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Show Fetlerul Troops Wnuted Id Colorado. Denver, 1G. A serious outbreak among the mi iers in California gulch, near Orocity, Col., is reported. The report says: The riot arose from the failure of W. H. Stevens and other Detroit capitalists to meet the demands of the miners for pay due them. The miners seized Stevens and two others named Wood and Nortbrup, put them under a strong guard and demanded of Stevens a check for 2,000, or enough to take the entire b-xly of eighty-five home to Detroit. Stevens issued a check, which the detachment of men took toabaukat Fairplay, with Stevens. The clerk ol the bank paid the check and a second check for the same amount was forced from Stevens. Subsequently a programme for lynch uig Stevens was prepared, and its execution announced (or last Sunday. A later report says it was delayed until Monday night, the 1-Hb; but the current belief is that no further vio lence has or will be done. Nearly all engaged in the riot ure from Detroit, Mich. At present it is impoaible to determine who are responsible for the riot. |