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Show ; COLORADO MEN ARE WELL ARMED Government Honors a Requisition Requisi-tion For Krag-Jorgensens. .f .f.f .f .f -ff Denver, Colo., Nov. 25. Adju- i -f tant General Sherman M. Bell re- ! ceived from the United States ar- j senal at Rock Island, Ills.. 1,000 -f -f Krag-Jorgensen ritles and 100,000 -f - rounds of ammunition for the use f of the Colorado national guard. i I T7ASHINGTON, Nov. 25. The war! yy department has honored the J requisition- of the governor of Colorado for 1,000 Krag-Jorgensen rifles and clothing supplies- and other equipment equip-ment for 1,000 men. The supplies will be regularly issued under the provisions of the Dick bill for the arming and equipment of the organized militia of the states and territories. It is stated at the war department that the state of Colorado is merely receiving the supplies sup-plies to which she is entitled under the law, and -they undoubtedly are issued at this time because the Colorado militia mi-litia has been ordered out by the governor gov-ernor for the purpose of preserving order or-der in the districts affected by the labor strikes. All the supplies asked for are in stock and will be delivered to the state authorities at once. This action has no direct relation to the visit of General Bates to Colorado to investigate investi-gate the labor troubles for the reason that no report has yet been- received from him on the subject. DIABOLICAL PLOT. Several Cripple Creek Mines "Were to Have Been Blown Up. Denver. Colo.. Nov 2.".. Startling discoveries dis-coveries have resulted from the investigation investi-gation into the blowing up of the Indicator Indi-cator mine, in the Cripple Creek district. Saturdav, accordng to Adjutant General Bell. He savs that those who c:iu:-i tne explosion wi-ich killed Superintendent McCorma-k and Melvin Beck also iAttcu to blow up the Gold Coin, Golden Cycle. Stratton's Independence, Findlay and several other properties. General Bell learned that the revolver found at the scene of the explosion was cn of a number sold by th manufacturers manufac-turers to the San Juan Hardware company com-pany at Telluride on Oct. 2. A partial description of the man who bought the revolver was secured. General Ijr-1! is sure that the man is one of the sixteen now being guarded inside thb military lines at Camp jGoldfield. He is certain that all of those concerned in the Vindicator Vindi-cator affair, with one exception, are m crstodv. One of the men wanted to get out of the district before a cordon of soldiers sol-diers was thrown around the camp, and is on his wav to Seattle, according to information in-formation which has been gathered since l is departure. It is not believed that he will escape. Of the sixteen mi now being held at Camp Goldfield about a dozen are charged with being pr'f.cipals or accessories in the Vindicator affair. The remainder are held in connection with the attempt to wreck a Florence & Cripple Creek train a few days ago. It is generallv believed that Charles MeKinnev. th? alleged train wrecker who was spirited out of the district to the penitentiarv for safe keeping, is the person per-son from whom the authorities have secured se-cured much incriminating evidence. One proof that violence was plotted is the fact that non-union miners at work on the properties said to have been included in-cluded in the doomed list, have been receiving re-ceiving mvsterious warnings not to work, upon peril of bearing the consequences. Threatening Letters. Governor Peabody and Adjutant General Gen-eral Bell have received threatening letters let-ters within the past few days. One of the communications to General Be ll says: "You will be popped off if you ever come to Cripple Creek." Another letter warns the officials of the existence of a plot to blow tip the wing of the capitol where the governor's and the adjutant general's offices are lo-, cated. All such letters are turned over, to the Pinkerton agency as fast as received. re-ceived. No attempt has been made, to guard the military offices, because no fears are entertained that any violence will be attempted in Denver. General Bell was' in communication with the sheriff of Las Animas county for more than an hour today, and the report wa in circulation that troops were being placed in readiness to move to the coal fields The reserve force numbers 500 men and they will be fully equipped within the next few days. General Bell called his stenosrapner into his office this afternoon and dictated dic-tated the following statement, for publication: pub-lication: , , , .. "We will fight it out m Colorado if it takes everv able-bodied man in the state and some 'who are disabled, to the end that law and order is maintained and socialism, so-cialism, anarchv and Moyerism are wiped off the eartlf and. there is not a grease 'iot left to assassinate, dynamite, molest, d'isturb or in any manner interfere with the commercial conditions and the peace of illustrious Colorado." General Bell has given orders to have two more regiments formed in the Colo- j rado national guard, and in the course of j the week he expects to recruit 600 men. j MINERS ARE SCARCE. Telluride Operators Will Resume if They Can Hire Men. Telluride, Colo.. Nov. 25. With 5W soldiers sol-diers posteu at the various mines in this district success or failure of the attempt i at resumption of mining depends almost ! solely upon the ability of the mine managers man-agers to find men who will work in the places of the strikers. Thei- is not the slightest. ..indication of a break in the ranks of the union men. A majority of the L2ii0 miners and mill men who went on strike to enforce the demand for an eight-hour day in the mills have departed depart-ed for other mining districts. There are left here only about :J00 idle miners and mill men. Guy E. Miller, president of the Telluride Tellu-ride Miners' union, said today that all honorable methods would be employed to prevent the mines from being opened with non-union men. To this end circulars circu-lars explaining the labor situation here and requesting laboring me nto keep away have been sent to various mining camps. Sheriff J. C. Rutan entertains no prehension of violence, but his deputies are watching the strikers closely. Major General Bates. President Roosevelt's Roose-velt's emissary, carefully investigated conditions here today. He said the state appeared to. have matters well in hand, lie will report to the president upon his arrival in Chicago, whither lrS will proceed pro-ceed after leaving this state. IMPORTANT ARREST. Miner Who Talked Too Much Now in the Bull Pen. Cripple Creek, Colo.. Nov: 2."! Three companies of the Colorado National Guard from Lamar, Rocky Ford and Pueblo arrived at Camp Goldfield today and the guards at the various strategic-points strategic-points in the district are being strengthened, strength-ened, particular attention being given to the outposts. Colonel A. W. Hogie said today that he believed conditions were more dangerous now than at any time since the strike began. A union' miner named Virgcl. who had been heard to say that he knew some facts about tne Vindicator explosion, has been arrested and is hell in tle bull pen, but separated from the other prisoners. He has refused re-fused to tell what he knows or explain his remark. Virgel recently quit a good position at the Portland mine to accept worR at the Vindicator. His arrest is considered of great importance. Augustus Johnson and J. P. Isbell, two of the men arrested on Sunday, have teen liberated. Colonel Verdeckberg, 'in command at Camp Goldfield, this afternoon stateU that the most important arrsst in connection con-nection with the blowing up of the Vindicator Vin-dicator mine and the murdering of Mc-Cormaek Mc-Cormaek and Btck was made this morn- I ing. He refused to give out any further Information, but it is reported that tne i military located the owner of the ra- I volvc-r found in the sixth level of the j mine, and his arrest was made this , morning. |