Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-01

picketing. At Boulder early In October
two-score strikers were Imprisoned for
violating a state law forbiddinE picket
ing. After two days Of elaboration the
strikers decided to defy the law and
the sheriff. John O'Connor, chairman
Of the executive committee Of the local
union and one of the leaders placed
under arrest, was quoted as saying the
strikers would continue picketing until
every member of the union had been
placed in Jail and the sheriff had been
given an opportunity to show whether
or not the strikers might gather peace-
fully and exercise their right Of free
speech. .. ~ &
Fights Begun In October. n vi
Violence involving loss OF life eean
early in October. The strikers had ses-
tablished tent colonies at strategic
points near Ludlow and other mine
centers. Clashes arose between mine
guards and strikers and r. L. Bradley,
a deputy sheriff, was shot and killed. In
| an encounter at a tent colony at Forbes
the sheriff's force turned machine guns
on the colony and an unknown number
were killed and wounded.
On Oct. 2s battle which started at
! 3 o'clock in the morning continued
| twelve hours in Berwind canyon at
Hastings and in the vicinity Of the
railroad station at Ludlow. 1t was
estimated that 700 armed strikers en-
gagged the mine guards At that time
strikers were patrolling the whole
country, with camps at Ludlow. Cedar
Hill, Berwind, Hastings, Delagua and
Tabasco. One skirmish involved an
attack on a Denver and Rio Grande
train near Barnes Station. 1t was sup
posed the train carried mine guards.
A few days later the fighting shifted
from Ludlow to Aguilar. six miles north
In this battle the office Of the South
western Fuel Company was burned by
design or accident. The postoffice was
in the building and considerable mail
was destroyed. In a series of battles
at Herwind, Hastings and Tabasco wo-
men and children We're among the vic
tins of flying bullets.
Strikers Ask Protection.
Strikers in the tent colony at Aguilar,
who had been deprived of guns by
Colorado state guards made demand
! on Adjutant General Chase for protec-
ton by troop Of state cavalry. This
was followed by an agreement OF the
strikers. arranged by Adjutant General
Chase and John Lawson. district presi-
dent Of the United Mine Workers. for
surrender of LOO rifles and a large
quantity OF ammunition.
Peace seemed to loom at that time.
but the hope was dashed on Nov. 8.
WHEN five nonunion men and four mem
bers of the state guard We're killed in
sharp battle at Forbes, and two days
later when detachment Of guards was
fired upon from ambush as the soldiers
were on the way to investigate the
blowing UP of pipe line between
Segundo and Pri.nero.
1t was a this time the Colorado edi-
tors, alarmed by the outlook and the
effect on the commercial interests Of
the state. held their meeting and pro-
posed settlement on the basis that
the miners should abandon their de-
mand for recognition of the union and
for higher wages and that the opera
tors should guarantee the miners the
unprejudiced right to join the union.
to trade wherever they might see fit.
and to grant an eight-hour day and
check weigh mcn from among the
miners.
Union Officers Indicted.
The next. important chapter was the
Indictment Of the national officers and
by federal grand jury on the charge
of maintaining labor monopoly.
Among those indicted were John P.
White, president: Frank J. Hayes. vice
president. and William P. Green, treas
urer. The jury condemned in strong
terms the methods used by the organi-
Zation in carrying out its program.
A new factor of excitement was in
iected into the situation early In jan
llary. when "Mother' Jones was met by
a detail Of the state guards. by order of
Adjutant General Chase. on her arrival
,, at Trinidad from FL Paso. was escorted
out of town and admonished not to re-
turn. The deportation Of Mother
Jones was simultaneous with that OF
seven strike leaders by members OF
the Taxpayers League in the northern
section Of the coal fields.
John McLennon. president Of the
Colorado Federation of Labor added
fuel by bitterly denouncing the de-
portation Of "Mother" Jones as very
disgraceful affair, and that esstimable
woman herself complicated things by
reappearine in Trinidad and by being
car:ed off as a prisoner to San Rafael
Hospital with the supposed sanction
of Governor Ammons
"Mother" Jones Blamed.
1t was complained that the utterances
Of Mother Jones melted to further
riots and to additional expense upon