The state herald., 1913-11-07
CITIZENS ORDERED TO HOMES
AND STREETS PATRoLEp
BY MlLITIAMEN.
BOMB PLOT IS F0ILED
PROPERTY WORTH s125,ooo AND
MANY LIVES IMPERiLED
AT TAsAsco.
western Newspaper Union New. service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Trinidad, Nov. 3.-Militia Saturday
night occupied the strike district at
Ludlow; three mine guards were un-
der arrest, fifty-one were held for de-
portation from the southern Colorado
fields. two machine guns had been
seized and about 100 small arms taken.
The streets of Trinidad were patroled
by militiamen for the first time since
martial law was declared. No one was
allowed to loiter. and the principal
thoroughfares were twice cleared. The
strikers, who with cheers hailed the
appearance of troops. surrendered fit.
teen arms.
Mike coota Shot at Louisville.
Louisville Junction.-One man was
shot in the shoulder and $50 shots
fired into the Monarch mine No. 2. for
merly the Lucas mine, in an attack
from the outside early MonNay morn
ing. The wounded man is Mike Coota.
The mine is owned by the National
Fuel Company.
Guards Discover Internal Machine.
Trinidad. Nov. 3.-The destruction
of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
coke washer, a sl25,000 structure at
Tabasco, and the loss of life that prob
ably would be attendant on an explo-
sion, was prevented when eight infan-
trymen of a force Of military guards
stationed at that camp discovered an
Internal machine in close proximity to
the washer.
The bomb was expertly made and
consisted Of ten-pound lard bucket
filled with black powder in which
had been placed three sticks Of dyna-
mite with fuses attached.
The miners of the Ludlow tent col
ony were given another twenty-four
hours to deliver up their firearms.
This announcement was made by Ad-
jutant General John Chase upon his
return from Walsenburg. where he
spent the day investigating a reported
clash between strikers and nonunion
miners. and report that strikebreak-
ers we're being shipped into the dis
trict.
General Chase is convinced that
there are more firearms owned or held
by the Ludlow strikers than were
given up Saturday when the militia
moved into the camp. He declared that
OF the fifteen guns which had been
turned over TO him. most OF them were
modern. high-power rifles. He gave II
as his opinion that altogether there
are about twelve hundred guns being
held by strikers.
Guards Give Up Arms. r
Regarding the matter OF disarma-
ment General Chase said that the OPP
orators had made no resistance at all
to the disarming OF the mine guards
employed by them. and that the
guards and special deputies had given
up their arms readily.
On the other hand. he said the strik-
ers had not yet given evidence OF good
faith. although he believed that John
II. Lawson. who has personal charge
OF the strikers camp at Ludlow. had
made an effort to collect the arms and
turn them over.
Miners Return to Work.
General Chase. while In the walsen.
burg district. provided n military es-
cort for about fifty miners and their
families to the jackson. Strong and
sunnyside mines. The men. the gen.
eral learned. had manifested n desire
to return TO work and wanted protec-
ton. which was given. He declared
that he found the situation quiet else.
where.
That the coal operators OF this dis.
trict are making no attempt TO ship
In strikcbreakers was the statement
OF General Chase.