Show MINERS ISSUE STATEMENT declare responsibility for lawless nets in colorado lies on shoulders of citizens alliance the executive board of at the western federation of miners baa has issued a statement regarding tho the situation la in cripple creek in reply to the state bents ants made by general sherman it mall and secretary C C hamlin of the cripple creek mine wine owners association cia tion the statement is made that the responsibility tor for the lawless ness connected with the content resta rests entirely on the shoulders of at tho the mine operator operators tho the citizens alliance and their allies backed up by the ready power ot at the state government concerning the explosion which wrecked the depot at independence and emd killed sixteen unfortunate non union miners it need only he be said that the self confessed train wrecker mckinney in the employ of tho the mine owners association bad had a few days previous been released from custody at the behest of the attorney for the association and that this same game mckin ney was observed going down putts ca canyon nyon in the immediate vicinity of the wreckage only a short abort time after the disaster and that the bloodhound used to boilow the trail of the criminal i went directly to a house occupied by a detective in the employ of the mine owners asi je elation lation and was prompt ly called off mckinney stated under cross examination during the trial of the union miners who were accused of the attempted train wrecking that he and other detectives did that for a money consideration be would pull erkes alkes and wreck a train the statement Is made that the photographs ot of masked miners referred to by general bell were those of at strike brea breakers kero and were kept for the purpose of publishing a scab list with the pictures of at the men accompanying their description so that members of organ iced labor all over the country would become thoroughly acquainted 1 with k these men who have committed t trea r eason to themselves and to their classes |