The deported miners took the governor at his word and laid their case before Judge Stevens of the Seventh Judicial District of Colorado; and this fearless, upright judge, after going into the merits of the case, issued a sweeping injunction on March 22d, 1904, against the Citizens' Alliance and all others in Telluride from in any way molesting or interfering with the exiles on their return to Telluride.
The deported men were jubilant over the decision. They expected to return to their homes the next day. It seemed certain they would be able to return.
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What is a court order among capitalists?
Governor Peabody suddenly woke up to the alarming fact that there was an awful state of affairs in Telluride, and on March 23d, the very day after Judge Stevens had rendered justice to the miners, the governor, in order to defeat the ends of justice and keep the union miners in exile, placed San Miguel County again-under martial law, and appointed Bulkley Wells, the leader of the Alliance mob, as commander of the military forces in the county.