Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-28
State Troops Rushing to
Fields in Southern
Colorado.
MARTIAL LAW ORDERED
Battle Opens in Early Morning
Between 1900 Diggers and
800 Company Police.

Denver, Col. Oct. 2S.-Mobilized
In approximately six hours, the Colo
rado National Guard today began NOV
ing toward the Colorado coal fields,
where martial law will be established
in compliance to a proclamation.
Trinidad, Colo, Oct. 2S.-A battle is
believed to have started at $50 this
morning between approximately 1000
strikers and possibly 800 mine guards.
Troops are fastening to Delauge, To.
basco and Berwind.
Lack of ammunition brought to an
end hot three hours battle between
striking miners and guards in the coal
fields today. One report was none
was injured, while others say Is
guards were killed. A company re-
port says only one guard was killed.
STRIKERS SEIZE ENGINE.
Strikers captured seven guards yes
terday at Chicacossa Junction, eight
miles north of Trinidad. 1t was also
reported that they captured a Colo
RADIO and Southeastern engine.
For half an hour more than 125
strikers battled at mile range with
several loads of mine guards who were
travelling over the Colorado & South
ern railway tracks. ostensibly on their
way to the Hastings mine
The strikers at the Ludlow camp
had been-ied to believe that the
guards were Intending to attack the
tent colony and consequently set about
to defend their temporary homes.
Train derailers were set up on the
tracks, the switches were thrown
wherever possible and number of the
strikers, armed with high powered
rifles entrenched themselves at a
point a mile and half from the tent
colony adjacent to the railroad.
TRAIN BACKS AWAY.
When the train first came into
sight a mile away the strikers began
firing. The engineer stopped the train
Immediately and the guards returned
the fire with vim.
After half an hour of fighting, in
which three guards are reported to
have been slightly wounded the train
backed away and the strikers returned
| to the colony.
Upon the return of the strikers TO
their colony they we're Justify cheered
by those who had remained behind to
make the last defense in event the
! guards were able to carry out their
rumored intention of attacking the
colony.
HOPING FOR SETTLEMENT.
Calumet, Mich, Oct. 28.-The initial
steps in the movement to bring the
copper strike to an end have failed,
but the Intermediates today said they
were still hopeful that their efforts
would be successful.
Circuit Judge p. II. O'Brien and for
mer Sheriff Byers of Houghton county
are interceding with the strikers.
In the first proposition the strikers
said they would waive recognition of
the Western Federation of Miners and
declare the strike off If they could re-
tain their union memberships and not
be Disseminated against on that ac-
count.
This was the only request made by
the strikers but as it was regarded by
the operators as recognition of the
federation it was refused
The operators here are adhering
strictly TO their determination that
hereafter no members OF the feder
alton will be employed Messrs.
/ O'Brien and Byers will again confer
with the strikers and endeayor to ar.
rive at some other basis of agree
ment to be submitted to the opera
tors.
Meanwhile hundreds OF men are be,
ing brought into the district 10 replace
the strikers. two special trains arris.
ing with men yesterday.