The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-21

roaK and "a small detail held the Lud-
Iuw station with men c~ntrenohed ia
box cars IN the railroad yards. Lieu
tenant Linderfoit and sixteen men
were on the Water Tank hin ur1 bod
les ~ strikers were firing from the
g. a 5. tracks. the hills ON the west
and the trenches In the colony. Inch
by inch the strikers were driven back
and when darkness fell the troops
were near tho colony directing their
fire toward the e.. a : pump house,
north and west of The colony. where
the strikers mad their last deter
mined stand The structure was lit
orally riddled with bullets before
Louis Tlkas and a few followers re-
treated to the protection of "a small
railroad bridge. A little later Ttkas
and two companions were hot down
by the soldiers as they were running
from The bridge Ia an arroyo at the
rear Of the colony. strikers say Tika'
fell while trying TO lead a party 81
women and children 10 a place of
safety up the Hastings road. Sevcra
thousand rounds OF rifle ammunition
were exploded last night In h IRE
that destroyed the uts. The OK
plosive was stored In the tent of John
Lawson. according 10 the military re-
ports. When soldiers under the cover
81 fire OF their comrades fired the
tents, a party OF women ran scream
ing towards the lines dynamite.
dynnmite"' they shrieked. The troops
were partly ordered back n IA little
later the popping Of the cartridges
began and lasted FOR several min
utes.
Frank Snyder was killed In he
tents late yesterday ia an effort to
save his baby sister, who IA un-
noticed scrambled out of the trench
in which the family had taken refuge
and was toddlinK along the line OF
ire. The boy had overtnken the child
aud he'd just succeeded Ia pushing
the lite girl back into the trenches
when he WAS decapitated by "A rifle
shot.
The machine guns were used yes
terday by the soldiers. The frs was
set up west OF Ludlow and two more
brought by the Trinidad troops were
stationed nj the steel bridge and Vi
cinity Later the depot was utilized
~ "A fort and from this point tho
rapid fire gun raked the tents with a
merciless fire. Scores Of tents were
cut 10 sheds by the hail OF steel
bullets. Promo Larsio, the ~lS-yenr-
old son Of Louis L1rsie of this city,
was tu shoI ny after . o'clock yes
t,f r the tents. In company
with 'urty Of friends Larsie left yes
tcFdaS afternoon to visit friends at
Hastings. He was passing In the Vi
cinity OF the pump house when ne
WAS killed by a stray bullet.
Fourteen employees Of the G. a s.,
members ~ train crews which y%cster-
day refused 20 take out the train
bearing reinforcements. were dis
charged this morning by Superiu-
tcnaeut J.. r. Abrams. Master Me-
chanic Andrew Roach and Dispatcher
s r. Willis. who manned the engine,
We're slightly injured by a heavy boil,
hurled through the cab window by a
strike sympathizer as the train was
leaving the local Yards.
Twenty strikers early today stole q
- a r. g. engine from the railroad
wards at 81 Moro. loaded il with men
ammunition and ran u to Barnes
station, a mile east OF Ludlow, where
~ WIS uNtNWAfN anu AfAAiNfh ~ "
Moro In custody of two strikers The
night Waterman says he cannot iden-
ufy the men who took the engine.
Major Hammock IN a statement thi,
morning declared that the Fighting
Yesterday was precipitated by "A crowd
pf Greek strikers who opened IRE
upon a detachment Of his men while
they were drilling near the military
camp ana In sight of the tent colony.
wives Of strikers. who took refuge in
the Ludlow station late lasr night,
rurrohoraie this statement. Earlier In
the day Major Hammock had ordered
Tikns 10 release a striker d b was
charged was DESTROYS OF returning to
work. Telephone lines in the vicinity