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Show CRIPPLE CREEKI DISTRICT QUIET; A NMI. OF WILD ' ALARM; BEliL UNDER FIRE --- - I Only. One Person Killed in Strenuous Battles I Between Soldiers and Fugitive Miners; Daily Record to Start Again. . BULLETIN. VICTOR, Colo., June 9. A squad of mounted infantrymen has gone out today in pursuit of about flfty-flvs union miner, said to be encamped In the Beaver Creek region east of this city. The troops have orders to shoot the men when found if they resist arrest. BULLETIN. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., June 9. The Citizens' Alliance determined at a meeting- today that unionUon must be banished from Cripple Creek district dis-trict forever. Attorneys are preparing prepar-ing a document to be presented to all merchants, business men and othet employers of labor for their signatures, signa-tures, pledging them to not employ any one connected with a labor union. Three thousand men and women will be affected. CRIPPLE CREEK,. Colo.. June . After a night of intense excitement'du to the battle between troops and strik-i strik-i ers at Dunnville, a small skirmish on Big Bull hill and ths wrecking of the Victor Record office, matters have quieted down -in this military district, and it is generally believed the worst is now over. Authority Questioned. A question may arise over the Dunnville Dunn-ville battle between authorities, as it was fought in Fremont county and John Carley, who was killed, was brought to Teller. Dunnville is located fourteen miles south of Victor, a short distance beyond the border of Teller county, which alone lias been declared by the Governor to be in a state of insurrectlou and rebellion. Adjt.-Gen. Sherman M. Bell's right to send troops out of the territory which Is under martial law is disputed, but he claims authority to do this under a paragraph of the orders calling out troops, which reads as follows: fol-lows: Clause in the Order. "It having been made to appear to me by the Sheriff of Teller county, and by other officers of said county, and citizens citi-zens of said county, that there Is within said county of Teller and adjacent thereto a large number of persons working together and threatening to Join forces in said Teller county, for the purpose of resisting the State of Colorado," Colo-rado," etc. ! Only One Person Killed. It is considered remarkable that only one man was killed ir. the Dunnville battle. The contesting forces were about 200 soldiers and deputies under personal command of Gen. Bell and sixty-five miners, who were secreted behind be-hind rocks and trees In the hills surrounding sur-rounding the new mining camp. The attacking party left its train and walked through a narrow canyon Into I the open gulch where the town of Dunnville is located and was subjected to a hall of bullets from the rocks high above. Probably 2000 shots were fired by both sides, yel only one man was hit so far as known. John Carley was in the timber and was slain by a steel bullet from the Krag-Jorgensen rifle of a man in the firing fir-ing squad of Sergt. Baldwin. Gen. Bell Under Fire. The dirt anl rocks around the feet cf the invaders and the newspaper men who accompanied them, were spitted up as if a heavy hailstorm was'lr progress. but not a man was touched. Bullets struck about Gtn. Bell and literally sprinkled his boots with earth and broken bro-ken rock, but he was cool and gave orders or-ders deliberately. He turned to a newspaper news-paper man who was standing a few feet away and shouted: "Cover up that white vest and take oft that Panama." These were excellent targets. Charge by Soldiers. After seven minutes of hot work, desultory des-ultory firing was ktpt up for an hour. Finally the soldiers charged up. the hil'.s and many of the ambushed men were then seen scampering away in all direction?. direc-tion?. About twenty prisoners were taken. ta-ken. Fourteen who are members of miners' mi-ners' unisn were brought to camp and imprisonad, the others being released. Gen. Bell will not call fo more troops, believing that the two companies now on duty, assisted by the Sheriff's deputies, depu-ties, can cope with the small parties ofc miners scattered among the mountains. To queries on this point. Gen. Bell sn- IContinued' on Page ; Cripple Creek District. (Continued from Page 1.) swers, "See how those men fought without with-out cover and death singing about their ears." j Gen. Bell was informed that men wanted for participation ln the rioting at Victor were at Dunnville, and he made the raid for the purpose of capturing cap-turing them. His Aim Was Poor. In the party that went to Dunnville was Charles M. MacNelll. manager of the United States Reduction and Refining Refin-ing company, whose refusal to grant its mlllmen an eight-hour day caused the Cripple Creek miners strike. MacNelll waa armed with a magazine revolver, which he fired frequently, but apparently apparent-ly without hitting anybody. One of the wild Chases in the general man hunt that tha military is conducting conduct-ing ended in the capture of C. C. Frid-ley. Frid-ley. at the Thompson ranch. The three Fridley brothers, I miners, had gone southward and a? one of them was sub-pected sub-pected of having: fired the shot that killed Roxle McGee ln the riot Monday, the military gave chase. Rope Around HLj Neck. C C. Fridley atlflrst refused to talk, but the soldiers placed a rope about his neck and hs thenl told which way his brothers and another man had gone. Marshal H. A. Nay lor then continued the pursuit to Canyon City. C. C. Fridley Frid-ley was brought to Victor and placed ln the bullpen. The military commissioners appointed by Gen. Bell continued today to investigate investi-gate the records of the prisoners. The understanding Is that their work will result in the Reparation of the prisoners Into two classes, jthose to be held on criminal charges and those to be deported. deport-ed. Will Start Paper A&ain. George R. Kyner, proprietor of the Victor Record, whose office and machinery ma-chinery were wrecked last night by a mob, said today that he would establish a new plant as soon aa possible and resume re-sume publication of his newspaper. He estimates his loss iat $8000. Though the Record has been the official organ of the Miners' union since the strike began last August, It I has vigorously denounced de-nounced the assassinations which took place at Independence on Monday and has been outspoken in support of law order and Justice. A grim reminder of the Independence tragedy was furnished at Victor today by Joint funeral Service over the remains re-mains of five of the victims. Marshal Naylort and his squad can-tured can-tured George Fridley today near Canon City and returned with him to Victor He is charged with having killed Roxle McGee In Victor. Monday and with having attempted ito shoot C. C. Hamlin, Ham-lin, secretary of the Mine Owners' association as-sociation when h was addressing the mass-meeting in Vlctor Monday. |