The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-06-08

NohHtt II uAAy AEHltuy hOuhutu VI NhN
Ion Men, and Many Have Been
Warned Never 10 Return To
Teller County.
DENVER, June SIT is reported ut
the capital that troops from Colorado
Springs and neighborlng cities will be
ordered to Victor at once. Fears that
the town will be burned are entertain
ed Nearly 800 troops are now mobil-
lied and can be rushed to the Cripple
Greek district on short notice.
Mine owners and business men of
The Cripple Creek mining district,
banded together as vigilance commit
tee and acting with the militia; have
begun the deportation of union miners.
Acting Governor Haggott during the
day called up the Mine Owners associ-
alton to ask if the militia was needed.
lie was told not to interfere. Thus far
martial law has not been declared, but
the acting governor has the procluma-
lion ready.
Civil officials, including the sheriff Of
Teller county and the city marshals Of
Victor and Cripple Greek, were com
manded to resign or be hanged. They
resigned. Similar action will be taken
in the cases of a district judge and
other judicial officials.
A Cripple Creek report says that
e0O0 people are congregated at Second
and Bennett avenues, where they were
addressed by the mine owners and
business men. Lynching is freely talk
ed of, and almost every man is "a walk
ing arsenal. Armed squads are search
ing for several men.
Chief of Police Graham of this city
has been induced to resign by methods
similar to those used with Sheriff Rob
ertson Mine owners and members Of
the Citizens alliance have declared
their Intention of forcing out of office
County Judge Frost, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Cole and Justice Of the
Peace Harrington, who are regarded
as union sympathizers.
Wholesale arrests of union miners
are to be made. Mounted armed men
have been sent on quick march to the
tANitlllt llltIh anu NOulhNAlA NlAAN VA
the district to guard all avenues of es-
cape OF the union miners who are to be
arrested.
All mines except the Portland which
employs union men, are still closed
and will be until after the inquest and
funeral OF the victims of the dynamite
outrage.
Company II, Colorado national guard,
Is under arms ready for any emer-
gency.
A posse of 300 deputy sheriffs, armed
with rifles and revolvers, is now scour-
ing the hills of Cripple Creek district,
with the object OF rounding up every
union man and every idler in the camp.
They will be escorted to the county
| lines and warned never again to return
to Teller county.
The union men are also we'll armed
and say they will resist any attempt at
| deportation. Many Of them are des-
perate and serious trouble may occur.
Photographs Of Charles Mccormack
/ and Melvin Beck. who were killed by
an internal machine in the indicator
mine Nov. q. 1903, and Of other Vim
/ iicator miners were found in posses
| sion of Frank Cochrane, secretary Of
one Of the miners unions Of Victor.
This discovery greatly agitatel the Of
| icials of the Mine Owners assOcia-
don. who declare that Cochrane shall
De strung up until he discloses all that
ne knows concerning the outrage.
They believe he has information that
will lead to thel arrest Of the perpetra-
.ors of that crime.
1t is estimated that a thousand depu-
les had been sworn in by Sheriff Bell,
The Victor Record was censored by a
special committee appointed by the
sheriff before publication was permit
ed
Boys playing in the neighborhood of
The hole made by the explosion at In
dependence found a portion Of a cheap
made British bulldog revolver. The
weapon contained one shell. and when
taken to the office of the Citizens al
lance it was regarded as conclusive
proof that the dynamite was set off in
The fashion similar to the explosion Of
giant powder in the Vindicntor mine,
Bloodhounds in charge Of Hugo
Palmer of Trinidad trailed the assas-
sin who killed the Findlay miners to n
mile beyond Clyde Station, a distance
Of three miles. There the scent was
completely lost.
Crowds around the depots at Victor
continue to increase. and the soldiers
and deputies experienced difficulty in
keeping the streets free Of blockades.
BY order of Mayor French the fire de-
partment has stretched n line Of hose
along Victor avenue and Third street
to the armory in order to dispense the
crowd without resorting to arms.
DepOrted Miners For Denver.