Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-31
STATE LABOR TROUBLES.


evening about the militia being fired
IN while at the depot end scouting
parties sent to the hills in search of
The miscresnts. About o'clock a
gun was accidentally discharged up
town and this was all there was to
he yellow reports. About ; O'Clock
Saturday evening about 40 members
of Troop A left Telluride on special
going towards Rldgway. At Vance
Junction the incoming train was in
iercepted and five men who had been
ieported taken therefrom
On Dallas divide four men were put
1ff and told to- hike out and not re-
turn. The train then returned with
)ne of the men. Stewart Forbes. sec
retary of the union. who is at present
N the bullpen. 7korbes Is the man who
called on the British consul in Denver
the other day. claiming to be Brit
ish subject and asking for protection.
II was ascertained this morning that
Forbes and his wife. the latter being
judge of election, voted at Smuggler
in %. II Forbes contentious about
being British subject are true then
he is liable to imprisonment for vio-
latins the election laws When con
fronted with the evidence he said he
had taken out his first papers. This
will be fully investigated.
Moyer, who was brought to Tellu-
ride Saturday evening by Sheriff Ru-
tan. remained in jail over Sunday, but
he will probably be released this even
ing or tomorrow His attorneys.
Richardson and Murphy. are expected
in this evening. having left Denver
last evening.
A saloonkeeper by the name of Ro-
lando. operating at Ophir Loop. was
taken in tow this morning while on his
way to this place TO obtain permission
to remain in the county. Rolsndo was
one of the men deported by the nil
itia in December. After martial law
was declared of he returned to the
Loop. His friends claim he is rot
member of the agitators and he may
be able to prove this and allowed to
remain. In the meantime he Is in the
bullpen.
TRINIDAD March 2S-Up to noon
today quiet reigns in the troubled
coal mine district There was no col
lision OF any kind during Sunday and
none this morning The search for
fire arms continues and many have
been confiscated. No effort has been
made for the deported men to return.
Mother" Jones is still a Gunnison.
One of the prominent citizens of
Trinidad. j. o. Packer, spent q few
hours in jail owing to personal abuse
of Major Hill and the soldiers.
OuRAY, March 2S.-A mass indig-
nation meeting is called for this even
ing. the citizens having become en-
ragged at the outrageous falsehoods
sent out and published in Denver yel-
low journals, the Post, Times and
News.
The news from Onray has been gar
bled and misleading from the start
and the Denver papers arriving last
night broke the camel's back, moth.
ing but misrepresentation from start
to finish There has not been the
slightest friction between laborlng ele-
menls. Meyer and the citizens and the
story OF the barricading of the county
Jail with Meyer inside was made out
ot whole cloth as well as the state
ment that men wsre huly pg to the
hills to get miners to come to Meyers
rescue. Resolutions will lie passed
and sent the papers anl if they con
tinue to misrepresent correspondents
VIII better look out and the subscrip-
tion Hist of the sheets viii drop OFF
TELLURIDE. March 29.-At 10 o.
clock this morning President Meyer of
the Western Federation was still in
jail He is being held by the evil au-
thoriiies by rc pers issu cut cf JUS
tice Lillys court
Secretary Forbes. who was brought
back Saturday night and who got him
self in n tight box by claiming to be a
subject of Great Britain and then
found TO have voted here some years
ago, took the easiest way out by say.
ing he had taken out papers at Cas-.
tie Rock in Douglas county His dou-
bic position may yet get himself in
trouble although he quietly sneaked
out of town on his own voition this
morning, having been given an oppor.
tunity of doing so by Gen. Bell. His
destination is unknown and will no
doubt be kept secret as he is not hunt
ing trouble. and his wife will undoubt-
edly follow in few days.
Al the present time there are six
men in the bullpen, b. Rolando, NJ
Rosso. ID. Musso. f. S. Hetrick. all of
Ophir Loop. Martin Sholey and man
named Casserty, known as the Bull
Hill cook.
All militia in Telluride will be in
spected Thursday by Capt. Wholley
of the u. S. army in accordance with
regulations of the Dick bill.
In regard TO Wood, editor of the an
archistic Times of Ouray, week ago
he came out in strong language accus-
Ing the women and children of Tellu-
ride of questionable things, placing
them on a level with sporting women
In some instances. When his paper.
two copies of which comes to Tellu.
ride, were circulated there was gen
eral Indignation and had 1t not been
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