Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-01
PEACE IN CAMPS,
DESPITE REFUSAL
TOSETTLE STRIKE.
SembIance Of Order Restored in
Colorado by Federal
Cavalry.
OPERATORS DECLINE 70
TREAT WITH UNION MEN
Call on Labor Officials to Call
Off NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Homes Guarded.

Gus fighting, incendiarism and other
acts of violence has followed
swiftly upon the arrival in the south
ern Colorado mines districts of the
Federal cavalry
Within the last twenty-four hours
no outbreaks have been reported in
the mining camps.
Mine operators refuse offers made
by Representative Foster, chairman
OF the HOUSE committee on mines, to
settle the strike without recognition
being accorded the Mine Workers
Union. Congressman Foster made
the offer to John D. Rockefeller, jr.,
who in turn referred the matter to
the owners of nineteen coal and min
ing companies in the Colorado dis
tricts. These owners refused to settle
the strike on any basis and insisted
it was the duty of the union Officials
to call the strike off instantly.
John D Rockefeller and his son
have secured guards for their homes
in fear of attacks by anarchists fol-
lowing the demonstration in front of
the home of the younger man yes
terday. as well as the offices of the
Standard Oil Company on lower
Broadway.
Secretary of Labor Wilson at
Washington is today comforting with
Hywel Davies, president of the Ken
lucky Mine Owners Association, and
William r. Farley, an officer of the
United Mine Workers of America,
with a view to end the strike in Colo
rado by arbitration.
DENVER, May Refusal on the
part of the eighteen coal and mining
companies to accept the offer to
settle the coal miners strike without
recognizing the unions, action of the
coming special session of the Colo
RADIO Legislature, the disposition Of
the Federal troops IN the southern
strike zone. the decision of strikers
at Trinidad relative to the surrender
Federal intervention in the labor CON
troversy, were the absorbing features
of the strike situation today. Not an
act of violence had been reported
from the strike raions for more thau
4 twenty -four hours.
The coming of the Fedeal soldiers
I put an end, temporarily at least. to
outbreaks in Fremont, Las Animas
and Huerfano counties. and the mob
ilization of State troops and Hon e
I Guards in Boulder and Weld coun-
ties in the northern zone had a
quieting influence there.
In Trinidad today a vote was TO
be taken by the strikers as to
whether they would surrender their
arms to. the Federal troops under
LJoIIxn0Iy action fnl<f1n
there, it is thought, will be followed
in detail by the strikers in Huerfano
and Fremont counties. Major iiol-
brook had publicly stated that the
Federal troops had no intention OF
disarming the mine guards so long
as they remained on company proc
erty and confined their activities to
| protecting the company property.
Some strikers today expressed op-
position to the plan for surrendering
their arms, claiming that they should
not be disarmed until the mine guards
were forced to deliver up their
weapons.
Nineteen coal mine companies OF
Colorado--practically all WITHIN the
State, refused to consider sugges-
ton made by Chairman M. ID. Fos-
ter, of the House mines committee.
that negotiations for settlement OF
| the Colorado coal mine strike De en-
| tered into on the basis that the
recognition of unions had been for
mally waived by the United Mine
Workers of America. This refusal
Was announced late last night after
| a telegram which DR.. Foster had sent
| to John d. Rockefeller, jr., in New
| York. calling on him to settle the
| strike without recognizing the union,
had been referred to the mining CON-
panies of this State.
The following is a copy of the COM
plete correspondence:
| Fosters Appeal to Rockefeller.
Telegram from DR.. Foster to Mr..
Rockefeller:
"William Green, secretary
of the international Mine Workers
| Union. makes public statement that
mine workers will waive any recognl-
| ton of union or union zing camps
| Are YOU willing to enter into nego-
| tiations for settlement of strike on
that basis and stop killing of men
| women and children. ] strongly urge
you to do so, and believe the strike
| can. be ended without recognition oi
| the union and all the other differ
ences can be amicably settled. In
| my judgment it is your duty to DC
So"
Reply of Mr.. Rockefeller to Dr.
! Foster:
! Your telegram last night received
| I am forwarding 1t to the officers OF
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
| in Denver, who, with officials of Other
| mining companies in Colorado, are
! m dnQl with
the question therein referred to-"
Reply of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company, and eighteen other
coal operating companies, to DIR. Fos-
! ter:
The Mine Operators Reply.
answering your telegram of last
night addressed to John ID. Rookie
feller, jr., and referred to Colorado
coal mine owners for reply. When on
April 16 the Governor withdrew all
except a small detachment of militia
from the field, law, order and quiet
prevailed in this State. There Were
unS,ployed by the oprators of Colo
D coal mines more than 10000 ap-
entity contented men. On the
forming of April 90 the strike miners
in the Ludlow tent, colony, two miles
from the nearest coal mine. placed
their women and children in what
they considered places Of safety and
made an armed attack upon the
militia encamped nearby.
1.-THE fight continued Throughout
the day and several men were killed
During the battle the tent colony was
destroyed by fire Next day the bodies
of two women and eleven children
were discovered In hole under 9
tent where the strikers had placed