NO. 43, JOSEPH F. GADDEN, AT COLORADO CITY. NO. 23, J. H. CUMMINS, AT FLORENCE. NO. 9, PHILANDER P. BAILEY, AT VICTOR.
The exposure of No. 5 encouraged the striking millmen at Colorado City very much, as it seemed to them an augury of success, but they were mistaken.
Manager MacNeill did some rapid thinking. The strikers were quiet and orderly, and had no intentions of returning to -work unless their demands were granted, as they received ample support from the Western Federation of Miners. His smelter was in bad shape for want of competent help. To get new men was impracticable. Operative Crane had been exposed. Clearly, then, the strikers so far had the best of the situation, and would win the strike by simply watching and waiting. But this would never do.
Nor did it take Mr. MacNeill long to decide upon a course of action. He held a conference with Sheriff Gilbert, of El Paso County, and then left for Denver, where he lost no time in calling upon Governor James H. Peabody. He handed the governor a letter from the sheriff, stating that there were armed mobs in control of Colorado City who were resisting the laws of the state, and threatening to commit felonies; the sheriff was unabh to cope with the situation, and prayed for military assistance.
Governor Peabody immediately ordered the militia to Colorado City, to the surprise and indignation of every intelligent inhabitant of the state.
The mayor and city council of Colorado City sent a message of protest to the governor and assured him that everything was quiet, and that there was absolutely no need of the military. But nowadays, of what