The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-06-11

rifles; melted. led on and financial
ly sustained by agitatOrs and pro-
fessi0nal trouble makers. mostly non
residents Of our state. possessing no
property of other interests In our
commonw wealth: have bid open def
ance to. and made organized war
against the lawfully constituted au-
thOrity of our state. murdered many
men and created reign Of terror
in the said mining districts and
have destroyed hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars worth OF property.
Peace Kept BY Militia
whereas. the regularly organized
National Guard OF Colorado, under
orders from our governor, its COM
mander- in-chief, and under direct
command of General John Chase did,
without blOOdshed by the said Ma
tional Guard of Colorado Except the
reported cases of two men, sup
press the said insurrection and
maintain an armed peace in the said
coal mining districts. until. on ac-
count Of lack Of appropriated funds
to pay and maintain the National
Guard of Colorado in the field. and
the oft repeated and unjustifiable
refusal of our prejudiced state audi
tor to audit bills and issue warrants
for such payment and maintenance, 1t
was deemed necessary to withdraw the
greater part OF said National Guard
of Colorado from said districts.
Strikers Blamed for Fight
Whereas, Thereafter, in addition to
other outrages and acts Of offensive
warfare committed by the said insur-
rectionists. there occurred the attack
by them on the forces of the National
Guard of Colorado stationed at Lud-
low, at which place the camp Of the
insurrectionists was situated between
the intrenchments of the fighting in
surrectionists and the position occu-
pied by the National Guard of Colora-
do remaining in the district, during
which attack one boy was accidently
killed by bullet coming from the d.
rection of the insurrectionists and 2
women. and IL children who had
crowded together in hole under
tent were smothered without fault of
the National Guard Of Colorado, and
also during which attack the National
Guard of Colorado, while under the
fire from the insurrectionists. hero
icafly rescued number Of women and
children from similar holes. and
~Ludlow Massacre" Denied 80.
Whereas, there never was any such
occurrences as the sO-called Ludlow
Massacre" and the National Guard of
Colorado never did at any time or
place kill any women or children; but,
on the contrary, the members of the
National Guard of Colorado have hero
ically and periodically attempted to
perform their bounden duties while
serving without pay and in the most
trying circumstances, facing an armed
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their number, who were encouraged
and abetted by a number of noisy, ma
ligned traitors, some of whom were
and are now holding high official po-
sitiOns.
False Statements Charged
Whereas, Concerning the aforesaid
matters and things, many false, libel
Gus and malicious and misleading
statements and articles have been pub
lished and circulated throughout the
state and the country at large, to the
great injury Of our loyal people.
Whereas, All the foregoing is bas-
ed upon the best obtainable evidence
which evidence we sincerely believe
to be true. Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the several bodies of
the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite of Freemasonry, s. NJ. j., U. S. A.,
all other good men and good women,
without respect to political affiliation
or sectarian belief, are loyally bound
by principle and precept to support
and maintain constitutional govern
ment and the just enforcement of the
laws by the duly constituted authori
ties in the state ard nation.
Peril to Country Seen
That while we welcome to our
state intelligent, peaceable immigrants
who come seeking to become citizens
and are willing to support American
constitutional government we de-
nounce and condemn, as dangerous to
free American Institutions, the i'm
portation and congregation in this
country of large numbers of unassimil
able immigrants Of such characters