure Legal Advice


tIjct" is the new slogan of the Citizens
Alliance which has sent a decree
broadcast that every person connected
with any union here must either sever
his or her connection with such organ
ization or leave the district.
Tyson S. Dimes, a Denver attorney
and one Of the executors of the STRAIT
ton estate, is here in conference with
Citizens Alliance leaders and it is an
nounced that he is preparing a form
which will be presented to every mer
chant and business man and Other. EN-
ployers Of labor in the entire district
pledging them not to employ any per
son who is affiliated with labor union
No person who works for a living
will be exempt and the absolute an
inhalation of uniOnism in this county is
predicted by members Of the Citizens
Alliance and the Mine Owners asso
citation This is considered the most
drastic step yet taken by the alliance
since it secured the upper hold in the
district and its enforcement will affect
1900 men and women now affiliated
with the various unions.
Victor. Col. June "a mob Wis
tied the Office Of the Victor Record
Wednesday night and wrecked the
place. They smashed the telephone
and typewriter. When their work
of ruin was completed they marched
the Record employees out on the side
walk and told them to get out of town
Victor. Col, June 1O.-Adjt. Gen.
Sherman NJ Bell. commander of the
Teller county military district, Thurs
day ordered the Portland mine, which
employs union men, closed down.
The Portland is the only large mine
in the district that has continued in
operation since the explosion at Indc-
pendence on Monday which killed or
MANNED more than 20 non-uniOn min
ers. The Portland Gold Mining Co.,
through its president and manager.
James F. Burns, who is not a member
of the Cripple Creek district Mine
Owners association, conceded the de.
mands of the union when the strike
was inaugurated last August, and has
steadily given employment to about
500 men.
The commission appointed by Gen.
Bell to inquire into tne records of The
miners under arrest reported to him
Thursday a list of 81 union miners
with the recommendation that they be
deported. Gen. Bell accepted their re-
port and announced that the men
would be sent out of Teller county as
soon as a special train crew could he
arranged for.
Denver, Col. June 1.-THE execu-
tive board of the Western Federation
of Miners decided Friday to appeal to
President Roosevelt to investigate the
conditions in Colorado Secretary W.
d. Haywood was instructed to send the
following telegram:
Hon Theodore Roosevelt, Washing
ton, D. c.: A duty devolves on you
as president of the United States to in
vestigate the terrible crimes that are
being perpetrated in Colorado in the
name of law and order. We will rem
der every possible assistance to the
proper authorities in such investiga-
tion to the end that the people of the
country may realize the outrages that
are being inflicted on innocent per
sons by those in temporary official
power. (Signed) w. D. Haywood, Sec
retary."
1t was further decided that a history
of the labor troubles in Colorado
should be taken to Washington by an
emissary and placed in the PRESIDENT s
hands
1t was also voted to appeal Presi-
dent Meyers habeas corpus case to the
United States supreme court.
The following Teller county officials
are eXiles from their homes and will
not return to Cripple Creek while the
military is in control, owing to reports
that the citizens committee which is
cooperating with the military, intend
ed to force them to resign their Offices
District Judge w. P. Seeds, County
Judge A. F. Frost, County Assessor P.
J. Devault, County Treasurer D. ]. Nc
Neill, County Clerk F! P. Mannix All
/ these officials except Judge Seeds are
| in Denver.
Cripple Creek, Col, June 1.-THE
Woman's auxiliary of the miners union
has been forbidden by the military au-
thorities 70 hold meetings.
Joseph Hamilton, chairman of the
democratic county central committee
was called before the citizens depor-
tatiOn committee Friday and asked
concerning his sympathy with union
ism. Mr. Hamilton acknowledged that
he believed in unions and he was told
that he must leave the camp within
the next four days. He was allowed
this reprieve becaSlse of his standing
in the community Snd because he was
a member of the masonic fraternity.
Mr. HamiltoK was one of the delegates
f~om this county to the recent state
convention at Pueblo.