. Review of reviews and world's work. eperpetrators of the crime hardly stopped shortof a demand for the absolute extinction of theminers union. The sheriff and the other offi-cers believed to be union sympathizers werecompelled to resign, and those who took theirplaces immediately swore in large forces ofdeputies. Adjutant-General Sherman Bell tookcommand of the military, and many union menwere arrested, charged with participation in theindependence outrage. Members of the union against whomAuthorities no charge of participation in thatand the Law. crjme was ma(je were deported, atfirst to De
. Review of reviews and world's work. eperpetrators of the crime hardly stopped shortof a demand for the absolute extinction of theminers union. The sheriff and the other offi-cers believed to be union sympathizers werecompelled to resign, and those who took theirplaces immediately swore in large forces ofdeputies. Adjutant-General Sherman Bell tookcommand of the military, and many union menwere arrested, charged with participation in theindependence outrage. Members of the union against whomAuthorities no charge of participation in thatand the Law. crjme was ma(je were deported, atfirst to Denver, and later to the prairies ofwestern Kansas. These men were taken fromtheir homes by force, without due process oflaw, and with no opportunity to confront theiraccusers in court. Presumably, innocent menwere so treated in many instances, for it is nocrime, even in Colorado, to belong to a laborunion, and whatever may have been said ordone by officers of the union to incite to vio-lence, it is simply unbelievable that every miner. WHO IS it IN COLORADO—THE GENERAL OR THE JUDGE? From the News-Tribune (Duluth). 18 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REVIEWS. TtifflaNSBilBmStiM .—* r 1||k *H -m 4 W IlAi imVmlwiVim,, 1 A i W il1 ~=* , i 1 IM W h Yil H, C >^ ift. ? \™ i1/ fe , , ft 5 H 1 U| g ft ? ,; 1 9 4 \ WM Copyright by Strauss, St. SHERMAN BELL, OF COLORADO. who struck with his union was guilty of eitheracting or plotting against the public peace. Theofficials of the State government find justifica-tion for the suspension of the writ of habeas cor- in the decision of the Colorado SupremeCourt, rendered on the very day of the Inde-pendence tragedy. The court fully sustainedthe action of Governor Peabody in suspendingI he writ in the case of President Moyer, of theWestern Federation of Miners. It is incon-ceivable, however, that the court contemplatedthe forcible deportation of large numbers ofcitizens under the exercise of this preroga-tive. T
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