The chronicle=news., 1913-10-29

lhGru SOIoSuut nave heru EN'"
i~eaty-four hours to lay down their
guns The guards IN III. employ Of
the coal companies and the special
deputies spnoiai~i. BY the sheriff
must awe up their wSspoaa In I'M
mediate compliance with III. "'isct
Of Governor Ammons. Tn" stat"
nlnd Of Adjutani John Chase II oa
tho ground IN stand between the two
factions engaged In the greatest in
duStriai VAR that Colorado has ever
known to nrs -~ni further outbreaks
ant to end T., rcixn Of ia~i~~sasss
which forced tn" governor to order
ont the troops.
Tho strikers OF tho Ludlow tent
colony have already begun to dispose
ot their arms. During tho niEht mn
exodus of s,rikcrs began from tho
camp and ihi. morning the fore. ~
about 200 armed men that orcu-
pied a practically imrrcsnabic i'oai-
has been reduced 10 few hnni'cd.
The women md children Of tho tent
colony have becn scattered Ia other
tent colonies. Weapons hav" hccn
cached AVA by the striker. II IL
not anticipated that any resistance
will b~ made To tho enforcement Of
the govcrnor's order. The waSliks
Greeks and Monienegrins. most ot
them veterans OF the Balkan war.
arn srattesing throughout tho. dis
trict.
Adtwtant Gcaersl John chase de-
clare shel. -MaesioAu ulsx Nip M. -
+. risoTc6aiy eafescea II ths city -
Trinidad. which hes bsea quiet sanec
tho strikc aad removed aoMa distance
from tho scene Of actual strire he
tween tho strikers and deputies. TN
lcs~ the conditions warrant h" will
not IN, the city under the strict dis
ririinc and surveillance Of the states
armed force. This announcement IL
received with considerable Rratifica-
tion by tho citizens aud public off
cials OF Trinidad. Mayor w. y.
Dunlavy said this morning.
THE weight o; opinion secured
by tho Governor led him to believe
that tho militia were needed at this
time.
Conditions have been growing
worse ever. ho,,r and each day show
Cd u greater death loss and damage
to property.
II f-ol that the governor used ev-
or, measure -; precaution before de-
Gliding IN send tho troops. and that
he would no. have gent them except
that warfare existed.
Il am opposed to martial law for
Trinidad ut present"
On behalf of the operators. Iesse
O. Northcutt. attorney for the Victor
American Fuel. the Rocky Mountain
Fuel and the Colorado Fuel and
Iron COMPANY. made the following
statement.
I'VE arc ready to disarm and dis
charge our guards as soon as the
militia has assumed control of the
situation. Since the strike coinmcn.
ced We have regretted the necessity
which compelled us to protect our
property by force Of arms"
Twelve hundred militiamen in
command of Adjutant General John
Chase are now established In the
strike district of southern Colorado
to carry out the order OF the COVER
nor in preserving peace and order
and In bringing about disarma-
ment of the strikers and the coal
company guards. A part of the first
and second regiments arrived here
at 12:4O this morning over the San
ia Fe and d. and +. e., and the re-
mainder dctrained at WalseIburg
This morning the troops established
camp at San Rafael Heights east oi
Trinidad. About six hundred men
are camped in the Trinidad district
and about 500 In the Walscnburt
district, the latter division in charg'
Of Col. Edward Verdeckberg.
Adjutant General Chase is mani
Testing no disposition TO make know
the movements of the tronhs In ad
vance. The same secrecy was main
tained by railroad officials in re
gard to the time of arrival of tn
troop trains yesterday and last nigh
Throughout the day and until mid
night last night throngs of pccpl