The times., 1899-03-19
TROOPS TO MEET STRIKERS.
conflict Possible Between Miitin
and Italian Miners.

ahu ftDifnn Miners.
Lake City. Col. March 1ss-Three COM
panies of infantry and two troops of cav
airy from Pueblo and Denver arrived here
ON trains yesterday on their way to Hen
son, where armed Italian strikers are ter
rorizing the inhabitants. A blizzard is
blowing, so the troops kill4have a terri
bic journey, that may also include con-
fiict at the end. A double guard of citi-
zens has been holding the road to the
mines for thirty hours to keep the knowl-
edge OF the arrival Of the troops from
the strikers
There are 235 men in the military expe-
dition. Colonel MacArey, who commands
it, says the only terms of settlement that
viii be accepted will be the departure of
all the Italians from the camp and the
surrender OF those who were concerned in
stealing weapons from the State armory.
DR.. Cuneo, the Italian Consul, prece6es
the troops, with an armed guard, and will
try to persuade the Italians to come to
Lake City and give themselves up. There
are about $50 foreigners there, fully armed,
most of them with State rifles.
AT conference yesterday afternoon be-
tween the civil and military authorities and
Messrs. Dewey and Nicholson, managers of
and later an injunction was issued by
Judge Edgarton restraining the miners
from interfering. Justice Gates made a
hurried trip to Henson on horseback, served
papers and returned. The mine owners
have promised that they will discharge all
Italian labor.
There is some fear that the Italians will
destroy property with explosives. At the
Hidden Treasure Mine the narrow canyon
hy- 1ars L;..t,
which backs the water up for more than
a mile. few sticks of giant powder
would destroy this dam and wipe out Lake
CITY strong guard has been placed at
this point
Several infiammatory messages to Ital-
ians in Henson and Lake City have been
stopped in transmission. An Italian SEN
try who was stationed in Lake City tried
to run the guard on horseback yesterday.
TO spread the news of the coming of the
troops, but was stopped and put under ar
rest.
Jealousy is the underlying cause of the
troubles with Italian miners at Henson.
The teacher of the rural school attracted
the attentions of Roderigo Ludovic, leader
OF the 4CO Italians of the place. The young
woman repulsed his advances. He swore
to be revenged, and has enlisted the whole
Italian colony in war with the State in
consequence.
First, he threatened the young woman
and her charges in the school building
with dynamite. but still she refused him
A few days later he exploded several dyna-
mite sticks under the doorway of tie
school building, demolishing the structure.
The school teacher and children escaped
with nothing more serious than scratches.
For this outrage the sheriff arrested
eight Italians, who were charged with BE-
ing accomplices il. the affair. Ludoyic. the
ringleader, escaped The whole Italian
colony set out to rescde the imprisoned
men. but the sheriff swore out warrants
for more men. When he tried to serve
them the miners barricaded the approaches
to Henson, which is on the side of a hill
In narrow gorge, and is in consequence
easily defended.
In the absence OF the sheriff trying to
make his arrests some of the Italians
broke into the Lake City Armory and took
all the guns and several thousand rounds
of ammunition. These were distributed
among the rioters. The sheriff thereupon
called upon the governor for assistance.
Twenty years ago a. fsimilar outbreak
at these same mines resulted in the firing
of Lake City and its practical destruction,
only one block of buildings being left
standing. . E1