Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-07
Mob Of Mine Owners and Sympathiz-
ers Select New Peace Officers and Pre-
pare to Clear District Of Union Men

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| ty commissioners was to remove I'm.
der Sheriff Burton, Then he ap.
pointed twenty-five deputies, 70 which
force he has since made large addi'
| tions and later he disarmed the union
officers, who Ind been appointed By
City Marshal O'Connell Of Victor.
Meanwhile OConnell had visited the
mine owners headquarters In which
about thirty armed men were assem-
bled and demanded they surrender
their arms to him. He was forcibly
elected and after being deposed from
office BY Mayor French was arrest
| ed Many other chosen peace officers
Iof the various towns In the district
have also been deposed and some
locked up. The sentiment OF the mine
owners as voiced by G. G. Hamlin,
secretary Of the association Is that all
union miners must be driven from the
Gainp. Ilio uSGldidttUM that lHS iiilic
has come to purge the district Of
all those who started the rioting yes
terday afternoon was made at a mass
meeting here called to discuss the
dynamite outrage. Its up to YOU to
drive these scoundrels out,s Hamlin
declared, whereupon All Miller. d
union man who had been sworn Ia as
deputy sheriff raised his rifle and In.
Gnired: "Whom are YOU referring to-"
Miller's rifle was seized and the
shooting began which resulted in kill.
Ing two and wounding five others. II Is
said some Of the shDts we're fired
from the union hall. Sheriff Bell call
ed on the local company or militia
| To assist n preserving order and ali.
iresting men In the union hall. "A
scattering fire was kept up by sol
| ldiers and union men for twenty min.
| lntes when the miners surrendered.
Only three wounded men we're found
I'm the hall and there were no casual
| ties In the attacking party. The un.
injured men in the hall, forty In all,
lwere placed under arrest and all books
and docnmeats were seized. During
1.-THE night a number of arrests were
made. The union stores at Victor
and Goldfield were wrecked and the
stocks were scattered In the streets
By the mob Among those taken pris,
Ioner was Editor George Kyner, OF the
Victor Record but he was subsequent.
lly released. A bloodhound brought
from Trinidad took the trail Of the
| fiend who exploded the dynamite al
independence and followed 1t from
Bull Hill 10 the Colorado Springs
wagon road. Detective Robert Ster.
ling Of the Mine Owners association
then declared that he was convinced
he knew who caused the deadly OK.
lplosion.
Union Men Must co.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, June
IA special from Cripple Creek says:
A posse Of 300 deputy sheriffs arm
ed with rifles and revolvers Is now
securing the hills Of the Cripple
Greek district with the object d
rounding up every union man and
every Ioafer In the camp. When
found they will be escorted to ,the
county line and warned never 10 re,
turn. The union men are also wei
armed and viii resist attempts at de
portation. Many Of them are des
perate and serious trouble Is liable u
occur at any moment.
No More Troops Needed.
Mayor French said today that In his
opinion no more troops would Do need
ed here.
Company Q, now on duty, consists
or sixty men" he said. "and the mum
ber can be Increased to 100 IL neces
sary. Beside these soldiers We have
100 armed deputies. The civil author
tiles have perfect mastery Of the sit
iuation. Should the military turn ovel
their prisoners to the civil authorities
there win be no iynchings
However the feeling Is bitter against
All Miller who II Is said started the
riot, and former city marshal o'Con
nell, who Il Is asserted were the union
men who fired upon the people from
the union hall and Harvey Starbuck
former marshal Of Independence