Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-18
Engineer Saves Lives of
az Men En- Route to
Calumet, Mich.
SECTION ROAD TORN UP
Several Hundred Strikers in
Ugly Mood on Scene Are
Dispersed by Troops

Calumet, Mich, Oct. 1S.-An at
tempt was made to blow up the Ke-
weenaw Central train taking AZ mine
guards to the Mohawk mine this morn
ing. Engineer Crocking detected the
burning fuse and stopped the train in
the nick of time. A section OF the
track was blown out.
After the explosion several hundred
strikers surrounded the train n a
threatening mood. Mounted troops on
arrival gained control of the situation.
General Abbey, who returned to Cal
umet last night to resume command
of troops in the strike district, said he
has no inteution of briL ging more SOL
diers into the district, but that the
present force would remain. Two hun
dred additional strike breakers arrived
this morning.
GUARDS USE MACHINE GUN.
Forbes, Colo, Oct. 1S.-One strik.
ing miner was killed, two are repor,ed
fatally wounded, one mine guard was
perhaps mortally wounded, and anoth-
er less seriously hurt as a result of a
battle between strikers and mine
guards at the tent colony here late
yesterday afternoon. During the fight
a machine gun was fired into the strik-
ers' camp.
Deputy Sheriff F. r. Bradley was the
mine guard who was so seriously
wounded, and when he was shot the
other deputies began firing the ma
chime gun, which heretofore had been
used more for show of force only.
Sheriff Graham and his under sher.
| IFS declare the report of casualties
within the strikers camp, of one dead
and two fatally injured, given them by
union officials, seems scarcely prob
able as the machine gun, fired at such
clo5G range, must have done more Ia
| tai work
FOUR MEN MAY he DEAD.
Officials at the strikers camp are
reticent concerning the casualties and
even refuse to divulge the names OF
( those they admit were struck by bull
lets. Unofficial but meritorious reports
declare four strikers were killed.
The battle began shortly after 2
o'clock this morning, when strikers
are said to have fired into the mine
camp at the Forbes mine. Bullets
struck about the tipple house. around
which women and children were gath
cred.
A group of mine guards made sor-
tie to repel the attack, but we're beaten
back. Mine Supt. Robert Nichols then
called for aid from Trinidad. Sheriff
Grisham Immediately ordered his ten
mounted deputies who were stationed
at the Ludlow camp to preserve order,
to hasten to the place.
MORE GUARDS HURRY TO SCENE.
Three automobile loads of mine
guards from the Ludlow company prop
erty accompanied the sheriff. One
of the automobiles was equipped with
machine gun, which swung from tile
rear seat of the vehicle.
The deputies arrived at the strikers
toat colony from a direction opposite
to that of the Forbes mine and as they
entered the opening OF the canon
which which led to the colony, they
were targets of many rifles. The
fighting was at closer range than had
been any of the battles which pre-
viously had occurred between strikers
and guards.
Early during the engagement after
the arrival of the deputies, Bradley
: WIS shot while firing from a horse.
!, Immediately the guards made vindic-
tive by the loss of their comrade,
pressed harder upon the strikers.
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