Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-29
STRIKERS GIVEN
"a HOURS TO
QUIT
COLORADO ADJuTANT.GENERAL GIVES
THEM THAT LENGTH OF time IN
WHICH TO LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS.
OPERATORS WILLING TO Dis.
ARM ALL MINE GUARDS.
SOUTHWESTERN MINE
HAS Big FIRE LOSS

trinidad, COlO., OCt. 3D. ne ut
struction of the tipple and office of the
Southwestern mine near Aguilar by
fire and an attack by strikers upon
the Empire mine and the camps OF
Berwind and Tabasco is the record OF
damage due to the coal strike report
ed this morning. Arms and ammuni'
tion have disappeared from the Lud-
low tent colony, and heads of the
strikers have scattered to neighboring
tent colonies on thu arrival of the
militia at Trinidad and Walsenburg
Adjutant General John Chase this
morning stated that twenty-four hours
will be given the strikers and deputies
in which to lay down their arms.
Officials of the Southwestern Fuel
company express the belief that the
property was fired by strikers. The
Office. The fire followed a clash be-
tween strikers and guards in which
the guards were driven away from
the mine, according to the officials of
power house was struck by hail of
bullets but no one was injured. No
serious damage was done at Tabasco
and Berwnd. The attacks are de.
clared to have been made by strikers
on their way from Ludlow to Aguilar.
Adjutant General John Chase, who
had arrived in Trinidad but two hours
previously, was notified by Sheriff
Grisham, of the fight at Tabasco, but
at the time report was received that
the skirmish was over and no move
was made by the militia.
The utmost secrecy attended the ar
rival of the soldier trains in the strike
zone. On the train bearing General
Chase and sheriffs all lights were ex.
tinguished, windows thrown open and
every man was Equipped with twenty
rounds of ammunition when Barnes
station was passed.
The action was taken because of re-
ports received by General Chase early
last night that an armed body of
strikers were entrenched along the
tracks at that point. The precautions
were frustrated by the operator of
the searchlight at Hastings who turn
ed the rays upon the train as soon as
it hove in sight and kept them there
until it disappeared.
The postoffce at the Southwestern
mine was robbed before the fire was
started according to postmaster, Ar
thus A. Samples, who included the
statement in a report to the postal
authorities this morning. A telephone
lineman sent to the mine to repair a
broken line, was fired upon from the
hills shortly before noon. A later re.
port says that the guards succeeded
in extinguishing the fire at the tipple
before it was entirely destroyed,
Conditions in the strike zone main
tanned a normal status today with
mine guards and strikers awaiting
possible developments when the Colo
RADIO National Guard actually takes
charge of the situation.
The first troop train arrived shortly
after midnight Other trains bearing
approximately 500 men arrived here
just before daylight, or were nearing
this city. The troops detrained short
ly after s o'clock and under direction
of Adjutant General John Chase of
Denver, and Col. w. A. Davis, of Colo
rado Springs, pitched camp at San Ra-
fael Heights. Organization was per-
fected and it was expected that later
today the troops would begin their
invasion of the mining camps. Martial
law will not be inforced in Trinidad,
but will be established in the mining
Camps surrounding this city.
Crowds of strikers waited through.
out the night in the railroad yards
for the arrival of the troop trains. No
demonstration was made when the
men detrained. Reports from the min.
ing centers were that no clashes had
occurred since yesterday morning.
Companies Will Obey.
Denver, Oct. Ex-Governor Ammons
today received replies from the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron company, the Vic
tor American Fuel company and the
Rocky Mountain Fuel company to his
request that they have their employees
deliver up their arms at the demand
of the state militia. The companies
replied that they will ''cheerfully CO.
operate with General Chase"
Courts Order Disregarded.
Boulder, Colo, Oct. 29.-Attorneys