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iWATERBURY, CONN. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1904.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
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lYol; xvn, no, 158.
ftEWS OF WA1
; AT ST.
Operations About Port Arthur Have Suddenly Ceased
The Lull is Probably
Battle Rainy Season is
Story of the Killing
His FuneraL Z'' - '
Ox T)Afaiehivi Tun A "A tfl7 T lTI
The reports of sorties from and attacks
on Port Arthur coming in from foreign
sources arouse' the liveliest interest
' here. The government, not having
means of- communication -with the
, fortress, accepts them with reserve.
The authorities generally believe' that
the reported march of events in the
front of Fort -Arthur is a little too
; rapid.
The tension over the situation at the
theater of war is manifestly increasing.
1 The general staff is becoming more re
ticent and the public is convinced that
an 'important battle which may decide
the fate of the campaign is impending.
The outpost engagements between the
, main armies of Generals Kuropatkin
and Kuroki have suddenly ceased. Sucn
a lull frequently occurs after two
armies havebeen for some time in
touch and just before they already,
to strike. Kuroki Has not yet hioved,
according to the latest advices but is
drawing in bis skirmishers as, ir pre
paring to do so. Developments on the
lower part of the Liao-Tung Pfninsula
may determine when and where the
two armies will come in collision. Ku
ropatkin has elaborately fortified his
position at Liao-Yarig, in anticipation
of a possible forward movement o
the part of Kuroki and the army land
ed at Taku-Shan.v But Kuroki's failure
to assume the aggressive and the. ap
proach of the rainy season, which
would stop operations, as well as the
pressure to impede General Okus
Smy. may have been determining fac
fS to dispatching a force southward
V0 strength of which is as mucna
stery The Japanese apparently are
nof averse to this advance paying
readv withdrawn before it to beiow
WMdSk If Kuroki should .rrnow
push in behind this force. across the
head of , the Liao-Tung pemnsu uro
patkin. in the opinion of military ex
neris with nothing to fear on, his flank,
Fs certSto come down from the nor h
Lna a decisive battle might occur in
the -neighborhood of Ilai-Cheng.
The admiralty is ; convinced that
either the battleship Yashima or the
.SSSsWp Shikishima has been lost o i
TaUenwan ,:, v '- ,
'" T"r-7TrT.,S FUNERAL. t
New Cbwang, .'. June 8 7 a. tn.-The
funeral of Lewis Etzel correspondent
It the Lohdon Daily Telegraph will
take Place here this afternoon. He was
Sued ten miles out at sea by some
Chinese "soldiers wIkt SSSJ
for pirates. V Immediately aftV realiz
ing the mistake they had made these
men disappeared and have not been
Sen since. United , States . Consul
General Miller held , an ; inquestat
Shwantaitze yesterday at which the
Chinese, general Lu acknowledged that
Etzel was killed by his soldiers.
TifinHi of the London Daily
Mail, who was along with Etzel when
he was shot, testified that their junk
was unchallenged by the soldiers and
was fired upon in spite of the fact
that the two foreigners wereplaiuly
visible at a distance of less tban 100
yards. At least 150 shots were fired
at the correspondents' junk which did
not reply. , ' v . ,
Consul General Miller will forward
bis report to United States Minister
Conger at Pekin, showing , gross care
lessness upon the part or the soldiers
to say the least. While Brindle is un
communicative ' regarding : the plans
which took himself and Etzel on the
rArniro. the Associated Press cor
respondent has learned that they were
attempting to reach Port Arthur. The
Russian authorities are doing all in
their power to assist the American of.
ficiois in- the matter. , General Kon-
dratovitch placed a steam launch with
25 soldiers under the orders of Consul
General Miller and otherwise rendered
great aid in recovering the body of
Etzel. Consul General Miller has re
plied to General Kondratovitch thank
ing him heartily for his kindness on
behalf of the United States gorern
ment. - NICHOLAS GETS NEWS. ;
'St Petersburg, June 8. Emperor
Nicholas has received the following
dispatch fro ni Viceroy Alex ieff:
"According to the report of Hear Ad
miral Wittsoeft on the battle of Kin
Chou. our right flank was strongly sup
, sorted bv the gunboat Bobr ' and the
I wnorln boats Burn! and Boiki. which
afterwards returned to Port Arthur.-
'Ontbe night of May 26 ten torpedo
boats were sent out against the Jap
anese boats operating in Kin-Chou bay.
One of the torpedo boats struck the
rocks and sank. Her crew were saved.
"The casualties among those serving
the naval guns were Sub-Lieutenant
Fhimanobovsky missing and six sailors
wounded." t '
ONE , SAILOR KILLED. ,
Tokio, June 8. 1050 Na. m. Four
Japanese gunboats which made a
close reconnoissanee of Port Arthur
harbor at midnight on June 6 for the
purpose of examining the entrance,
were ,exposed to a severe cannonade.
Gunboat No 4 was hit eight times and
sustained gome damage. One of her
eailors;was killed and two others were
wounded.
THE SULTAN'S ORDER.
Tangier, Morocco, June 8. The sul
tan's letter In reply to the diplomatic
requisition in regard to the kidnap
ing of Messra Perdicaris and Varley,
arrived here to-day. It Is said by
i person in the sultan's confidence
that the . sultan has given orders to
grant all the considerations demanded
by Raifull, the bandit leader, in order
to expedite the relief of Perdicaris.
fiEAlD
PETE1SBURG
the Warning for a Big
Coming on Rapidly Now
of Correspondent Elzel and
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MRS ELI AS HELD.
Her Bond Placed at $50,000 Now in
Tombs Prison.
New York. June 8. Mrs Hannah
Elias who was arrested last night,
charged with extortion by John R.
Piatt, was arraigned to-day and held
in $50,000 for examination next Fri
day. Bail was not furnished and she
was committed to the Tombs prison.
When the prisoner was taken ; f mm
her cell to a cab in which she Was ta
ken to the Tombs court, she was inet
by a jeering crowd which filled ' the
street around the police station. The
woman accompanied by two detectives
entered the carriage and the start for
the court was made. Just as "the cab
started, however, a large express
wagon drove directly in its path and
the crowd closed in, many men climb
ing onto the wheels to peer into the
vehicle. ; Mrs Elias appeared much
frightened, but it developed that the
crowd was; more curious than threat
ening. 1 Assisted by several patrolmen
the detectives succeeded . in clearing a
passage and the carriage continued
to the court.
HARVARD CREWS
IN LIGHT WORK
. Harvard Crew Quarters, Gale's Fer
ry. June 8. The Harvard crews had
very lieht work this mornine. Some
of the men were feeling rather tired
after the time row ... last night and
there were several examinations to be
taken .to-day. The river was in:ner-
feet condition, but the atmosphere was
heavy, and under the hot sun the men
felt the effect of even a short morning
row badly.
: The 'varsity boat was put in the wa
ter about an hour after breakfast and
the crew rowed down strpnm for
mile at a steady stroke. There was
very uiue lire in tne rowing and
Coach Colson and the men felt pretty
much discouraged.' Coming back to
the boat house the crew rowed about
28 strokes to the minute and' the boat
spaced a little better but was very un-
sceaay. .......... -,, ,
The freshmen did not go out this
morning, and the second 'varsity crew
went only a quarter of a mile from the
float and paddled at a very easy stroke.
The . 'varsity four-oar crew got into
their new Davy shell for the first time
and spent about, an hour getting the
boat rigged, and getting accustomed to
i tby easy paddling. k
TRAVIS NOT PLAYING 7
IN FORM TO-DAY
London, June' 8. The contest for the
open golf championship was started to
day at Sandwich in blustering weather.
Owing to the heavy entry only one
round was played to-day, Walter J.
Travis, the American champion, start
ed steadily and went out in 39, but he
did not show up to good advantage in
returning. His score for the full round
was 83, which is poor. - Travis drove
further than during the amateur cham
pionship contest, but his putting was in
terior, i
I Thus fat Thomson, a professional,
leads, with a score of 75.
LETTER TO STUDLEY
New Haven, June 8.- Mayor . Stud
ley of this city is in receipt of a letter
from a sub-committee : of the execu
tive committee of the Connecticut civr
il service reform association. The re
quest is made that he examined the
action of the civil service board of
New Haven in reference to the ap-
jpointnient of its secretary. The text
of the letter in short may be inter
j preted as a demand for the removal of
tne itoarii unuer section zia or tne city
charter. v
Vale Men In. Peril of Sea.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. June 8. Frank
M. Fargo of Milwaukee, Wis., a Yale
freshman, and three classmates who
refused to give their names narrowly
escaped drowning just outside the har
bor here. They were sailing in one
of the dories of the Corinthian Yacht
club when it capsized. They were all
good swimmers and had no trouhle in
grasping the bottom of the dory, to
which they clung for hours. Their
calls were heard by a--passing schoon
er, which picked them up exhausted.
Coul See Behind.
Mace, the Paris detective, who died
recently, is said to have worn a pair of
spectacles of his own invention. : The
lenses were divided into two parts,
through one of which he looked ahead
Upon the ground and with the other
saw the people behind him. This is an
old idea. Many mothers and grand
mothers had something of this kind
befogs the detective was born. They
called their perception "seeig through
the back of the head." Many of us have
been detected ourselves, and we know.
Youth's Companion.
The Age of Chairs.
Chairs were in use in Egypt so long
ago as 3399 B. - C. The Chinese em
ployed them from about 1300 B. C. In
India they were used, and are men
tioned as dating from 1100 B. C. House
chairs with backs were in use in India
A. D. 300. They are known to' have
been employed in Rome so early as A.
D. 70, being mentioned by Pliny at that
date. Chairs with foot rests were used,
in Rome A. D. 150,
MOB WANTS HIM.
Han Who Shot His Brother-In-Lavv
and Then
His Wife.
CarmI, 111, June 8. A mob sur
rounded the home of John Robinson of
Maunie early to-day, clamoring for his
life. Sheriff '-. Connery and thirty-six
armed deupties were keeping back the
riotous crowd. It was thought the
mob would not succeed as the officers
were determined to do their duty.
Robinson, who killed his wife and
brother-in-law and then attempted to
take his own . life Monday, has suffi
ciently recovered to discuss the crime.
He shows no emotion and only says:
"People don't kill one another for
nothing." He invited Arterbury, his
brother-in-law ! home ; with him. They
quarreled; Robinson shot and killed
Arterbury. His wife was shot to
death as she held her baby. Robinson
then shot himself.
On learning that he was not dead a
mob formed. Robinson has' lost the
sight of both eyes and begs the sheriff
to let themob have Its way.
TALKS ON IMMIGRATION.
Massachusetts Official in Waterbury
This Afternoon.
Francis B. Gardner of the state
board of insanity, Boston, wag in Wa
terbury to-day and made a call at the
office of the department of charities,
where he talked upon the immigra
tion questioni with a Democrat report
er. Air Gardner said that there are
practically no Irish or other English
speaking people ' coming) into Boston
from the other side in search of em
ployment and that very little common
labor is being done in Massachusetts
by others than Italians.- It used to
be the Irish principally that did the
digging, but they have gone higher
and their places are filled by others.
They have a good deal of trouble with
Russian Polanders and many of them
are, sent back at, the expense of the
countries they -came from.
Mr Gardner lives in Brockton and
said that none but citizens nd tax
payers are employed by the munici
pality and that the minimum rate of
wages paid is $2.25 for an eight hour
day. This, of course, has noth
ing to do with factories and
contractors, although it is admitted
the wage scale set by the cities have
a great influence , in determining the
price of ' labor In the stores and fac
tories. This custom prevails in many
towns in Massachusetts and appears to
give general satisfaction. He was of
the opinion 'that this was due largely
to labor union efforts and thought that
after . the ;WQi'kir4T .peoile, the union
men especially, opened their ; eyes to
the immigration question and paid
proper attention to the law of supply
and demand they would take a more
aggressive stand in the matter, for he
didn't see what the common laborer
in this country was coming to if they
kept pouring in from the other side
and starting up housekeeping at' the
rate of two or three hundred in shan
ties and managing to live on ten cents
a day unless business kept increasing
many would have to remain idle 'and
then there was sure to be real trouble.
Mr Gardner: thought, however, that
under the conditions that ' exist at the
present time there is room 'and work
enough for all. but he had no hesita
tion in saying, that the trend of things
all over the country, with thoughtful
Americans, was towards & restriction
of a certain class of immigration to
our shores. - '
' He is a bright, clever. appearing gen
tleman, and while deploring the influx
of undesirable elements. - was 'not at
all displeased to know that the New
England Yankee and others had given
up digging, and turned the job over to
men who like that kind of work. . He
didn't consider it much of a sinecure
to toil on the streets or in a i. ditch
even at $2.25 for a work day of eight
hours. ,
FOUND IN THE RIVER
HANDS TIED TOGETHER
New York; June 8! A case which, it
is believed, will develop into a murder
mystery, was reported to the coroner's
office to-day when the body of a man,
with the hands tied together, was
found floating in the East river, The
body wns that of a man about 40
years old. , . . ' "
BAKTLETT CASE NOLLED.
Washington, June 8. The govern
ment to-day nolled the two remaining
indictments against Harrison J. Bart
lett, former la w clerk of the postoffice
department, growing out of the postal
investigation. The action was taken
by United States District Attorney
Beach before Judge Gould of the dis
trict crimirfal court. The indictment
charged Bartlett with' bribery and ac
cepting $800 as a fee as the attorney
of an Alabama investment company,
while he was a government employe.
RAFFERTY WILL COACH. .
New Haven, .June 8. Announce
ment is made at Yale that Charles
D. Rafferty, captain of the football
team the past season, will be football
coach next fall in event of his return
to college for a post-graduate course.
As he is uncertain of his immediate
future he is withholdings his reply to
an invitation to become coach of Cap
tain Hogan's team.
FRIENDS KILLED HER.
LaCrosse, Wis, June 8.- Mrs Wil
liam Asselin, a bride of four weeks is
dead of brain fever brought on by an
almost incessant charivari and sere
made by persistent friends. Asselin
was popular and a score of his over
enthusiasts are j blamed.
WEATKEE FORECAST
Forecast for Connecticut: cloudy with
scattered showers to-night; Thursdaj
fair: light variable winds.
KILLED
HIS MAN
One Armed BroKer's
Shot Fatal.
The Dead Han Belonged in
Boston His Slayer Armed
Himself With Shot Gun
and Went to Victim's
Room Waterbury Con
nected With Case
Albany, N. Y., June 8. At an early
hour this morning Richard E. Pieus
ser, of the brokerage firm of R. . E.
Preusser & . Co. 423 ' Broadway, this
city; shot 'and instantly killed Miles
B. McDonnell, a traveling man of
Boston, ' in the latter'g room on the
second floor of the Ten Eyck hotel.
Immediately -after the shooting Preus
ser walked down the stairs of the ho
tel, through the lobby, in which at
that time there were probably a doz
en people sitting and as if nothing out
of the ordinary had happened, walked
a short distance to police headquar
ters. At "the entrance he met two
police officers who were on their way
to the Ten Eyck, having been notified
by. telephone of the shooting.
Going up to the officers, Preusser
said in 'a quiet, low tone: "I've just
killed McDonnell and I came to give
myself up." . -:
He then asked permission to use
the telephone and this being granted,
called up his house on North Pearl
street and told his wife that he had
killed McDonnell and Was then at po
lice headquarters where he had given
himself up. Mrs Preusser arrived at
headquarters a few - minutes after
wards and the two had a long talk In
Chief Hyatt's private office after
which Preusser was placed behind the
bars.' ' '.-:; -,. f: ;l
The story of the murder Is intense
ly dramatic. -McDonnell had come
here to assist Preusser in caring for
Fred L.f Train, said to be of Water
bury,' Conn, who had gone insane. The
murdered man and Preusser were to
gether all day yesterday , and 'all last
evening until after midnight. . They
met a number of friends and took
lunch at midnight in a downtown res
taurant. ; , f :-v
Freusse and McDonnell . h&d no
trouble as far as known, but sudden
ly the two men left, the table and
went to "the toiMrotjW. Angry words
were heard from the room and after
a time McDonnell appeared.
, Preusser entered the dining ' room
later and1 putting on his hat walked
out. McDonnell, when he returned
from the toilet room, said: "Preusser
is just as crazy as Train."
After Preusser left the restaurant.
he; walked directly to his office 'and
there secured a shot gun and started
back to the restaurant. He-inquired
for McDonnell and was told that .Mc
Donnell had left and, gone to the ho
tel. "I've got. my orders, I'm after him
now," he is said to have remarked. .
Preusser then walked to the. Hotel
Ten Eyck; Friends of Preusser went
to the telephone and tried to call up
the Ten Eyck. but Were unsuccessful.
Preusser entered the hotel, stepped
up to Clerk A; E. Molr. leaned the gun
against the marble, desk, ; and said:
"Is McDonnell registered?"
"Yes." replied Mr. Moir.
"What room has he?" asked Preus
ser. .:
' Mr Moir gave the number of ' the
room oh the second floor, knowing that
Preusser, being ' fa miliar , with the
house, could find his way without dif
ficulty.: . -f :". f ; ;
Preusser went up andi knocking on
the; door of McDonnell's room . got the
gun in position with his one arm, hav
ing lost his other, -f ;
McDonnell, partly disrobed, had
scarcely opened the door -when Preus
ser fired one shot at McDonnell, it
taking effect on the left side near the
heart, i
Then 'Preusser walked down stairs
into the hotel lobby, and. linking arms
with a friend, saldr
"Come on, I'm going to give myself
up.",'
Bell boys were Went after doctors,'
but McDonnell was dead. '
In court this morning, surrounded
by prominent citizens, who are his
friends. Preusser . counsel , waived
examination, and he was sent to jail on
;a charge of murder.in the first degree.
His friends claim that his mind is affected-
, ,
It is stated positively that the dead
man is .the snme McDonnell who
killed two men in a cafe in New York
city 'and that his ' murderer Preusser
teided in obtaining his freedom. It is
a lso . said, that McDonnell sliced off
the ear of n Hebrew, with whom" he
had a row several years ago in Now
York city. ; .
Boston, June 8. Persons associated
wMth Miles McDonnell, the victim of
last night's shooting at Albany, N. Y
in1 the management of the Metropoli
tan .stock exchange here, learned with
the greatest surprise through the Asso
ciated Press dispatch of the murder of
McDonnell. ' Having known R. E.
Preusser, who is alleged to have killed
McDonnell, as the man's intimate
friend, they could attribute the shoot
ing only to intoxication' or Insanity.
John J. Qulnlan, treasurer of the ex
change, said to-day that no private in
formation has been received and that
nothing was known of the affair here
beyond the press reports. No one con
nected with the exchange could give
definite information whether McDon
nell was the man who was involved in
the murder of George- Price in, New
York in 1000. y v : :
It was learned definitely, however,
that McDonnell snot and killed George
Price-' In a New York cafe December
27. lfX)0, in a quarrel over gambling
-matters. McDonnell surrendered to the
TRAIN HELD UP
Bobbers Used Red Flag
Blew Open Safe in
Express Car.
Salt Lake, Utah, June 8. Denver
& Rio Grande passenger train No 5,
west bound, was held up near Pali
sade, Colo, a station just east of Grand
Junction, early to-day. Brakeman
Shellenberger was seriously wounded
by a bullet from the gun of me of the
two -holdups and the conductor had his
lantern shot from his hand.
The robbers flagged the train about
two. miles from the station and when
the trainmen went forward they were
confronted, with revolvers by two
masked men. j y
Marching the conductor back to the
train the bandits detached the engine
and express car from the coaches and
blew open the safe, after running the
locomotive and car some distance up
the track.
. The, express officials are unable to
fix the loss, , but claim it was. small.
THE MATT00N CASE.
Agreement Reached by Which it
Passes on to the Superior Court.
The case of the Watertown Savings
bank .for $10,000 against B. H. Mat
toon and his bondsmen, his father,
Henry, Emil C. Marggraff, and John
Taylor will probably go to the superior
court. Judge Peck of Bristol came
down this morning to hear the case in
the district court the local "judges
having been considered disqualified,
but at the last moment the. bondsmen
offered to make some arrangement by
which a settlement could be effected.
It was accordingly decided that judg
ment pro forma should be given the
bank for $2,500 and that an appeal
should be taken to the superior court.
' Though the suit is for $10,000, the
amount of the shortage alleged against
Mr Mattoon it was discovered after
the suit was entered that another $200
could conveniently be added to , the
discrepancy. . ': . . '.
It is now understood that the ar
rangement made this morning . in
court was for ; the purpose of giving
the bondsmen an opportunity to ascer
tain for themselves the amount of the
exact shortage and to try to' make
terms of settlement with the .bank.
By this arrangement they will' save
themselves the expense of a long trial.
SAW THE SHOOTING.
JacK$onville Man Says He Witnessed
. ."Caesar" Young Use the Pf stoli
New York. June 8. Justice Clark of
the supreme court this afternoon de
nied the writ of habeas corpus brought
Dy tne counsel for Mrs Nan Patterson,
connected with the shooting of
"Caesar" Young, and.' remanded the
prisoner. The case took a new turn to
day when Algernon Meyer of Jackson
ville, Fla, publicly announced that he
was a witness to the killing of Young
and stated that. Young himself held
the revolver which fired the fatal shot.
His first story was told to a newspaper,
but later he went to the district attor
ney's office and made a formal state
ment : - "
MASTER BUILDERS
PLEASED AT OUTLOOK
- The Master Builders' association held
a meeting, last night, x during ; which
much satisfaction was i expressed at
how things are moving along in the
building line. It was reported that be
tween new men and old hands in the
neighborhood of 200 carpenters are at
work and that this is practically as
many -as were employed before the
strike. It was also stated that many
of the carpenters who left town are re
turning satisfied tljat they can do bet
ter here than elsewhere. The bosses
believe that the open shop is being ap
preciated in Waterbury, just as it is in
Holyoke and other cities .where con
tractors and builders are conducting
their business the same as employers
are doing in this town.
NO CONFERENCE ON
THE ATW00D CASES
Hartford, June 8. Governor Cham
berlin was not at the capitol to-day
and no conference with Attorney Gen
eral King in reference to the B. Pres
ton Atwood suits was held. Mr King
said to-day that accbrding to a notice
received from the clerk of the court
of common pleas at Bridgeport to-day,
papers have been returned in every
one of the eighty -eight cases brought
there and that in each the defendants
are represented by counsel.
police, claiming that he acted in self
defense, and was acquitted after a brief
trial.'" . "- " ' 3
. McDonnell was 44 years old. He
had been connected with the stock ex
change here for about three years.
His family, including a wife and three
young children, 'live at Jamaica Plains.
Mr McDonnell talked with his wife
by 'telephone at 6 o'clock last night,
when he apparently -was in a happy
frame of mind. News of his death
was received by Mrs McDonnell from
newspaper men with incredulity; but
a dispatch from the police later con
vinced her of its truth.
Mrs McDonnell said to-day that
Preusser was regarded as her hus
band's best friend., She said that
McDonnell went to Albany to take
charge of Fred L. Train, who sudden
ly went Insane on Saturday and who
was a friend or both McDonnell and
of Preusser. '.
Mrs McDonnell is sure that the
trouble which resulted in the shooting
must have developed suddenly as Mr
McDonnell intended to return home
to-day.. The family, had planned to
celebrate the fifth birthday of their
son on Friday and the father was
coming back in time to purchase a
pony and cart which he proposed to
give the boy at that time.
I FRIEND OF THE MIMEE:
Says It is Time to Call Off the StriKe Editor anc
Owner of Official Organ of the Miners Mailcs a Plea
200 Union Men Already Under Arrest Thrcf
More City Officials Among Them Twenty-Ei gh!
Have Been Deported.
Victor, , Ool, June - 8. The Record, i
ownel and edited, by George E. Kyner,
and r ecognized as the official organ Of
the Western Federation of Miners in
the Cripple Creek district, published
an editorial to-day urging the miners
to call off the strike. Inaugurated ten
months ago, the article saying:
' "The sentiment is growing against
the Western Federation of Miners on
(nofniint n-P $fs fwn.t'rminir ths ctriko
There are few people who believe that
this organization of miners is responsi
ble for the crimes that have been
committed, here, except that if the
strike had not been called and contin
ued so long the dynamiting would not
have occurred and in that respect the
strike ig responsible for this outrage;
whether there was justice in the call
ing of It or not! In the interest of
the men and women , who have made
the. Cripple Creek district, the Record
asks the Western Federation of Min
ers to call off the strike. Miners liv
ing in this ; district are losing their
homes or; being obliged to go a Way
and leave them.. None of them, when
they express their convictions, as
many of them have to the writer, be
lieve there is any chance of . winning
the strike, but that the longer it is
kept going the" further they are awiay
from securing work. They are not
in a position to stand it much longer
and the Record asks,; as labor's best
and demonstrated friend through this
hard struggle, that it- be .called off at
once, or ? else ! people will either be
forced to leave the federation or their
homes. .-'. 1 -
"The Record does not have the con
fidence of the mine owners, ; of the
military, or of the Citizens' alliance,
and it makes this plea solely in the
interest of the men and women of this
district that are without work, with
out food and who believe there is no
hope of winning the strike and wiant
it called off."
Three more Victor city officials have
been forced to resign. They are Jus
tice of the Peace J. D. Thomas , and
Aldermen X W. Murphy and J. J. To-
bin. Police IMagistrate Michael Gib
bons, who refused to resign, Was
made a prisoner at the Victor military
larmory, where many union miners are
, also confined. - ...
Frank J. Hangsv leading attorney of
the Western Federation of Miners
here, has been warned to leave the
district ; ';;' ; . , ' ..
In all about 200 union men and sym
pathizers have been arrested by the
sheriff' and military ; since Monday.
Twenty-eight of these have already
been deported. Records of the un
ions hate been seized whenever found
and are under examination , for the
purpose of ' securing evidence showing
that unions or some of their officers
have participated In or approved of
crimes that have been committed. In
addition to the unearthing of about
thirty group photographs of non-union
workmen at various mines, which
were concealed in a heap of rubbish in
the Victor union office, it Is alleged
that in the office ,of the pitman union
were found quantities of electrical
fuses and batteries to produce explo
sions.
':'. Tall of lynching ;' or violence , , has
subsided to a degree! though If the
man who exploded the Infernal ma
chine in Independence killing 15 men
should be captured, it is doubtful
whether any military force could pro
tect him from the vengeance of the
friends of the murdered men.
The man who killed Roxie McGee
at the mass meeting here on Monday
has positively been identified by an
eye witness of the shooting and al
though he has not been captured .it is
believed he cannot escape.! '
No further deaths have been report
ed among those wounded in the explo
sion and riots of Monday.
DEPORTED MINERS
ARRIVE AT DENVER
DenveT, Col, June 8. The twenty
four deported union miners from the
Cripple Creek district exiled since the
serious riots in that section, have ar
rived at Denver on a special train over
the Denver and Rio Grande. In the
rear of the car stood nine guards armed
with ' shotgun and army rifles, who
had been deputized to conduct them to
Denver from tli gold camp. The
miners were unarmed. Nearly all
were penniless. The men were met by
about forty of the delegates to the con
vention of the j Western Federation of
Miners and were taken to a restaurant.
' The miners declare that the Cripple
Creek district is : no longer safe tor
union men. "Anyone who has an en
emy," said one, "had better get out,
because it is impossible for him to be
protected there now."
The miners assert that when arrest
ed they were searched by guards of
the military and citizens' alliance and
their money and valuables taken.
They also declare that before they were
placed on the train they were lined up
by armed members of the citizens' alli
ance and their federation cards. taken
from them, 'xhey were told that they
were wanted In Cripple Creek, but that
they must take out cards in the citi
zens' alliance to stay. , If they did not
consent to do this they were to be de
ported. . : - - ' .
After eating a htarty meal, the first
that some of them had enjoyed, so the
fugitives stated, in twenty-four hours,
they obtained beds wherever they could
get accommodations.
One of the deported miners said:
"I don't know w-hy I was arrested,
nor why I was sent away from Victor
and the Cripple Creek country. I have
CALLS FOE A IM
violated no law, destroyed no property
injured no man. So far as I knov
every one of the men driYen with m
Hfxom home is equally innocent wit!
myself. ' .
The guards who accompanied tb
evicted men from Cripple Creek ra
turned to the district on the next tenia
which left about an hour later.
Reports that an armed mob wai
gathering at the union depot to meei
the train bringing the deported union
ists caused Chief of Police Delaney t
order -a detail of police to the station
On their arrival they found everythinj
peaceful and quiet.
,A dispatch to the News from Victov
Col, says martial law was declared
the Cripple Creek district at 2 o'cloci
this morning by the posting of ActiUj
Governor. Haggott' proclamation at J
number of places in the camp. Th
posting was tinder the direction of Acl
jutant-General Bell, who arrived &'
Victor from Denver early to-day wit!
the proclamation. Conditions in tin
camp are quiet, acording to all ae
counts. - ;
General Bell hag assumed commaBi
of the military and control of the dis
trict and has called a council of tni
officers' of the local military company
He has ordered' Colonel Verdeckberg
who had charge of affairs in the district
wheny martial law ended there several
months ago, to the district. ..''
MILITARY IS ACTIVE
AT TELLUR1B2
; Telluride, Colo, June 8. The receni
outbreak in the Cripple Creek district
has inspired the military here to - re
newed activity. Crowds have L-r-'-r
gathering before the bulletin boards
containing news from Cripple Cree's
and some feeling was displayed. L: -'
trouble should result from a too fre
discussion of the incidents occurring
at Cripple Creek, Captain' Wells, ir
command of this district, began round,
ing up the men until he had raarchf c
between sixty' and seventy to the (lis
trict court room. Each man arrest. -v
was compelled to give an .acvnnt. ci
himself. - The majority of them madt
a satisfactory showing to the captair
and were released with a few word:
of admonition as to their future con
duct. :.. -.
Those men who are not employed at
the present time were told they musd
either go to work at once or leave tb.
country. 4 -
SHERIFF BELL SAYS
: he will get i iur.D
Denver, June 8. In a Victor, Colo,
dispatch, the News prints an inter
view with Sheriff Bell of Teller emm
ty,' concerning the Independence &ta.
tion tragedy. He is credited with say
ing : ; -,
"I will get the murderer sure. I have
a number of clues that are valuable
I don't believe that the murderer is in
the state at this time but r can, anc!
will get him. I have no doubt that he
is a member of the Miners' union."
NEW THEATRE TALK
No Troth n Rmaer That Bsrsnt Ha 3
' ' : Leased .Feli's.- :
A report was current to-day that At
torney H. R. Diirant had secured ths
lease of Poll's th'eater, having, accord
ing to the report, bid $1,500 more than
the present lessee, S. Z. Poll of New
Haven. , Mr Durant says there is no
truth in the report, but he also sail
that Waterbury may have another the
ater very soon. Furthermore, that for
some time he Jbas been feeling the way
for another such building for a num
ber of New York people whom he says
he represents, and that if they fail to
secure the lease of Poll's when it ex
pires they may build another theater.
In that case It will be three years at
least before Mr Durant's friends will
have an opportunity to bid for the
lease, as it will hot expire until 1607.
not give them the opportunity , they
seek as Mr Poll has already secured the
right to extend it for another ten years
or for any longer period he may desire.'-
' '
CLARKSON DENIES IT.
Cambridge, Mass June ; 8. Waits
Clarkson, the Harvard base ball play
er, denied to-day that he had signed a
contract to pitch for the New York
American league team. Clarkson said:
"The story is false, it has no founda
tion whatever."
CITY NEWS
A row in a boarding house in
Brooklyn this morning resulted in the
arrest this afternoon of Ben Lavidolio.
The keeper of the boarding house
claims .Lavidolio . threatened to kill
him with a revolver and dirk, and ac
cused him of familiarity with Lis
wife.
Residents of Union street have a
real grievance, but none of them pos
sesses the necessary courage to call at
tention to it. The trouble is caused by
a aoat that keeps bleating the whole
night long, thus making it well nigh
impossible to sleep, with the result that
many claim they will have to move out
if the goat keeps up Its antics.
FOR SALE Two seated carriage,
newly painted, will sell cheap, as I
have no use for it. ., , 65 Field street,
second floor. 6-S-a