Governor Davis H. Waite

(noun)

The Populist Party governor of Colorado during the Cripple Creek Miners' Strike. When Sheriff Bowers of Colorado City raised a large army of strikebreaking deputies, Waite ordered them to disband, and negotiated on behalf of the striking miners.

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  • The Cripple Creek Miners' Strike of 1894

    • The Cripple Creek Miners' Strike of 1894 resulted in a victory for the union, due to the support of Populist Party governor, Davis Waite.
    • In a development unparalleled in American labor history, Colorado Governor Davis H.
    • Waite declared the mine owners' force of 1,200 deputies to be illegal and ordered the group disbanded on May 28.
    • The Waite agreement, providing for the resumption of the $3.00-per-day wage and the eight-hour day, became operative the same day, and the miners returned to work.
    • Only four miners were convicted of any charges, and they were quickly pardoned by the sympathetic populist governor.

  • Attack on Fort Sumter

    • The Fort Sumter crisis was waiting for President Lincoln upon his inauguration on March 4, 1861.
    • However, Secretary of State William H.
    • Having received notification from Lincoln, Governor Pickens consulted with General Beauregard.
    • President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis ordered Beauregard to repeat the demand for Sumter's surrender and authorized the use of force to complete surrender before the relief expedition arrived.
    • On March 1, President Davis appointed Brigadier General P.G.T.