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Show 1 COMMITTEE OF SAFETY FORMED j 4 j Vigilantes Will Take a Hand at ! Cripp'e Creek. Denver. Colo., Nov. 2i. A special to the Post from Cripple ("reek says that k in consequence of the recent attempt to 1 ' wreck a train, the Vindicator mine ex- 7 plosion and threat? agAInpt non-union miiierr-, a vigilance committee, to be I known as the Committee of Forty, is I being organized for the purpose of ! dealing swiftly and severely with vio- later" of law and order. I Adjutant General Sherman M. Bell I returned today from Clippie Creek and reported to Governor Peabody that a s l'lot J;ad been fnrnrd to blow up four i mines besides the Vindicator, in which ? ".o men were killed by a dynamite ex- 1 lesion on Saturday. One Han Confesses. General Bell said one of the men- under un-der arrest had made a confession and ) lie believed the conspirators, would be ' nvieted. There are sixteen prisoners i:i the bull en. and General Bell said 'Kit .-'heriff Robertson did not want to ; re. eiv.. them at the jail as he could not I be responsible for their safe-keeping. I They may be removed in a few days to I !! i:at penitentiary at Canon City j '' to Denver. I "President Kennison of the- miners' ! I't.ien and several of his companions in I ili" hull pen are perfectly satisfied to J remain there until the bitter feeling! I Hint prevails against them in the dis- I triet cools down," said Genera! Be!'. ! "They fear for their lives should they be turned loose on any civil process or I even if they should be sent to the coun- I '.V jail." ; Plan to Lynch UcKinney. I 1'lanu were formed yesterday to lynch 1r 'liarlcs McKinney. one of the three n.' ii held i.n a charge of attempted train wrecking, but the military pro-toted pro-toted him and he was taken to Canon '"by. Judge Seeds today doubled the j bail of the three men, fixing it at J16.0M) f for end. I Hr,,, j.-;,. jj Faj,j h? would not intro- i di;ee t he t stimony in his possession at I ih" coroner's inquest in the case of the I t., 1,1,11 killed in the Vindicator mine, I but would . reserve it for the trial. The i general would not disclose any details I of the plot, but it is reported that the j ownership of the gun, pieces of which I were found in the Vindicator mine aft- S rr the explosion, has been traced. 1 Governor Peabody regards- condi- 5 tiuns at Cripple Creek as critical, and I '"day increased the military force there J by send ins: another company of infan- tiy from Florence. I ' TF.OOPS AT TELLURIDE. j Effort Will B Made to Open the I Mines With Non-Union Men. j Telluride. Colo., Xv. 24. -Six com-j com-j :.nie. of infantry and two troops of I ;-.alry of the Colorado national guard, I ab. ut .".CO men. under command of Mali Ma-li j"i Zeph T. Hill, reached Telluride safe-' safe-' ly this afternoon. The train, in four sect inns, was run very nlowly. great i ! camions being taken to prevent any I disaster. Mine owners will now attempt to reepen their min-'S and milts ' with f non-union men. : . |