The chronicle=news., 1913-10-28


Hastinxs. WAS rho; and Killed and
the two small children Of i. a. Wot-
ton at Tobasso were wounded. dur
inn the bon.bardment by strikers oi
the CAMPS In Hor~ind canon this
morning. Alexander was shot. ac-
cording To reports By strikers who
came upon him hearing til. white
.mbi. IN of truce. The children were
sho; when the FIR. Of tn. s,rils,rf
shattered tnc home OF Innocent pco'
pie. Women and children ran scr.rm-
ins from their homes To places of
shelter and. many panic stricken
We're removed to the upper end of
the camps beyond tn. rang" Of fire,
Alexander fell u victim OF the
urachcry Of strikers who passed him
on u ridge Of hills. The strikers
wore ON their sleeves the white sym
Doi OF pence. lie gave them II greet
inE. Then. according to reports.
when about twenty-five yards away
tn. band of strikers blaacd away
with rifles. Alexander fell nj the
first vollcy aud four or five guards
vino were with him reached safety
by nisht.
The movc,aon, southwAsd Of sew
oral companies Of militia FROM the
Asks9sas valley --cttixun scldteyy
sent Into tho southern Colorado
strike zouc by Governor Ammonx To
preserve peace ana order and end
the reign of terror caused by the
is~icssncs- Of III. strikers was fol-
lowed by u spirited engagement be-
tween strikers and mine. guards
along Bcrwind canon this morning.
Early reports wcr. that guard Lou
dcrbach had been killed AT tho
Tosasco coke oScps In the
early morning fire. and that
nt least h,rcc strikers had been
killed or wounded. Loudcrbach was
later seen In town The report that
thres strikers were killed or found
cd has not been confirmed at union
headquarters where II is admitted
that one striker received flesh
wound.
Thr firing opened shortly after
) o'clock this morning according to
reports and ended In n clustering
snow storm at $50. The strikers
who had been reinforced during the
still hours OF the night sailed forth
when the first streaks of daylight
appeared In the east and took up n
position OF vantage in the hills from
which they sent forth u grillinG fire
into Tobasco and Berwind and Hast
inys that Kept the force of guards
busiiy employed.
For the first time since the strike
strikers today made use of a bomb in
tended for tho destruction of proper
ty and life. The bomb was thrown
from u hill into the camp of Tabas-
co but exploded on It's way down the
hillside and no damage was done.
The opening volley OF shots threw
these camps into state of terror
and people ran for safety to cellars
and other available cover. Before
the firing started marshal Robson
of Hastings had gono out with n
force of guards up the canon and had
been. ambushcd. according to the
captain of the guards in message
to general manager w. j. Murray
of the Fictor-hmerican Fuel COM
paIy. The expedition succeeded in
rescuing Robson and the guards
from tho dangerous position without
loss of life Tho guards after being
driven under hot fire of bullets
from hill to hill rctreated to the
The following is a copy OF a mes
sage received by W. ]. Murray from
the captain of the guards at Hast
tngs at a. M:
Firing at Berwind and Tabasco
started at o'clock. We held our
position at the gate all night. When
the shooting started we went to the
hills on the south side of the canon
We tried to rescue Marshal Robson
and his men who went to the hills at