Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-28

| Denver infantry companies, cavalry
/, troops and two batteries of artillery
left shortly before o'clock for Trini.
dad. They travelled by special train
over the Denver and Rio Grande rail.
= road
The companies from northern Colo
RADIO were expected to reach Denver
and depart for the south about four
this afternoon.
The train bearing the Denver com
pany, number 500, pulled out of the
station at 1a05 p. m. 1t will be given
the right of way to Trinidad.
Word was received at Denver and
Rio Grande headquarters here today
that company e, second regiment, had
left Montrose and company G would
| leave Delta this afternoon.
Three Hours Hot Fighting.
Trinidad, Colo, Oct 2S-After three
hours hot fighting in the canyons sur
rounding the milfing properties-at Del
aqua, Hastings, Berwind and Tobias
co, a lull in the battle was caused by
lack of ammunition on the part Of the
strikers and mine guards. One strik-
er is known to have been seriously in
iured and conflicting reports are re-
ceived here concerning the fatalities
among the mine guards.
Reports have it that none was in.
jured, aud others say that Is mine
guards were killed, Because of lack
of wire communication no accurate
| information relative to the mine
guards casualties can be had at this
time.
| A report to VIM j. Murray, of the
! Victor American Fuel company from
| the captain of the guards at Hastings
described the battle at that mine as.
| follows:
Firing at Berwind and Tabasco
started at O'Clock. We held our po-
sition at the gate all night. When
the shooting started we went to Jhe
hills on the south side of the camp.
We met negro at the mouth of the
canyon who reported that Marshal
Robson and his men were ambushed
by about rs strikers. We then took a
position on the hill to the left of the
search light and did the best we
could to keep off the strikers, who
were entrenched at the mouth Of the
canon to the south.
"The strikers swarmed over the
hills by hundreds. When the firing
ceased at Berwind we We're compelled
to retreat from hill to hill, but it got
so hot that we could not stay any
longer. We retreated to the town,
tHastings) in hail of bullets. None
of the bunch was injured. The Cat
ling gun was out of commission on
account of the snow
Marshal Robson and his guards are
reported safe in Hastings. The camps
of Delagua and Hastings were badly
demolished according to reports but
so far as is known none of the resi-
dents of the camps were injured.
An attempt by the strikers to ex-
plode dynamite in Tabasco was fail
IRE, according to an officer of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company.
The bomb was rolled down steep
incline toward the camp but exploded
before reaching the bottom of the hill.
The two children of J. A. Wootten,
a machinist at .Tabasco were wound
ed one in the arm and the other in
the leg according to a report received
at the sheriff's Office. The camp was
riddled with bullets,
Angus Alexander, Hastings
guard, was killed during the fight this
Alexander and four companions
were crossing the divide between Has.
tngs and Berwind when they met
party of twelve strikers wearing
white bands on their arms. When
about seyenty-five yards distant, the
strikers turned and opened fire. Alex
ander fell dead at the first volley.
The other four guards made their way
TO Hastings where report was sent
% the local Office of the Victor Ameri-
2an Fuel company The body of Alex
,nder is still lying on the top of the
ill and the posse of deputies has
gone out TO bring ii into camp.
The body of Alexander was recover
I'd at o'clock. Guards declare that
lis rife and ammunition had been
aiken and his pockets rifed