The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-12
STRIKING MINERS In COLORADO
fight AINE GUARDS
MARTIAL Law DECLARED
Governor Ammons Calls Out State
Troops to Restore Peace-Mine
Guards Use Machine Guns and
High Power Rifles on Strikers Be-
fore the Arrival Of Troops.
fore the Arrival Of Troops.

State troops have been ordered in
to the coal fields Of Colorado to put
an end to the brutal fighting between
mine guards In the employ Of the Col
orado Fuel and Iron company and
5000 striking miners. Gov. Ammons
has declared martial law in the re-
sion. has ordered all mine guards and
strikers disarmed and all saloons
closed during the continuance OF the
strike. At the same time he has
served an ultimatum on the operators
that no strike breakers may be i'm
ported, but that the troops may be
used to protect strikers wishing to
return to work.
The presence Of the troops 1t is be-
lieved will put an end to the bloody
fighting that has characterized the
latter stages OF the strike and may
bring about an early settlement.
Three troops Of cavalry. two bat
tories Of artillery and troop OF in
fantry from Denver were Joined by
fve companies OF infantry from
Southern Colorado and 500 men from
other sections OF the state in the min
ing district, where fierce fighting was
In progress for "a hours previous to
tho arrival Of the troops.
In battles at Ludlow, Berwind and
Tabasco two miners were killed and a
number wounded. The men and dep
utiss fought IN a driving snow.
In q pitched battle at Walsenburg
two miners were killed, four wound
Cd and . number seriously bruised In
q light with mine guards. The guards
were etecting e miner from a COM
pany house " ~ the fight started.
High power were used at close
range in driv Il. back the mob. One
guard wes injured. In another fight
In the sams city seven men were kill
ed and Q score wounded, including
threo mine guards.
At Ludlow one mine guard was
killed and one striker reported kill
ed in q fight that lasted II hours,
during which bullets fairly ra!ned on
the tents In which the wives and chill
dren Of miners were sheltered from
the weather. The miners Of the re-
gion have all left the company houses
and are living in tents.
Strikers captured seven guards at
Chicosa Junction and. after half an
hour Of hard Sighting. took machine
gun from the steel cars in which mine
guards were being hurried to the
trouble zone. The train was forced
to back down out OF the region. De-
tectives were Immediately put on
trail OF the gun for fear the miners
would turn 1: on the mine guards.
Miners declare that on several oc-
cssions ct Ludlow and other trouble
csnters guards have turned machine
guns on defenceless tents. They as
sert also that saft-nose or dum-dum
bullets are being used in the guns.
The type Is not permitted In 1nterna-
tional warfare.
While the ordering Of troops to the
eosl Aelds followed the failure OF
Gov. Ammons' efforts to arrange a
settlement, an additional reason for
the action was found in the list OF
casualties and property damage that
have marked the IS days Of the
strike. These strike incidents were
summarized a. follows: Battles and
skirmishes, 18: killed, %; wounded
IL: personal assaults, 6; buildings
and bridges wrecked or damaged by
dynamite. IL: property loss estimat-
ed, $4,000: loss in wages estimated,
s2,500.o00.