Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-22
APPEAL TO FEDERAL COURT.
Evicted Men Will Try To Establish
Their Rights As Citizens.

Denver, Aug %. Six of the men
driven from Cripple Creek Saturday
night by the mob arrived in Denver
Sunday. They are j. C. Cole, forme
deputy district attorney of Teller coun
ty. in which Cripple Creek Is located.
f. J. Hangs. attorney of the Western
Federation of Miners: II. n. Heinerd-
niger. j. Higgins, T. H. Parfel and f.
J. Hall.
"A conference with officials of the
Western Federation of Miners will bs
held today to determine on the course
to be pursued as result of their
eviction from the gold camp. 1t is al
most certain that an appeal will be
made to the federal court, and two
propositions along this line are being
considered. One is that the Western
Federation OF Miners ask the federal
court to restore all its deported men to
the district. In what way this is to
be sought is not yet determined. The
other plan concerns more particularly
the case of Mr.. Heinerdinger who is a
citizen of Montana and an official of
silver Bow bounty in this state. Mr..
Heinerdinger is the manager of the In
ternountain Mercantile Company,
which owns the former union store de-
mclished by the mob last night. This
company is Incorporated in Montana,
and according to the arrangement
semi officially announced would appea
to the federal court to issue an injunc
tion restraining anyone from interfer-
ing with the company's property in
the district and also to reimburse for
losses already sustained at the hands
of the mob
1t is reported that several men sent
out of Cripple Creek last night will
appeal to Governor Peabody to rein
state them in the district and give that
protection in the pursuit of their re-
spective vocations. President Meyer. OF
the Western Federation of Miners,
says. however, that no further requests
to the governor will be made by the
federation officials.
j. C. Higgins. who is a we'll known
contractor of Cripple Creek, declares
that the only offense charged against
him by the element forming Saturday
nights mob. was that he was bonds
man for one of the unionists, recently
released from Jail. He asserts that
several of the leading business men
or Cripple creek recently requested
him to withdraw from the bond, which
he declined to do. Mr.. Higgins names
two of the wealthiest mine owners OF
the district as leaders of the mob, ani
says that no attempt was made to corr
ceal their leadership.
The deported men walked from Grip
pie Greek to Florissant, where they
took train for Denver. Their guards
left them at Spring Greek. Higgins
was the only one of the party that suf-
fered from the experience. He was
struck on the head with revolver by
one of the guards, who accused him of
to draw a weapon which
he had on his person. Higgins denies
the charge He says that had he at
to use the weapon the whole
party of deportees would have been
shot to death by the guards. He ad-
mits that he protested against his re-
yolyer being taken from him and that
this aggravated the assault Higgins
last night held a telephone converse
tion with his wife, who remains at
Cripple Creek, and she told him thai
armed men watched his house all night
to prevent his returning there.