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Show REACHED THE LIMIT. Striking Miner Chained to Telegraph H Pole for Refusing to Work. H A Denver dispatch, under date of B March 3, says: Governor Peabody to- H day said that although Tellurldo Is I stilt under martini law tho military au- H thorltlcs wero not responsible for tho pillorying of Harry MnkI, n strlkinj H union minor, who was kept chained to 1 H. a telegraph polo for nn hour nnd a H half nfter having been convicted of H vagrancy. H Wlllard Runnells, a deputy sheriff, H Is sold to havo chained MnkI to iho H pole. No report has yet been received H from Attorney 15. F. Rlcbnrdson, who H has been sent to Tellurldo by tho of- H fleers of tho Western Federation of H Miners to Investigate this case. W. D U Haywood, secretary of tho federation, Hj sent tho following telegram to tho H Tellurldo union: "Suffer no more nbusos. If you can H not get relief through tho courts you H still havo left tho power of self-do- U fenso." |