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VOL. XLIIL NO. 13,570. POKTLA2TD, OBEGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAJORITY RepublicanTicketWins With Ease. BUT THREE MISHAPS Sanderson Reed Beaten for District Attorney. TQM WORD WILL BE SHERIFF His Plurality Is Estimated at - '3500. VOTE UNEXPECTEDLY LIGHT Courteney Defeated by Nottingham, Who Will Have 4000 Votes to Spare-Regular Candidates 6000 to 10,000 Majority. ESTIMATED PLURALITIES EN MULTNOMAH COUNTr. Moore, Rep.. for Supreme Judge (3,700 Williamson, Rep., for Congress 7,000 Bailey, Sep., for Dairy and Food Commissioner ....10,000 Frazer, Rep., for Circuit Judge 8,000 Cleland, Rep., for Circuit Judge 8,000 Manning, -JDom.. for District" Attorney ... . ........ 5.000 "Word, Dem., for Sheriff 3,500 Hodson, Rep., for Senator .... 7.000 Malarkcy, Rep., for Senator... 7.000 Mays, Rep., for Senator ..... 0,000 Slchel, Rep., for Senator ..... 5.000 ii ti rrrr?r r-n The Republicans carried Multnomah County yesterday by an unprecedented majority on the State and Congressional tickets and by a very heavy vote on the legislative, judicial and county tickets. Democrats confined their energies entire ly to a successful battle against three Re publican candidates only District At-, torney, Sheriff and one State Senator. Rep resentative Williamson for Congress car ried the county by about 7500 plurality over Simmons, Democrat. The plurality lor Moore, Republican, for Supreme Judge will approach 7000, while Bailey, Repub lican, for Food and Dairy Commissioner, will have In the neighborhood of 10,000 over his Democratic antagonist. The two Republicans for Circuit Judge have about 8000 majority, and Hodson, Republican, and Maiarkey, Republican, will have about 7000 over their nearest Democratic com petitors. The entire Republican legisla tive ticket la elected by an average plur ality of 6000 or more, while all the Repub lican candidates for county offices are safe by large votes with the exceptions already noted. Manning, Dem., for District Attorney, has beaten Reed, Rep., by perhaps 5000 majority, and Word, Dem., will defeat Btott, Rep., for Sheriff, by about 3500. Not tingham, Ind. Rep., is easily successful over Courteney for State Senator by sev eral thousand plurality. The total vote in the city is 16,303. a fall ing off from the registration of about 22 per cent. In the country, the decrease is only about 11 per cent. The aggregate vote In Multnomah County Is 1S.SS2, against a registration of 24.0S4. Local option appears to havo been de feated In the county by about 2000 votes. Tho direct primary law has carried by a large vote. The count last night was very slow. Up to midnight only about 4000 votes had been disposed of by. the election boards. Re turns were receive! by Tho Oregonlan from evory precinct In Portland and from 11 out of the 25 In the county. The miss ing precincts are- all remote and represent an aggregateivo vote of about 550. The votes so far as computed for the various candidates Js as follows: State Ticket. For Justice of Supreme Court Frank A. Moore, Rep 1005 Thomas O'Day. Dem u(6 C. C Mlkkclsen. Soc 277 C. J. Bright, Pro 277 For Dairy and Food Commissioner J. "W. Bailey. Rep 2792 S. M. Douglas. Dem 712 For Congressman J. N. Williamson. Rep 2iS3 J. E. Simmons. Dem S53 George R. -Cook. Soc S31 H. "VV. Stone, Pro 363 For Circuit Judge. Dept. I Arthur I. Frazer. Rep.. ......2724 3. W. Allen, Dem 1053 For Circuit Judge. Dept. Ill John B. Cleland. Rep 2703 Mark O'Neill. Dem 1055 For District Attorney Sanderson Reed. Rep 1525 Juhn Manning, Dem 2S1S For State Senator. 16th dist il W. Hodson, Rep 24S7 J. T. Mllner. Dem S93 For Representative, 17th dlst. a. W. Holcomb, Jr., Rep.- 2376 T. E. Hedges. Dem 1174 For State Senator. ISth dlst. A. A- Courteney, Rep 13S7" Dan J. Maiarkey. Dem .2442 Pierce Mays. Rep 1S6S Big Slchel Rep 2WS C. "W. Nottingham. Ind. Rep 22S4 A. F. Flegel. Dem 775 F. V. Holman. Dem 1052 John Laniont, Dem 627 G. W. Simons. Dem 579 For State Senator. ISth dlst (To fill vacancy.) Henry W. Coe, Rep .2064 THE WINNING TICKET IN 2IUEX 'OJIAH COUNTY. Supreme Court Justice Frank A. iloore Rep. Food and Dairy Commissioner J. W. Bailey, Rep. Representative la Congress J. N. Williamson, Rep. . , Circuit Juice, Department 1 Arthur I. Fraxer, Rep. ', Circuit Judge; Department S Johp B. Cleland, Rep. District Attorney John Manning, Dem. Joint State Senator with Columbia and Washington C. W. Hodson, Rep. Joint Representative with Clackamas George W. Holcomb, Jr., Rep. State Senator Dan J. Maiarkey, "Rep.; Pierce Maya, Rep.; Sis Slchel. Rep., and C W. Nottingham, Ind. Rep. ' State Senator (to-All vacancy) Henry TV. Coe, Rep. Representatives A. A. Bailey, Rep.; Albert J. Capron, Rep.; Elmer B. Col well, Rep.; T. H. Crang, Rep.; M. F. Henderson, Rep.; W. R. Hudson, Rep.; W. M. Killings Tvorth. Rep.; S. B. Llntblcum, Rep.;- S. M. Mears, Rep.; A. L. Mills, Rep.; William T. Mulr, Rep.; Madison Welch, Rep. County Commissioner W.' I. Wght ner, Rep. Sheriff Tom Word, Dem. Clerk F. S, Fields, Rep. Treasurer John M. Lewis, Rep. Assessor B. D. Elder, Rep. Surveyor A. H. Richmond, Rep. Superintendent of Schools R. F. Robinson, Rep. Coroner J. P. Finley. Rep. Justice of the Peace, Portland W1U Jlam Reld. Rep. Constable, Portland W. E. Jackson, Rep. Justice of the Peace, East Portland Waldemar Seton, Rep. .Constable, East Portland A. D." Keenan, Rep. Justice of the Peace, Mount Tabor B. E. Longenecker, Rep. Constable, Mount Tabor F. C Walk er, Rep. Against local option. Direct primary. State Printer amendment. Isaac Swett, Dem 833 For Representative 18th dlst. A. A. Bailey, Rep ;..2147 A. J. Capron, Rep". 2053 E. B. Colwell, Rep 2316 T. H. Crang. Rep 2043 M. F. Henderson. Rep 2267 W. R. Hudson, Rep 1SS8 W. M. Killlngsworth. Rep 2216 S. B. Llnthlcum. Rep 2230 S. M. Mears, Rep 2311 A. L. Mills. Rep '. 2464 W. T. Mulr. Rep ;....2333 Madison Welch, .Rep 2100 Bergman, Soc 205 Robert Brady, Dem 926 W. L. Brewster, Dem 1024 Arthur Brock, Dem 785 E. R. Clary, Dem 97 P. P. Dabney, .Dem 792 D. M. Donaugh. Dem 951 N. H. Grafton, Dem 676 J. G. Meybrunn, Dem 666 R. TV. Montague. Dem. ...ioi T A -New611''Dem 729 County Ticket. For Commissioner W. L. Lightner. Rep zs John Sleret, uem For Sheriff James M. Stott. Rep 1018 Tom Word. Dem...- xo W. A. Storey, Ind. Rep 583 N. H. Bird, Ind 6S0 For Clerk ' - F. S. Fields, Rep 2733 Frank Lee. Dem 690 For Treasurer Jphn M. Lewis. Rep : AY. JA. J-esn, ukiix For Assessor B. D. Slgler. Rep.. 21i2 D.' F. Campbell, Dem 1136 For Surveyor A. H. Richmond, -Kep "v R. C. Bonser, uem ooo For Superintendent of Schools R. F. Robinson, Rep 2612 H. W. Herron, Dem 62 For Coroner J. P. Finley, Rep 2746 J. W. Morrow., Dem 658 (Concluded on Page Five.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER Reign of Terror In Colorado. Thirteen nonunion miners killed by infernal machine while waiting for tran. Page 1. Two riots at Victor result in two men being killed and a number injured. Page 1. Peaoe officers who sympathize with miners are forced to resign. Page 1. Governor Peabody will bring visit to St. Louis Fair to a close, and leave for home today. Page 5. Russo-Japanese War. Japanese find Tallenwan Bay completely mined, and must delay landing. Page 3. Russia fears rising against the Czar it Port Arthur falls. Page 3. Port Arthur channel again open. Page 3. Reports that Japan and Russia have both lost ships at Port Arthur. Page 3. Domestic. Senator Mitchell falls to find anything in re ports to warrant removal of Postmaster Bancroft. Page S. Mrs. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) dies sud denly la Italy. Page 2. Political. Middle Western States are becoming stronger " every day for Roosevelt. Page 5. Hearst men expect to get Colorado ladorse- ment today; opposition Is equally confident. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. Livestock prices reach Summer basis. Page 13. Activity In Ontario & Western at New York. Page 13. Decline In wheat at Chicago. Page IS. Oregon potatoes steadier at San Francisco, rase 13. Nlcoroedla tows Pleiades to Victoria. Page 11. Nebraskan will take cargo from Portland to Hawaii. Page 11. Bailey Gatzert resumes service tomorrow. Page 11. . Pacific Coast. Republican state ticket is elected by 20,000. Page 1. Binger Hermann and J. N. Williamson are returned to Congress. Pago 1. Body of German farmer found in woods near Hoqulam, Wash. Page 4. Absent-minded Marion Sheriff leaves Jail door open and burglar walks out. Page 12. Idaho Democrats incorporate anti-Mormon resolution in platform and Instruct for Hearst and Payne. Sports. Five hundred horses are stabled m Seattle for coming race meet. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Circuit Court of Appeals decides City Retail Lumber Company is an Illegal combination. Page 2. PostoSce trying to Improve mall service to Central Oregon. Page S. , Big buildings are half completed at F&lr Grounds. Page S. Real-estate dealers cay prices will not drop aiicr r axr. .rage WINS BY no Republican State Ticket Is Elected. HERMAN IN BIG LEAD His Plurality OverVeatch in First District 7000. WILLIAMSON HAS 12,000 Little Democratic Opposition in Second District, LOCAL OPTION IS IN DOUBT Complete Returns Must Determine Result-Direct Primary Law Has Been Ratified-Large Vote Polled Over the State. HERMANN BY 7000 TO 8000. WOODBURN. Or., June 0. (Special.) Walter L. Tooze, chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee of the First District, from returns re ceived up to midnight, predicts the election of Hon. Binger Hermann for Congress by the largest plurality ever given a Congressman In this district. It Is now reasonably certain -that Her mann's majority will be from 7000 to 8000. Marlon County will be the ban ner county and lead the proceslon by a plurality of .1100. to 1200 votes. Clack amas County w'lU give from SOO to 500 majority. Means won everything that was significant. The returns indicate that the state ticket Is elected hy a plurality of 20,000. In the First Congressional District Binger Hermann has been re-elected hy 7000 to 8000 plurality. In many counties be has run ahead of his ticket The same Is true of Representative Williamson, who will be returned to Congress by a plur ality of 12,000. The Democratic candidate, J.B. Simmons, aroused no enthusiasm and In many Instances Democrats cast no bal lot for this office. Food and Dairy Commissioner J. "W. Bailey, candidate for re-election, made a strong run, and his plurality will fall little short of Supreme Judge Moore's. The returns are too meager to Indicate tho success or defeat of the local option law, and it will take the complete count to determine the result. The cities have voted against the measure, and the coun. try districts In Its favor. The direct prl- OREGON FIRES mary law has been ratified by a large ma jority. The vote polled was large and will not fall far short of the total registration. Clackamas County. OREGON CITT, Or., sJuno" 6. (Spe cial.) With no official returns at hand at 12'lock tonight, the election of the entire Republican ticket Is assured. About 85 per cent of the registered vote was cast. Hermann will carry the county by probably 250 majority. The Republican state and judicial ticket will be elected by at least 1000 majority. Hedges, Democrat, for Joint Representative, , carries the county bs1 750 majority. Huntley, Bramhall and Jaggar, Republican . legislative candi dates, are elected' by majorities rang ing from 600 .to 1200. Clerk Sleight and Recorder Stevens head tho Republican county ticket, which is elected by majorities ranging from 200 to 1200. The Democrats claim' the election of Ely and Starkweather respectively over Sheriff Shaver and Superintendent Zin sser, Republican candidates for re-elec- SUPREME JUDGE. Election Election .3 of 1S02. of 1S04. go a cr g o : &- O O lZ ,M -.2. 2 3 : oo : 3 r ? L946 LS21 2O0 4,642 938 716 300 1.S6S 2,517 1,4201,000 4.304 L313 717 500 2,650 878 3S3 350 1.750 1,197 713 600 2.631 613 494 250 1,233 331 163 200 515 2,042 1,503 550 4,075 456 362 200 830 581 632 350 1.625 484 428 100 800 1,685 1.49S 300 3.E03 960 725 300 1,876 534 387 150 851 4S6 295 250 7S3 2,797 1.787 1,000 5,543 - 590 243 350 903 1,925 1,851 125 4.66S 5S3 494 125 1,193 3,265 -2,060 1,300 5,732 6S2 430 175 1.297 10,501 4,862 6.750 24.0S4 1,177 951 ISO 2,534 529 269 200 1,019 670 343 350 1.050 2,222 1.630 SOO 4.276 1,430 1,328 350 3,624 722 603 175 1.513 1,613 S22 800 3,058 1,775 1,195 600 3,360 448 262 200 618 1,571 1,193 450 3,231 49.876 32,730 101.941 17,146 20.000 Counties. Baker Benton Clackamas . Clatsop Columbia ... Coos Crook Curry Douglas ..... Gilliam Grant Harney Jackson Josephine .. Klamath .... Lake Lane Lincoln Linn Malheur .... Marion Morrow Multnomah . Polk Sherman .... Tillamook .. Umatilla .... Union Wallowa .... Wasco Washington Wheeler .... Yamhill Total Plurality .. Estimated plurality. tlon, but Repulblcan Chairman Rands says the Republican nominees will have majorities. Tho election of Stlpp and Trembath, Rep., for Justice and Constable, is certain. Amendments proposed by initiative petition were very generally voted on. The direct primary law will have a good majority, while the vote on the local option amendment will be close in the county. Wasco County. THE DALLES, Or., June 6. (Special.) Thus "far" ho ' complete returns have been received from, any precinct Injthls county. As Xar .as"Ptiua. - he -cstlavateo franx the meager reportsJth"e state"61Ilcers and Rep resentative Williamson will carry th,e county by large pluralities. On the Legis lative ticket the two Representatives are safely elected. The Senatorshlp, upon which the fight has centered, still remains in doubt. No definite estimate of the re sult can yet be made. The Republicans have carried all the county officers, with the probable exception of Assessor and Commissioner. On local option the vote In The Dalles will be two to one against the measure. HOOD RIVER, Or., June 6. (Special.) Hood River polled a very light vote today. Incomplete returns at 12 P. M. show all Republican nominees to bo In the lead. Tho chief contest was over the election of State Senator, but everything points to Whealdon having carried the .day. The vote on local option will break even. In West Hood River, S6 votes out of 256 gave Moore 55. O'Day 12, Simmons 20. William son. 49. Bradshaw 45. Collier 10. Bennett 32. Whealdon 40. Burgess -S3. Jayne 56. Driver (Concluded on Page Four.) THE. FIRST. GUN FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT T FENDS Colorado Miners Blown to Death. WAITING FOR TRAIN Infernal Machine Set Off by Wire. ASSASSIN UNDER COVER Twelve Men Killed Instantly, One Dies of Injuries. ALL ARE NONUNION LABORERS Nine of Their Companions Are Se verely Wounded, One Dying SinceTwo Peace Officers Are Forced to Resign. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., June 6. A concealed assassin, by merely pulling a wire, exploded an Infernal machine, there by Instantly killing 12 miners and severely wounding 11 others, one of .-whom has since died, at Independence today. All tho killed and Injured, with the exception of two men from the Deadwood mine, were nonunion miners employed on the night shift of the Findley mine. The men had quit work at 2 A.M, and were waiting to board the suburban train on the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad and return to their homes In Cripple Creek and Victor. Just after the engineer of the approaching train blew his whistle as a signal to the miners, according to custom. a terrific explosion occurred underneath the depot platform, on and near which 25 men were gathered. The platform was blown into splinters, the depot was wrecked, and a hole 20 feet In circumfer ence, and about as many feet In depth, was torn In the ground. Bodies Hurled Five Hundred Feet. Fragments of bodies were hurled through space for several hundred feet, and later were' picked up still qulvorlng. Some of the bodies dropped Into the pit made by the explosion, but heads, hands, ears. legs, arms and trunks were strewn about on all sides. Pieces of flesh were found on buildings 500 feet away, and blood stained everything within a radius of 50 feet. The force of the explosion was felt all over the camp, and the crash cwakened everybody. Tha approaching train was stopped, and the members of the train crew were the first men to reach tho scene of the disaster. They were joined In a few minutes by hindrtds of persons, and relief work was begun at once. A special train was sent from Cripple Creek, carry ing rhyslcians, nurses, officers and many ot.'n'rr, but whin it reached Indjpatvdecce the Injured had already been placed on bcarf. the suburban tialn and remjved to the hr.spltals in Victor. Tha mangl-d bod ies of the dead, pieced together as well a r-cssible, were removed to the Coroner's office. Revolver Used to Explode It. The Infernal machine with which the dia bolical work was done consisted of a quantity of dynamite estimated at 150 to SOO pounds; a loaded revolver and a long, slender steel wire attached to the trigger. The revolver was fastened so that the pulling of the trigger would not draw It away. The wire ran from under the depot to the cribbing of the Delmonlco property, about 400 feet away, where it3 end was fastened to the rung of a chair. The dynamite was placed close to. the muzzle of the revolver, which was discharged by pulling the wire when the engineer blew his whistle. The ball from the revolver exploded the dynamite. Bloodhounds Trailing the Assassin. A man was seen running down the hill from tbe Delmonlco after the explosion. The Victor troops, who were ordered out by Mayor French, were so stationed as to keep pe pic from passing over the path taken by the assassin, and bloodhounds were sent from Canyon City and Trinidad for the puipose of trailing the assassin. The Infernal machine used today was similar to the one t-xploded In tha Vin dicator mine on November 21, 1903, killing two icen. By erd-r of Major H. A. Is'aylor, of the National Guard, the bodies were removed from the Coroner's establishment to that of another undertaker. This action was taken on request of J. S. Murphy, super intendent of the Findley mine, because It was alleged that Coroner James Doran had remarked before the discovery of the Infernal machine that the death of the men was due to an accident. Later, Cor oner Doran explained that although he had spoken of 'the disaster as an "awful accident," he was convinced a terrible crime had been committed. The Dead. Following is a list of the dead: GUS AUGUSTINE, aged 25. haa a brother llvlne In Janesvllle, Wis. ARTHUR MUHLEISE, aged about 33, has relatives la Germany. HENItT HAAG. ALEXANDER M'liANE, formerly of Lead- ville. CHARLES E. BARBER. HERBERT IT COY. J. H. HARTSELL. WILLIAM SHANKLIN. E. KELSO, married. W. W. DELANEY. EDWARD ROSS. E. H. JOHNSON, formerly of Little Horse, Wyo. ROBERT SINCLAIR, died in hospital. Injured Phil Chandler, J. A. Brooker, Edward Holland, John Polllce, Tom Sin clalr, Dan Galney, Clarence Allen, John Colli tc, both legs amputated r Ed Holland, right leg amputated; Dan Galney, right leg amputated; A. H. Allen, both legs am putated. imputation has-been -performed upon a number of the injured, but it is almost certain several of them will die. A ma jority of the dead and injured were single Lmen, cut several naa famines living in the district Soldiers have already arrested a trio of editors and printers of the Dally Repord and. City Marshal O'Connell, and put them In the bullpen. AH the wealthy mine owners are carrying gunsJ ESCAPES BY A MIRACLE. Man Blown Seventy-Five Feet In the Air Describes the Explosion. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., June 6. Charles Rector, of the Shurtloff mine, escaped In the explosion at Independence today by a miracle. He was chatting with several men, unconscious of danger, when the ex plosion occurred. He saw a number of men rushing toward the depot, and at this moment he was lifted from his feet and was 1 deafened by a terrific crash. When he realized what had occurred, he" was surprised to find himself uninjured. H. W. Vanatta, one of the Findley miners who had a remarkable escape, in describing the explosion, said: "The earth seemed to heave under the platform and depot, and the noise made was deafening. We had been at the sta tion about two minutes when the explo sion occurred. I was thrown through the air about 75 feet. There were about 25 men on the platform and most of them were nonunion miners who worked on the Findley. The Shurtloff shift had not yet reached the depot, but was hurrying down the hill. Had these men reached the platform the casualty list would have been doubled. There must have been 300 pounds of powder used, and it must have been set off by an electric spark or re-' volver, as the miners would have smelled the fuse If one had been used.' George Remick was hurled many feet from the platform, but escaped with only a few bruises, although heavy timbers and rocks fell all- about him. NO CALL FOR STATE TROOPS. Acting Governor Will Send None Until Requested. DENVER, Colo., June 6. "No request has been made on me for troops from Teller County officials, and there will be nothing done In the way of ordering out the Guard until the legal demand Is made," said Lieutenant-Governor Hag go tt, who Is the acting Governor of the state while Governor Peabody 13 in St. Louis. I will not anticipate the request in any wp.y, and not until I am officially notified that the authorities cannot deal with the situation will any troops be sent to Teller Couny to investigate tho situa tion there." Bell Holds Militiamen Ready. DENVER, Colo., June 6. At the headquarters of Adjutant General Bell, In this city, everything is in readiness promptly to meet a call for additional troops In the other cajnps. It Is under stood that the railroads have been In structed to have engines and cars ready and a quick run to Cripple Creek would follow an appeal for more soldiers. However, from the tone of a communi cation received from Sheriff Bell, the newly appointed official of Teller Coun ty, he will only ask for further aid from the military as a last resort. He Intimates that he can control the situa tion unless a general clash 'of opposing Interests- occurs. RIOT UPON RIOT Colorado Has Reign of Terror. MILITIA FIRED UPON Hall of Miners' Union Then Stormed. WHITE FLAG DISPLAYED Previous Mass Meeting Is Marked by Two Murders, ABOUT FORTY SHOTS FIRED Assassination of Nonunionlsts is the One Absorbing Topic Troops Are Making Arrests by the Wholesale. VICTOR, Colo., June- 6. Rioting broce out in this city this afternoon while a mass meeting was being held to discuss the murder of 13 nonunion miners by means of an Infernal machine at Inde pendence. Forty shots were fired into a crowd in the street. Ono man was killed, another died in the hospital, and eight persons, at least, injured. DeaJ: R; McGEE, of , Victor, shot through heart. J. D. DAVIS, died in hospital from fracture of tha skull. The- Injured: . William Hoskins, of Goldfleld, shot through body; may die. Alfred Miller, of Goldfleld. shot In body may die. - Peter Fleming, shbtT Fred Sturdevoss, engineer at-Independence mine. Peter Cusman. "Spud" Murphy. , "Hod" Finch. An unknown woman. Secretary Clarence C. Hamlin, of thj Mlneowners' Association, concluding a short address, said: "I want to hear what the boys in tha mines have got to say about this trou ble." Hamlin shortly before declared that the men who were responsible for tha outrage should be hanged from a tele graph pole and he would be only too glad: to help pull the rope If the " murderers could be discovered and captured. William Hoskins, a union miner from Goldfleld, threw up his hand and snouted: "Let me talk." At this the crowd began to hiss Hos kins and cry "Put him out!" First Shot From Unknown Source Immediately there was firing from somo unknown source, which has not yet been determined. A free-for-all fight, with more shooting, followed. Most of the shots were directed skyward. Hoskins fell with a bullet In his body and the crowd scattered in every direction. Secretary Hamlin, who had been stand ing on a wagon, Xept on taiking, unmind ful of the hailstorm of bullets that whizzed about his head. After the first excitement had somewhat cleared away, the injured and the dying were gathered up. R. McGee, of Victor, who was Instantly killed, had .been standing on an embank ment 30 feet above the men who had been lighting, and was an innocent spectator. Alfred Miller and J. D. Davis were car ried to the Victor Hospital. An eye-witness of the shooting said: 'T saw them carry three men away, one shot through the head and another shot through the arm. I think that more than five were shot." Sheriff Forced to Resign. Previous to the rioting Sheriff Henry M. Robertson had been summoned to a meeting of the Mlneowners' Association In Armory Hall by a committee, composed of C. C. Hamlin, secretary of the asso ciation; J. S. Murphy, manager of the Findley mine, and L. E. Hill, of the Theresa. At thi3 meeting his resignation was demanded. He yielded to the de mand. Then Edward Bell was ap pointed by the County Commissioners to fill out Robertson's unexpired term. Robertson was a union miner before he was elected Sheriff. Bell is a member of the Citizens' Alliance. Nearly all mines In the district previ ously had been closed by order of the Mlneowners Association, and hundreds of miners flocked Into town from the sur rounding hills. Fully 1200 supporters of the association gathered about Armory Hall, where it was meeting. At the same time 1000 men armed with all sorts of weapons were assembling on the vacant ground at the corner of Victor avenue and Fourth street In response to a call for a mass meeting. Most of these were union men who declared their intention to resist to tfle death any attempt to run them out of the district. City Marshal Michael O'Connell hur-. rledly swore In several hundred citizens. Concluded on Pago Five.)