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Although this was a "brazen, illegal exercise of power,"p.77 Governor Peabody ignored it.p.79 District Judge Frank W. Owers ruled the expulsions illegal, and issued an injunction against the League to prevent interference with the return of the union miners.Eight WFM members returned to Idaho Springs, were arrested and tried for the powerhouse explosion, and were acquitted.Owers then issued bench warrants for 129 of the Citizens' Protective League vigilantes, charging them with "rioting and making threats and assaults."