The chronicle=news., 1913-11-06

Every man who wants 10 10 10
work In the coal mines Of southern
Colorado ~'i!i b~ given the protection
Of tho state militia. This was the
announcement last nixht Of Adjutsnt
General Chase after being advised by
Judge Advocate Major Y. J. Bough-
ton. General Chase made II piain
that he would not permit large ship
meuts 0i xarikebrsskcrs Or any viola
sioa Of the Law but said that individ-
VslA or snail aunbcsx of men wan.-
lag to 90 iu work In the minss could
DO 20 In safety. whether rcxideat Of
Colorado or not. such men. he de-
cisveti. would not be- looked upon ~
strikrbrcak-rs.
Ax u NATTER Of fact III. number
III men Goinr back 10 work In the
inincs have hrcn increasing daily.
Yesterday ah1us sixtscn u,cn who
have been oa strike applied fos work
At J,ffescnt properties and were CIV
GO plsrsr. A bunch OF seven who sp-
Piled In Trluiiad last nlaht were
sent out Il n morning. The dcscr-
tons from tho ~trikcrs' campo have
beeu 70 numerous that II is.siatcd ON
good authority that those In charge
of the strike are Disconnected and du-
blous OF the outcome. An organizer
h quoted to have said yesterday.
The men arc floekiux back to the
mines like sheep
Z. N. Faischiids. secretary Of Gov.
ssnor e. u. AmmOns. arrived In the
city tbis morntng. lie will remain
hero = few days making lnvestisa-
sIou Of the strike situation for the
eovernor.
A. y result " yesterdays military
opsratious In the southeen Colorado
Strikr district, bcswoea forty sad
fifty sirsasns. larHc and small. and
seysssl &hes,aspa seen4a n aDsssse
tioa have ssss eoasiscaasa by . Esa-
sssl search as l.,ialow. aad MILL
tsry seArds slaeieasd n Forbes.
which camp for hald an aour yestcr-
day musniux was besic8ci by strik-
crs. With 4 patroiliuK force Of cav
airy at Asuilsr. rent out Tuesday
night. and another force at Rouse.
I.sster aud Pryor mines In Hucrfano
county General Chase said last night
before retiring to rest At Camp San
Jsafael that the situation WAS quiet
and we'll under control. lie said that
about $40 firearms all together had
been collected by military authors
tiss since entcreinE tho southern
eoal fields.
General Chase's first mOye was
to 20 10 Ludlow where he conferred
with John u. Lawson relative TO the
matter Of disarmament and also IN
rotation to the trouble at Forbes
few firearms were given uD by Law
son snd General Chase ordered Ma
tor Kennedy. In command Of the
Ludlow troops. to make Il search of
the tents and also Of the town itself,
lncluding the homes OF railroad em-
ploye. aud the G.. & s. station. Al
the houses number Of small gins
were found. At the railroad depot
a chest OF ammunition was cOnfis-
Gated. I, had been received In ship
n,ent a few hours before and was
consiened. as General Chase said.
Ito persons right close by" Twol
buckets Of cartridges were also found
at the tent colony.
While the search at Ludlow was
going OH a troop of cavalry sent out
to investigate the Forbes shooting
was making search OF the tent
colony there. According to Chase
no firearms were secured. General
Chasc. in discussing this matter
last night. stated he did not know
what had become OF the firearms
which he had been Informed had
been used by the strikers in shoot
Ing into the town. Hhe suggested
that they had been carefully cached
away. Later in the day he recalled
the cavalry to the Trinidad camp
and sent out small force of infan-
try to relieve them.
General Chase next proceeded to
Walsenburg and to Rouse where he
had dispatched company D and a.
few cavalry troopers to patrol
Rouse, Lester and Pryor.
While in Walsenburg General
Chase disarined one striker with a
United States army Springfield rifle.
He discovered that It was not .
Colorado gun, but one that mad been
in use by the national guard Of tho
state Of Kansas. The striker is be-
ing held at Walsenburg, military