The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-02
DETECTIVE FIRED SHOT
THAT STARTED THE RIOT
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his writing there was strong talk of tax
ing the leaders of the union from the
Dun pen and hanging them. The citi-
zens demanded the resignation of Sheriff
Robertson. He declined. They got rope
and put a moose about his neck. He was
given five minutes in which to decide
Robertson looked at the mob. He then
sat down and wrote his resignation.
Boys" he said. Il know you have got
the drop on me and | know you'll hang
me If 1 don't resign"
Riot at Victor.
Londoner's reports next told of the
speech made by c. c. Hamlin, secretary
of the Mine Owners association. Ham
lin had spoken less than five minutes
when the firing began.
There is no doubt that an attempt was
made TO kill Hamn," he added ''as one
of the bullets grazed his hand"
The soldiers were called out and some
were stationed on house tops. Without
request to surrender they began to fire
into union hall and continued until white
flag was displayed. In union hail several
hundred rifles, three barrels of ammuni
lion and big supply of provisions were
found. Altogether eighteen men were
killed at Victor
Under date of June %, 1904, I.ondoner re
union hail he had found the photographs
of two nOn-unlon men. On the back of
each picture was a cross.
This said LOndOner, 4 am told is
the plan of marking men for death"
Start of Ali the Trouble.
Just before the luncheon recess was tax
en-, Mr. barrow began to read from the
reports of Operative A. II. Crane, who was
secretary of the SmelteTmens union at
Colorado City, and who is charged by the
defense with having done much toward
starting the strike which led to all the
Cripple Creek disturbances. Cranes re-
ports were simply detailed statements of
his daily movements, his consultations
with the men and his advice to them to
hold out and win the strike.
Recess was ordered until ! 30 p. m.
After the recess Mr.. DarrOw continued
to read from the reports OF the Pinkerton
operatives sent from the mining districts.
In regard to the report of J. n .Londoner
il was shown that this operative was not
only employed by the Mine Owners asso-
citation. but was supposedly working
against the military and with the pro-
prietOrs of the Portland mine, which was
continuing to employ union men and was
not disturbed during the strike. After
the Independence depot affair, Londoner
was afraid the Portland mine might be at
tackled as a result of the high feeling
against the union.
4 was satisfied serious trouble would
develop in few hours wrote LOndoner,
and, too, / believed the Portland mine
would be attacked and the property de-
strOyed. | therefore boarded the $50 a.
m. Short Line train for Colorado Springs
10 acquaint the client Of the condition of
affairs"
Explosion Part of d Plot.
The defense claims the railroad Off
Gals knew that the Independence depot
was TO be blown up just prior to the ar
rival of the 2:20 a. m. train, the idea being
not to kill anybody but to hold the affair
out as an attempted outrage on the part
of the Western Federation of Miners. In
this connection Mr.. barrow laid special
emphasis on that part Of Operative Lon
dOner's report, which read:
Tv,4r
recognizable masses of flesh and bone and
when the crowd beheid this sight it moved
them to tears, and then drove them into
a frenzy of indignation. I talked with
young miner named Miller. employed at
the ShurtlOff mine. He said he with
in a short distance of the Independence
depot when the explosion occurred. He
claims the Florence and Cripple Creek
train was running slower than usual, and
that the train actually stopped before the
explosion and within few yards of the
depot
Letters from Mcfarland.
Mr.. Darrow concluded his reading by
the introduction of two letters written by
Mr.. Mcfarland and one written to him
The first MCFARLAND letter was addressed
TO George 3. Bangs. general sUperintend-
ent of the agency al New York and had
TO do with Operator Crane. who had been
overpaid $50 on an expense account while
working i'm the Chicago office Mr.. Nc
Parland recommended that Crane be al
lowed to retain the extra money i'm view
Of the years service he rendered at the
smelters ia Colorado CITY and the indigni-
ties he suffered while there.
The second letter from MCFARLAND was
also addressed tC Mr.. Bangs and had to
do with letter written by J. Edwin Cold
WasseT. If the Dewitt Clinton High
school, New York City. asking for infor-
nation regarding the Condition of affairs
in Cripple Creek at the time Of the de-
pOrtatiOnS by Governor Peabody.
Mr.. Mcfarland recommended that the
information desired should not be given.
Law Violated by Peabody.
While a great deal hat was done by
Governor Peabody in the emergency
which existed in Colorado for year or
more past is approved by me. by other
officials of the agency here and by many
citizens all over the state wrote Mr.. Nc
Parland. few are willing to admit that
all ne did was in accordance with the
constitution of the United States or the
state Of Colorado.
This is a matter that should be thresh-
ed ont iii the courts. TIE matter should
he handled by the state and not by the
agency. Governor Peabody has always
been a good friend of the agency. and so
was Governor Adams.
CTOSs-eNami by Senator Bora n.