The chronicle=news., 1913-10-30

| Hundreds OF striking coal miners
are leaving the southern Colorado
strike .on. where for thirty-seycn
days an industrial struggle has been
xoing on.
Hundreds of strikers have cached
away their arms and hidden larg"
quantities of ammunition. to prevent
1t from falling Into tn. hand, Of the
rtAis armed fore. sent here by Gov
crnor y. II. Ammons To prcscry.
peace and order.
Hundreds OF strikers ar. nightly
camping In tho hills and their biax-
Ing bonfircs along the canon walls
show red against the sky.
! At the end OF the third day OF mar
,ial Law the situation within tn"
strike district has assumed mn aspect
that holds forth u promise of peace
and quiet. Th. general order for
tn" disarmmrnt of strikers, mine
guards and special deputies Is being
carried out.
AZ nine o'clock this morning de-
tarhInrnis of batteries A and u ar
ftlicry In command Of Captain i>r
f.yrc. with two guns. were sent OIL,
In the direction OF Ludlow by order
Of Adjutan, General John Chase.
where they will r.connoiir- and e..
tsbliah = position commanding the
country In the Yieiniiy Of Ludlow
which has been the sseae Of the war
like activity a tho ststkers. The
bstt~rje. will not remain prrmancn'.
II q stse xyuuad General ChAs~
has announced that tho order r-quir-
Ing hnth sides To 9ivc up their fire
arms must he complied with.
The nrpt movement, of state
troops since entering tho strike dis-
'rict was made last niEht when a de-
tachmcnt nf ~: men under Major =.
l. Hamrock. ~"rc detailed from Wal
ncnburs to 70 To AR,iiiar where fol-
lowing tn. burning Of property at
the Southwestern mine yesterday
morning and the rnka.rm-n; be-
tween strikers and guards. 1t was
feared tina, another outbreak would
take place.
| General Chase has been keeping -
close watch ON the situation. lie
aid last night. = will 900 tina, all
disorder is promptly suppressed. I,
may he several days" he said. 'b-.
fore tho disarmament is complete ''
The general ~sa assured while In
waiscnburx that the strikers In that
district would civ" Nh their weapons
without resistance. hut large num-
bcrS are said to have Joined tn" s,rik.
ere In and about Ludlow.
With tho arrival yesterday of'hn
equipment, train carrying general
supplies and tronp. y aud e. the
military force At Camp San Rafael
4. prepared for any emergency which
might arise.
Las: ntRht ia miiitiamcn slept on
their arm. IN the sent village that In
few hours yesterday sprung up on
San Rafael heights. Tho moon looked
down upon rows of brown and white
tents and outlined the moving fig
ures Of sentries pacing to and fro.
SO far there has been no apparcn,
effect. OF martial law In Trinidad
and the troops have remained IN
camp. few Of them being seen in
town.
While the troops remained in camp
strikers. according to reports. were
active In different parts OF tn. strike
zone last night. The most serious
disorder was reported from Dciagua.
a vicior-Amarican Fuel company
camp that has been in the center of
the firing for the past four days pre-
ceding tho arrival OF tho militia. A
number OF shots were fired into the
camp from the hills whcr. strikers
were entrcnched. but tho firing
ceased shortly after midnight Fear
ing that the strikers would invade
the camp and destroy property. thA
residents of the camp were thrown
into statr Of terror.
A siNtecn-foo' span of q bridge on
the Colorado and Wyoming railroad
between Scgundo and primero was
burned last night. putting the line
out OF service. According to the Of
ficiais OF the railroad the job was
done by strikers. Later strikers from
the hills arc reported to have fired