The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-10
THE hIIalE OWNERS
MAXI Sheriff QUIT
After They Had Shown Him the
Rope He Weakened and Gave
His Resignation.
TROUBLE NOT yET ENDED
Mine Owners and sympathizers Are in
Control of the Government of Teller
county-Danaerous Towns
Are Patroiled.

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martial law for that district. He has
Instructions to use his judgment as to
the need for issuing a proclamation,
ant IL he decides that conditions war
rant 1t to place the gold camp under
the reign of the military for the sec
ond time since the strike of metallifer-
Gus miners began last August.
The framing of the proclamation was
the result of IN appeal from Sheriff
Bell of Teller county for troops de-
claring that an instruction exists.
The governor said that two COM
panies of militia We're already under
arms in the Cripple Creek district. hav-
ing been called out by the local peace
officers. He latest advices We're hat no
further disturbance had occurred in the
camp. He did not know. he said. that
the authorities had arranged to deport
all union miners,
Cripple Creek, Colo, June 9.-Com-
paratiNe peace prevails throughout this
great gold camp today, but conditions
are still volcanic and nobody believes
the trouble is yet ended. A thoroughly
organized vigilance committee COM
posed of mine owners I'M their en-
ployes and sympathizers has taken
charge of the government of Teller
county and large squads of armed men
are patrolling the districts. These men
are ostensibly acting under orders of
Edward Bell, he new sheriff. who is a
large property owner and an outspoken
opponent of the miners union. Sheriff
Robertson resigned under compulsion.
He was forcibly taken to the h%eadquar-
tiers of the mine wner association and
his resignation demanded.
Refused to Resign-Shown Rope.
At first he refused to resign, but when
finally q coil of rope was thrown at his
feet he weakened and signed the resig-
nation. The sentiment of the mine
owners, as voiced by C. c. Hamlin, sec
rotary of the association, is that all
union miners must be driven out of the
camp. His declaration that the time
had come Ito purge h district start
ed rioting at a mass meeting in Victor
called to discuss the dynamite outrage
at Independence.
1T is UP TO o to drive these
scoundrels out" Hamlin had declared,
whereupon ALI Miller. a union man who
has been sworn in as q deputy, raised
n rifle and inquired:
Who are o referring to?"
Millef's rifle was seized. and then
shooting began which resulted in the
killing of Rookie MCGEE, a %non-union
miner, II the wounding of six other
persons, one of whom, John Davis. q
non-union man, died later.
- Opening OF the Fight.
The first shot was fired by some n
in the crowd. This was followed inn
mediately by two rifle shots from .ha
windows of the Miners Union hall.
Sheriff Bell called on the local COM
pany of state guards to assist in pre-
serving order. A scattering fire was
kept up between both sides for twen-
ty minutes, at the end of which the
miners surrendered.
aH TIL ,.n ~ y, ~ ~ 1ryar1 fr,,,J u,N,,,Ioj
In the hall. For others We're arrested
and all union books and documents Sc
cured.
During the night further arrests were
made at Victor, Goldfield and indie
pendence. The union stores at Victor
stocks scattered In the streets by a
mob.
An armed posse of 500 deputy sher-
lifts is now securing the hills of the
Cripple Creek district with the object of
rounding up every union man and
loafer in h camp. They will be es-
corted to the county lines and warned
never again to return to Teller county.
The union men are well armed and say
they will resist any attempt at deporta-
ton.
Two more names were added today
to the list of those killed by the indie
%pendence dynamiting. They are:
IIlO. -. f1NINDlIfISON
FRED BECKLEY.
1t is believed the bodies of several
others We're blown to atoms and the
email are at The bottom of the hole
made by the tremendous explosion.
Comparative Quiet at Victor.
Victor. Colo, June although ex-
citement was at a high pitch last night,
no sensational incidents occurred after
the riot of the afternoon. From dark
till daw the principal streets We're
crowded by thousands Of men and
women who had assembled from all
parts of the camp in the belief that
darkness would invite further blood
shed. Their expectations, however.
proved to be g~roundless. Aside from
the occasional arrest of a union agi-
tator by the military authorities or
sheriff's deputies, and the occasional
Shrek of a Krag-Jorgensen from some
dark, secluded spot in the foothills, the
night passed quietly. All night the
streets of the city n footpaths leading
to the mines We're watched closely by
the troops and deputies, and every few
minutes miners brought in were placed
in the arlmory, which is under heavy
military guard. More than $50 union
men. said TO leaders in the plot of
yesterday, are now in the armory.
Many Arrests Arc Made.
Denver, Coio.. June T.-yNhile early
reports today from Victor Cripple
ditions prevail. ears of another out
break at any are general.
Throughout the night squads of citizens
reinforced by details of militia Travelled
over the district making arrests, until
now the bull pen is filled with 200 on
more prisoners. The city marshals OF
Anaconda. Goldfield and independence
are a p,nnc tho nriepnacs