Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-10-30
Possible Federal CompiCa-
tons Are Precipitated in
Southern Colorado Mining
Camp by Union Men,
LETTERS ALLEGED TO
HAVE BEEN RIFLE0
Ludlow Assumes Normal Con-
dit.o0, Arms and Ammuni-
ton Having Disappearedi
Militia in No Hurry to Act

low sossna louHsAt SPECIAL lrsstn wisrI
Trinidad. colo. Octs 29.-Niolence
among thc striking miners In the
southern Colorado coal fields. today
shifted rom Ludlow and its Immedi-
ute vicinity 10 Aguilar, six miles
north OF the hiE Ludlow tent colony
Possible federal complications We're
participated at the office of the south
western Fuel company where. late last
might and early this morning "a battle
uagcd between strikers and handful
of mine guards After defeating the
Guards and capturing the mine office,
iu which the postoflice also Is situated
tHe strikers are charged with having
knocked over stove. setting fire TO
the building, which was completely de-
suoyed together with IT'S contents Of
United States mail, money orders and
money
Postmaster Arthur Samples. late to-
day declared evidences We're present
chat the mail had been rifled before
the building was fired, since en-
vclopes opened were found nearby
half burned
Tho mine office also was completely
destroyed with all it's contents. the
camp having been surrendered by the
guards
The firemen who We're at work In
the upple house were the first Of the
working miners to be fired upon.
They tied down the mine siren and de-
serted the place which was then be-
ing ufse~ted to heavy fire TIE
fifteen guards gathered at the postof-
flee and there fought with the strik-
ers until they We're overpowered by
superior numbers.
After working their viii at the
southwestern offices. the miners went
To- the Empire mine of the same COM
pany and there began an attack. No
resistance was offered them and they
Withdrew shortly. doing no more dam
age than riddling the boiler house with
bullets No one was injured in either
camp.
The strikers camp at Ludlow to-
day was devoid OF all show of rifles
and revoNers which had been so prev
alent for the last two days Monday
ana yesterday hundreds Of men were
gathered. in the camp stockade, all
heavily armed. No person not
striker. could pass along toward the
|mine camps but that he was sub
iccted to keen scrutiny, backed by the
mnaeng thrust Of "a high-powcred ri
file In the hands Of one or more stril-
ers who always stood in the road.
Sometimes the passershy were stopped
ana questioned, and at other times
were permitted to pass unhindered.
Today nothing Of the sort was to be
seen. only two rifles were in evi-
dcnce about the camp. and they were
IN the hands Of Two strikers, acting as
pckets upon the side Of the camp
bordering the mine property Many
boxes ot ammunition openly displayed
Monday today are not to De seen
within tho camp and no one tells what
has become of It.
Officers Of the Colorado military
euard which today completed its or
ganizaton and established It's camp
on the outskirts of the city say the
rifles and boxes OF ammunition had not
been surrendered to them.
Nor is the display or weapons in
mine camps SO pronounced as on yes
tcrday Today no heavily armed
guard met visitors mt the mine camp
stockadc gates. only an apparently
marmod guard was on duty at each
mine camp gate though armed guards
were seen within. The munitions
which have disappeared from the mine
guards are not in the hands of the
troops No trouble Of any character
occurred between mine guards and
strikers at and around the Ludlow
colony today Mine guards came and
went al will along the highway bor-
derng the strikers colony and strik-
ers were not embarrassed by mine
guards
II lis believed that if any further
trouble occurs in the strike zone while
the troops are present, It will be at
Agular where another large colony Of
strikers is situated. No troops were
sent to Ludlow today. and SO far as
can be learned tonight, it is not the
intention of the National guard Off
GERS to take any drastic steps until
tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.
Mine guards and strikers have been
given tweuty-four hours from today
noon to surrender their arms and am
munition 20 the state forces, and un-
less they refuse to comply it is indi-
Gated that the troops will remain in
quarters where they will be ready to
deal with any disorders that might
occur In the future
The presence Of the troops here
has caused much bitterness on the part
Of the strikers and a meeting Of the
executive board Of the allied unions
OF colorado met at pueblo tonight to
discuss the situation and to cali u
meeting of delegates from each trade