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ter. and the officials OF the United
Mine Workers. realized that things
were In a strained condition In Boulder
AL Il needed was q fire
cracker 10 go on at the wrong place
TO start trouble.
From that time on I stayed night
and day. In fact practically lived In
the coal camps. watching every move.
On Monday evening. the s7th OF
April. received a telephone message
from District Attorney Carlson. In
forming me that the operators. through
their attorney. and the United Mine
Workers. through their attorney. and
himself had reached an agreement
whereby the sherfffs once was to
take charge OF the machine guns and
searchlights at the various mines be-
longing TO The Rocky Mountain Fuel
Company In Boulder County.
I called up Joe Potestio. secretary
Of the Louisville local OF the United
Nine Workers. and informed him of
the agreement which had been reached
between the attorney for the United
Mine Workers and the attorney for
the operators. and District Attorney
Carlson Also called up Mayor Fault
OF Lafayette and informed him OF the
agreement which had been reached
In regard to the sherin's once taking
charge OF the machine guns and
scarchiights OF The Rocky Mountain
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that time. He agreed with me and I
told him I would like to see him In
his office and also told Pat Powers
would like to see him. he being presi-
dent of the local We then went to
the office Of the Board Members, some
six or seven of US. As we reached
the office phone cali from Mr.. Belk
told me that they were shooting up
the Vulcan mine, which Is situated
south and west OF Lafayette and
straight east OF Louisville / turned
to the officers in the office and told
them what was going on. They all
turned white from fright. / said to
Potestio. Il want you TO go with me. /"
and to Pat Powers, You go down
there" Potestio said he wouldn't go
and the others said they wouldn't go.
but Pat Powers said, II will go with
YOU" We Immediately started out
and as / got outside I could hear the
shots at the Vulcan and the whistle
started to blow for help. One of the
men in the crowd standing around
the Union hall started for the town
hall to ring the fire bell. Powers hoi-
Tered and told him not to ring that
Jack Christ. my deputy. was standing
at the door as We went out told
him what was happening and said.
Come on. Jack. let US go TO the Hec-
Ia" Powers was with US following
behind. When We got about half way
from the Union hall to the depot 1t
occurred to me to have Powers call
up lawson and Doyle. ! stopped and
told him to go back and phone Law
son and Doyle and tell them they
were shooting up the Vulcan mine.
and they were then starting to shoot
from Louisville towards Hecla. and II
anyone was killed I would hold them
responsible, as well as for any act Of
violence. he said he would go back
and call them. He Immediately start
ed. Christ and started for the
Hecla mine. which is about a mile
from the Union hall. When We got to
the depot we started north up the C.
& S. track and went only half q block
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Many OF the soldiers again returned
work OF getting the women and child
rem out
Al this time a huggy drove out of
the southeast corner OF the colony.
driving west on the Hastings road.
The occupants OF this buggy carried
. vhite fax and upon crossing
through the line one Of tho occupants
turned around and opened fre on the
troops. The fre was returned with
the result that one OF the occupants
and the horse were shot A c. & s.
freight train coming in from the
north. slowing up 20 take water at
tho tank allowed the strikers In the
near the pump house tn get away TO
the nrroyn.
Lieutenant Benedict. who had held
a position In the ranch houses west
OF the steel bridge during the after
noon. sent tn. men under him back
TO HASTINGS after the tent colony
caught IRE. as they did no, have uni
forms on and he did not want them
TO mix with the men In Uniform
They took two men who had been
wounded during the afternoon. One
OF these men. Phillips bv name. died
n week later In the Pueblo hospital
from HIS vound received that after
noon. Captain Linderfelt. who re-
turned 20 the water tank from the
steel bridge. was sent back to hold
the steel bridge by order OF Major
Hammock. Captain Lindcrfe,t leit
Lieutenant connor. who arrived with
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Fuel Company and that n deputy was
to be placed In charge OF each mine.
which seemed to please him. told
him | had sent deputy over that
evening to take charge OF the Mitch
ell mine and as soon as could ar.
range II would get a deputy and send
him to the Simpson mine and one TO
the Standard and that I was going to
the Hecia 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 500 l found In the neigh
borhood of 400 men gathered there 10
hear what had to say in regard TO
the agreement which had been
reached between the United Mine
Workers attorney and attorney for
the coal operators. explained to
them what the agreement was. Part
of them seemed to agree TO II and
think II was n good thing, but some
OF them had some complaint to offer;
while the secretary OF the local. Joe
Potestio. made n strong anarchistic
talk against me taking charge Of these
guns. saying that with mo 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 q very ex-
citing talk and seemed to arouse the
people very much. One assertion he
made was that II Sheriff Buster would
say tho word they would 20 down to
the Hccla and take the machine gun
and they all Jumped up and said.
''yes. yea" called him down sew
eral times and said Il was up to the
conservative people to keep down the
radicals ~ Il needed but little to start
trouble. The conditions were dis
cu,sed % pro ana con up to about lo:ov @
waved the Rockefeller nag . great
many times. After the meeting ad-
5ourned talked with Potostio and
told him I didn't like his talk and that
Il was dangerous on account OF con-
aitions being such ~ they were at
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roar OF shots. We were In this house
perhaps ten minutes before the ma
chine gun did any shooting. We were
all OF twenty minutes coming from
Union hall up to this house. II was
about 1920 when the shooting CON-
mencod and there was continuous
roar from then on. up 20 about s.i5
or $3.50 In the morning.
When I dropped back into this
this house found n telephone there
and called up the stockade. telling
the people inside I didn't want them
to shoot into tho town and that !
didn't want ssy women and children
killed and to cut II out. as l would
stand for no shooting. and that /
would get In there ~ eoon ~ there
was = let-up. but al this time. up to
$3.50 In the morning. there was . con-
tinuAi flring nom the town into HsciA
He1ghts.
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when some person stepped out from
emptied his rife At the Hecla. By
that time shooting was going on all
over town and the men made for their
homes. got their rifles and ran out
into town and pointing their guns
toward Hecla turned them loose We
had only gotten half way when IL was
n continuous roar all over town from
the shooting The roads being muddy
when we got to Jake Williams corner
we cut across the prairie north and
east towards Al McDonald's place
to get him. Ny hopes were to get up
there and head them of and to keep
Union Men Shot At
Sheriff Of Boulder County
the men on the inside OF the stockade
from shooting back / got Al. Melon
aid and We started on for the Hecia-
When We got within fifty feet of the
corner on which is located the arc
light OF the Hecla property. a party
OF union men came in from behind.
about 200 yards south of US. and COM
menced to shoot at US. and about that
time they turned loose from the in
side and We were between the two
fires. We turned back into a house
on the corner to get out of range
of the bullets. for by that time the
union forces had gathered along the
west side OF the railroad track. run
ming north. and south behind the
houses down in the north end of the
ball ground. There was a continual
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This was the first intimation the
troops had had during the day that
there were any women aud children
left In the colony. as a great number
OF women and children we're seen
leaving the colony before the firing
opened about nine O'Clock in the
morning. The order was Immediate
iy given TO cease firing and all ran
Into the tent colony 20 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 BiaeIow rescued a woman
and children, two trunks and a carpet
had 70 be removed and a trap door
opened In order to get into the pit
where 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. a s. tracks. taking the women and
children. because they were told OF
n large quantity Of dynamite being In
one OF the tents which was at the time
on IRE. They had no sooner reached
cover when this tent went skyward.
spreading sparks all over the colony.
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lie showing Bullet Holes outrage At tavsta Four Killed.

In tho end Of the soft nose bullet
which upon coming In contact with
a human body Immediately would ex-
plode and spread the lead.
All of tho ammunition taken from
the tent colony was soft nose am
munition. This kind OF ammunition
is not used by tho forces Of any civil
lied country at the present time.
The troops at Ludlow were surround
cd by about 1900 strikers when Gen.
eral Chase arrived Friday efternoon.
April gath.
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having killed four men and shot q
fourteen-yeAr-oid girl while stfli In
bed at Deiagua. and shooting all the
livestock and various domestic AMI
mails at the ranches In the neighbor-
hood These same strikers later
burned up the canons around Aguiiar.
Tuesday morning. the 2fst. . pit
was discovered under what had been
one Of the tents In the colony and con-
tainine the bodies Of two women and
eleven children. lieutenant .eene-
diet and Or. Lamme OF the medical
corps immediately went TO investi-
gate, finding that none of the bodies
showed any evidence whatever OF bui-
let wounds and that they had been
suffoeated and had been dead some
time prior TO the time the fire started
In the colony. A number of eminent
physicians. after having seen the pit
where these two women and eleven
children were found, stated that
thirteen people could not live more
than two hours in that pit without
suffocating. II was 7xSx5 feet in size.
During the time of the rescue work
In the tent colony a large quantity
OF ammunition was taken from vari-
Gus tents in the colony. some $4,000
rounds being taken from n tent
LAWSON" There were eleven cases
containing 1000 rounds each from
which the seals had not even been
broken. There were 500 rounds OF
t5.70 dum-dums. There were 600
rounds of Ely Express. oaiiore
s5.io0. containing m explosive cap
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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 /, 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. Sneriff. Busters account
of the attack on the Hecla mine,
Louisville. April 27-2s. follows:
After the trouble at Ludlow and
THE ATTITUDE THE ROCKY
MouNTs.n NEWS took in the mat
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parties were injured. After looking
over the situation at the boarding
house. and talking with the parties in
jured we then went over to the Bull
garian quarters and found n Bulgar-
ian lying on the floor on a mattress
with some old quilts for a pillow.
practically dead. with n bullet hole
in his head One woman in one OF
the little houses had a lock OF hair
shot OF.
The condition Mt Hecla was one OF
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He'd up Dr.. c. F. wolfer of Louisville
and told him I wanted him TO come
over. He said he couldn't get over
there. that It would be taking his life
In his hands.
When the shooting stopped. about
1910. Mr.. Saulters. one Of the guards.
and myself started mp into the board
ing house to see how badly these
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the saddest sights have ever seem
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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NEWSPAPERS were TO BLAME
MISERABLE DENVER PAPERS

FROM AN ADJOINING NINE
SEVERAL OF the WouLn-oE
MuRpERERs COULD ~ Plainly
oEGN A. THEY 8hor At the
HEclA THAT MORNING ron
HOURS. rhGiR NAMEe WgRg
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- VERY STRIk { r
charged with murder
- 10 defended BY the
United Mine Workers and
properly 80. since lawSon.
Doyle and the rest ordered
them TO get guns and amru-
milton and supplied them be-
sides with soft-nosed bullets
and high powered rifles.
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~ My 30 per cent Of Colo
u rado labor is organized
and Of that only 1--WE
per cent believes In force.
such AZ the United Mine
Workers. the Structural stee.
an Bridge. the |. w. w. and
Western Federation advo.
cate. Collective bargaining
does not contemplate force
or exclusion Of non-unlon Ia
Dor. -.aht TO labor must
not be abridged.
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Y. M. c. A. ITEMS
Sunday Afternoon.


The Sunday afternoon meeting at
the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton will be- held at the usual hour,
$3.50 o'clock D. m.
The meeting will be addressed by
Mr.. o. B. Towne, the subject being,
docs Your Education Make You a
Liability or an Asset to Society,""
There is much in this Subject and will
no doubt be treated In an interesting
and entertaining manner.
Appropriate music will be present
| ed at the meeting.
X n. School Bible Class.
On Monday evening at 6 o'clock,
Nov. 49, there will be luncheon
served at the Y. M. G. A., for the older
fellows in high school who are inter.
e.ted in Bible study. This is the first
Bible-study class that has been an
nounced this year and is exclusively
for the older fellows. Other classes
will be announced at a later date. Any
cider fellow In the school may join
the class as it is open to non-members
of the '.Y" as well as to members. Mr..
T. C. Hudson, coach Of the football
team, is to be the leader. He pro-
poses to make 1t a class that will
study the life of some Bible character
and apply 1t to present day prob
lens. II the fellows back up Mr.. Hud-
son in this class 1t will be one of ex-
ceptional value. All fellows who wish
to meet Monday evening at the asso-
citation to complete the organization
will please notify the Office at the
"Y" so provision can be made for
place at the luncheon.
Commercial League Basketball.
The Commercial league basket ball
games this evening are expected to
be the most interesting and hotly con-
tested Of any games of the season.
The Huiskamp and Purity Oats
teams will put up an excellent game.
They both stand $3.50 on standing
schedule and each will do its best to
win lead and the consequence will
be that both teams will play with
vigorous ambition for victory.
The other contest, the M. r. P. Co.
VS.. the Irwin-Phillips Co., will be
equally contested. The M. r. P. Co.
have a chance to gain equal standing
with the I. P. Co, which now has a
standing of 1000 while the M. r. P.
Co. has only 500. II the latter wins
1t will lift them to the .666 place and
lower the I. P. Co, to that number
With this in view the M. r. P.'s Will
make strenuous efforts to win over
their opponents, while the other team
will do their best to hold their pres
emit high standing and reduce the
standing OF their opponents.
The games will be called at o'clock
sharp and very soon thereafter the
excitement will begin in earnest.
| There will be plenty OF seats pro-
vided for very large attendance,
which is expected to witness these
two extraordinary games.
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J. N. DUMENIL IN
TALK TO MERCHANTS
Local Man was Present At Organlza
tion Of Fort Madison Groeers and
Butchers Perfected This Week.

J. N. Dumenil Of this city attended
a meeting Of grocers and butchers OF
Fort Madison Wednesday evening and
assisted at the reorganization OF the
association there. The Gem City has
the following about his visit:
A fine meeting was held In the
Marquette auditorium last evening
when twenty grocers and butchers of
this city met with Mrs. J. NJ. Dumenil
of Keokuk and perfected the organiza.
ton OF q local Grocers and Butchers
association The organization has
been in existence heretofore but has
gradually drifted into the back ground
in the last few years until there was
scarcely any organization whatever.
With the meeting last evening, how
ever, there was new awkening, more
enthusiasm and determined effort
to make and keep a strong organiza-
ton of the above named merchants.
Mr.. Dumenil, who was present, is
member o. the executice board Of the
Iowa State Retail Grocer's associa-
ton. and came to this city for the
purpose Of doing what he could to
facilitate and help in any way the re-.
organization plans.
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MILITANT SANTA IS
POWER THIS YEAR
Old KRIS kringle Takes Ideas From
War Machines for His Toys
This season.

- - 49, --zzTs1
Toys will be plentiful this Christmas
in spite OF the European war. which
for time threatened to prevent the
shipment of large orders to this coun,
try. Besides ordering as usual from
European merchants, orders were
placed with American manufactur ers.
AS result nearly twice as many toys
are on hand. This Will have tend
ency to lower the prices, dealers
state, although from present mica
lions the charges will be almost the
same as last year.
Nearly 80 per cent Of the toys that
are annually shipped to the United
States from European authorities have
been received. In some instances the
shipments were delayed on account OF
the rules Of International war.
Miniatures Of war engines are
among the newer toys that will be
bought for the Johnny Joneses" for
Christmas, 1914. Toy forts, siege
guns, army rifles, airships, submarines,
and even toy armies dressed in the
uniforms of many Of the countries now
at war will be placed on sale. It is
believed that the demand for this
class Of playthings will be heavy.
The interest In war toys has decreas-
ed in the last dozen years, assert deal
ers, but with Europe in the midst OF
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EVEN CROSS, SICK
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP OF FIGS
If feverish, bilious, consti-
pated, give fruit laxative
at once.

Don't scold your fretful, peevish
child. See If tongue is coated; this
is a sure sign it's little stomach, liv-
er and bowels are clogged with sour
waste.
When listless, pale, feverish, full OF
cold, bad breath, throat sore, doesn't
eat, sleep or act naturally, has stom-
ach-ache, Indigestion, diarrhoea, give
teaspoonful of California Syrup Of
Figs" and in few hours all the foul
waste and sour bile, and fermenting
food passes out Of the bowels and
you have well and playful child
again. Children love this harmless
fruit laxative" and mothers can rest
easy after giving 1t, because 1t never
fails to make their little "insides"
clean and sweet.
Keep it handy, Mother! A little
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row, but get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for a 50-cent bottle Of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" which has d.
rections for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Remember there are counter
feits sold here, so surely look and see
that yours is made by the California
Fig Syrup Company" Hand back with
contempt any other fig syrup.
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PAIN m THE BACK

Do not worry about pain in youl
back. The worry will doyou more harm
than the pain. The serious diseases Of
the kidneys seldom or never produce
such pains while the cause OF most back
ache is muscular rheumatism, which Is
painful but never fatal. Lumbago IL g
form of muscular rheumatism, 90 is still
neck.
Sufferers from any form Of muscular
rheumatism affecting the joints, should
keep the general health ut the highest
standard by the use OF non-alcoholic
tonicIike Dr.. Williams Pink Pills, and eat
good nourishing food without too much
meat. Proper nutrition and good blood
are the best means of fighting rheuma-
tism. Medicines do not control the dis
ease directly but q well nourished system
will often throw it off. rheumatism
quickly thins the blood. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills act directly on the blood and
as they build it up and strengthen the
system there is an increased resistance to
the rheumatic poisons. In this way
many rheumatic sufferers have found
complete recovery.
A book Building Up the Blood" which
tells about the treatment of rheumatism
is free for the asking from the DR.. Will
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
Your own druggist sells DR.. Williams'
Pink Pills.
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war there will be an upward trend to
the tin soldier market. Not that mill
tarism is running high among Ameri-
can children; but as new and inter-
esting toys the war playthings will be
used more this Christmas, it is sad.
American games will have con-
spicuous place among the presents for
children, as will railway trains. This
latter class OF toys proves most fas-
cinating to the boys. This year, to
be up to the minute, the train will
have to be armored and mount bal
loon gun or two. Girls will have
plenty Of dolls, which have been re-
ceived in large quantities from Son.
neberg, Germany, the largest manu-
featuring city OF dolls in the world.
The large majority of toys come
from Nuremburg, Germany, where
there are at least a dozen or more
factories that are used for this one
purpose. The big supply Of rubber
balls is made in Vienna, although there
are several manufacturers in this
country. Musical instruments on a
miniature scale are made in Markenu-
kirchen, Germany, while small toys
made Of crockery come from Bohemia
and Carlsbad, Germany.