Evening star., 1914-05-03

bldmeS the operators.
The board found that the remote"
cause of this ''as well as all other bat
ties. lies with the coal operators. who
esta biished in an American industrial
community numerous class of igno
rant. lawless and savage south Euro
pean peasants The underlying cause
was the presence nea~ Ludlow, in daily
contast. Of three discordant ele-
ments-strihers soldiers and mine
.uards-all armed and fostering an in
creasins deadly hatred. which sooner
or later was bound 20 find some such
expression The immediate cause of the
battle was an attack upon the soldiers
by the Greek inhabitants of the tent
colony. who msinterp~eted move
ment Of troops on a neighborins bill.
Concerning Louis Tikas. the Greek
leader who was killed in the battle the
report says.
During the evening. Louis Tikas.
James Filler and an unknown striker were
taken prisoners. Lieut.. II. f. I-intlerfelt
swung his rife, breaking the stock over
the head OF Tikas.'
Saves Tikas From Moose.
This incident followed heated con-
troversy between the lieutenant and the
Greek. The report continues:
AN attempt to hang Tikas was pre-
Tikas over to a commissioned officer.
whom he directed TO be responsible for
his life. Shortly afterward the three
The only bullet found in his body was of
KIND not used by the soldiers. al
though the two other wounds might
have been made by Springfield rifle bull
lets of the uniformed men,.
Relative to the suffocation and burning
of two women and eleven children in the
tent colony the report says:
Eleven children and two women We're
smothered TO death III a small pit under
one OF the tents. None OF them was
hit by bullet. This pit was not large
enough to support the life of such a
number for many hours. The construc
trap. and its inmates probably died from
suffocation before the tents We're burned
Not Crowded at Entrance.
When found there were no signs that
the women and children had crowded
into the entrance of the pit, as would
have been the case had they attempted
to rush out when the tent above caught
tire
The report states that the colony was
looted by participants and spectators of
the battle, and that 5000 rounds of am
NulltlOn We're taken from tent HidTh-
ed Headquarters OF John lawson.
The colony was not swept by machine
guns. says the report. This is proved by
the fact that the chicken houses. out
houses tent frames and posts still stand
ing in the colony exhibit no bullet holes.
while the buildings and fences along the
railroad track are riddled with bullet
holes made by the machine gun.
Ask urt-Martial.
The board recommended that "A gen
eral court-martisl be appointed to try
all officers and enlisted men participa tin &
in the ill-treatment and killing of pris-
oners and the burning and looting of
the tent colony: that the legislature es-
tablish permanent site constabulary. so
that the Young men Of our national
guard may be relieved from engaging in
rio; duty with people numbering among
them ferocious foreigners whose saw
agery in fight was found exenplifed in
tthe killing of Maj. Lester while under
the kiIlill. OF Maj. Lester while under
and mutilation of Prvates Martin. Hook
ersmith and Chavez.
The report continues:
I'VE strongly urge the state and federal
governments to proceed at once to tie
apprehension and punishment Of all per
sons engaged as insti.ators partici-
pants in the treasons, murders, arsons
and other acts Of outiawry IN this state
since the battle of Ludlow.