The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-15
HEAVY HAND,
More Union Miners TO Be ExiIed
From Cripple Greek.
is A MILITARY NECESSITY.

So the General Commanding Says to
Those Who Condemn His Conduct
An Big Mines Except the Portland
Now Being Worked,
Cripple Greek. Colo. June Il Gen
era Bell has given out a statement
concerning his action IN deporting
strikers ana the causes leading up to
tile same. lie attributes the recent
trouble growing out Of the miners
strike and the strike itself to the So
cialist element in the Western Fedora
ton OF Miners. who. he says captured
the organization two years ago.
He declares that the federation has
made unionism d secondary considera-
ton ana that the organization, root
ana branch, is being made a vehicle
for the promotion Of Socialism. The
leaders. he asserts. have not hesitated
t. cause weak and willing members
e commit any crime to strike terror
to property owners or workingmen
who refuse to abide their dictates"
The murder Of nonunion men by
blowing up the independence station.
he charges, was "perpetrated with the
aid and advice Of federation leaders
and BY men ID their employ The only
hope for peace and security Of life and
property WAS ito exterminate the fed
GRAFTON from the camp
AS the head OF the state militia. ere
sponsible only to the governor" the
general continues, it became his duty
to effect this result. The arrest Of eY-
cry man I'll the district belonging to the
federation was ordered Unless they
were able to show a clean bill Of health
they were placed in the bull pen aud
held or deported The deportation Of
federation men, General Bell declares,
| is a military necessity They are
not being deported because they are
union men Or to destroy unionism but
because it IS believed they are a men
ace to the peace and welfare Of the
district
Mines Working Again.
Practically all the large mines in this
district which closed down last Mon
day after the explosion at Independ-
ence are working now The Portland
mine has not yet been reopened and
the company has not announced its
plans This is the only large mine in
the district Ia which union miners have
been employed during The ten months
since the beginning Of the strike Il
has been conducted on the open shop
plan and nearly half Of the force o.
400 men laid of when General sher
man Bell ordered the mines shut dowl
were nonunion miners
After conference betweeHrepresent
atives 81 various local unions ana b
the mine owners and the Citizens AL
lance, at which good feeling was
shown on both sides. the employers
agreed to make a full and frank state
ment concerning their attitude towart
all organized labor A committee il
today preparing 4 draft of such state
! ment which will be submitted to Thu
central committee for approval befor'
g il Is made public 1t may be ready foI
: publication tomorrow. Employers say
that no radical action will be taken ex
i cept as to the Western Federation d
J Miners and allied ANA kindred organi
! cations. The statement will declare
d that The domination of the Western
q Federation of Miners Will not be longe
i tolerated in the Cripple Greek district
The walking delegate and the boy
colt also viii be declared against Il
decisive terms. The district trades as
! sembIy as now constituted employers
! say. must be abandoned ON the othel
hand. the employers Of labor viii placl
themselves on record as against any
lowering Of The existing scale Of wages
and hours
More Exilss.
Matters seem to be gradually quiet
ing and luminosity between variou
classes Of people seems to be abating
About 125 men are in the bull pen a
!, present. A list for deportation ha
! been made out to be presented to Gen
eral Bell. The total number who viii
be sent ont win De between hfty nm
seventy I'VE il the list which has bee
prepared is not amended by Genera
S Bell
q The destination Of the next party {
d be deported has not been officially an
! nounced ana Will not De until the trail
q is well outside the district II ~ III
derstood, however that the men vii
be taken either TO New Mexico or UtaI
Lieutenant Cole and squad hay
been scouting in the neighborhood o
Duunville with a view e locating th
men who were not captured by the mi
= itary after the fight Inst wednesday
Soldiers who have returned say the
were shot at from ambush. but wer
unable to locate the persons who ire