The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1913-10-09


ouy fired upon u c. 4 8. freight train
vt Ludlow yesterday afternoon. ar.
cording to officials Of the railroad.
The train which WAS No. -. with
Engineer John Iackcy aud Conductor
Dan Gahaxcn. was met by about 81
or 80 men and several shots were
fired. The bullets are said TO have
hit box cars. The strikers fired up
on the traiu evidently thinking that
there were strike breakers ON the
train. but whca they learned that
there Was not. ceased firinx. The In
cidcnt was reported here thi. morn-
Ing.
That Z. 4 ). pssarnl.r train No.
., arriving u, Ludlow nj ':aV last
night. was boarded by armed sirik-
~rx and searched for strike breakers.
WAS reported this morning. \ banch
Of about Twenty-Five men ARE said TO
have gone through the fsont coach
and - have quest iioncd passengers.
On the train were u number Of ne.
vrocs hound for the Forbr. mine In
charge of two dcpui.ss- The strikers
are declared tn have become holster
Gus aud tine negroes to haze been
badly frightened. Du, ,bos. In chars"
Of the negroes succeeded In parif,tnr
tho strikcrs aud they xos off and
made NO trouble. Soiue Of the pas
seoGcrs were very much exercised by
tho con,lucl of tl,r siviksss. 49,
festy 0reekA aaA NoatSusxrin
ccel oinssu Who az solaters IN their
uativ. lands have ssea servtcc In the
balkan War. and all at whom were
armed with high power rifles. were
icadsrs In tile three hour battle be-
tween strikers mud guards at Ludlow
Tuesday. This Information comcr
form members Of the strikers tent
colony. Most OF these men are cN-
pert msrksmcn mt from accounts
Of the sfiray related By witnesses yes
terday. all that prevented the loss OF
life and the possible extermination Of
the thirty or moro guards WAS the
distance that separated the two
fighting forces.
The shooting was Vt long range.
Al no time were the guards closer
than half mile to the strikers. and
only for a few minutes were they
openly exposed to the fire. Most Of
the time the guards were sheltered
by hills or concealed by heavy tim
Der. nut even ut long rang. the
strikers bullets came dangerously
near striking the guards, Ms demon
strated by the fact that two horscs
were killed and guard shot III the
leg IN tho short space OF time that
marshal Robinson Of Hastings and
his men were crossing over ridge
three quarters OF mile distant from
where the strikers were. to reach
smother force Of guards In canon.
The strikers maintain that the
battle was precipitatcd by armed
guards that fired into the tent colony
from an automobile. The spokesman
for the strikers at Ludlow declares
that they want 10 i~ lett alone and
not molcsted. but that they are arm
cd TO fight in their own defense or
10 protect the iives Of their families
They say they are living on ground
leased by the organization and are
not Interfering with the men at the
mines or trespasin4 OD the property
Of the coal companies. That the!
are armed and prepared for a battle
vt any time wus manifested by the
fire arms displayed Tuesday. And IL
IL known that three men from Lud-
low colony Yesterday came to Trini-
dad aud returned with u large supply
Of ammunition. Some have rifles OF
somewhat ancient make and the ma
ioIity ilav. Vino heste.s and guns OF
large calibre.
Aside from the five Greeks ar
rested Tuesday night at Ludlow
charged with participating in the
shooting affray no arrests have been
made. The investigation made has
failed to establish the cu,ise Of the
shooting. although the mine officials
and authorities declare the strikers
started shooting ut the automobile
which carried detectives and guards
to Hastings and also fired upon a
machine in which were J. J. Ferrick