The San Francisco call., 1904-08-21
Prominent Men Run
Out Of Cripple
Greek.
Miners Take to Themselves
Task Of EXiling Union
Sympathiz0rS.
Make Prisoners Of a Score and Escort
Them Beyond Limits Of
the Camp.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, Aug. 20
Intense excitement prevails in Cripple
Creek A mob is in control of the town
and wholesale deportations were begun
this evening. Prominent men not in
entire sympathy with the citizens
movement have been run out of the
district. Armed men on horseback are
now making a roundup of the district.
Among those deported are: Former
Attorney General Eugene E. Engly,
Frank ]. Hangs, attorney for the West
ern Federation of Miners; ]. w. Hig-
gins, former president of the Cripple
Creek Carpenters Union and Republi-
can candidate for Alderman in the
Fourth Ward in the last city election;
H. NJ. n. Heimerdinger, one of the
principal owners Of the Interstate Mer-
camille Company of Butte, Mont; ].
w. Hall, heavy stockholder in the In
terstate Mercantile Company of Butte,
Mont; j. c. Cole, former Deputy Dis
trict Attorney for Teller County; NJ.
]. O'Neil, Deputy County Clerk; L, p.
Parfel, former manager of the Union
store: Albert Pierce, for ten years
prominent resident; Frank Aikman,
employed by the Interstate Mercantile
Company.
These men were corralled at various
points in Cripple Creek, beginning at
o'clock, and at $50 O clock, when all
had been herded together, they were
started over the hills west of town and
marched toward Floissant under
heavy armed guard.
Just as the miners were going on
shift at o'clock they were stopped and
formed into a crowd which marched
through the streets, gathering known
union men and sympathiZers together
practically as prisoners.
The first to be taken was Engly.
Next the crowd picked UP Cole and
Hangs, attorneys for the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners. 1t then marched to
the union store and took John w. Hall,
the manager, from the place. The
crowd then gathered in front of the
Courthouse and Waited there for other
union men TO be apprehended.
The expressed design of the mob was
to hold the union men together and
march them over the hills and out of
the district The claim was made that
Il
commit violence and that the prompt
deportation of union men would pre-
vent further bloodshed.
Under a guard of 1000 men the pris-
oners were escorted to a point on the
old Canyon City stage road three
miles from the city. The spokesman
stepped forward and said:
You men are not wanted in this
camp You are not going to be allowed
to live here. You do not seem to be
happy unless you can stir up trouble.
We have had trouble enough. You are
going on and you are not coming back.
If you do there Will be either bullet
or a rope for every one Of you. Now,
go and keep going"
Up to this time there had been no
abuse, but as the men started down
the road yell went up and the crowd
INDUCED in threats and jeers.
]. w. Higgins suddenly wheeled upon
the crowd and drew revolver. He
was promptly struck on the head with
a revolver by one of the crowd and his
own revolver was taken from him and
thrown away. His head was cut and
the wound bled profusely, but he
walked on with the others.
Returning to the city, a part of the
crowd made an attack upon the union
store. officers at first repulsed the at
tack, but they were overpowered and
about twenty men entered and COM
pletely wrecked the stock. The stock
cost about $4,000.
To-days outbreak appears to have
been planned by the miners and inde-
pendent of the Citizens Alliance. No
attempt was made to wreck the union
store
John w. Hall came to Cripple Creek
two weeks ago from Butte. Mont, rep
resenting the Interstate Mercantile
Company, which purchased the union
stores here and at Victor from the
Western Federation of Miners.
The store was closed week ago and
the first action against it was an order
issued by the Citizens Alliance forbid
ding the newspapers from advertising
the store and also forbidding miners
to patronize it. The Interstate is a
Montana concern and was organized so
as to bring any interference with the
stores into the Federal court.
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