to the Portland and get the s out. We'll
get them if we have to burn down the whole g.. d
outfit ; they're the gang we want to get first ; that's the dump we want to get rid of." Some one suggested they look about for arms and then march on the Portland. There were many such remarks made relative to the Portland, but there was not a known man in the crowd.
As I have said, the situation was growing more desperate every minute, and I was satisfied serious trouble would develop in a few hours ; and, too, I believed the Portland Mine would be attacked and the property destroyed. I therefore boarded the 7.50 A. M. Short Line for Colorado Springs to acquaint the client of the condition of affairs. Before leaving Victor, I saw Curz and told him to watch the situation carefully, to enable him to put me in touch with affairs on my return.
I left Victor at 7.50 A. M., arriving in Colorado Springs at 10.30 A. M., immediately going to the client's office. I met Mr. Parkinson and Mr. Bischoff, and was informed the client had just departed for Denver. I made these gentlemen acquainted with the condition of affairs at Victor, and later consulted Asst. Supt. Cary at the Denver Agency, and talked with the client by telephone, receiving instructions to watch the situation at Victor as it affected the Portland property.
I left Colorado Springs at 6.20 P. M. via the Short Line. On the train I met General Reardon, A. A. RoUestone, B. J. Cunningham, and others returning from Denver. General Reardon and A. A, RoUestone talked of the situation at Victor in a jocular manner, and General Reardon said it was
a d good thing to get a little advertising with, "We've
been too d quiet in the district, and now my home