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Show "WILL SWING I Forty Men Must Pay ! I Penalty. j I Colorado Officials Have th H Murderers of Non-Union j H Men in Bull Pen. I H As Soon as Threo More Men Are j Captured, Evidence Will-Bo j HI Made Public. j HI CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo.. June 11. I II Gen. Sherman M. Bell today made H the following statement for pub- ! H llcation: "I have indisputable ovi- I B dence in my possession which will lead j H to tho conviction of a number of union j B men for the murder of the non-union j H miners who were killed in the Indc- ' i pendence depot explosion. We have j H between thirty-five and forty men In IBM the bullpen who will swing for thi.i H crime. We are only waiting to capture 1 H i two or three more men before we tell H what our evidence is. There will be no H deportations today." j IVH Will Be Deported Today. I Gen. Bell was in consultation for two Bl hours today with the Citizens' commit- H tee that has been investigating the HH records or the imprisoned union men, HI and upon whose recommendations dc- H portatlons are ordered. "Wc have do- ISI elded upon a few who must go," said HI Gen. Bell upon leaving the committer Bl room at the alliance's headquarters. HI "But I don't want to send them out Bl until we have sifted out all the candl- MB dates for release and Imprisonment. 1MB We will send out all future deporttes Bl on one train, probably Sunday. This HB will save the expense of more than one IflB special train." ftVB Grave Crimes Alleged. HI Nearly all the union men remaining Bl at alliance headquarters after y ester- jfH day's deportation, numbering fortv, IIH were taken to the county jail todav. Hfl The mine-owners say they will be Bl charged with various grave crlmo.-. PBB Fifteen men remain ai the old prison. J VIS Some will be deported and- some rc- tflba leased. There is also a squad at the jH Victor armory, variously ostlmated at iB twenty-five to eighty-five, awaiting do-" H portatlon But few arrests haveben made today. HI Attorney Retained. H The mine-owners and the Citizens' HI alliance have retained Attorney John II M. Waldron of Denver to prosecute the HI prisoners who will be tried for murder, HI attempt to kill and rioting. HI The plan inaugurated in Cripple HI I Creek, of rofusing employment to all liH union men in any branch of trade in II any way affiliated with unions allied to II the- Western Federation of Miners, II has bon carried to Vlotor. where com- Snl mlttces of the Citizens' alliance are ob- HI talnlng the signatures of business men HH to the boycotting agreement. HH Will Recall Soldiers. H No action has yet been taken II towards recalling the troopfs In this dls- HH trlct, and none is expected before Mon- IB day or even later. However, Adjt.- IB Gen. Sherman M. Bell has announced IB that the troops will not be needed much IB longer, as the civil authorities have Hfl control of the situation and the people Hfl aro looking forward to a speedy end IB of mililary rule. IB Marked for Deportation. IB All day long deputies searched the IB hills, and there are now confined in Hfl the bull pen about twenty-five men. HH Ten of them are marked for Immediate I HH deportation. They are all Altman mon HH and wero takon today by A. IT. Rogers BH and Frank Bennlck, two of Sheriff IH Bell's most trusted men. HH Hid in Shaft. MM Among the men brought on Bull Hill" Hfl were the Coogen brothers, In whoso HH cabin the military found rifles la?t win- H ter. Earl Reed, recording secretary of Hh Free Coinage union. No. ID, was also HH arrested. Builey and Stewart, two of HH the men arrested today, were found in BH a seventy-flvc-foot shaft, where they : HH were hiding. HH Willing- to Give Up Cards. Vfl A number of men have stated that Hll they were willing lo give up their HH union cards as there was no longer any Hfl union, but thoy were not willing to Hfl take out a permit to work from the HH Mine-Owners' association, but pre- HH fcrrcd to leave town. I IB |