Show follows killing of nonunion miners in colorado outcome of long and bitter fight hundreds of union men under arrest gov peabody s actions upheld by supreme court the technical cans of tha bitter between employers bogs an law pass jedby the 1901 pro bounced ancon a ly uie su preme a cheff declared for in a later election as an amendment to the constitution bl t not acted upon by abe of 1903 the blow a med at the forces that ave kieen most strongly against jh elat t hour law the ore smelter did not fall union leader were arrested and in some cases these leaders were deport ed state courts aop pealed to by members of the union who felt the power ot the military law but the rulings of these courts had no effect on the representatives of the state government injunctions were merely ig bored the governor con tended for these points 1 that he had sole power to deter mine when a state of ex isted in any r bounty in the state 2 that the courts had no power to interfere with his exercise of this pre e S that he had the right to use tata military forces to suppress in 4 that he had the power to de tain military prisoners for so long is he saw fit 6 that the state courts could not interfere with military prisoners hence that they had no power to dis charge prisoners A test case was made when charles H moer president of the western federation of miners was arrested at dellunde Tel lunde by the military authorities the judge of a district court ordered his beleas no attention was paid to the order application to the state supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus was made the supreme court has just declared that the gov arnor has authority to suspend the SCENE 0 EXPLOSION WHICH kl MINERS athe sketch shows the independence depot cocat on of the dynamite m ne and course of the wire from the m ne to the delmon mine sev yards away where directed it fell instead upon thousands ot union workmen in the hills who although engaged for the eight hour day were ordered to cease work in those mines that supplied the offending melters with ores the result in many camps was a stalk out the succeeding result was an at tempt on tho part of the owners to reopen their mines with nonunion labor in the part that labor and poll tics play in colorado the adamis ot civil duties tails in many mining cities and towns upon au ties who are out of sympathy with nonunion methods thus the owners ot mines were harassed in many ways there were mysterious disappearances people with the cause of the strikers were driven from communities final ly mine buildings were blown up with dynamite and mine workings destroyed in this cr sis the mine owners ap pealed to the governor of colorado for protection the s tuition was strained at three points in teller county where are the mining camps of victor and cripple creek at bellu nde in san miguel county and at idaho springs in clear creek county in the last place union workmen sus pecked of blowing up the sun and moon mine property were driven from town by the citizens citi zons of the pace this drastic Is worth noting tor as a result of the high state of feeling in colorado it was upheld in the popular opinion at all events troops were no needed at idaho springs GOY peabody declared martial law in teller and san miguel counties coin ties early in december some of the mil gitary proceedings in each ot these counties appear to have been extreme but gov peabody has declared that no defense of his actions is needed writ of habeas corpus other conten eions of the governor also are upheld in other words under the conditions in colorado his power Is supreme by this decision the main conten tion against gov peabody s action in placing certain mining districts under military control and in giving mine owner protection for their workers is legally swept aside he Is actlis entirely within Ms powers SYNOPSIS OF CHIEF EVENTS happen following bynam te out rage told in paragraphs platform of railroad station at in dependence near cripple creek blown up by dynamite as part of a plot shortly after midnight june 5 thirteen miners instantly killed eight seriously injured and many others hurt rioting began at once armed men patrolled the streets and the citizens alliance at once assumed charge of the local government under sheriff J knox burleigh s star forcibly taken from him by sher iff bell city marshall michael 0 connell of victor called at mine owners head quarters ard demanded surrender of thirty armed men who were holding it marshal 0 connell forcibly ejected removed from office by mayor french placed under arrest and marched to the bull pen mob of armed men under ordera from ebertt bell marched from town to town deposing regularly elected officers of the law and assum ing the functions of town marshals and deputy sheriffs officers who resisted placed under arrest and marched to the bull pen with about union miners arrested tor alleged rioting miners union calls upon president roosevelt for federal troops to pre serve order and enforce law colorado national guard including men from local companies order ed out and placed in control of mine owners association mass meeting called at victor to discuss situation secretary hamlan of mine owners association declared publicly that all union miners must be driven out of mining camps he said to people it Is time for you to drive these scoundrels ailt deputy sheriff alfred miller raised rifle demanding to know whom be means general shooting began from the crowd killing two men and wounding six others soldiers immediately ordered by sheriff bell to break up meeting of miners union in their hall while one company charged up the stairs and fired through the main doors of the ball sharpshooters on the roots of adjoining buildings alred hindls through windows at min ers inside three men badly wounded forty others captured in hall and locked up all books and documents of the union were seized by the soldiers arrests of miners wherever found continued all night until nearly were under guard in the armory the miners union issued a formal statement denouncing dynamite out rage and pledging assistance of all its officers and members in cuming down the perpetrators bloodhounds from trinidad follow ed the supposed trail of the man who pulled the wire that exploded the dynamite from bull hill to colorado springs wagon road the state supreme court at denver refused a arit of habeas corpus for president charles II 11 moyer of the western federation of miners held at telluride as a military prisoner by order of gov peabody |