Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-04-14
COLORADO LABOR TROUBLES.

COLORADO LABOR TROUBLES.
OURAY. April l1.-When district
court convened this morning the first
thing on the docket was the order re-
quiring the military authorities to pro
duce President Meyer of the Western
Federation and also show cause why
he should not be released. Neither
Meyer. General Bell or Capt. Wells
were present The military was rep
resented by Attorney General n. C.
Miller. who stated to the court that
both Bell and Wells were acting un
der orders from the governor and tha,
Meyer has been held as Il military
eXpediency. Judge Stevens held that
the officers should have needed his
order and held them in contempt OF
court and fined both Gen. Bell and
Capt Wells $500 each and directed the
sheriff to arrest and place them in the
county Jail until the fine is paid
To this end it is expected the sherifl
will 90 to San Miguel county after the
men in question.
TELLURIDE, April 11--When ap
prised of the action of Judge Stevens
at Ouray Gen Bell and Capt Well,
had nothing to say.
Special Telephone to The Herald.
TELLURIDE, April l2-There /:
nothing doing in this neck of the
woods of an exciting nature. AS ye
no warrants have been served on Gen
Bell or Capt Wells. Should they b,
no attention will be paid to them a,
they are immune from civil arres
when under command of the governor
what the general is going TO do art
Hithout foundation.
Four OF the men doing pennance ir
the bullpen We're released this morn
ing and of their own accord left the
town
OuRAY. April 12-Sheriff Corbett
has not left for Ouray to serve the
warrants issued out of Judge Stevens
court and may not go. Ii is possible
he will send Them to Sheriff Rutan ol
San Miguel county and let the matter
rest
CONVERSATIONS
An insane man at Wauwatosa, Wis.
asylum jumped through a window and
rescued the superintendent son from
drowning in pond.
! By the collision of a hose cart and
tramway car in Denver Harry Tabor
Fierce was killed and several Others
Injured Saturday night.
The printing bills under the presen,
state administration are one-half what
they were under the Orman-fusion af
tair. Fusion is always expensive.
II seems certain there will be q
split in Denver Democratic ranks In
case OF fusion as there is large ele
ment in the party opposed to fusion
A Peary Arctic club has been incor
porated in New York to make explor
atoms in the polar sea to be headed
by Commander Peary, and te collect
scientific objects.
recent report on the condition OF
the two national banks at Trinidad
shows that the total resources of those
institutions are $2,5S2,O75 with de
posits of Sl,909, ,OSO.
The converter at the steel works
Pueblo, started up this morning
Gradually all the departments are re
suming and all will be in full swing
by the end of the month.
The farmers of eastern FL Paso
county will experiment with macaronl
wheat this year and If they are sue
cesstul in raising it, will put in many
thousands of acres next year.
President Roosevelt, in an address
at n dinner of the big publishers, de
clares more than good law is needed
to make a good people He praises
the aims and work OF the producers
OF books
The call for the Second district con
gressional convention has been issued
that delegates will have to leave Du
range Monday morning in order to
reach Glenwood Springs in time fol
the convention.
According to n special 10 the Pu
eblo Chiettain Peabody is reported as
saying he will go to Chicago as lead
er of the delegation or not go at all
The governor should not make state
ments like the above and It is doubt
ful If he did.
Ouray is expecting the Rio Granle
to broad gauge its track from Grand
junction to that point during the
coming summer and is rejoicing over
the fact. The braud gauge bridge al
Grand Junction is completed and
there are other Indications that the
work may begin at any time.
The decision of the district court
at Council Bluffs. in the case of James
Doyle against James F. Burns, presi
dent of the Portland Mining company
oil Colorado, was reversed Saturday
by the Iowa supreme court. The de.
cree OF the lower court gave Doyle
s449.922, together with $4,000 interest
and $4,000 costs.
or fourteen samples OF drugs adye-.