The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-06-17
CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS.


west of Aguilur, and Wilbur N. Fer
guson, %. of Saco. Maine. II junior Mt
the Colorado State School of Mines,
who was employed temporarily AS a
watchman at the Royal property, were
shot to death Il few days nso by Jo-
seph McGOnigal, 80, Waterman EN-.
sployed at the Jewel mine. The shoot
Ing followed threats McGOnlgal Ii said
to have made against Ferguson. and
occurred in the Royal mine boarding
house, as Ferguson was writing let
ter to his mother In Bangor, Me. Miss
Centers wns at work In the room as
McGonigal entered. McGonignl fired
once, the bullet striking Ferguson In
the heart and killing him instantly.
As Miss CenterS ran screaming from
the house. McGonigal fired again. This
second bullet struck the girl In the
leg. She sought refuge in an arroyo
| while McGOnlgnl secured II shot
gun. supposedly In the boarding house,
and started In pursuit. She was run
ming along the dry arroyo toward II
bridge where five men were working
and was begging loudly to McGonigal
not to shoot, the workmen said. when
| the armed man raised the shotgun TO
| his shoulder and mined slowly. The
charge OF buckshot struck her head
and killed her Instantly.
Denver-The second bandit to De
shot and killed In an attempted holdup
In Denver within twenty-fOur hours,
met death a few nights ago when he
entered the White star garage ut Cher
ry street and Leafs Dale drive. on the
Sullivun-Pnrker rOnd. and engaged In
u gun battlew it'll George I. Carson,
q gun hattie with George I. Carson.
of the garage. An accomplish is he
lIeved TO have escaped on II motorcycle.
From letters found on the dead ban
dts badly, his name Is believed to be
W. l.. Stephenson, and he Is thought
to have relatives In Colorado Springs.
Trinidad.-The Colorado state Fed
erntion of Labor declared Itself for u
| showdown between organized labor
and the state rangers, under the con-
stitution of the United States. After
hearing the report of Mock Fontec-
chic. organizer of the United Mine
| Workers OF America, that he was pro-
hIhI,ed from holding Il meeting Of coal
miners mt Aguilar by state rangers
| stationed there, the convention pro-
| posed to go to ARuilar In body and
| hold n session Of the convention. A
| committee was named to make ar
rangements for the trip.
| Colorado Springs.-John Mcfarland
was reelected president OF the Inter
national Typographical Union In the
election held Mny "a, according to re-
turns from $50 Of the $50 local unions,
! received ut the Union Printers home.
Mcfarland Defeated Walter w. Bar
rett, present first vice president, by
300 votes. Charles +. Howard was
elected first vice president, James J.
Hobnn second vice president. and John
W. Hays, secretury-treasurer. the lat
ter being reelected by $500 majority.
Greeiey.-One of the worst hail and
ruinstOrms which Inns struck Greeled In
the last twelve year" caused damage
u1OfficInlly estimated ut $2oo,OOO, II
few days ago. Sweeping path more
! than two miles wide, &: dOwnpOur OF
hailstones, some as large ms golf balls,
shattered hundreds of windows In res
licences and business houses, damaged
Young crops In the outlying districts
and flooded many Easements In the
heart of the city.
Colorado Springs.-A cloudburst ut
TeInpieton gnp, northeast Of Colorado
Springs, sent wall of water ten feet
high through Pnpeton, II mining camp
four miles northeast OF Colorado
Springs, marooned scores Of people,
washed ont portions Of the Denver 4
Rio Gr,indc and Rock Island railroad
tracks and did thousands Of dollars
worth of damage to residences, gar
dcns ind civic improvements.
TrinIdad-W. |. Reilly, a member
of the State Industrial Commission
and a delegate from the Typographical
uLlon of Colorado Springs, was re-
fused "A seut in the convention of the
Colorado State Federation of Labor
recently The vote. whicl, was 1G0 to
| IS against seating Reilly, wns taken
| after more than four hours OF discus
sion, during which vigorous attacks
we're made by delegates on the State
Industrial Commission as a body and
the decisions Of Mr.. Reilly as a mem
her.
Canon Cty.-Loun PachecO, convict
No. 1927, who escaped from the pris-
on gang working on the Canon City
ariDory, by unhitclling a horse from
wagon near the armOry and riding off,
was captured SIX miles from Beulah
in the foothills OF the Greenhorn
mountains by Lieut.. Billy Green and
lessee r. SuIyer.
Wnlden.--E. c. Randall OF Boulder
has been in Walden looking over the
situation with II view to starting II