The chronicle=news., 1913-10-08
Hundreds of Shots Exchanged
In Battle Waged at Ludlow
Three Reported Wounded and Militia Company
Called to Scene to Queu Riot
NUMBER OF ARRESTS MAY FOLLOW

Ludlow where more than six hund.
rcd families OF striking cOsl miners
are sheltered by canvas tents. was
from $3.50 yesterday afternoon until
dusk the scene OF \ pitched battle be.
tween more than two hundred strik-
era aud small force Of guards. More
than eight hundred shots were fired
and exchanged. Three mcn. \ guard
from DciaEua aud two strikers are
reported to have bccu wounded. and
ono horse MAS killed. Houses In the
town Of Ludlow wore struck by bull
lets. A window Of the {. and = dc.
pot WAS shattered by . bullet and res
idents oil the camp thrown into y
state Of terror.
From behind the heavy steel frame
II . railroad bridge. frum behind and
under and between freight cars. the
strikers for more than thre. houre
kept up constant fir" upon ,hs
guards couErcEatcd on the hiliSid.s
half mile away. The battle ended
when darkness screened tn. vision
of the fighting forci.. Company u.
Colorado National Guard. with thirty
saen In command OF captain E.. J..
Foreman. which ~us rushr,i to Lud-
low IN . special s:ain. reached the
BATTLE-GROUND after the strikers had
Jiepesscd.
According TO John L. I.l~ron OF
thu United Min- Workers. who with
Mother Jones had spoken =, Ludlow
earlier In the day aud who ~ss al
the camp whss tue shooting was 60.
lag an. Il Was q strss bullet fro,r u
hish power. sUn- lucd fvosa = distsncs
isto the strikers tents that .protipi.
tAtcd the sffray. Tas shot that Law
- rssefred "a pssssd through The
toy Of large teai. whcsc he d-ciar-
csl. men. ~0snrn ani children were
gathered. According 10 the authori-
ties aud Many who took part IN the
affair. Il was = vol'cy of sh.ts from
strikers fired upon two automobiles
passius through Ludlow ai'cu' three
o'clock that started the battle.
In tho automobiles that passed
through Ludlow about that time were
Walter Belk. q. ". Beiehcr and n.
4. Larson Of the CoTinu,lo hotel. n.
g. HOLT OF pciaxus and Nate Chaplin.
. Victor American oiftciM from Den.
yer. ]. J. Fcrrtck and his family Of
Hastings and Mrs. Frrrick's aged
parents. Mr. und Mrs. Morris. were
In another auto that was fired upon.
and according 10 statements made
today. the body Of the machine was
struck by bullets but no Que hit. Dr.
Curry Of Hastings driving along tho
road In u busgy little while after.
ward was fired upon and three bul.
let's struck the buggy.
when tho strikcrs f,trd upon tho
automobiles. II 10 declared that the
cars went TO Hastings andbroushi
down n possc OF mounted guards and
this prccipitatcd the battle. Shots
were exchanged. the guards being
across the canon aud the strikerA
firing from behind box ears and otli-
or bresytworks and the e. and :. dc.
pot was In the center of tho firing
Que guard from Dciag,ia. whose name
has not been learned. was shot In the
leg and his horse shot dead under
him. According to statements made
by witnesses at Ludlow last night
two Of the strikers were also wound.
ed. one having finger shot off nud
one receiving u flesh wound In the
body. That any strikers We're wound.
I'D was denied ut the tent COLONY and
later by vice president Frank j
Hayes. who suid hu had not been ad.
rtsrd Of the mon being wounded
The bullet that shattered a pan,
of glass at the e. aud $. depot passed
within u few t0Ghes of the head oi
Harry Emerson. night telegraph op
orator who was standing OF III. plat
Form. Another operator. Frederick
Huppcr,. WAS within range OF th'
fire. was kept busy doigins bullets
And while the bullets were whiIztnt
and singing the railroad agent wa,
answering the calls OF excited people
from Trinidad inauirinU the detail
o' the sftray.
The militia COMPANY wss callet
out by Sheriff Graham. who felt tina