The chronicle=news., 1914-02-27

Adds said that early os sh.
aossiss of The battle .is Greeks
sssss 10 lhs lss, soisaS afa~d sith
rifles The fiss, shots fis.d that dsS
.sm- iso@ shs sess so,osS. Adds
said. The. .~ila.ss ~ss kr.s bus,
aasisx tbs fisias hsssias pis.e ot
coh..simSat. Tic FLED fsoua the t-als
ss 80 ssssys. 10 ailsh aad finally
got bshisa . log hoas~s Tis 'naps-.'
.ioas of tho hattie uefr auast uataue.
ilc testified that be had s~~a no ~.
mns-a au,omobii- that day The tisr
sas ss.~a-d s-fos- he .A~ tho d-.,a.
,i... be- said.
Peter nfsn. sho 80. = aemi'-' of
she tent .oiosy oa III. day ef ih-
battle also save hi. l-.,insoaY. sof-
roi.,sstins sii that Adat. said - To
the hattie ITSELF.
frsak M.t~saosi. sai.~sias-ad~ai
ot the tlucsfaao Coal sonpauy sasa~
~ Ras,-ysi,ir. ~ss = sns,d ~,iscss
aud gave a d~ssiird srroass at ~hsi
h~ sac o. the days os the battles ,t-
testified that = buseh of armed .ttih-
OF. .amr Tn the mine office On the
mor a Ing of October : aud Inquired "
aay sn~a ~rf- working N.pcrmo't
testified To ~itn-ssiux the attack up.
on the auiouasbiic .oataiains Helix.
| Ucl.h~r. Larson sad others. lie told
what he ss~ os the battle of Ocio.
b~r > when Mack Powell ~ss shot
aud Killed aud said tina, the shots
came from the hili. and from an
| overhead e. + =. y bridge. wiin-ss
told Of meeting On the road QUO day
Rosario Dolce who carried = gun. aud
~ho asked him for = ride and who
told the ~itn~s. that the strikers
we're soinx to shoot up Bcr~ind.
similar testimony ~a. given by
Ismcs purdam. clerk at the mine.
| who also witnessed the battle. al
Ludlow.
John Iscnncdit,i. sub.,ontrsctor on
the mail route between Ludlow and
D-Iasua. told Of frequent tlmcs when
| the mail hack was stopped by s'rik-
| Ctss uc to'u o' V"suk 'o"P" ~"
. la ndon one trip and produced
com mmunlcation from the postofftcc
dcpsr r,mcnt which verified his story.
Attorney CostiHan objected to the
letter bcing made an exhibit In rec
ord. contcnding that II did not look
genuine.
r. r.. Rose. superintendent OF the
|C. 4 i. r. railroad at Iiastings. was
| called and testified to being stopped
with other men on a Hastings hack
at Ludlow and being compelled to
alixht and escorted back to the sta
tion. He told Of numerous instances
where hacks were stopped and the
C.. 4 S. T.. train service tntcrfercd
with. He told what he knew Of the
shootinss in the vicinity Of Hastings.
James Doughcrty. clerk at Tcrcio.
was on the. stand for few minutes
and said there were no soldiers AT
that camp.
Cruz vialObos. a Mexican track
man In the employ Of the c. 4. $. L.
railroad, described the battle as he
saw It from under flat car. near
the steel bridge. He was positive
that the armed strikers. Of whom he
declared there were large numbers
on both sides Of the track. took the
initiative in attacking an automo-
bile full OF mon that were coming
from the direction OF Hastings.
The car in question contained five
men, who were returning to Trini-
dad from u trip to Hastings. The
Mexican said that he saw one horse
killed in the rain Of bullets. although
he failed to zee aAy one Of the party
Injured.
Rafael Moreno. foreman of the
section gang that was at work near
the bridge when the attack started.
was able to name only one OF the al
legged strikers. He said his name
was Pat Omya. and that he actually