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Show FEDERATION OE MINERS WINS IN CRIPPLE CREEK. CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo.. March 19.-The 19.-The Western Federation of Miners has thus far won a signal victory In the battle bat-tle which it is waging in support of the striking millmen at Colorado City. With very few exceptions the mines approached by the executive committee have agreed not to ship ore to the mills of the United States Reduction and Refining company. Unless something unforeseen occurs the end of the strfke is close at hand as far as the Cripple Creek district is concerned. The mines which have shut down aro the Independence iM men: Isabella, 100 men; Thompson, 50 men; and the Granite, 40 men; a total of t40 men. Added to this, the men who have been laid off because of the cessation of shipments brings the total nun her of men out of employment to about 1200. The big Portland mine and those of the Woods companies are not affected by the situation, as their ores are treated at their own mlllp. None of the mines have Indicated any intention in-tention to fight the federation. Stratton's Independence has only the engineers and pumpmen at work, and the same is true of the Thompson and the Granite. The Isabella will completely cease operations. |