The chronicle=news., 1913-10-06
STRIKERS IlVlSI0N Of S0PRls :.
Frustrated BY ARMED GUARDS; "
RlNR0kD bn|DcE 0YnlmI1EO NEAR Pryor
Ws,ts,a s.: wa Mt S.,pesl Operses. C.an1. Employed
at Local Power House y
FRANK HAYES SPEAKS AT PUEBLO, COLO.

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sopris. . village Of 500 souls. ons
Of the oldest e. r. and l. camps In
eouthsrs Colorado. yesterday stood
fism asd impresuabic axainst
planned invasioa Of striking coal
niness. TIE demonstration and
grand parade that had been Arranged
fes the purpose Of inducing the men
at work to lay down their tools did
Bo< take place. Sopris vas fortified
With armed men. Prom dawn to-
sua40wu the sunshine glintesi upon
nssksery. There were enough men
Nth Rifles and ammunition TO have
sspulsed ten times the number. The
0asersl u charge Of the army Of De-
Tease ,was marshal Noute Masenxai-
aas be handled the situation like .
vetssoa.
A tai - cau be learned women
aad Osa from the surrounding caAps
aad tsat eolosies had planned to
osreh isto the camp aad make .
dsnSaslsaaSea. rbs officials Of the
G. ,. sad I. eoopaay heard Of the
paas lass SATURDAY and psspsred TOR
aay sasrxsser that nisht arise. To
project eo0psay property asd nain-
esls sssse. . force q srYed Eusrds
wes aesauAls1. 9o0e vsrs brought
IL frsq 1easkvilis snd scishborias
eeASs esd all parts Of the couuty.
1sse o. thsss carried hide. The
sntseAes 70 The Misc pseessty was.
guae6sd. A aunbsr q 6sputiss ~.
tssl,ss he sanS ssA The hiih .iAal
ssssnA tAs esnp. ys.s alive vtth
AFAOeDto-1 eb<SuSSl 90 rlsus-.
saatss iron tAsis wseU eaissaes.
nsAUee - ~ - 1Aa - -
vas p'A.,sA b ~ hses q iaaseiss
The aea ~ work q ssesas 10 guit
aad Jsoa II. strike. Ssveaty or mere
nes have bssn at work Ia the niue
saArs the Strike aad the coke orcns
have been pulled every day. u r.
0ao eaop that Las been working With
IN almost normal force Of men sincc
the strike WAS colloal.
The women wers to gather Ut =
stipulated place sad tLs mon were
% ssssmbla st Piedmont and join
the women at the cross roads near
the coke ovens and fro0 there tho
march on the csmp wxa 10 start.
About three hundred vers to take
part. The women Old not get far
sad the men evidently thought bet
ter Of Il. As early - seven o'clock
In the morning about one hundred
mcn and women cougressted but no
attempt was made to invade the
camp. Throughout tho dag strikers
from the tent colouy near Sopris and
from the adjacent campo and Trtni-
dad gathered at intervals In small
groups and talked II over and dis
perscd
The strikers held 4 meeting In the
morning 10 front OF th. headquarters
outside the camp. About noon the
member Of the Silvio Pelico. an ftal-
ian. secret order held q meeting The
members Of this society are most Of
them ut work. hfincrs ~ their way
70 tho mine from this meeting were
ysllod At and looted BY men, and
women from the strikers camp. but
no sttcmpt was made to .n,olcst them.
Nothing occurred during the day
that was suggestive Of trouble. In
the afternoon marsha! Naaensalc.
who had been on duty since IN early
hour In the morning. declared that
he was glad no demonstration had
been attempted. I'VE don't want
any trouble With these people," he
said. I've &ant to respect them and
re want then 70 respect US. would
have hated to have been compelled
to fire upon them" The guards were
all on company property.
At sopris the majority Of the min
srs and coke oven workers have re-
msined loyal to the company. There
has been iarse force at work every
day. More than llO coke ovens have
,bcen pulled every day and the out
put hss been q little less than the
maximum in normal times. The men
have stood BY their pledge made at
mass meeting held day or two
before tho strike was called. when
a resolution wy passed to d'sresard
the strike order. Sfeetinss have been
held there by the miners. addressed
BY Mother Jones and vice president
Hayes, but the ueetings have ap-