Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-11-03
Arms ARE NOT
ALI. GIVEN IN
YET
so ADJUTANT. GENERAL CHASE TELLS
COLORADO COAL FIELD STRIKERS
THAT ALL WEAPONS MUST Be
SURRENDERED TO-DAY OR AE
WILL SEARCH CAMP.
NO SETTLEMENT OF
STRIKE IN SIGHT YET

Trinidad, Colo. Nov. 3.-Continued
activity by union leaders in an effort
to collect all arms and ammunition,
either concealed or in possession Of
the strikers. or an immediate order to
surround and search the tents at Lud-
low was the ultmatum delivered by
Adiutant General John Chase to John
r Lawson this morning. General
Chase visited Ludlow early today and
conferred with Lawson, The latter
turned over few guns and stated
that he was experiencing much dlill-
Guilty in inducing the miners to sur
render the weapons.
No prospect of speedy settlement
of the coal strike in the southern COLO
RADIO fields exists at present in the
opinion of Frank j. Hayes, interna-
tional vice president of the United
Mine Workers OF America VINO mas
inst returned to the district, from
Denver.
Hayes denied the report that many
of the strikers are preparing to go
back to work under the protection OF
the state militia He also secuted the
rumors that large numbers OF mine
guards and strikers have been Killed
during recent clashes and that the
bodies have either been left i'll the
hills or buried secretly. An investi
CATION of the report that the coal
companies are evading the law by i'm
porting men, giving them few hours
work at the Pueblo steel mills and
then sending them to the mines. is be
ing made he said:
"The number of rifles in possession
OF the strikers" he said, "has been
greatly overstated. | am not prepar
ed to say what disposition has been
made of them" Another effort t6
peacefully secure the arms OF the
strikers at Ludlow will be made and
if they are not turned over, Adjutant
General Chase announces that he VIII
take such steps as seem necessary.
Detachments of militia are at Lud
low and many of the coal camps in the
districts, and no disorders were re
port during the night.
Horace Hawkins. counsel for the
United Mine Workers of America
when asked regarding the report that
he had advised the strikers that they
were not obliged to obey the order OF
the militia to turn over their arms
since martial law had not been pro
claimed, Mr.. Hawkins issued the fol
lowing signed statement:
81 have at no time advised, directly
or indirectly, that the strikers are not
to deliver their arms to the militia.
am not throwing any obstacles in the
way of Governor Ammons.
No Disorder.
Denver, Colo, Nov. 3.-No disorder
was the report received today by Gov
Ammons today from the southern Col
orado strike zone. The governor re
ceived a telephone from General John
Chase at / o'clock today to the effect
that disarmament was proceeding
satisfactorily at Walsenburg and that
considerable number of rifles and re-
volvers had been turned over today
by the strikers at the Ludlow tent
colony. 1t was said the strike leaders
had assured General Chase that they
would continue their efforts to aid him
in getting these. This attitude was
taken when it became known that
Governor Ammons remained firm in
his determination to disarm both
strikers and guards with the least
delay and interruption to business.
Reports to the governors office
from Routt county were to the effect
that none of the miners responded to
the whistle call this morning. Last
week the operators of four mines in
that county announced that they
would resume operations today. No
trouble was reported.
Advices from Louisville in north
ern Colorado today stated that
clash occurred shortly after midnight
between strikers and strikebreakers
at the New Monarch mine No. g.
In an exchange of shots lasting
about twenty minutes Mike Piera,
who was in the mine bunk house. was
slightly wounded There are no
troops in the northern Colorado fields.
The mine at Leyden, Colo, contin-
ued operations today, the threatened
strike failing to materialize.