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Show WYOMING MINERS FACE U. S. CHARGES C'HEYKXX'K. M'yo., Dee. 16. Four miners at Kooi face tjnjseeution for vio-Uitioii vio-Uitioii of -the - Lever act in connection with the recent strike. Warm nts for their arrest were forwarded to Sheridan today from the ofUcv. uf Charles J.-- Rig-don. Rig-don. United St;iles district atlorney. The cases are the first to be bro.UKhf u ndor ibis act in Womins. l-ast week' tiiirly-fivo tiiirly-fivo men were arrested at Kooi by Sheriff Thomas, assisted by state and federal troops. fid lowing" a in eel ing of miners in viola t ion of the governor's proclamat ion prohibiting: mod higs within twenty-five miles of eoal mines. AI this men) ing the men vol eel to disregard the orders of t heir international officers to end the strike. All birt four of the miners subsequently were released upon their promise to return re-turn to work, and the remaining miners in (ho district voted also to return to work. The four men ' facing federal charges are being held in. Cheyenne county jail. |