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The chronicle=news., 1914-06-26

About four o'clock there being no
shooting I called up the guard at the
mine and told him / was coming in.
Mr.. Christ and myself started for
Hecla. We had hardly gotten to the
guard house at Hecla when the shoot
ing started again, more severe than
before. 1t was about 400 In the
morning when the second shooting
was started. l told the Hecla people
that there was no use shooting at
those people; that they had ammuni-
tion to burn up and would not be sat
isfied until they had burned It, The
only thing to do was to take care of
their families and get down in the
basement II they had any. All the
machine gun was used for was to
scare the men back in the ditch, as I
didn't want anyone killed, but said,
"If they start to make rush, shoot
to kill" AS long as the strikers
stayed in the ditch. though they were
trying to kill us, they were accom-
plishing nothing and only showing us
where they were located.
While l was in the Hecla guard
house, about 500 o'clock while phon-
ing, a bullet came crashing through
from a northwesterly direction and
lodged in little cupboard on the
south side. just below my knee, just
missing my leg.
From 4:3O a. m. until 1880 p. m. I
was back and forth between the Rex
No. dump and the Hecla guard
house.
On arriving at Hecla I found that
the men only had about nineteen
rifles and shot guns and they were
not all in use, as some of the men had
discarded them and gone to the
cellars. They had about fifteen
rounds Of ammunition to the man.
The shooting stopped between 1910
and 1890.
About 1000 o'clock in the morning
was informed by one of the men at
the Hecla mine that one of the work.
men was shot in the jaw and one shot
in the hand and wanted q doctor.
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Fuel Company and that deputy was
to be placed in charge of each mine.
which seemed to please him. told
him l had sent deputy over that
evening to take charge of the Mitch
ell mine and as soon as I could ar
range 1t would get n deputy and send
him to the Simpson mine and one to
the Standard and that l was going to
the Hecla mine and Ivan Creese to
the Industrial mine at Superior. and
Gene Shreeve and Fred DUNCAN to the
Gorham mine at Marshall.
left Boulder on the $3.50 car for
Louisville. Arriving at the Union
hall about 900 found in the neigh
borhood OF 400 men gathered there to
hear what I had to say in regard to
the agreement which had been
reached between the United Mine
Workers attorney and attorney for
the coal operators. l explained to
them what the agreement was. Part
of them seemed to agree to 1t and
of them had some complaint to offer;
while the secretary Of the local, Joe
Potestio. made a strong anarchistic
talk against me taking charge OF these
guns. saying that with me being alone.
and the deputies at the other mines
also. they might tie us and gag us
and shoot up the town and kill the
union people. He made very ex-
citing talk and seemed to arouse the
people very much. One assertion he
made was that II Sheriff Buster would
say the word they would go down to
the Hecla and take the machine gun
and they all Jumped up and said.
"yes, yes" called him down sew
eral times and said It was UP to the
conservative people to keep down the
radicals as It needed but little to start
trouble. The conditions were dis
cussed pro and con up to about 1000
o'clock. During the meeting they
waved the Rockefeller flag a great
many times. After the meeting ad.
journed talked with Potestio and
told him didn't like his talk and that
1t was dangerous on account Of con.
ditions being such as they were at
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Many Of the soldiers again returned
into the tent colony to go on with the
work of getting the women and child
rem out.
At this time a buggy drove out of
the southeast corner of the colony,
driving west on the Hastings road.
The occupants of this buggy carried
. . white nag and upon crossing
through the line one Of the occupants
turned around and opened fire on the
troops. The IRE was returned with
the result that one Of the occupants
and the horse were shot. A c. & 8.
freight train coming in from the
north, slowing up to take water at
the tank allowed the strikers In the
pits north Of the colony and those
near the pump house to get away to
the arroyo.
Lieutenant Benedict, who had held
of the steel bridge during the after
noon. sent the men under him back
to Hastings after the tent colony
caught fire. as they did not have uni
forms on and he did not want them
They took two men who had been
wounded during the afternoon. One
Of these men, Phillips by name, died
week later in the Pueblo hospital
from his wound received that after
noon. Captain Linderfelt. who re-
turned to the water tank from the
steel bridge, was sent back to hold
the steel bridge by order OF Major
Hamrock. Captain Linderfe!t left
Lieutenant Connor. who arrived with
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This was the first intimation the
troops had had during the day that
there were any women and children
left in the colony, as great number
OF women and children were seen
leaving the colony before the firing
opened about nine o'clock in the
morning. The order was immediate.
ty given to cease firing and all ran
into the tent colony to rescue women
and children left there by the strikers.
During the time that the rescue
work was going on the troops engaged
In this work were constantly under
the fire from the strikers situated to
the north of the tent colony and to
the northwest toward the steel
bridge, and made excellent targets in
the glare Of the fire. Various obsta-
cles were encountered by the men
and officers engaged in the rescue
work in order to get the women and
children out Of the pits where they
had been put. Out Of one pit where
Lieutenant Bigeiow rescued a woman
and children, two trunks and a carpet
had to be removed and trap door
opened In order to get into the pit
whore the women and children were.
Like boards over the pits were found
by others engaged in the same work.
The troops about this time started
running for the cover offered by the
c. & s. tracks, taking the women and
children, because they were told OF
q large quantity OF dynamite being In
one Of the tents which was at the time
on fire. They had no sooner reached
cover when this tent went skyward,
spreading sparks all over the colony.
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SHOOTING Up HECLA HEIGHTS
WITH SHERIFF A TARGET

Sanford D. Buster was a successful
farmer when elected sheriff of Boulder
County. He enjoys the confidence of
all people not engaged in law-break-
ing. The strike in the northern field,
including Boulder and Weld counties,
began April 1, 1910. In Weld County
the operators have paid for guards
who were made deputy sheriffs.
Boulder County has maintained dep
uties at a cost of over 100000
through the terms of Sheriffs Capp
and Buster. Sheriff Busters account
Of the attack on the Hecla mine,
Louisville, April 27-2S, follows:
After the trouble at Ludlow and
THE ATTITUDE THE ROCKY
MOUNTAIN NEWS took in the mat
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parties were injured. After looking
over the situation ut the boarding
house, and talking with the parties in
jured We then went over to the Bull
garian quarters and found a Bulgar-
ian lying on the floor on a mattress
with some old quilts for pillow.
practically dead. with a bullet hole
In his head. One woman in one OF
the little houses had lock Of hair
shot OF.
The condition at Hecla was one Of
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the saddest sights I have ever seen.
The boarding house was practically
all shot to pieces and had blood all
over: the women and children were
in the basement hysterical and cry
ing; and down at the Bulgarian head.
quarters the poor Bulgarian lay shot
and dying"
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C lied up Dr.. C. F. wolfer of Louisville
over. He said he couldn't get over
there. that 1t would be taking his life
in his hands.
When the shooting stopped, about
1910, Mr.. Saulters, one OF the guards.
and myself started up into the board
ing house to see how badly these
The chronicle=news., 1914-06-26

- VERY STRIk Err
" charged with murder
~ 10 defended by the
United Mine Workers and
properly so, since Lawson,
Doyle and the rest ordered
them to get guns and ammu.
milton and supplied them be-
sides with soft.nosed bullets
and high powered rifles.
The chronicle=news., 1914-06-26
NEWSPAPERS were TO BLANE
MISERABLE DENVER PAPERS

FROM AN ADJOINING MINE
SEVERAL OF THE WoULpeE
MuRDERERs COULD BE PLAINLY
SEEN As THEY SHOT At THE
HEcLA THAT MORNING FOR
HOURS. THEIR NAMES WERE
The chronicle=news., 1914-06-26

~ NlY 80 per cent Of Colo
RADIO labor 10 organized
and OF that only five
per cent believes In force,
such az tho United Mine
Workers, the Structural Steel
an Bridge, the I. W. w. and
western Federation advo.
cate. Collective bargaining
does not contemplate force
or exclusion Of non.unlon Ia
Dor. The right to labor must
not be abridged.
The chronicle=news., 1914-06-26

MON COAL MINERS
~ HAVE TWICE UN.
DERrAkEN TO NINE
COAL IN COLORADO BY
COOPERATIVE METHODS
AND BOTH TIMES THE
MINES WENT INTO RE.
CEIVERS' HANDS. GOV.
ERNOR AMMONS OFFER.
ED THE RCuTT COUNTY
STRIKERS FINE COAL
LAND TO NINE. THEY
REFUSED 1T. THE UNIT
ED MINE WORKERS
DON'T WANT TO WORK.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-13
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGKAm,

ISOLATION was formed five years ago
to replenish the empty streams OF the
county and that in the first three
years, more than 100000 small mouth
black bass had been put out from the
hatcheries. In 1913, the flood washed
out the ponds and the parent bass
were lost. However eighteen parent
bass have been placed In the new
hatcheries and eighteen more are
wanted. The president also desires
to see the membership increased from
$50 to 500.
Although Judge Abbott was lost
without the presence of his fishing
partner Judge Fox, he told stories on
the Judge which drew the applause
of the banqueters.
Judge Fox is no fisherman at all
He has thought he is since he brought
he is since he brought home that
little string of minnows and his daugh
ter said, I guess fish don't 60 in
schools any more. l see you have
broken up the infant class But you
still can't convince the judge that he
never caught a real fish in his life"
J. J. Bravy, of Anderson, for thir.
teen years a deputy of the fish and
game department of the state compli
mented the Wayne county association
on the fish ponds and hatcheries
which have just been completed.
1.-THE state will help you in every
way?" Mr.. Bravy said. From time
to time, If you want him, a state agent
will come here to instruct you in the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-13

simply act as the chairmen of the meetings,
while the disagreeing parties talk it over.
But who are the disagreeing parties? That
is one of the questions that is worrying our de-
partment of state. President Wilson would
include only Huerta and the government The
mediators themselves would include Carranza.
Carranza would not have himself included. And
there are those who agree with Senators Lodge
and Root that the trouble involves the whole of
Mexico and that we cannot arrive at any settle
ment until we come to terms with ALL
At the same time, another question buzzes
about. Have we been at war? President Wilson
believes not Secretary Bryan hopes not. But
there are others who profess an inability to see
how an armed battle in which lives are lost by
both sides can be anything but war. And there
are many others who demand that if this be not
war, we should proceed thereto and that speedily:
These, of course, believe the President has
not gone far enough There are others who be-
lieve he has gone too far. Still another group is
perfectly satisfied with the Presidents handling
of the case and is content to trust in his judy
ment.
Whether the mediators mediate when
they cannot decide who the hostile parties are,
whether mediation will mean a cessation of or
beginning of war, time alone can tell. Until the
clouds roll away, the rank and file of us will be
compelled to adopt the Presidents policy of
''watchful waiting
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-13

care and feeding Of the young"
DR.. w. w. Zimmerman was called
on to make . speech on THE Peace
full Life W. Political Strife" How
ever, the former mayor asserted that
peaceful life and political life were
the same to him. You may hear
from me again." declared DOC"
Earl Crawford. Of Milton. came
back" on his subject. Moose Hunting
in Wayne County," with several good
stories.
Paul Ross. of the Richmond Gun
club, proposed a merger of the two
organizations in order that permanent
headquarters can be kept by both the
fish and game association and the gun
club. He also added that free arms
and ammunition can be secured from
the government and a supply will be
brought here II wanted.
DIR. c. s. Bond who has fished in
practically all the popular fishing
places of the country, declared that
there is a personality in fishing.
Edward Neff told Of mackeral fish.
ing in Florida where he spends a
month or two every year.
When o. o. Smith proposed a law
against fishing in spawning season,
and asked for vote on 1t. the body
was unanimous for protecting bass in
this way Mr.. Smith stated that at
times, he knew Richmond men had
' caught bass off the nests. which is
the quickest way to exterminate fish
of any kind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-13
We Watch and Wait

When two friends cannot agree, they may
call in third who seeks to keep them under self
control long enough to discuss the cause of war
with elaboration and candor The third friend
is a mediator. He is not arbitrator. He is
not an umpire. He does not decide the quarrel.
He merely uses the offices of a friend to have
the contending parties come to agreement.
General Huerta and the United States had a
falling out. They quarreled. 1t was plainly
seen they could come to no agreement. Conse-
quently representatives from Argentina Brazil
and Chile were called in to serve as mediators.
These diplomats will decide nothing. They will
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-13
ANGLERS EAT BAKED TROUT
AND TELL YARNS OF STREAM

State Fish and Game Commissioner
Miles was unable to attend the ban
quet but one of his field deputies, ].
j. Bravy, of Anderson, was present and
gave an interesting talk. There were
fewer speakers than usual, and the
speeches were kept short, Chairman
Handley keeping things moving rapid
ly along.
Talks Kept Short.
when you've got a thing to say
Don't meander round all day:
Shed your coat and go to work,
Hand it to 'em with a jerk;
When you've got it out at last
Drive a nail and hold it fast"
With the foregoing verse, Mr.. Hand
ley warned the speakers in advance
that talks were to be short and to
the point
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-13

fishermen cannot be vouched for, but
conclusive proof was furnished last
night that the county can furnish a
big delegation of fish eaters. There
were more than 200 of them, the big
gest number in the history of the
Wayne County Fish and Game Pro-
tective association at the annual ban
quet in the Odd Fellows hall last
night $500 ''-
The big body of men, more than
half of them members of the associa-
ton, sat down at the county's biggest
fish banquet and were allowed to eat
until every one had his fill of baked
trout. Besides the trout there were
mashed and baked potatoes, hot buns,
salad, cold tongue and meats, coffee
and cigars.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-13

George Deuker, president of the
association, gave a short review OF the
work Of the association, and expressed
his gratitude that thirty members
from Milton and Cambridge City at
tended the banquet.
Mr.. Deuker explained that the as
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-13

Prof. Thompson. OF Milton. William
Miller and o. H. Beeson were among
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09
Relative Earnings

With bricklayers getting Sc day
in New York why should anyone
spend years and years in equipping
himself to be an engineer, teacher,
artist or minister, with the pleasing
prospect that, if he works hard, he
may, by good fortune, ultimately
get So or 50 a day? Thousands of
clergymen and teachers receive less
than 81 day. Possibly the brick
layers are not paid too highly for
their work. Certain it is that the
others, especially the clergymen, re-
ceive compensation that seems out
of all proportion to the amount and
value of their services. Phila-
delphia Record.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09
Jersey Journal Jokes

Assemblyman Bredenbek's hos
tility to the plan of electing AS
semblyman by districts is fitting.
Some men could never be elected
if they depended on the votes OF
those who knew them well at close
range.
Colonel Bryan's illness has de-
prived the Democrats of the Seventh
Congress district of a rare treat.
A speech by the Colonel on Admin
istration policies at this time would
have been worth going a long way
to hear.
A joker in the Morris Canal bill
is not a novelty. There have been
jokers in every Morris Canal bill
ever introduced.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09
Mistake on Curfew

The movement in the Lambert
vile city council to repeal the cur
few. at this time, is mistake, we
think.
The ordinance is now on the
statute books, and should be given
a chance to show whether it is good
or bad.
If it is repealed now, and it
probably will be, it is likely to come
up again another year, If there
should be any change in the coun-
cilmanic representation, and Will
continue to bother the city fathers
for long time to come.
While we don't doubt but what
President MCGOWAN, of the city
council, is sincere in his desire to
remove it from the ordinance books
as an evidence of better faith IN
the boys and girls than the curfeW
would seem to suggest, it has had
no real trial yet.
If it is repealed, those in favor OF
the curfew will always have the
chance to say you never gave it a
trial." and those opposed to it will
be without an adequate answer.
If it is given a six months trial,
or even two or three months, some
idea of its working could be learned.
If it is good, it's present opponents
would undoubtedly be satisfied to
leave it alone, while if it's bad, 1t
could be repealed and those in favor
of it would have no reasonable ex-
cuse to complain, because it had
been tried and found wanting.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09
Boosters in Pennington.

Tiff, we, say, if, every man in
Pennington and vicinity who gets
his living here, or has the residential
benefits of this vicinity, should de-
eide to be as enthusiastic as the
twenty consistent and persistent
boosters who attended the Board of
Trade meeting last Thursday night,
this town would boom. Pennington
Post.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09

If all the incompetent officials at
Trenton and Washington should
follow Warden Clancy's example IN
connection with the Sing Sing Pri-
son. and resign because they did
not measure up to the job, there
would scarcely be enough left to
enter the meeting and adjourned
for lack of quorum upon the
official records.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09

With something like the above as our poll.ea Pm i'm
paganda, we would have time as people, iol NO. con-
portant business affairs and would be tree from 'G n
slant turmoil that now disturbs us. The foregoing
original, it having been culled from views eAfeS'e'
most every quarter of the globe. o++oob 70
whether a man is Democrat, Republican, Progressive
Prohibitionist or Socialist! Let's get rid OF It,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09
Pastor Decker Retires

Rev. Sylvanus D. Decker, who
has just retired after having been a
faithful and efficient pastor of the
Methodist church for the last 44
years, moved to his property on
Fifth Street last week,
The reverend gentleman has serv-
ed very acceptably the following
charges in Hunterdon and adjoining
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09

1t may be good thing to have
criticism of the President shut off in
the Senate before the debate on the
Panama tolls question, else the
moral effect exercised by the Ameri-
can public may reflect itself in Ian
guage that wouldn't even be fit for
a fellow Senator to hear!
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09

counties: Denville and Rockaway
Valley, Asbury and Bethlehem, New
Germantown, Paramount, Blooms
burv Finesville, Clinton, French
town. High Bridge, Dover, Lebanon,
having returned to the charges of
Clinton. Finesville and Lebanon for
tbe second time. -Frenchtown Star.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09
A Safe Political Creed.

So MANY people are becoming Disguised with poltcs,
as exempied by party lines that good political creed
and one that would f carried ou eliminate many OF the
petty features of the present SYSTEM embodied IN tne
following:
l. Elimination of party lines all candidates beng hrst
selected for the primaries by petition without regard to
any party and at the general election to be arranged
alphabetical order as to under the head OF each
office.
2 All officials except those of temporary character to
be elected by the people, who shall also vote the amount
of salaries to be paid.
g. Elect judges of all courts, including Supreme Court
of United States the latter Tor any other large COURT to
be elected one each year. for ne ten or eleven years. de-
pending upon the of office Vacancies to be hled by
appointment for not than two years. until general
election
a. Tariff Commission of nine eleven men, with two
thirds for concurrence to be elected each year. vaca
ces etc. same as for judges the Interstate Commerce
Commission can make rates, Tariff Commission can
s Elimination of all useless offices and commissions
and nentv of work for those that remain. About one
half of all the Offices could be abolished taking the country
through.
G. Require public prosecutors and judicial tribunals TO
maintain peace and order without throwing the entire
burden land expene of law enforcement upon outsiders
Cutting down of time all court cases and judicial
procedure to from onehaf to onetweneth the present
time consumed On ordinary less than onetenth OF
the total time used hearing actual testimony
and in consideration of the law applied to it. The rest
of the time is used in qubbng techncates and In
arriving and going home.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09

Down in Alabama the other day
they only permitted those Democrats
to vote for United States Senator
who had previosuly voted for Wood
row Wilson for president.
A continuation of this rule would
save much money by avoiding the
necessity of Democratic elections
after Woodrow runs again.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09

Secretary of the Navy Daniels
has proven himself a greater man
than President Wilson, because he
has had the courage to forbid the
use of intoxicating liquors in the
navy by officers as we'll as privates,
while Wilson hasn't had the courage
to do anything worth while.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09

The Pennington Post is very much
alive to the interests of its home
town these days, and some of the
good things that appear to be COM
ing to that borough will be due to
its influences.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-04-09

Frenchtown certainly is putting
on some airs these days, The Star
speaks of South Frenchtown, and
other annexes to their borough in
the same vein that New Workers.
speak of Manhattan, the Bronx and
and the Borough of Brooklyn.