Immediately after Mr. Moyer was placed in the custody of the civil authorities, the military com-
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manders, for form's sake, charged him with the commission of a number of serious crimes. Mr. Moyer furnished bond, was soon at liberty, and no attempt was ever made by the mine owners or military to bring him to trial on any of the charges.
The release of President Moyer from military and civil arrest marks the close of the great struggle between the Western Federation of Miners and the allied State and corporation forces in Colorado.