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This card that recommends an individual for employment with the Cripple Creek Mine Owners’ Association has been cancelled.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-27
President Roosevelt sends a self-explanatory letter to Postmaster General Meyer. Roosevelt says it has been decided that Daniel M. Sullivan should be removed as postmaster of Cripple Creek, Colorado, and to tell Colorado Representative Warren A. Haggott that unless he telegraphs immediately, William Morton Irwin will be appointed in Sullivan’s place. Roosevelt notes that Haggott deserves no favors due to his voting record.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-04
Charles R. Neumeister writes to President Roosevelt to offer his insights on an article by the Socialist journalist Joseph Wanhope that covers the 1906 Moyer-Haywood murder trial and the 1904 trial of miners accused of attempted train derailments in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Neumeister is a detective, who was hired by the Mine Owners Association, and he refutes Wanhope’s claim that railroad detectives tried to derail the train and blame miners. Neumeister believes Wanhope’s claims are “baseless” and the entire trial was a miscarriage of justice against the mine owners.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-20
The former sheriff of Teller County, Colorado, describes events during the Cripple Creek miners’ strike that lead to his forced resignation. A handwritten note indicates that Robertson dictated the statement to a stenographer, but did not sign it because he left Denver before the document was typed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-03
John H. Murphy argues that when President Grant sent troops to protect the citizens during the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, he set a precedent for such actions. Murphy believes President Roosevelt would not be criticized if he were to act similarly to protect the citizens of Telluride and Cripple Creek. Murphy encloses a newspaper article to show that “the violation of personal rights by the militia is steadily ongoing.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-21
Postcard featuring a depiction of President Roosevelt riding a donkey while visiting Colorado. The postcard features a handwritten note from Anna Mylander Faust and George F. Faust to his mother, Christine Faust, about a trip to a gold mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
1904
Joseph Wauhope, associate editor of Wilshire’s Magazine, details the bias of the courts and unfairness of the trial of Charles H. Moyer, George A. Pettibone, and Big Bill Haywood in the murder of Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-19
Colonel Crowder reports that Colorado state authorities can maintain control over the disturbances in the Cripple Creek district at their current level. If sympathetic strikes occur across the state, the federal government will likely need to intervene. Crowder reviews the history of the strike and summarizes the conditions during his inquiry. He includes several appendices with further information about the Cripple Creek Strike.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-14