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Show ANARCHY HAS HAD ITS DAY War in Colorado Is Nearly Over. Gov. Peabody Talks of Con-dititns Con-dititns in Mining Regions of His State Gives Roasons Why Strikers and. Agitators Agi-tators From Cripple Creek Begion Are Deported. DENVER, June 13. "I think the war ia nearly over," said Gov. Peabody today. "I have ncwo from Gen. Bell that the Cripple Creek mines are open and running today, and there In comparatively little disaffection among the men. There is no news of any further trouble, nor any likelihood of any. I don't know how many more men will be doportcd, or whether any will be. I have heard nothing on that point. "I learn from Capt. Bulkeley Wells of Tellurlde that the union men there concede that their cause is lost, and that those of them who are acceptable to the mine-owners are already at work again. One hundred and fifty capable men, whether union or non-union, have been invited to go to work, and the Invitation In-vitation will be speedily accepted. "In Sllverton and Ouray peace reigna. The troops have all been ordered from Las Animas county, and only MaJ. Hill remains to look after the closing up of the details of the campaign." Replies to Industrial CounclL Gov. Peabody sent the following reply to a message he received from the Industrial In-dustrial council of Kansas City condemning con-demning his action, dated today: "J. J. Huckett, Secretary Industrial Council, Kansas City, Mo.: The fact that your council Indorses the assassinations, assas-sinations, train-wrecking and dynamiting dynamit-ing by the lawless element in the Cripple Crip-ple Creek district but proves the necessity neces-sity for my present action in suppressing sup-pressing all such from the soli of Colorado. Colo-rado. Become wise before you attempt to teach. JAMES H. PEABODY, "Governor." Gov. Peabody also nent the following dispatch in reply to a rcque&t from an Eastern newspaper for a statement of hia reasons for permitting Colorado troops to unload ninety-one union miners mi-ners on the Kansas line, leaving them destitute on the prairie, milts from any habitation: J Reason for Deporting Strikers. "The reayon for deporting striken) and agitators from Cripple Creek was tho dynamite outrage of June G, whereby ! fourteen non-union miners were instantly in-stantly killed, und the subsequent street riots and killing Of two nonunion non-union miners by the eame element. Suitable Suit-able provision was sent on the same train with the agitators. No cass of hunger or suffering reported. The Constitution Con-stitution of Colorado commands the suppression of Insurrection by such means as may be necessary. "The Htatement published' from the headquarters of the Western Federation Federa-tion of Miners to the effect that tho present strike waa called by referendum vote and for the purpose of establishing establish-ing an eight-hour day is erroneous and false. The strike waw arbitrarily called by the executive committee of the Western West-ern Federation of Miners and protested against by three-fourths of the miners in the Cripple Creek district- The eight-hour eight-hour day had been csabllfhed and recognized rec-ognized for ten years pant, and employer em-ployer and' emploj'cd were satisfied and working In harmony. Rioting, dynamiting dynamit-ing and anarchy has had its day ln Colorado." |
