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Show 1 11 TORCH FEARED AT VICTOR h1 J Citizens Afraid Town Will Burn. PI ' L ;ifr Troops Held in Readiness in j j! Denver to Be Rushed to 1 ; ' District. I ,J I Adjutant-General Bell on Way to Cripplo Creek May Proclaim t P ' Martial Law. I ' ' 1 1 Jj -j- ENVBR, Colo., June 7 It is rc- 1 1 ,i ' I I porte'd at the capltol that troops If t ftjl from Colorado Springs nnd,nclgh- j ) i ; boring cities will he ordered to I f j Victor. Fears that the town will be L( burned are entertained by everyone fa- fr i miliar with the feeling existing. Near- ,' ly 500 troops are now mobilized and can M , be rushed to the Cripple Creek district Li on short notice. l ' V L Miners Deported. 1 1 - II A special train consisting of an en- 'i glnc and two coaches, bearing fifty ' L , ' union miners deported from Cripple 1, j Creek by the Citizens' Alliance passed ; through Colorado Springs this evening, ki , J It was going at the rate of thirty miles ' , j an hour and did not stop here. The , ' ! first car was empty and the second car I ,: I had all the blinds drawn and armed ( guards were on the platform. The po- ' lice and Sheriff's ofllec there were de- ' termlned not to let the deported men U stop and arrangements were made M . 1 with the Rio Grande' to carry J ' them past that city. It Is presumed IV v they are headed for Denver. About 300 , people were ai the depot to see the , train pass through, but there was no L( demonstration I j May Proclaim Martial Law. ' ; Adjt.-Gen. Sherman M. Bell, ncconipa- !' nled by a detail of staff officers, is on it 1 his way to Cripple Creek bearing Act- I , i - Ing Gov. Hnggott's proclamation of mar- S yl 1 ,; tlal law Xor lhat district. He has In- i j' structiorus to use his Judgment as to tho y need for Issuing the proclamation and. If (I i he decides that conditions warrant It, to ) " place the gold camp under tho reign of r i; the military for the second time since y :, the strike of metalliferous miners began iTj last August. 4 ' The framing of the proclamation was V the result of an appeal from Sheriff Bell h tv of Teller county for troops, declaring that i 'W, a state of insurrection existed In the Crip- J! 1 i 'i plo Creek district. ! t . |