Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-09-26
VIOLENCE IS ON
increase IN
STRIKE
STRIKE BREAKERS CAPTURED BY
STRIKERS HELD UP
AND INNOCENT PARTIES INC0N.
VENIENCED..- So OPERATOR SAYS
SITUATION IS SATISFACTORY.
EMISSARY OF FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ON GROUND

posse left here today for Ludlow in
an effort to rescue three strike break
ers who were captured by a mob OF
striking coal miners last night. Sher-
iff Grisham, who headed an earlier
posse in search of the captlVes last
night, returned after several hours,
representing that he had found no
trace of them.
The strike breakers, all negroes,
we're taken from a stage near Ludlow
on their way to the mine at Hastings.
Surrounded by a mob of strikers they
were led in the direction of the Unit
ed Mine Workers colony at Ludlow
Striking coal miners at the United
Mine Workers camp at Ludlow for the
second time held up the Hastings
hack at Ludlow, upon the arrival or
Colorado and Southern train NO. l,
this morning, and compelled all pas
sengers to alight and commanded the
driver to drive the empty stage on TO
Hastings, The men taken OFF were
F. E. Rose, superintendent of the
COlOTaQO anu DOutlledotcill IL lahLio oeN' "
coal road that runs to the Victorian
erican Fuel company properties; w.
r. Cunningham, a surveyor, and mos
Gibbons coal inspector for the ROCK
Island railroad. The strikers made
no violent demonstrations, according
TO reports, but commanded the three
men to go into the depot and await
the next train for Trinidad and make
no attempt to go to Hastings.
A guard of strikers is patrolling the
railroad station at Ludlow to intercept
all conveyances bound for Hastings.
Word has been received here that
the negroes who were taken Off the
hack at Ludlow last night by armed
strikers weNe taken to the depot at
Ludlow late this morning and placed
on board Colorado and Southern
train and ordered to go back Where
thew came from" They are said to
have been threatened with injury II
they came back as strike breakers.
Word has been received that James
r, Pearce, secretary of state OF colo
RADIO, and Ethelbert Stewart, ennis
sary of the United States Department
of Commerce and Labor will arrive
here tonight to inspect the situation
international Vice President Frank
T. Hayes, of the United Mine Work
ers of America, when asked concern
ing the second hold-up by strikers OF
the Hastings hack, said:
81 have not been advised of the oc'
currence. | do not believe it. | look
upon the incident as "frame-up on
the part of the operators to lnJure
tho cause of the miners. They have
dcne it elsewhere, they are doing u
here" Referring to the present strike
situation, he said:
"Ninety-five per cent of the miners
of Colorado are on strike and thls
number is increasing day by day.
When we are ready to care for all OF
them the rest of them will come
out
May Close Saloons.
Boulder, Colo, Sept. 26.-SheriH
Busted today went to Lafayette, Mar
shall and other points in the northern
Colorado coal fields to investigate
strike conditions. He said that he
would either close all saloons in the
district or force them to close after
six O'Clock every evening.
Will Visit Trinidad.
Denver, Sept. 26.-Secretatry OF
State James B. Pearce, eX-ofhclo Ia
bcr commissioner, and Ethelbert Stew
art, coal strike mediator, appointed
by the federal department of labor
went to Trinidad this afternoon to
investigate the strike situation.
A statement issued today by F. +,
Cove, attorney for the Victor-Amerl-
can Fuel company, declares that "eX-
cept for the increasing violence,
threats and intimations on the part
of the strikers, the operators are
content with conditions as they ex-
ist today"
The statement says that increased
forces are at work in the mines to-
dav and that about So per cent OF
the normal working force of the mines
of Colorado are employed.
(IOVe aOQS. ue olllhC 10 N'iS~i 49, Q
upon the stage of violence which in
variably accompanies disturbances OF
this character. The strike leaders
irrespective of their professed inten
tions, are directly responsible ror
numberless acts of lawlessness, few
only of which reach the reading pup
lie
The coal operators today entered
formal complaint with the local post
Office inspector in connection with the
stopping of the Hastings stage today
The operators assert that the stag
carried United States mail, and tina
the strikers who stopped it wer,
guilty of violating the federal statute
against interference with the mails.
Before leaving Denver Ethelber
Stewart is said to have expressed th'
belief that the differences between TIL
miners and operators are slight ant