“DENVER, April 12.--Ex-Governor Baxter of Wyoming and Judd Brush of Greeley, President of the Cattle Growers’ Association, are in the city, in company with a number of prominent cattlemen of this state and Wyoming. A member of the party, in speaking of troubles in Wyoming, said: ‘The sympathies of nine-tenths of the people of Wyoming are with the cattle owners. I do not know to what extent the people of Colorado are informed as to the points at issue in the fight which is now fairly under way, but from what I have learned I am willing to give all the assistance possible to any body of men which will attempt to exterminate the rustlers. “‘The latter have terrorized whole communities for years and practically control the actions of officials in several counties of the state. The cattlemen who have gone into the state at the head of the fighters whom they can trust are men who were driven off the ranges by the rustlers. Many of these men saved their lives only by escaping on fast ponies under cover of darkness. The time has come when they must quit the state altogether or make a fight to the death. The party was organized quietly in this city, as it was felt that the preliminary arrangements could not be safely made in Wyoming, so widespread is the influence of the rustlers.’” “‘Is there no other way by which the interests of the cattlemen could be protected?’” “‘Absolutely none. The courts have been appealed to time after time, in vain. Grand juries refused to indict the cattle thieves, although in many cases the rustlers appeared before the jury and acknowledged their guilt. It is simply a battle for existence on the part of the cattle owners in half a dozen counties. They must maintain their positions with rifles or let the robbers have full sway. I have been told of instances where the rustlers served notice on merchants, saying that they must keep quiet or suffer condign punishment.’” The day before the above quoted interview, H. B. Ijams, secretary of the Wyoming Board of Live Stock Commissioners, was in Denver, and a Republican reporter interviewed him at length. From his statements we produce the following extract: “‘I do not believe any of these reports,’ he said, ‘of conflicts having taken place. I think that all these dispatches are inspired by the rustlers and their sympathizers. There are newspapers of Wyoming which have always advocated the cause of the thieves and they are still at work fixing up these reports. The rustlers have charge of the wires and I am waiting now for the time when our men can get hold of them. So, while I am pretty much in the dark, I am certain that the true situation of things has not been told. A SURGEON WITH THE INVADERS