Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-05-20
IS ASKED TO RESIGN |S'|:Ii!| \ !.
INTRODUCED } IN
!. COLORADO SENATE URGING
= f. GOVERNOR TO QUIT. 4%E -
SAYS TROOPS FIRED TENTS
Witness at court-MartiaI Says Militia
men Destroyed Tent Colony
go Strikers Call Trial "White-
wash" for Soldiers.

Denver, Colo, May Ex-senator Rob
inson's resolution calling upon Gov
| ernor Ammons to retire from office
| was introduced in the senate on Thurs.
day. The resolution did not use the
word resign" but requested him ito
| retire from Office of governor for. the
good Of the state"
The resolution charges that the gov.
ernor, in spite Of having supreme
| executive power and full control OF
the military forces, "has been unable
to preserve the peace, execute the
laws or protect the lives and prop.
erty Of the citizens" J
The resolution recites the cost from
public funds already, with the end
not in sight, and says concerning the
governor: 1.-THE strong animosfty
against him and the doubt in the
minds of many people of his ability
to perform the duties of his Office
| will make it very difficult, if not i'm.
possible, for the governor to preserve
the peace, execute the laws or protect
the lives and property Of the citizens y
Senator Adams moved for an imme.
date consideration, but under the
rules the resolution went over at the
request Of Senator Robinson.
Declaring that "whitewash" has
been arranged, national state and
district leaders Of the striking coal
miners will not respond to subpoenas
to testify before the state military
court.martial now in session near
Golden to try guard officers and pri-
Yates in connection with the destruc-
ton of the strikers tent colony at
Ludlow, where nearly score of men,
women and children lost their. lives.
Labor leaders insist the officers in
charge of the courtmartial are OBJ
sessed with militarism and that the
Investigation is not being conducted
along impartial lines. j + & z
All OF the witnesses 50 far. examined
have been favorable to the accused
officers and none of them have been
cross-examined. l%#@ III +,
The state militia fired directly into
the tents at Ludlow where two women
and IL children were suffocated by
fire and smoke April 90, according to
the admission by First Lieut.. Maurice
G. Bigelow, one OF the chief witnesses
for the state soldiers before court-mar-
tial at Golden. ~ "a
Bigelow is first lieutenant in Com
pany B, Colorado National Guard. He
declared that the tents were not fired
upon until after the strikers had at
tackled the militia. - ssssttr.5, 81 e.
I'VE opened fire on the tent colony
proper" said the witness. 1--WE we're
about forty yards from the first tent.
We fired into it. then crossed the road
and used the water tank as cover,
meanwhile continuing our firing. @
Il heard several explosions. Then
q woman ran out, screaming 'Dyna-
! mite!' and after the second and third
tents had caught fire we ran to rescue
women and children from the colony
Maj. Patrick j. Hammock, one Of the
thirty-nine on trial for murder. arson
and larceny, announced that his de-
Tense would be that the soldiers were
compelled to fire on the strikers. He
also declared that the finding Of a
mutilated body of one Of the militia
men caused the soldiers to seek re-
venge. et}3 &