The chronicle=news., 1914-05-01

for Arbilsslors andef ihtsrs,a,. las
lie esfNsissd ,hs, he NOGii CON
,inae hts police of removing sIsis
s0idisr. as fss, as ,hs regulars ar
rived and inph shaFss Of III. tToabi..i
districts This Mas in accordance
si,h II. presidents requests
i'u, h. shos.i his iisapi.sin,in-n,
.,-F IN. faiinE- Of his laIss, efforts
io s.t,i. the sHIirs strike lie HAD
called the ail.FhsAs "f ih- "l-rss,ass
sal mia.r. ,oss,hsF, h1, G.s.. srris-
ing nrsi. speedily knSra.si his las,
hoi-r inlo = cooked lat. a. ss nians
.f his previous h"I@s have Suffered,
" -
D-hs-f. C.iS-, MsF Ninss--a Of
,hs sosi operator sisn-s a s"snn.ani-
cation To- Chsisaan siss,-F of ,h- ran-
sr~ssiona, ihsrs,iEaIi1a sossh.iit--
a-siihins TO take asy ar,ioe shs,
.Ssiii lead ta th- aisFLaSs- of the
n-n -ha hss- Stood loyalty b. ,h.as
ausins the last five R.SnIAs and sp-r-
a,-d the tnin-s
The effect OF lh- tSI,sr Is 10 a--
cline is is-a, p5Ih thr 4. ~ ". \,
in any .sy Whatsoever, Chairman
FOSTER q. the iasrsIiss,isa FsmHi,,--
yesterday ,aarsss+d telegram L. ,,
- Es~k-t.it-s. IT, ssasins that NIL
liam .s--n of tho T. " W \. -as
~IillnE tn waive uzi1a rrs"sni,Ipa "
The op-rssafs p~1ls ,Fra' si,h 'h~
mis-rs sas .~,,ir ihs sssia- is@r1-r
f.ll-r referred sas telegram 10 Ms
w-!l-.Fa faf anssrF and shr aprHa,u
ugs refused to s1asi,i-s the PSaJ@sir
Si.as The ,siEzssm srom Poster &"
KarA-g-,I.r i. 4s follows
''wtliiam Gr-~as s-ssrsasfr,F.ss'
ar-r Of the ta'ssHasIsnai Nias WORK
.rs' uHlsn. make psibiis q sss'rasa'
the, ,iss raia- ~aTssrs sili vsis- any
s.yosni,i.a of 'h- .aisa ar uai"ais'
Ing sampss Nf- sou siiiIns I" -n'-E
into assatisttpss TOE sss;I-sara, ".
strike sa that basis ani stop the hill'
las of mra. -osga aad chiiir-as
s,roasly urge Spss 10 Il. e. and Lr'
ii-S- tho s,siA- san BE- -ndra ~i'hpsi'
recognition of thr unios and all tbs
other differences San b~ anil ah,,
settled In MY iaasnens u is y"ur
stuty tn do so.
The ioii.~ias is Nj i;@ch"t-ii-T' .
,-,-sram to ns. Poster
Year telegram last aish, .as TO-
s-iS.i. \ IA forwarding IL :" the
Officers 81 the q. .. a I q" In iNn'
N-r. -h. aiih the other officials "'
other mining .osnpaui's. att 'h" "nIy
os-s competent to deal 9Th ID" gu-s'
,ian ,hrrrin referred to.
The following is the copy "i ih-
operators telegram I. Mrs Foster in
which they decline ,p enter int" sny
negotiation that would m'su The dis'
charge of thrir pr-s-n, -mpipyr~ss
"NnsN-rinE y"ur i-i-zram ~ last
Inirh,. addressed to Nr. John u.
R",k-f-llrr. ir.. AMI referred t. ,"l"'
1 RADIO ,.ai min" owners for T"plA
When nn N,rii IL. the governor
withdrew all except y small i"'s'h'
,n-ut 81 militia from The field. Law
order aud uui-t prevailed In 'his
state. Th"E- were employed hJ the
operators uf cuai mines. more tsan
i"."uu apparently son,"n,-d men. On
the morning nj April 9" the striking
miner in the Ludlow tent colony.
two mile from the nearest coal
mine. placed their women and ,hil.
dr-n in vhR; they considered places
OF safety and made an armed attack
lupon the militia and cnCampci near
Iby.
The fiEht continued throughout
tn. day and several men were Killed,
During the battle the tent colony
was destroyed by fire. Next day the
bodies uf two women and eleven chill
ircn were discovered in n tent where
the strikers had placed them when
the attack upon the soldier was be-
gun. They all had been suffocat.d.
Non . OF these children and women
were Killed by rifle fire. nor did til.
| %plUlf'H hUtN vi dHf tftF''F
to suspect the rrcscnc" OF nonrnm-
ba,an,s where the strikers had con-
ccalcd ,hcm.
"On April 20. Lawson. information
al board member United Mine Work.
crs Of America. ani the leader OF th'
strikers in union paper published
lthroughout the state. assert war
determination would thcncciofth b'
|oonductcd by the strikers and Doljc
secretary of the United Mine Work
crs of America. by wire instructed
, tho officers OF local unions to watch
for the approach Of the militia whicl
had been ordered again back into til,
field. The meaning and purpose oi
such language was obvious.
| "sincc that time the strikers In