The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-06-07
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The first act OF Sheriff Bell was to take
away the star OF under Sheriff j. Knox
Burton. He then appointed twenty-five
deputies. to which force large additions
have since been made and later he dis
armed the union officers who had been
appointed by City Marshal Michael
O'Connell Of Victor. Meantime, O'Connell
had visited the mine owners headquar-
ters in which about thirty armed men
were assembled and demanded that they
surrender their arms 70 him.,
ELECTED AND DEPosED.
He was forcibly elected and after being
deposed from office by Mayor French he
was placed under arrest. Many OF the
other regularly chosen peace officers of
the various towns I'm the district have al
so been deposed and some of them locked
up with about 200 union miners, who were
arrested after the rioting I'm Victor.
The sentiment OF the mine owners, as
voiced by c. G. Ramlln, secretary of the
association. is that all union miners must
be driven out OF the camp. His declara-
tion that the time had come to purge
the district" started the rioting at the
mass meeting in Victor called 10 dis
cuss the dynamite outrage at Independ-
ence.
ITS up to you 10 drive the scoundrels
out" Hamlin had declared. whereupon
ALI Miller, a union man who had been
sworn in as deputy sheriff, raised his
rife and inquired: Whom are you re-
ferring TOP"
SHOOTING BEGINS.
Miller's rife was seized and the shoot
ing began, which resulted in the killing
OF Roxie MCGEE, a non-union miner, and
the woundng OF six other persons, one
of whom was John Davis, also a nom
,f,a al fau 1ata
The first shot was fred by someone In
the crowd This was followed immediate
ly by two single shots from windows OF
the Miners Union hall. man stand
ing In the door OF the union store, II Is
said. also fred into the crowd with a
repeating shotgun.
Sheriff Bell called on the local company
of the state guard commanded by Cap
tain Harry @. Moore, TO assist I'm pre-
serving order and in arresting the men
in Union hall. Soldiers were stationed or
the roof OF the building opposite the hall
and from this point of vantage fired into
the door and windows OF the hall. A scat
tering fire was kept up by both sides for
20 minutes at the end of which the min
ers surrendered.
THREE MINERS WOUNDED.
Only three wounded men were found in
tfA hall and there were no casualties in
the attacking party. The uninjured men
in the hall. 40 I'm number. were all placed
under arrest and all books and docu-
ments OF the union were ,seized During
the night further arrests were made in
Victor, Goldneld and Independence.
The union stores in Victor and Gold
field were wrecked and the stock scat
tered I'm the streets by a mob. This was
not countenanced by Sheriff Bell and
others in authority Among those taken
prisoner was Editor George Kyner OF the
Victor Record. but he was released.
TRAILING MURDERERs.
A bloodhound brought from Trinidad
took the trail OF the man or men who ex-
ploded the dynamite at Independence by
pulling a wire attached 10 a revolver or
some other instrument and there by killed
at least Is men. The trail was followed
by the hound from Bull Hi 10 the Col
orado Spring wagon road Detective Ster-
ling, OF the Mine Owners association,
then declared that ne was convinced that
he knew who caused the explosion.
SERIOUS CLASH EXPECTED.
posse OF 800 deputy sheriffs armed
with rifles and revolvers Is now securing
the hills OF the Cripple Creek district
with the object Of rounding up every
union man and every idle man In the
camp. They will be escorted 10 the
county lines and warned never again to
return TO Teller county,
The union men are also well armed and
say they will resist any attempt at de-
portation. Many OF them are desperate
and serious trouble may occur.
TWO MORE DEATHS.
Two more names were added today 10
the list OF those killed by the Independ-
ence dynamitins. II is believed that the
bodies OF the several others were blown
to atoms. and the remains are In the mass
OF flesh and bones at the bottom OF the
hole made by the tremendous explosion.
George Hall has been appointed coro-
ner in place OF James Doran. who has
been forced 90 follow the example OF
Sheriff Robertson In resigning and will
hold the inquest over the murdered