The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-06-17
According to General Bell There
Will Be a Dies Irae in
Colorado.
SAYS HE HAS MUCH EVIDENCE
Perpetrators of Crime in the Mining
Regions Identified.
Deported Men To Be Taken Care OF
by the w. r. Nj = Statement of
the Union View Of the Case.

Cripple Creek, Colo. June 13.-Gen-
eral Sherman Bell made the following
statement for publication: II have in
disputable evidence in my possession
which will lead to the conviction of
number of union men for the murder
Of the nOn-uniOn miners who were
killed in the Independence depot eX-
plosion. We have between thirty-five
and forty men in the bull pen who
will swing for this crime. We are
only waiting to capture two or three
more men before we tell what our evil
dence isl
Statement of u Court of Inquiry Man.
OF those retained for prosecution at
present the Jail is full to overfowing.
One of the court of inquiry, speak
ing of these, said: 'We have evil
dence that will legally hang five, and
possibly double that number, and
enough to fill the penitentiary. We
have unearthed state of things that
the public will be slow to believe; that
we ourselves are appalled, at, even
knowing as we have that they were
bad. We would be doing the public
a wrong to turn these people loose
upon it. They must be punished, and
will be, now that the laws are en-
forced" The committee states that
it has extremely damaging evil
dence against number of persons,
connecting them with the Independ-
ence dynamite outrage.
Good Boys" Were the Worst.
Sheriff Bell states that his investiga-
tons into the Independence murders
will show that some good boys" will
be found to have been the worst. He
promises one or two sensations in this
regard in the next few days. A meet
ing of employers of labor was held
here when secret committee of five
was appointed to draft a petition re-
garding the employment of organized
labor in the district. When the COM
mittee reports the Citizens Alliance
and Mine Owners association will
make known their position in regard to
organized labor.
In following up the determinatio
to eXterminate the Western Fedora
ton of Miners from the district, root
and branch. General Eell, as military
commander of the district has issued
a proclamation similar in wording and
intent to that concerning the Portland
mine, directed to the operators of the
Pride of Cripple Creek district, mine,
and the Winchester and Morgan leases.
These were prepared to be operated
with men who are alleged to be q
menace to the welfare and safety of
the good people of the county, and Il
hindrance to the restoration of peace
and good ORDER and their arrest was
ordered as military necessity.
Deputies Search the Hills
All day long deputies searched tbs
hills, and the result was the cOnfine-
ment in the bull pen of about TWEEN
ty-tive men. Ten of these are marked
for immediate deportation They are
all Altman men, and were taken by
A. II. ROBBERS and Frank Bennck, tive
of Sheriff Bells most trusted men.
Among the men brought off Bull hill
were the COOgen brothers, in whose
cabin the military found rifles las;
winter Earl Reed. recording secre-
tary of Free Coinage union No. 10.
was also arrested. Bailey and Stew
art two of the men arrested, were
found in a seventy tive-foot shaft.
where they were hiding.