The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-06-25

Of the Seluationa Among Miners.
The fanatical warfare inaugurated by !
the Citizens Alliance eliminated in a |
horrible and dastardly wholesale MUIR |
der by dynamiters in Colorado. Wheth- !
er this crime was committed by hired |
assassins of the enemy or Organized
Labor-whether by sympathizing des-
peradoes or by members of the miners
union, made desperate by the persecu-
lions endured from the Citizens Aim
ance or for other reasons cuts no fig
ure, it is an outrage and a crime, that
demands the apprehension and pun
ishment of the perpetrators no matter
who they may be. 1t would seem, how
ever, that more crimes and outlawry
will be the order Of the day in that
law-defying element in the Cripple
Creek mining :-district The Globe
Democrat, st. Louis daily; prints the
following special:
1.-THE Citizens alliance in conducting
business in the district with high
hand. Every suspect has been notified
to get out, also every officer of the law
who has incurred the suspicion of the
vigilantes, or who is suspected of un-
Ion sympathieS, has been asked to step
down and out of office. Even Albert B.
Frost, the county judge, who is attend
ing the Democratic convention at Pu-
eblo, will be compelled to resign as
soon as he returns to this district
There is no explanation vouchsafed to
any one. The suspected officials are
invited to the headquarters of the Citi-
zens' alliance, at Military hall, and
! ushered into a room, where the chief
piece Of furniture is a long table bear
ing two long stretches Of rope, with
nooses knotted in suggestive fashion.
This is supposed to give a sufficient
hint Of the urgency of the demand, and
so far no one has had the temerity to
question the right of the proceedings.
The sheriff, coroner and four town
marshals have succumbed to the de-
mand, and three other officials are
scheduled for resignation as soon as
they can be reported.
'The alliance does not want the state
to butt in under any circumstances,
! and so notified Acting Gov. Haggott
this afternoon, when he had a long
telephone conversation with the lead
ers. They retorted that they would
finish the job in a way that would save
| the state from all expense, and that
any interference by governor or peace
officers would be resented. The fiat
has gone forth that either death or de-
! portation will be the rule.
"A special train was held In readiness
at Cripple Creek all afternoon to take
| away $50 union miners, but it was not
| deemed safe to escort the men through
the streets, in vieW of the highly-in-
| famed condition Of popular: sentiment.
Even the vig ilanf es1 cared that they
| would not succeed n saving the necks
of the prisoners, notwithstanding the
presence of an escort of so soldiers.
"The question Of how to get rid of
the men occupied the attention Of the
legislative council: Of the alliance all
day, and 1t was only at six O'clock that
they. decided to take the chances of re-
moving the suspects. Two companies of
infantry accompanied the prisoners.
and only by quick action after the
street crowds had been given to under
stand that the attempt had been aban-
| doned was the removal accomplished.
A special train consisting of two box
cars and an engine were used for the
| purpose. The train crew had orders
| ~ 81 A16Nk I'LL VuSu "1LAOuL SIOppAH6
at Colorado Springs. The train passed
through that city at o'clock as fast
is the rules Of the railroad would al
low. It was headed north for Denver,
but it is not supposed that the men
! will be delivered there. The belief OBJ
tains that the passengers will be
dumped on the prairie some distance
outside and allowed to make the best
fthe conditions.
"They were warned that if they were
caught again in Cripple Creek they
| would be hanged without any appeal
to the law.
"A reward of $1,000 is offered by the
! miners federation for the capture of
the perpetrators Of the dynamite plot
| which killed fifteen miners"
The building owned by the Miners
Union No. 40 in Cripple Creek is in
| charge Of the militia. The large front
| windows are demolished and the big
sign Of the W. F. Of M. torn down.