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Bloodshed Follows Killing oi
Nonunion Miners
Tragical Outcome of Long
and Bitter Fight Hundreds
. of Union Men Under Arrest
Gov Peabody's Actions
Upheld by Supreme Court.
Tho tcchnlcnl causo or the bitter
noB9 In Colorado between oinployors
of labor and union laboring mon
goes boclc to nn clnht hour law pass
oil by tho legislature of 1901, pro
nounced unconstitutional by tho' Su
premo court, and thon doclarod for
In a lator election aa nn nmundnicnt
to tho constitution, but not acted
upon by tho legislature of 1003.
Tho blow aimed at tho forces that
have boon most strongly intrenched
against tho olght hour law tho oro
smelter proprietors did not fall
2XZMGMCO Wi
llSBvICiBlliBBil 8YNOP3IS OF CHIEF EVENTS.
flMlfNBHHM HaPPen,nQ6 Following Dynamite Out-
"50lEnJgSS ra9 Told In Paragraphs.
'iHHUpKjS Platform of railroad station nt In-
5ra3 dependence, near Crlpplo Creek,
jfy&oSpiMr' hm '. i r ,ul.
SCENE OF EXPLOSION WHICH KILLED MINERS.
The sketch shows the Independence depot, location of the dynamite
mine and course of the wire from the mine to the Delmonlco mine, seventy-five
yards away.
whero dlrocted. It foil, Instead, upon
thousands of union workmen in tho
hflls, who, although, engaged for tho
olght hour day, wero ordered to ceaso
work In thoso mlnc3 that supplied tho
offending emoltors with ores. Tho
roault In many camps was a walk
out. Tho succeeding result was nn at
tempt on tho part of tho owners to
reopen their mines, -with nonunion
lnbor. In tho part that labor and poli
tics play In Colorado, tho adminis
tration of civil dutlos falls, In many
minim: cities and towns, upon au
thorities who ' nro out of sympathy
with nonunion methods. Thus tho
owuors of mlnos were harassed In
many ways. Thoro wero mysterious
disappearances. Peoplo unsympa
thetic with the cause of tho strikers
wero driven from communities. Final
ly, mine buildings woro blown "up
with dynamltoj and mine workings
destroyed.
In this crisis tho mine owners ap
pealed to tho governor of Colorado
for protection. The situation was
strained at threo points In Toller
county, whoro nro tho mining camps
of Victor and Crlpplo Crook; at Tollu
rldo In San Miguel county, and at
Idaho Springs In Clear Crook cou,
In tho last place union workmen sus
pectod of blowing up tho Sun and
Moon mlno proporty were driven
from town by tho citizens of tho
place. This drastic action Is worth
noting, for, as a rosult of tho high
stato of feeling In Colorado, It was
uphold In tho popular opinion, At
all ovont3, troops woro no; needed
at Idaho Springs.
Gov. Poabody doclarod martial law
in Tollor nnd San Miguel counties
early in Dccombor. Some of the mil
itary proceedings In each of those
counties appear to have been extreme
out Gov. Poabody has declarod ft
no defense of his actions is needed.
Union loaders wero arroated, and In
somo cases Hiobo leadprs woro deport
ed. Stato courts wore nopponled to
by mombors of the uniou who folt
the power of the military law, ifut
tho rulings of these courts lmd no
effect on tho representatives of tho
stato government. Injunctions woro
merely ignored. Tho governor con
tended for thoso points:
1. That he had solo powor tp deter
mine when a stato of insurrection ex
isted in any county in tho state.
2 That tho courts had no powor to
interforo with bis excrclso of this pre
rogative. 3. That ho had tho right to . use the
state military forces to suppress In
surrootlon. 4. That ho had tho power to de
tain military prisoners for ro long
ns ho saw At.
0. That tho state courts could ncl,
Interforo with military prisoners.
Hcnco, that they had no powor to dis
charge military prisoners.
A tost case was mado when Charles
II. Moyor, presldont of tho Westorn
Federation of Miners, was arrested nt
Tollurldo by tho military authorities.
Tho judgo of a district court ordered
his release No attention was paid to
tho order. Application to the state
Supromo court for a writ of hnboaB
corpUB was made. Tho Supromo
court has Just declared that tho gov
ernor has authority to suspend tho
writ of habeas corpus. Other conten
tions of tho governor also aro upheld.
In other words, undor tho conditions
In Colorado, his powor Is supreme.
By this decision, tho main conten
tion ngainst Oov, Peabody's nctlon In
placing certain mining districts under
military control, and In giving mine
owners protection for their workers,
Is legally swept aside. Ho is actlnc
entirely within his powers.
blown up by dynamite as part of a
plot, shortly after midnight Juno C.
Thlrteon minors Instantly killed,
eight seriously Injured nud many
others hurt.
Rioting began at once. Armed men
patrolled the stroota and tho Citizens'
Alllanco at onco assumed charge of
tho local government.
Undor Sheriff J. Knox Burleigh's
star forcibly taken from him by Sher
iff Boll.
City Marshall Michael O'Connell of
Victor called at mlno owners head
quarters nnd demanded surrender of
thirty nrmed men who were folding
It.
Marshal O'Connell forcibly ojected,
removed from office by Mnyor French,
placed under nrrest and marched to
tho "bull pen."
Mob of armed men, undor orders
from Sheriff Bell, marched from
town to town deposing regulnrly
elected ofllcors of the law nnd assum
ing tho fuuctlons of town marshals
nnd deputy sheriffs.
Officers who resisted placed undor
arrost ami marched to tho "bull pen,"
with about 250 uulon miners, arrested
for alleged "rioting."
Minors' union calls upon Presldont
Roosevelt for federal troops to pro
servo order nnd enforce law.
Colorado National Guard, including
17$ men from local companies, order
ed out and placed in control of Mine
Owners' Association.
Mass meeting called at Victor to
discuss situation. Secretary Hamlin
of Mine Owners' Association declared
4iJP
in Colorado
publicly that all union minors must
bo tlrlvon out of mining camps. Ho
said to people: "It is time for you to
drlvo these scoundrels out."
Doputy Sheriff Alfred Miller raised
rifle, demanding to know whom ho
means General shooting began
from tho crowd, killing two men and
wounding six others.
Soldiers immediately ordered by
Sheriff Dell to break up meeting of
miners' union in their hall. While
one company charged up tho stairs
nnd fired through tho main doors of
tho hall, sharpshooters on tho roofs
of adjoining buildings fired indis
criminately through windows at min
ers Inside.
Thrco mon badly wounded, forty
others captured In hall and locked up.
All books and documents of the union
were seized by tho soldiers.
Arrests of miners wherovor found
continued nil night until nearly 250
wero under guard In tho armory.
Tho minors' union issued a formal
statement denouncing dynamite out
rage and pledging assistance of nil
ltn officers and members In ruunlng
down tho perpetrators.
Dloodhounds from Trinidad follow
ed tho supposed trail of tho man who
pulled tho wire that exploded tho
dynamite from Bull Hill to Colorado
Springs wagon road.
Tho state Supreme court at Denver
refused a writ of haboas corpus for
Presldont Chnrlos H. Moyer of tho
Western Federation of Miners, held
at Tellurido as a military prlsonei by
order of Gov, Peabody.
NAVAL LESSONS OF THE WAR.
Struggle In the East Shows
Methods Necessary.
New
Tho present war has demonstrated
that in operations around harbor
mouths torpedo boat destroyers and
mines aro useful both for tho attack
ore and defenders. Harbors, to bo
woll defended, must bo well provided
with torpedo boats and mines. An
attacking fleet directed against nn
enemy's "fleet in being" lying In a
hostllo harbor must Ukowlso be well
provided with' tornedn hr.tB 0.i
mines.
But for tho mastery of tho high
seas big ships which carry big guns
aro necessary. On tho open ocean,
when a storm blows up, n torpedo flo
tilla would bo useless on a dlstanco
cruise.
Big ships nro necessary to protect
commerce, to destroy commerco, and
to convoy army bearing transports.
Ships which can carry big guns nro
useful in joint land and naval nt
tacks. The Japanese naval artillery
demoralized tho Russian left on Nan--ehnn
hill nnd made tho success of tho
final assault possible.
But what kind of big boats are
best? Tho present kind of battle
ships or tho present kind of armored
cruisers? Or could not some new
kind of big warship bo adopted which
would bo better than either? ThO
modern armored vessels nro built to
resist shells namely, attacks above
itor. All their defonslvo arrange
ments linvo been put above the water
lino. Torpedoes and mines attack
bjlow tho water in tho unprotected
restons whero no defense has been
prepared. In naval operations near
harbor mouths.whore the use of mines
and torpedoes is feasiblo, the offense
has now dlstincUy gained tho advan
tage. Tho inventors must now de
vise a better means of submarine de
fense. Perhaps they will rosort to diplo
macy for ouo thing and obtain inter
national asson to the proposition
that no mlno may bo laid outside tho
threo mllo limir. Perhaps they will
construct n new and more porfect tor
podo not to envelop tho hull of tho
ship. Perhaps they will lighten tho
uppor works of tho shlpand give nd-
umonai ouoyancy to the whole, so
that contact with a mine will not ro
sult In Immediate sinking. Certainly
they will hereafter furnish all ar
mored ships with a more completo
searchlight system to dlscovor hostllo
torpedo bonts, and a more effectivo
rapid flro system to dostroy them.
Admirals will learn the lessons' al
ready assimilated by general and
will marshal their forcos in more ex
tended order, throwing before them
a thicker screen of scouts.
LIVE STOCK
-nz
CN.i
Thrift In Sheep.
In the raising of sheep sight must
at no tlmo bo lost of tho necessity for
keeping them thrifty. Somo human
beings may go without their breakfast
and get along on a half ration, but
this rulo must not bo applied to the
Bhoop. Tho thrifty Bhcop Is n healthy
sheop, and ono that can and will re
sist disease, because it la thrifty.
Thrift means thnt thoro can bo an In
crease In productiveness and in
growth bocnuso the internal organ?
nro working well. Both quantity and
quality of gain como out of thrift
Thoro is no bettor way to stavo off
dlscaso than by thrift.- Thero 1b no
better way to help -the sheep keep
away Intestinal parasltos than by
keeping it thrifty. This should be the
first object of tho Intelligent flock
master. Not only Is tho amount of
mutton made governed by this matter
of thrift, but oven tho quality of the
wool Is affected. Tho elements that
go to mako thrlftlnoss in sheep are,
first, good feed, nnd all of it that
the sheep will cat nnd digest; second,
good and pure water nnd enough of
it; third, good shelter, which means
a shelter not too close nor too open;
and lastly, attention by tho Bhopherd.
Ono would think thoso to bo self evi
dent truths and that no attontlon
would need to bo called to them. Yet
In tho matter of food wo know thnt it
is qulto a common custom on many
of our farms to allow tho sheep to
care for themselves In tho summer,
oven when tho drouth ha3 dried up
tho pnsturo so that It Is a most diffi
cult task for these animals to got
enough to cat to appease their hun
ger. Wo have known such sheep pas
tured on tho tops of mountains, where
It was a long dlstanco to any water
supply, and tho sheep would, of
course, becomo very thirsty beforo
taking their long Journey to tho foot
of tho mountain. In such a flock
thoro can bo little profit either In
mutton or in wool. This condition is
more llkoly to occur In lato summer
and early fall than at any othor tlmo.
Tho ahepherd will then bo hardly
likely to notlco tho lack of thrift, as
tho wool Is Increasing slowly on the
backs and sides of tho sheep and the
shrinking carcass is not seen. At
this tlmo of year too thero is a tend
ency for tho wool to grow long on ac
count of tho approaching cold weath
er, this bolng a provision of nature
to protect tho sheop against the cold
of tho coming winter. A flock so kept
will bo a disappointment to tho farm
er, for ho will not bo nblo to got
either the weight of wool or of car
cass ho expected. His greatest disap
pointment will como when tho car
casses aro weighed, and ho will fail
to understand why sheop that seemed
to bo all right while on pasture should
shrink bo on dressing. If the pastures
do not furnish enough feed at all
times to keep tho 'flock thrifty, It will
pay woll to watch tho decadence of
tho feed In tho pasture and supple
ment It by feed given at the barns.
The Power of Heredity,
Man has greatly modified tho forms
and habits of all the animals that
havo been domesticated by him, yet
ho has not been able to eliminate cer
tain traits that havo como down
through thousands of generations
from the remote past. Evon tho house
dog, furnished a bed to hl3 liking, will
turn round n puraber of times before
lying down, Just as did tho wild dog,
his remote ancestor, who had to do
that tq break down tho tall grass for
his bed. Even tho cow on tho range
has not forgotten tho habits of her re
mote progenitors and hides her calf
in tho bushes, though tho careful
herdsman will take care of It, and tho
cow knows it. Even tho custom of
tho mare In nursing her foal n little
at a time, but often is believed to
como from habits developed by thou
sands and thousands of years of ex
perience when tho maro had to do
pond on herself to keep out of the
way of ravenous animals. Tho colt
would not bo able to run fast with a
full stomach and bo tho mother was
watchful to give him a littlo at a time
and keep him in running trim. If we
have not been ablo in Borne thousands
of years to ellminato such traits, how
long must havo been the period dur
ing which they wero forming?
The Good Feeder.
Tho hido of the easy feeder should
be of medium thickness and should be
soft and mellow. The hair should bo
fino and thick, as this indicates good
rosplratory and circulatory organs
within. Tho skin tells a more truthful
talo of tho ability of tho steer to mako
tho best use of food than most of us
suppose. When tho digestive organs
lack strength nnd the circulation Is
poor and sluggish, tho hide becomes
thick and unyielding to tho touch, and
tho hair is harsh and wiry. Tho head
should bo short, measuring from a line
drawn across tho eyes to tho nose,
and should bo broad. This indicates
tho ability to masticate food. Tho
large mouth Is Indicative nearly al
ways of an ability to take caro of a
groat deal of food. Tho nostrils will
generally bo large in nn easy feedor,
this Indicating good-sized organs for
breathing. This Is of importance, as
It is by means of the lungs that the
carbon in tho body of tho animal is
changed Into carbonic-acid gas, thus
producing force In the change. Skill
ful feeders declare that steers that do
not havo these characteristics seldom
give a -good account of themselves in
tho feed lot, and, when sent 'to mar
' t, are a dlsappoln&cont-
i AV?VV fcteJKBSte
Dry and Liquid Bordeaux Mixture.
Thoro Is doubtless room for tho uso
of both liquid and dry Bordeaux mix
turo. It is far easier In most of our
eastern and mlddlo states to mako and
apply tho liquid form, but we must
recognlzo tho fact thnt In some of our
states water Is a scarce artlclo, and
conditions aro such that a dust Bpray
will do tho work when a liquid Bpray
would not. Evon In tho moro humid
states thero aro times when tho dust
might bo used with moro satisfaction
than tho liquid spray. There has been
a sharp conflict between tho mon that
rnvor tho liquid spray and tho ones
that favor the dry dust Bpray. There
has also been a conflict between the
makers of implements for the throw
ing of these Bprays. This would natur
ally bo tho case. But wo must ac
knowledge tho fact that each form of
tho mlxturo has certain advantages at
certain times. Thus, In n very wet
time, the leaves do not hold tho spray
that comes to them in liquid form, ns
they aro already covered with mois
ture. If tho liquid spray 1b used a
great deal has to bo wasted in trying
to got enough on to do tho work. At
such a timo tho dust spray would
stick readily to tho wot leaves, and It
would bo readily seen just where tho
spray had feettlod. This of course It
Is Impossible to do with the liquid
spray on a wet day. Tho dust spray
may also bo put on early in tho morn
ing, while tho dew Is still on tho
leaves,' and It sticks to tho leaves as
tho dow evaporates. Tho dust spray
has an advantage over tho liquid
spray in tho rather dry localities,
whoro there aro extensive orchards
on hilly land. Many of tho now orch
ards are being put out on hilly land,
over which It is very difficult to drlvo
a hoavy wagon carrying a great tank
o water. Whero water la scarce this
Is not only difficult to do, but in many
cases it would be very expensive,
as tho water would havo to bo hauled
a long dlstanco. Yet in thoso same lo
calttles the dew on the trees Is some
times very heavy, and this helps out
matters Immensely. '
But thero aro many things to be
said in favor of tho liquid spray. The
first thing 1b that the mixture can be
perfectly mado and tho poison distrib
uted evenly all through. This is not
always tho case with the dust spray
It Is exceedingly difficult to get a uni
form mixture, except with liquid, and
a bad mlxturo means tho putting of
too mecli poison on some leaves and
not enough on others, with tho result
that the trees aro not protected from
fungi In tho ono caso and aro injured
by tho chemicals In tho other. So for
our level orchards In tho states whero
moisture Is plentiful, tho chances aro
that our orchardist3 will stick to tho
liquid spray. Tho liquid spray has
this great advantago over tho other
that it can bo applied at tlmos when
tho leaves aro entirely dry, which en
ables tho sprayers to work all day.
In tho cases of tho dust spray, the
work has to bo done during a very
short time in tho morning- while tho
dew Is still qn tho leaves or in wet
weather. Tho men that uso tho liquid
spray have therefore a longer tlmo in
which to do their work.
Shade and Ornamental Trees.
In tho humid states thero is no rea
son why ornamental and shade trees
should not bo moro extensively plant
ed than at present, though wo aro
glad to see that thero Is an Improve
ment in this direction. In tho semi
arid states, where trees have to bo ir
rigated to get them to start wo find
the farmers taking much interest in
this matter, though they aro doing
that kind of work under great dlfll
culties. But in all of tho humid re
gions ono has but to put a good tree
into tho ground to get it started, and
it will afterwards take caro of itself.
But In tho planting of trees great caro
needs to bo exercised as to tho placo
in which they are to bo sei and as to
varieties set. When these trees are in,
they aro in for a lifetime of man, and
n mistake will be felt as long as tho
planter lives, If ho remains on the
place. First, wo would advlso not to
set too many trees and not to set
them too clofJo together. To bo sym
metrical, frees must havo lots of room.
On tho farm, Hhado trees should not
be set closor than 50 feet. This of
course does not apply to tho orna
mental trees of small growth like tho
Arbor Vltae and the ornamental crabs.
By the roadside trees for shado should
not bo set closor than 100 feet.
.Beetles on Melon Vines.
Relative to the striped cucumber
beetlo on melon vines, a bulletin of
the Oklahoma station says; In addi
tion to tho preventive measures of
cleaning up rubbish and a thorough
cultivation of tho melon ground,- tho
use of Bordeaux mixture as a repel
lent, nnd squash as a trap crop aro
among tho most promising of the
remedies recommended by thoso who
have successfully dealt with this In
sect. Squashos are planted about
four days beforo tho melons. One or
moro rows of squashes should be
planted, according .to the size of the
field. Somo of tho trap plants may bo
dusted with Paris green when tho
beetles gather on them. Others should
bo left to attract the beetles through
the summer. It seems that spraying
tho young melon vines with Bordeaux
mlxturo not only repels tho cucumber
beetle, but also poisons somo of tho
insects which feed on the sprayed'
leavc3.
TOLD IN CALIFORNIA.
Helping tho
k i d n eya is
helping . tho
whole body,
for it is tho
kidneys that
remove tho
poisons and
was to from
tho body.
Learning
this slmplo
lesson has
mado many
sick men and
women welL
Judgo A. J. Felter of 318 So. E. St.,
San Bornardlno, Calif., says: "For IS
years my Sidneys woro not perform
ing their functions proporly. Thero
was somo backache, and tho kidney
secrotlona wero profuse, containing
also considerable sediment. Finally
tho doctors said I had diabetes. Doan's
Kidney Pills wrought n great change
In my condition and now I Bleep and
feel well again."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Judgo Felter
will bo mailed to any part of tho
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The German War on Quacks.
Tho German pollco havo begun o
systematic campaign against quacks
and quack modclnes. They estimate
that In ten years tho population has
Increased 58 per cent, regular medlcaJ
mon 76 per cent, and quacks 1,507 pci
cent There are moro women quacks
than men. Nearly 30 per cent of Uiq
men cited to appear at the pollco bu
reau havo been in jail, of the women
15 per cent Moro than 100 samples
of quack mcdclncs wero analyzed by
tho pollco, nnd over 80 per cent wero
of absolutely no medicinal value.
A Request from Toklo,
II. Kobayahsi, of Toklo, Japan, has
addressed a note to tho village Im
provement Society of South Orange,
N. J., which runs about like this:
"The honorablo of tho South Oranges
nro naked in what way do they rid
themselvea of him tho much trouble,
somo mosquito? How do they ap
proach him in, his housb among the
reeds nnd marshes, so aa to remove
him effectually from the dangers that
ho docs to tho people of good minds
whoso skins ho much puncture? AH
this I would like so much to know."
Old Soldler'o Story.
Sonoma, Mich., Juno 13 That even
in actual warfare disease is moro ter-.
rlblo than bullets is tho oxporience of
Delos Hutchins of this place. Mr.
Hutchlns as a Union soldier saw thrco
year3 of service under Butler Barko
in tho Louisiana swamps, and as a
result got crippled with rheumatism
eo that his hands and foot got all
twisted out of shape, and how he Buf
fered only a rheumatic will ever know.
For twenty-five years ho was In
misery, then ono lucky day his drug
gist advised him to use Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. Of tho result Mr. Hutchlns
says:
"Tho first two boxes did not help
mo much, but I got two more, and
before I got them used up I was a
great deal better. I kept on taking
them and now my pains nro all gono
and I feol better than I tavo in years.
I know Dodd's Kldnoy Pills will euro
rheumatism."
Every man is provided with senso
enough to mind his own business, but
fow men have senso enough to let it
go at that
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