The age-herald., 1901-07-04
BLOODY RIOT
 AT COLORADO
 GOAL MINES Several Men Reported Killed and Many Others SeTiOus-
 y Wounded STATE MILITIA ORDERED OUT The Union Miners Called on the Men at Work to Quit and Promised That No Trouble Would
 Follow.
STATE MILITIA ORDERED OUT

Denver, Col, July 3.-A special to the News from Telluride, Col, says:
 The excitement which has been prevail ing all day over the riot in the Smuggler- Union mine is rapidly subsiding this af- ternoon. The controversy has been sat- isfactorily adjusted for the present and everything is quiet in Marshal and Saw age basins Early this morning word was received in town that there was consider able shooting going on at Smuggler at o'clock and many kinds of rumors were afoat The trouble Is only part of the strike trouble which has been brewing for some time. The first rumor to reach town was that eight or ten had been killed, but this proved not to be true, but Will Jor- dan was shot in the right hip; the right arm of Charles Becker. superintendent of the mine, was broken and badly shattered from bullets; Shift Boss Nicholson was shot in the head and J. Lujan. Mexican trimmer, was killed.
 Jordan was brought to town about o'clock this afternoon. Dr Sheldon was called to the Bullion Tunnel to dress the wounds of the injured men and sent message about noon saying that Becker had a bad arm and that Nicholson, who was shot in the head, had bare chance to live, but that is about all. At the time those were the only men on either side whose wounds he had attended to. Most of the shote fired were by the miners and i 1tA oil tat with the exception of a few shots now and then. e
 BuiloIng Blown Up.
 Some time this afternoon building was blown up, but it is impossible to learn what damage, if any, was done. The Liberty Bell and Tom Boy mines have all practically gone out in sympathy and the properties are all but idle Miners were seen coming over the range this morning from the Ouray and Silverton sides, and it is reported that the Camp Bird and Reve- nue mines community were in sympathy with Smuggler men to the extent of rem dering any assistance.
 The mayor has ordered alyl saloons to closed from D. m. until otherwise notih-
 
 there has been no communication between town and Struggled Hill all day
 The killed as far as known, are:
 John Barthell, a union miner.
 J. Lujan, a Mexican, employed as trim mer in the mines.
 Wounded-Chas. M. Becker, mine super intendent; right hip broken and badly shattered by bullet.
 w. Jordan, shift boss and deputy sheriff, 1,f,
 John Nicholson, shot through the head; will probably die.
 An unknown man shot through the legs.
 All of the wounded exept the last were working in the mines.
 The sheriff of the county in which Telluride Is located wired Governor Dr. man for troops to assist in suppressing the rioters. A call for the militia to as- semble at their armory at 8 o'clock to- night was issued from the adjutant-gen- erals department and directions sent to the troops at Pueblo to hold themselves in readiness for service.
 Cause of the Trouble.
 As nearly as can be learned the fight was precipitated at the Sheridan tunnel, which is about three-quarters Of a mile above Bullion tunnel, where the principal boarding and bunk houses and other buildings and upper terminal or the tramway are located During last night a. number of union miners went up to point near these places and at 5 o'clock this morning, 1t is said, sent man with a message to the men working with William Jordan to the effect that If they would stop work and come down the hill there would be no trouble. In response to this message, 1t is said. the union men were fired on, resulting in the instant killing of Barthell.
 Jordan and his crew then sought re- fuge in an old tunnel, and 1t was while running for it's mouth that Jordan was shot through the hips. At about Il o'clock an opportunity was offered for bringing Jordan to town by an old and unused trail, all other avenues to the ba-
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