The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-04-30
TROOPS NOW IN
STRIKE DISTRICT
TWO COMPANIES OF CAVALRY
REACH CANON CITY TODAY
QUIET EXCEPT AT WALSENBURG
Mine Guards and Strikers Have Ceas.
ed Firing-News That President
Had Sent Troops Received
With Great Joy.

Denver, April 29--The federal in
vasion of the coal strike district of
Southern Colorado began early to-
day. Troops E and II of the 18th
cavalry commanded by Major Nc
Clure reached Denver from Fort ID.
A. Russell at daylight and continued
on to Canon City where they will
make their headquarters in the paci-
| fication of that section. They con-
stitute the advance guard OF the
regular soldiers. The troops from TT.
Leavenworth are expected to reach
Trinidad tonight.
Major VIM. A. Halbrook, in COM
mand of the detachment, will be in
entire command with headquarters at
Ludlow or Trinidad. Meanwhile, ex.
cept at Walsenburg, comparative qui-
ct reigns.
The news that President Wilson
had sent the cavalry was received
with great Joy and even before the
details of the order had come. many
mine guards and armed strikers in
both the southern and northern coal
! fields began to cease the firing which
! had continued for hours.
! At Walenburg in the southern field
| the fighting was still in progress ear
| ly this morning. Except for lull
of two hours yesterday when the
news of the presidents order was re-
ceived, the firing had continued for
"a hours. The latest reports give
the number of dead as two and the
number of wounded as half a dozen.
Troops Leave Fort leavenworth.
| in utn hn
department was advised today that
the four troops of the Fifth Cavalry
ordered to Trinidad, Colo, to quell
worth at four o'clock this morning
Fighting at WaIsenburg,
Trinidad, Colo, April 20. - Heavy
fighting at the Walsen mine was in
progress all last night. The firing,
which had been desultory during the
afternoon, was practically continuous
after 5 O'Clock. u Militiamen and
guards on Water Tank hill battled
with strong force of strikers on the
hog back" west of the Walsen COM
pany.
Henry Floyd. a Walsenburg black
smith, was shot and killed early in
the night while riding a motorcycle
on the Pueblo road near the hog
back. A young woman on the rear
seat was injured when the ungufded
machine plunged to the ground.
The point where Floyd was killed is
about onehalf mile from the town of
WaIsenburg Witnesses to the trag-
edy did not know from what point
the shot came.
The fighting at the Water Tank
hill the strategic point from which
the guards defended the mine siuCe
the first attack, was furious There
was a continuous rattle of rifle fire
between the guards on the hill and
the strikers on the hog back. At
brief intervals the rifle fire was
drowned out in the road of the heavy
cannon which the guards had mount
ed on the hill.
Il was reported that several more
home made cannon have been added
to the battery of two cannon which
was in action earlier in the day.
These muzzle loading field pieces
were mounted on Water Tank hill,
from which point of vantage they
we're fired rapidly at the strikers
rihemen.
With the guards on Water Tank
hill was part of the 100 militiamen
sent to Walsenburg from Ludlow
and Denver. The rest of the militia
men were held in reserve in Walsen
camp.
Reports to the office of the Colora
do Fuel & Iron company said none
of the defenders had been killed
The members of Troop h, the nation
al guard organization disbanded b.
Adiutant General Chase last week
were with the guards on Water 7
hill. This troop was enlisted al
Walsenburg at the time OF the with
drawal of the militia about two
weeks ago. Its members were for the
most part former mine guards.
Conflict is Widespread.
/ Denver, Colo, April 29.-Events In
: the Colorado industrial conflict con
D spired Yesterday with Kaleidoscope
= rapidity over territory approx
}. mately 200 miles in length, First re
ports we're of night of lighting al
: WaIsenburg. 1T miles south, and a.
louisville, twenty-three miles nortt
: of Denver. At the latter place Sher
=, if Buster, of Boulder county, speh
several hours with the beleagueret
guards within the enclosure OF th'
2 Hecla mine, while bullets from striK
e ers' guns transformed the buildings
|. into veritable pepper boxes. During
: truce In the afternoon twelve wo
S men and many children who, during
s fourteen hours of almost continuous
}. fighting had taken Iefuge in the mih'
n or their flimsy cottages, we're remoV
a ed to d slant places OF safety.
While peace ENJOYS, sent out o.
the commissioners of Boulder county
tried unsuccessfully to prevail upoi
a the Louisville strikers TO retire iron
n the field. citizens of Boulder. Lar
g mer and Weld counties, spent tn
a day hastily organizing and armin
n for volunteer protection duty
y In nenycg tie day opened with tn
2 issuance of Governor Ammons pre-
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