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Twenty-Four Leaders Later
Pk:cd on a Special Train
and Deported.
MARTIAL LAW PROBABLE
PATTERSON TELLS HER
HE WILL STAND BY HER
Confers with His Daughter After
She Is Again Remanded to
the Tombs.
WATER, ATPOBT ARTHUR
Japanese Army and Navy Is Said
to Have Engaged the Enemy
in Front and Rear.
RUMORS FROM CHE-F00
HER CASE BEFORE COURT
rfcll En Route from Denver
to Cripple Creek with Proc
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Seem to Confirm Reports Previ
ously Received of Heavy Firing
Across the Straits.
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Admiral Togo Has Cleared Ta-lien-Wan
Channel of Danger
ous Obstructions.
LONDON". June 8. 3 a. m. Advices from
Che-Foo and elsewhers indicate the Jap
anese have begun active operations against
Port Arthur by land and sea. Several dis
patches speak of heavy firing having been
heard. It Is not believed, however, that
the Japanese are yet ready to risk a deci
sive battle on land. Admiral Togo has suc
ceeded In clearing the channel leading Into
Talien-Wan, so that troops may be disem
barked there. lie began locating mines on
June 2, and since then he has found and
exploded forty-one. Yesterday a small
eteamer was able to safely enter the har
bor. The work of locating other mines is
now continuing, and it Is expected that the
vicinity will be speedily cleared of all such
dangerous obstructions to navigation. Ad
miral Togo reports that a southerly gale
and a high sea prevailed during his opera
tions, but the men steadfastly continued
a.t their work.
The correspondent cf the Daily Telegraph
in Tokio cables: "The commander of the
fourth Japanese flotilla, who has returned
to the rendezvous of the fleet from a recon-
noLssance in the vicinity of Port Arthur,
mentions the loss of the Russian gunboat
Giliak and the blowing up of another Rus
sian, gunboat about the same time. A China
man escaped from Fort Arthur says that
the rations of the soldiers is two pounds of
bread daily, but as the officers have an
abundance of food the men are discon
tented." CHE-FOO. June 7. Preceding a sea at
tack on Port Arthur last night, the Jap
anese apparently, made a determined effort
to advance on that stronghold by land. A
Chinese Junk which left a point three miles
outh of Tort Dalny early Monday morning
has arrived here. She reports having heard
firing north of Port Arthur from 7 o'clock
Monday morning until 2 o'clock that after
noon, by which time she passed out of
heart.ig distance. It would appear that the
Japanese planned a land and sea attack on
Tort Arthur yesterday. The Russians, on
seeing this, sent their fleet out to give bat
tle. The result is not known.
Reports also come from Ten-Chow of
heavy firing being heard there from 11
o'clock last night until 2 o'clock this morn
ing. Vessels from the Miao-Tao islands
confirm this report, and so do the residents
of hills In the vicinity of this city, who
heard the firing and saw flashes out at sea
during the night. The fact that the Rus
sians were endeavoring, on Jur.e 4, to clear
the roadsteads off Port Arthur of mines
indicates an intention upon their part to
FtV3 battle outside the harbor-upon the
first favorable opportunity.
The foregoing would seem to confirm a
dispatch previously received at Che-Foo
from the Associated Press correspondent
at Ten-Chow, Shan-Tung peninsula. The
correspondent said there was firing at Port
Arthur last night, beginning at 11:) o'clock
and continuing for several hours.
A Japanese correspondent returning from
Talien-Wan says there is a persistent ru
mor there that the Japanese battleship Ya
shlma struck a mine off that port recently
and was sunk. Chinese arrivals from Ta-llen-AVan
are unable to conflrm the story.
ST. PETERSBURG. June 8. 1 a. m. The
government, it is authoritatively said to
night, has no more information than the
public of happenings in the neighborhood
of Port Arthur. The lack of officials news
from southern Llao-Tung was responsible
for the unusual number of rumors yester
day among the reports from Che-Foo and
elsewhere that the Russian squadron had
made a sortie from Port Arthur and that
the Japanese had b3un a land attack upon
the fortress. The general staff could neither
confirm nor deny these stories any more
than similar ones during the past forty
eight hours. However, it was pointed out
that, while a preliminary shelling of the
land defenses of Port Arthur was not im
probable, it is too early to expect news of a
perlous assault, which could not be pressed
with any prospect of success until siege
guns have been landed at Dalny. brought
overland twenty miles, emplaced and all
the arduous preliminary work or a sys
tematic advance against the outer works of
Tort Arthur completed.
GEN. KUROPATKIN IS
STILL AT LI AO-YANG
ST. PETERSBURG, June 7. While it is
t undoubtedly true that a very active Rus
sian force is' operating on the Liao-Tung
peninsula In the hope of impeding and
possibly crippling the Japanese army com
manded by General Oku, the number and
character of this force are shrouded in
myfctery. Figures are freely bandied about,
but it Is Impossible to ascertain the exact
facts. It is doubtful even If the general
tft is fully advised of General Kuropat-
kln'e intentions.
According to accepted stories here Vice
roy Alexleff insisted that Kuropatkin
should not leave Port Arthur to its fate and
the advance of troops, the strength of
which is not known here, may be- due to
his pressure. But two things are certain
the strength of the main army at Liao
Tang has not been appreciably weakened
by the force sent south and the movement
was not ordered by Emperor Nicholas.
The Associated Press is assured bv a
member of the Emperor's suite that the
stories that the differences between Vice
roy Alexleff and General Kuropatkin on
this subject were referred to the Emperor,
wno. in turn, submitted them to the conn
cil of war. which agreed on the, advisability
of ordering an advance, are absolutely
false. The Associated Press informant reit
erated the statement, cabled June 3. that
the Emperor is not attempting to Impose
his views upon Kuropatkin. saying further
that the Emperor considered that the mill
tary situation has distinctly improved from
the standpoint or the ruture.
PARIS. June 7. The Foreign Office re
Calved advices this morning definitely an
nouncing that General Kuropatkin, with
his main force, is at l.iao-iang.
CHINESE OBJECT TO
RUSSIAN METHODS
GRAND DUKE ALEXIS.
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.
BLACK SEA FLEET
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That the Woman Is Held Without
Formal Charge Decision
Is Reserved.
Rumor that Russia Has Been
Given Permission to Use the
Dardanelles.
THEY MUST NOT RETURN
PEKING. June 7.-11 a. m.-The Chinese
officials emphatically deny that there Is the
ÜKhtest reason to doubt tieneral Ma's abil
ity to control his troops, (enoral Ma has
been strictly ordered to prevent any out
break, and none is liKely to occur. Viceroy
Alexltff's Manchurian p.wlamatlon. charg
ing the villagers with the duty of protect
ing the railway under t!u pain of extermi
nation, is creating a had Impression here.
Thf government has protested unavalllngly
and it H currently supposed that Husfia
desires to provok an outburst with the"
view of Justifying Russian uKKre&sion.
RUSSIANS ACCUSED
OE POISONING WATER
Alleged Scheme of the Grand Duke
Alexis Britain Not Yet Asked
for Consent.
ST. PETERSBURG. June 7. The Grand
Duke Alexia, commander-in-chief of the
navy, according to an apparently reliable
report, which, however. Is not officially con
firmed, has obtained the permission of the
Emperor to create a third Pacific squadron
from the vessels of the Black sea fleet and
permission has 'already been obtained from
Turkey to take the ships through the Dar
danelles on the condition that they will not
return. This squadron will be composed,
according to the report, of the battleships
Bostlslev, Dvenadzat, Apostoloff and Tria
Sviatitella and will be accompanied by tor
pedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers and
will sail for the far East simultaneously
with the Baltic squadron. The Associated
Press is unable to obtain any confirmation
of the report.
LONDON, June 7. The Foreign Office has
not received any request from Russia or
Turkey to agree to the passajje of the Rus
sian Black sea fleet through the Darda
nelles. It is pointed out that Turkey doubt
less would be delighted to get rid of Rus
sia's Black sea fleet, but the passage of
warships through the Dardanelles would be
a distinct contravention of the treaty, per
mission for which has neither been asked
nor is likely to be granted if asked for.
SUBMARINE BOATS
ARE SOLD TO JAPAN
Report Sent Out from Bridgeport
Says the Protector Has Been
Shipped.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., June 7. The re
port reached this city this afternoon that
the submarine boat Protector had been
shipped to Japan from New York and that
four boats modeled after the Protector are
now under construction at the works of
the Newport News Dry Dock and Ship
building Company, iiridgeport men inter
ested in the construction of these boats
decline to give any information as to what
has been done with the Protector.
Japanese agents .iave been In this city
several times, ana as a result it is said
draughtsmen are working day and nisht at
a local shop on plans and models of sub
marine boats. Some of these models are
known, to have been shipped to Newport
News.
The Protector and other boats of her
model are the invention of Captain Simon
Iike and are known as the Lake sub
marines. Capt. Lake will not discuss the
reported sale to Japan.
BODY OP DISTILLERY
FIRE VICTIM FOUND
Man Who Possibly Was Responsi
ble for the Explosion Was
Seeking Whisky Barrel Leaks.
PEORIA. 111., June 7. One more body,
that of Joseph Zimmerman, was taken
from the ruins of the Corning distillery to
day. The remains were found in a part of
the building where the fire was most fierce
and there was not enough of the body left
to make a handful. Identification was
made possible by the fact that Zimmer
man's watch was only partly destroyed,
and that his hammer and lamp, with which
he had been searching for leaks in the bar
rels, and which some claim was responsible
for the disaster, were also found. Of the
fourteen men who died In the fire the bodies
of ten have been recovered, and of these
seven have been Identified and claimed by
relatives. The remaining three are in such
condition that identification Is impossible.
The search of the ruins for the four bodies
still continues.
NEW YORK, June T.-Mrs. Nan Tatter
son, who has been held in the Tombs prison
in connection with the mysterious death of
Caesar Young, the wealthy bookmaker,
who was shot while riding in a cab with
the young woman last Saturday, was this
afternoon taken before Justice Clarke, of
the Supreme Court, on a writ of habeas
corpus. At the close of the arguments
Judge. Clarke took the papers and said he
would give his decision at the earliest pos
sible hour. The prisoner was taken back
to the Tombs.
A great crowd gathered in the courtroom
when Mrs. Patterson was brought before
Judge Clarke. The prisoner was accom
panied only by the warden of the Tombs
prison. When the proceedings were begun
Coroner Brown produced a. copy of the
affidavit on which the woman is held by the
coroner.
Attorney Unger, for Mrs. Fatterson, re
ferring to the affidavit, said they were con
fronted by a paper which purported to be a
return, but was In such shape that he
doubted the district attorney's office was
responsible for it. He then demurred for
mally to the return. "This loose paper is
for a dilatory purpose." declared Mr.
Unger. lie then went Into the law as to
coroners' inquests, and said that a coroner
had no power to imprison a person accused
of crime before the inquest unless the per
son was not in custody. In order to enable
the coroner to act there must be informa
tion laid before him that a murder has
been committed," said Mr. Unger.
"Or suicid'" interrupted Justice Clarke.
Mrs. Patterson never took her eyes from
her counsel's face as he was making the
argument, but she gave not the slightest
indication of nervousness or anxiety over
the outcome. Her demeanor showed she
might have been one of the half dozen
women spectators in the courtroom.
Assistant District Attorney Sanford said
it would be a great pleasure to the coroner
if he could discharge the woman, but he
could not under the pure queion of law.
The information had been laid before him
that a crime had been committed. The as
sistant district attorney went on to describe
the wound and said that the woman was
the only one who was near the dead man.
"The pistol was held so close to the coat
that It could not have been held by any
body but the defendant or the dead man.
and from the nature of the wound the dead
man could not have returned the pistol to
his coat pocket," said Mr. Sanford, as he
asked the court to dismiss the writ.
"From what I can read In the code."
said Justice Clarke, "the coroner has only
jurisdiction after a Jury has been im
paneled. There has been no Inquisition."
"No," replied Mr. Sanford. "But a jury
has been .summoned and the coroner Is act
ing its a magistrate."
"I shall have to examine these papers."
said Justice Clarke. 1 do not know just
how she is held."
"Nor anybody else," said Lawyer Unger.
The question of bail was then raised.
Counsel said: "She is held in &.0O0."
"Five thousand dollars?" asked the court
in surprise. "Why, what is she charged
with? If she is charged with murder in the
first degree that Is not bailable. Is she
held as a witness?"
"I don't know," replied Mr. Unger. "That
la just what we are trying to find out."
"If she is not charged with anything how
can she be held?" asked Justice Clarke, and
he added: "I think she had better be re
manded, and I will give my decision at the
earliest possible hour."
After Justice Clarke had announced that
he would take the papers and announce his
decision later the crowd was hustled out
of the courtroom and Mrs. Patterson taken
through the justice's chambers to the
street. The crowd, which rushed from the
building, reached the street Just in time to
see the carriage and her guard whirl around
the corner on the way to the Tombs.
John R. Patterson, of Washington, father
of the prisoner, visited her soon after she
was taken back to prison. They sat to
gether In the reception room and conversed
in low tones for ten minutes. Their conver
sation was earnest and several times the
young woman wept convulsively. Her fa
ther was plainly affected by her plight, and
as he rose to go he was heard to say,
"Well, In that case I shall stand by you."
Mr. Patterson left the prison as his
daughter was led back to her cell, and as
he emerged on the street h appeared
greatly depressed. When asked if he had
anything to say Mr. Patterson replied:
"The less said the better."
He was joined outside the prison by two
young men and they departed together.
J. Morgan Smith, brother-in-law of Mrs.
Patterson, appearec at the district attor
ney's office late this afternoon, accompa
nied by two detectives, and was closeted
with Assistant District Attorney Garvan
for half an hour. He was questioned re
garding the revolver with which Young
was shot, but refused to answer on the
(CONTINUED ON PAGlTcrcOLTX)
BATTER DOWN DOOR AND
ARREST MRS. ELIAS
Detectives Sirve Warrant on Ne
gress Charged with Extortion in
Blackmailing Piatt.
TOKIO. June ".Supplementary reports
from the blockading forcej Indicate that
the Russian gunboat which was sunk by a
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NEW YORK, June 7. Detectives to-night
battered down the heavy front door at the
resilience in this city of Mrs. Hannah Ellas,
tho negress who is charged with obtaining
nearly $700.000 from aged Jvhn R. Piatt by
blackmail. They then placed her under ar
rest on a warrant charging her with extor
tion in having secured $7.5W from Mr. Piatt
in May last.
Mrs. Elias was in bed when the warrant
was served. Immediately atterward the
papers in the civil action brought against
her by Mr. Piatt were served.
RELATIVES WANT ALL
THE WINTHROP ESTATE
NEW YORK, June 7.-Dlstant relatives
of Mrs. Henry R. Winthrop interposed ob
jections to-day before Surrogate Fitzgerald
to her bequest of about $2.im to the
Theological seminary of the Presbyterian
Church at Princeton. Objection is made
on the ground th.it the seminary, not be
ing an Incorporated body, cannot hold such
a bequest, and that an educational Institu
tion cannot receive more thin one-half of
any person's estate; also, that the seminary
had retched its holding limit. The execu
tors reported that after deducting all other
payments and thir rwn commissions they
had . balance oi' J2.115.0I5 for the purjostf
of tho seminary. Decision was reserved.
POLITICAL MANAGER There's a nice one, lady, only cost you a $1,030,003.
YV- -
THE HEN This Is a cinch.
THREE MONTHS LATER -And Just to think, I've been settin' on that consarned docrknob for six months.
SITUATION is critical;
Mine : Operators Have Ropes
Ready for Hanging Plotters
More Officials Resign.
AMERICAN KILLED BY
CHINESE
SOLDERS
10
LODKEDJIKE PIRATES
Home of Lewis Etzel, Correspond
ent of the London Telegraph,
Was at Denver.
MUNCI
CHEMIST Fl
110 TRACES OF POISON
Mystery of the Death of Artie
Monks Not Cleared by
Coroner.
WITH ERNEST BRINDLE
Of the London Mail, When Junk
Was Surprised and Soldiers
Opened Fire.
LONDON, June 8. Ernest Brindle, the
Dally Mail's correspondent in Manchuria,
in a description of the death of Lewis Et
zell, an American, who was correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph, who was shot by
Chinese soldiers while in a junk between
Shwantaltsee and Erdiko, says: "Our in
tention was to cruise along the Liao-Tung
coast. About 6 o'clock in the morning the
junk was surrounded by four sailing boats
manned by Chinese soldiers, who, without
explanation, opoued tire, their shots fall
ing all over our boat. We were below read
ing and writing, and Etzell, looking out.
received a fearful wound in the back of
the head and expired in a few moments.
The soldiers, who were dressed like pirates,
said they mistook us for a pirate boat they
were seeking. They afterward donned uni
forms. I walked to TienchwanKtai to sum
men assistance.' One of the Chinese crew
was badly wounded, and it is not likely
that he will recover."
N1EU-CHWANG, June 7. 11 a. m. A pri
vate telegram just received from Shan-Hai-Kwan
says that Lewis Etzel, correspondent
of the London Daily Telegraph, and Ernest
Brindle, of the Ixmdon Daily Mail, were
tired on bv Chinese soldiers while in a junk
between Shwan-Tal-Tze and Er-Diko. Et
zel was killed. They left here on June 3 to
Investigate the movements of some baudits.
United States Consul General Miller has
taken a special train for the scene of the
killing to make a personal investigation.
DENVER, June ".Anna B. Etzel, a sten
ographer living in this city with her mother
and sister, received a cablegram to-day an
nouncing the death of her brother, Lewis
Etzel, a newspaper correspondent, who was
tired on In a junk and killed by Chinese sol-
Lcwls Etzel was the son of Gabriel Etzel,
dlers. The cablegram contains no details.
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COL. 5.)
PHYSICIAN IS SUSPECTED
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCI E, Ind., June 7. Thirty witnesses
have been examined before acting Coroner
Gray, who is holding an inquest to de
termine the cause of the death of Miss
Artie Monks, and yet the inquest is not
completed. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Monks, the
parents of the girl, could not be present
this afternoon on account of the funeral,
and will be examined to-morrow. All the
relatives have testified that the girl was
not subject to nervous attacks, as her lover
asserted, which leaves the cause of her
death a greater mystery than ever. The
chemist has completed his analysis of the
contents of the stomach, finding no trace
of poison. It Is understood that the in
quest has developed some startling testi
mony. A Muncie physician is said to be
under suspicion in the case.
LEB A UN NE REPORTED
TO DB SHORT $4,200
WOULD TAKEHEN
TO THE
KLONDIKE AND GIVE
THEM
WORK FORCASH IN HAND
Jack Sibby Under Arrest for Al
leged False Pretenses in Luring
Men to Gold Fields.
National T. P. A. Looks Into the
Case of the Secretary-Treasurer.
SPRINGFIELD. 111., June 7. The Na
tional Travelers' Protective Association to
day was occupied in executive session with
the case of Louis Lebaume, of St. Louis,
national secretary-treasurer, whose books
were examined by experts and who was
suspended from office by the national board
of directors. J. W. McDonald, president of
national directors, addressed the conven
tion, end read u report which stated that
th result of the expert examina
tion of tho books showed a short
age Of Ji.200. This, it was stated,
would not pffect the association,
however, as Lebaunne's sureties are good
and his bond Is S5Q.O00. E. W. Donham.
national president, made an address which
referred to the national board of directors
and caused considerable excitement.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The capital stock of the Irdianapolis Journal Newspaper Company having been sold
by its present owners to Mr. George F McCulloch. the paper with this Issue passes under
the management and control of Mr. McCulloch
INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY.
With this Issue the publication of the Indianapolis Daily Journal Is discontinued.
Announcement as to the disposition cf the Sunday Journal will be made Uter.
June 8, 1934. GEO. F. McCULLOCH.
j
The Indianapolis Dally Journal has been acquired by the Indianapolis Star Company;
and beginning with Thursday morning. June 9, will b3 msrged with the Indianapolis Morn
ing Star. The combined publication will aposar as the "Star and Journal."
Readers of the Journal will hereafter be served with the "Star and Journal." It
is the hope of the management to Continus ths high standard of excellence maintained for
many years by the Journal, and thereby merit continued approval and patronage.
INDIANAPOLIS STAR' COMPANY.
DEMANDED $50 PAYMENT
Police Say Australian's Grip Was
Packed Ready to Leave City
Protests Good Intentions.
Jack Sibby, a dapper little Austrian, who
has been rooming at 240 North Illinois
street, was arrested yesterday afternoon
by Detectives Splann and Haley on a
charge of false pretenses. Sibby is sus
pected of trying to defraud persons by in
ducing them to enter a contract calling for
their aid in the development of placer
mines in the Nome, Alaska, regions. The
detectives clklm that Sibby's conduct in
offering his proposition savored of crook
edness. Last Sunday he advertised in the news
papers and ottered to take twenty-live men
to Falrbank and Irene creeks, in the Nome
river region, for $10) each. He claims to
own a placer claim there, liy the terms
of the contract each man was to pay his
money to Sibby, who was to charter a car
to take the party to Seattle, Wash., and
from there the trip to the mines was to !kj
made by water. After they were safely
landed and put to work, each man was
to receive $7 per day for his work and one
sixth of all the gold he took out. Work
under these conditions was guaranteed lor
two seasons.
Amiel Uaumgard. living at 532 Prospect
street, was one of the first persons to
answer the advertisement. The young man
offered to place J0 with wine iirm to show
his good faith, but he Fays Sibby Insisted
on his having the cash in his own hands.
This incident made Uaumgard suspicious
and he reported the matter to Acting Cap
tain of Detectives Holtz.
Yesterday afternoon Uaumgard was sent
back ;o. Sibby's house by the detectives, as
a decoy and when he was in the room,
closing the deal, the officers walked in and
made the arrest. Sibby had told Itaum
gard that he only needed one more man
to make up his party; that he was going
to charter a car yesterday and leave for
the gold fields Friday.
Pinky Caun, a lif teen-year-old girl, who
lives with Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Cahn. the
keepers of the rooming house where Sibby
was staying, says that he recently told her
that he was going away soon, and that he
would give her $1,(00 and see that she had
an opportunity to go on the stage if she
would accompany him. The little girl is a
relative of the Cahns.
Sibby reported to the police several days
ago that he had been enticed into a room
by a colored woman and robbed of $1L0.
He told the detectives yesterday that ho
was short of money, and that lie had in
tended to take the men to Alaska for
down and the other $3) after arriving at
the gold regions.
He has a certificate of labor, showing
that he worked -a claim in the Boulder
creek region, three years ago. He said,
in speaking of the matter to a newspaper
man, that he could have taken twenty-live
men to tho claim for $v'0. thus leaving
him a- balance of $G'0 to begin work on.
He said he failed to see tho wrong in
this. When arrested he had $75 and some
change on his person. Iate yesterday
afternoon A. S. Griswold, of 1C0 East Geor
gia street, called at the house on Illinois
street to close a contract with Sibbv and
he congratulated himself heartily at th-2
police station because he still had his $10).
The officers say Sibby's grip was packed
and that he was ready to have. When he
reported the hs of his money the o;hvr
day he gave San Francisco as his h m'.
Detective Holtz thinks tbat many more
cares of men have made deposits in the
hope of going to the gold t'nds will be
discovered when Sibby's arrest is given
publicity.
FATHER AND FIFE
CHILDREN DROWN
Farmer's Wagon Is Overturned in
Backwater of Stream Near Ar
kansas Rh er.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Cel.. June T.-Under
the regi.ne of hundreds of deputy sheriffs
and abcut 150 militiamen, receiving their
orders from Edward Bell, a wealthy mino
owner, who succeeded Sheriff Robertson,
when he resigned under threats of lynching
yesterday, this gold mining distilct xassed
a comparatively peaceful day. Throughout
the day deputies and soldiers searched the
hills for union miners, and the sum total
of the day's arrests was nineteen. This
swelled he number of men conlined In the
"bull pea" to considerably over LW, and to
night twenty-four of them were placed
aboard u special train and deported from
the district. A guard of deputies rode out
of the district with them. The men were
residents of Cripple Creek, Victor, Inde
pendence, Goldfield. Anaconda and Altman.
They were all active unionists and served
as leaders in the strike now pending".
Three additional city ofHeeis were forced
to resign their office to-day, namely, Chief
of Police Graham. Night Marshal Hardey
and Justice of the Peace Harrington. Their
reputed sympathy for unionism led to this
action. In each case a committee of the
Citizens' Alliance waited upon them and
compelled them to act immediately under
pain of violence.
Sixteen deputies, armed with sawed-off
shotguns, visited the union store and mada
a thorough search for weapons. They were
rewarded with rinding a rifle and a. shot
gun. Subsequently they went to union
headquarters in an effort to find the union
records. Their efforts were unavailing.
All the injured lu the explosion at In
dependence and the rioting in Victor are
reported doing well. No definite clew. It
is understood, has been obtained through
the bloodhounds which were started on tho
trail of the persons who placed the infernal
machine under the station at Independence.
CLASH MAY BE AVERTED.
While the tension Is tightly drawn and,
the whole district has taken rdes in tha
bitter feeling existing betweci the Mine
Owners' Association and the unionists, it
is thought that a clash will be. averted for
the reason that most, if not all, of tho
union leaders are in durance. Tho ctrects
of this city are teing constant! patrolled
by deputies and soldiers.
There is a minority element that wants
to hang S. W. O'Connell. former marshal
of Victor, suspended and under irrest, und
also Alfred Mljler, charged wtth having
started the riot which resulted n the kill
ing of Roxio McGee at the mass.meeting in
Victor yesterday afternoon and t'-everal oth
er leaders. No hanging will tiko place,
however. In all probability, umess resist
ance is offered by word or action of tho
prisoners. It would require b"t little to
have a wholesale hanging.
Virgil King, a union leader, lind fifteen
others, arrested in Cripple Cr-e to-day,
have been taken to Victcr for Deportation.
The building owned and occupied by Min
eis' Union No. 40 in Cripple rcek is in
charge of the militia. The froft windows
have been demolished and the ?ig sign of
the W. F. O. M. torn down.
All officeholders whose resignations have
been demanded have furnished hem when
threatened with hanging."
Photograph of Charles McCormaclc
and Mclvin Peck, who were 1-Jlled by an
infernal machine in the Vindiator mine
November 21. 1!)3. and of other. Vindicator
mlner, have been found in iisesslon of
Frank Cochrane, seen tary of fone of tho
miners' unions of Victor. Thf discovery
greatly angered officials of the Miners As
vocl.iHon. who declared that Conrane shall
v. .....
osed ill that he
be strung until he disclos
knows concerning the outr
lleve he has information that
knows concerning the outragrl They be-
Klll lead to
the arrest of the perpetrators oj that crime.
The Victor Record was censor
cial committee appointed by th
tore publication was permitted
lioys playing In the neighbor
hole made by the explosion b Independ-
1 by a sne-
sheriff be-o-day.
ood of the
once to-day found a portion cl a cheaply
mde British bulldog revolver. I'he weapon
contained one shell and was tlken to th
office of the Citizens' Alliance. iThe finding
MUSKOGEE. I. T.. June 7. Alfred IZ.
Lee and his Ave children drowned to-day
while, trying to cross backwater In a small
stream near the Arkansas river. Lee and
his children were in a wajjon, which was
turned over in fifteen feet or water. The
six bodies were recovered and brought hero
lo-rUfiht.
of the revolver Is regarded at conclusive
proof that the dynamite was f t off in a
fashion similar to the explosion of giant
powder of the Vindicator rdnel
The bloodhounds In charg f of Hugo
Palmer, of Trinidad, to-day traded the as
sassin who killed the Findlay tilners to a
mile beyond Clyde station, a Sllstance of
three miles. There the scent Xis lost. It
is Ik lieved' by the detective wolfing on the
cas that the assassin took a lf;ggy at the
place where the scent was hit and pro
ceeded along the old stage roadf o Colorado
Springs. The coroner's Jury ivislted the
scene of the explosion to-day. lifter which
an adjournment was taken until to-morrow.
whn evidence will be taken. I
"The Western Federation oflMiners will
be banished from the distrifV declare
the mme owners. ,
"It has not been proven tha the dyna
miting was done by the Federation." retort
the union men. "We have a eight to or
ganize and remain here." I
In Victor business is practically suspend
ed, and conditions in Cripple Cleek are lit
tle, if any, better. All saloon! have been
closed by order of the authors ies. Many
merchants have closed their stires, and all
who can are Increasing the!r insurance.
All mines except the Portland; which em
ploys union men. are still clos'd. and will
be until after the Inquest anl funeral of
the vietlmr. of the dynamite o'grage.
W. H. Boss, of Dayton. .l has tele
graphed for a description of I.llt.ss, killed
in the explosion, whom he brieves Is hl
brother. f
CROWDS THRONG 7
STREETS OF
rIE
'ICTOR
ie crowds
n crease to-
:ics expo li
the t recta
f'rench th
ie of hose
1 street to
disp rsinir
the crowd without, resortinjs t the u-e of
arms. The sheriff, the mihtar.f authorities
und the mine owners now nnrn' sfr te thnf
a wholesale deportation of unio miliars will
occur,1 althcii:h they will not täte when.
VICTOR, Col., June 7. '
arounu the depots continued to
day, and the soldiers and dep
eiK-ed some difficulty in ke plnj
passable. By order of Mayor
fire department stretched a
along Victor avenue and Th!
the .timory for the purpose 1
The s I ie riff to-day swore in dir
as possible.
TWO MORE DEATHS
SEVENTEEN
CRIPPLK CREEK. Co!.. Jui
deaths have resulted Itum t
outrage at 1 nd jn-nd. n e. Two $
wire added to the list of de.u
3
Georg-i S. Henderhon and Fnv .
h; befit ved that the bodivsi of s j
were blown to atoms and tint
are at the bottom of tho hoi?
explosion.
Two men were kiHd and 1
in the rioting in Victor. T!
Roxio McGee and John Davis.
id are Juhn lUtd, Je FliiJlc;
tics as fUit
IN ALU
7. Fift-vn
. dynarnlt.
ire nam,
Tht y am
B'ikley. It
tral others
ho remain
ado by the
:t wovind.nl
dead JM
:h wound-
Fire CLkf