Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-20
COLORADO NEWS.

pers was settled at 10 O'Clock Satur.
day night and the men went back to
work Sunday morning, so that the
sunday papers will probably arrive to
night 1t seemed odd to get no Denver
papers last night. The agreement pro.
vided for 90 per cent flat Increase on
salary. with seven hours night work
and an eightlour day.
Denver tramway conductors and mo
tormen will take vigorous steps un.
less the company yields to their de
mands for an increase in wages and
shorter hours With steady run. This
assertion was made Saturday by one
OF the oldest men in the service OF
the COMPANY. Meetings Of the four
different divisions are to be held with
in the next forty eight hours. The
tramway men ask an increase of from
q cents 10 35 cents an hour.
John Miller was dangerously hurt
and Night Marshal Fred Stephens, Ed
Cooper and Charles Cooper was Sc.
verely beaten in a street fight in Mont
rose Friday. Stephens attempted to
arrest miller. who was intoxicated, but
was knocked down by Miller, who Sc
cured the marshal's revolver. Ed
Cooper sprang to the assistance of
Stephens AMI succeeded in disarming
Miller after he latter had fired one
shot Ed Cooper. Charles Cooper and
Stephens then beat Miller into sub
mission, but were attacked by IA crowd
of Mlller's friends and badly mauled
before they landed the prisoner in jail
After a three weeks search, Detec.
tvs Sturges and Carney succeeded in
capturing the two higIiwaymen who on
Dec. 2l. last, held up and robbed Mrs.
Charles A. Kendrick, wife of the Sc
nior partner Of the Kendrick- Belamy
Book and Stationery company. OH Sec
ond avenue. between Sherman and
| Grant streets, Denver. The men un.
der arrest five their names as Victor
Chicago as their homo. Barton and
Hatfield were arrested In room which
| they occupied jointly In a rooming
house near Fifteenth street and Court
place.
w. NJ. Gibson, who has been the
| Grand Junction manager for the Glib
son Lumber company for some years
past. passed through the city on his
way to Durango last week where the
family will reside. Mrs. Gibson and
the children will follow in short
time, They formerly resided here.
Mr. Gibson was local manager of the
| Gibson Lumber company.-Montrose
Enterprise.
Tom Virtue. a brakeman on the elec-
mel, was caught between two cars
early Friday morning and sustained in.
| iuries the extent of which cannot be
determined at that time. 1t is not
thought that he Is seriously hurt but
the injuries being Internal II Is i'm.
| possible to tell how Il will turn out
Word was sent to the boys mother,
who lives east OF town and she went
up on the noon train to assist in caring
for her son.-Montrose Enterprise.
Carl Qulst and Frank Davies, the
engineer and fireman in the engine
wreck at the Butterfly spur Thursday
week ago, we're not injured as badly
as was at first supposed they were,
and in a week they were up and walk.
ing around town. Carl was badly
burned by hot wator, but the steam
did not get next to his skin, and his
head is going to be all right. The
only place where he was burned that
bothers him is his back. 1t was for
tunate 1t was no worse. and II really
is miraculous how they ever got out
OF their trouble as easily as they did
San Miguel Examiner.
The Colorado State Poultry Fan
ciers' association is In session this
week in Denver. A year ago this
association was reorganized and incor.
porated and men put at the head who
are giving their time and money to
make the annual poultry show what
1t should be, the one big show of the
year. and while they do not hope to
do this all In one year, the coming
show is assuming proportions beyond
which they hardly hoped to attain In
one single year. Handsome silver cups
and cash premiums to the value OF
$1,000 are offered for competition. Be
sides these. many special premiums
are offered by various breeders and
others interested in this industry max.
ing the show very attractive propo'