The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-29
Another Fierce Battle Between
Mine Guards and Strik-
ing Miners
TWO CHILDREN
AMONG THE WOUNDED
State Troops Are Now on the Scene Of
the Disorders to Quell Insurrection-
Twenty eight Killed During Strike
Of 35 Days.

DENVER, Colo, Oct. 29-The 10Th
battle between about 800 mine guards
and some 1900 striking miners Of the
southern Colorado coal fields was
wagcd from daylight until $50 O'Clock
last evening in Berwind and Hastings
canyons and the hills adjacent, with
a state of Instruction declared and
the state troops on the way to the
scene of the hostiHties to enforce mar
tial. law. Angus Alexander, a Hastings
guard. was killed and seven other
persons were wounded, including two
children mt Tabasca. Four of the
strikers were wounded, two seriously.
The women and children of Hastings
are congregated in the power house
and bedding and food has been taken
there by mine guards. The camp is
said to be riddled with bullets as
result of yesterday S bombardment.
Similar reports have been received
from the camps of Delagua and Ia
basca
large force of Greek strikers
started at O'Clock yesterday morn
ing from Denver for the coal camps
at Tabasca and Berwind, announcing
that they would attempt to take the
camps, and, if successful, would hold
them against the state troops. Many of
the Greeks III this force are veterans
Of the recent Balkan war, and for
some time they have been holding
daily drills.
Modified in Approximately six
hours the commands Of the Colorado
national guards began moving toward
the southern Colorado coal fields yes
terday. Gov. f.. NJ. Ammons early
Terminated Il series Of conferences
with the mine operators and strike
leaders by summarily ordering the
state militia to proceed to the Goa
fields and undertake a general disarm
amcnt Of the mine guards and strik
ers The mines are reached by branch
cs from the Colorado and Southern
railway. and from the Denver and Ri
Graude, which parallels it few miles
eastward. The station of Barnes
where bridge was reported dyna
mited Monday night is the junction
point of one of these branches, am
the destruction of this bridge woul
interrupt travel on that branch line.
IL have no other recourse, tn
governor said. Yesterday the situa
tion got away from everybody. | al
compelled to act. FOR - hours / ma
been irving to arrange a settlement
but the agreement to keep the peac
during the negotiations was violate
and the events Of Monday showed thu
the leaders had not enough authont
to prevent outbreaks Anyone WI
wants to work will be given protectic
to 90 and come in peace, but | WI
not allow the importation of strlk
taE4 70 not
sides. while enforcing peace and pr
tecting life and property
The governor orders to the adju
ant general proclaim a state of insu
rection. directing the disarming
both strikers and mine guards, ord
the closing of saloons in the distri
and the enforcement Of the ord
against the importation Of strik
breakers, and prohibit the intrusion Z
company property of all except COZ
pany workers. They direct the pr
servation of law and order and t
protection of life and property.
The first conferences Sunday HI
hardly begun when word reached t
governor that deputies had fired up
the tent colony of the strikers at Lu
low and that the strikers replying WI
shots. had caused the retreat of
trainload of guards proceeding to t
Tabasca mine, said to be besieged
the strikers. The report that the del