The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-27

mine owners have put their guards In
hot down women and children.
hered In front Of the Capitol at Denver
Ammons by the Legislature, charging
at the mines.
Cha ndler mine, Is reported to b In an
lday. but. according to Warden lyman
n was killed.
lyman Of the State penitentiary tele-
phoned at 1880 that one man was
known to be dead at the Chandler mine
after an all day battle. Miners cap
tured by the strikers are being taken
into Canon City.
Cadets are hurrying to the Arkansas
River bridges to prevent an Invasion OK
Canon City. Strikers are In absolute
control Of the town.
There are 1000 men engaged In this
battle. The mine guards have one ma
chine gun. but are at disadvantage
because the strikers are on higher land.
Canon City Is terrorized.
Five thousand men and women stood
In a pouring rain on the lawn In front
of the Capitol building this afternoon
and heard the State administration de-
the southern coal strike district.
At the conclusion OF the speechmak-
ing the mass meeting adopted resolu-
tons condemning Gov. +. NJ. Ammons
as an accessory to the murder OF babies
and demanding his Impeachment at
special session OF the Legislature which
Ammons has agreed to call for May 4.
or In the event Of his failure to call the
special session those at the meeting are
pledged to have him recalled.
While this meeting was being held
news came from Trinidad telling OF the
tenseness Of the situation there. Under
temporary truce the strikers are en-
trenched and ready to battle the SOL
diers at any moment. These facts were
explained to the crowd BY the speakers
at the meeting.
A meeting OF the Cigarmakers Union
Of Denver voted money TO send 500
armed men to Trinidad and Ludlow to-
morrow. The 500 men are already
armed and will start at daylight.
The Denver Federation OF Labor
adopted a resolution this afternoon To
be presented to the national organiza-
ton asking that each of the 2.000.0 900
members he assessed five cents a month
so as to provide money and arms for
the strikers. This would be 100000 a
month.
Demand Ammons's Impeachment.
/ At the meeting on the Capitol lawn
men and women cheered when the reso-
luton against the Governor. prepared
by George Creel. former Denver police
commissioner. now New York maya
zine writer. was read to them. In ad-
dition to demanding the recall or i'm
parchment of Ammons 1t provides:
For the immediate withdrawal OF
field troops. and that Hammock and Lin
derfelt and the officers In command at
Ludlow be arrested and tried for muir
der.
That the State seize the mining
lands and operate them, thus giving
| employment TO all idle men in the
districts.
That the Legislature repudlate the
million debt entaied by keeping tna
troops in the zoIe and force the coal
companies to pay for their own guards
Referring to Gov. Ammons the reso-
luton says:
I'VE brand Elias NJ. Ammons. Gov
ernor, and S. J. Fitzgerald. Lieutenant
Governor, traitors to the people and
accessories to the murder Of babies al
Ludlow, and We call upon the special
session Of the Legislature to impeach
them Us false to their oaths and their
God, and, II there be no special session
We hereby pledge ourselves to institute
recall proceedings so that these serviie
tools OF special privilege may he de
prived OF their power TO betray the op-
pressed. And lest 1t be thought that
these are but hasty determinations tina,
will pass with the passion OF the mo-
ment. We cali upon the Justice loving
citizens OF Colorado TO arm themselves
so that. IL law and order are still de.
fed. We may be able to protect oul
homes"
The speakers openly charged that
John ID. Rockefeller. Jr.. was directly
responsible 70. the murders at Ludlow
Mother" Jones, Just returned from
Washington. addressed the crowd
At Trinidad tonight i02 armed deputy
sheriffs with gatling gun are entrenchat
| in the court house. This precauton wa
| taken because II was understood tina
Judge Musser OF the state Supreme Cour
and others Of committee appointed b,
wv ''oNFiHpI W investigate FOnultlOni
we're about 10 arrive. The truce last,
only until these men get there from
Denver and announce what they will tr,
TO accomplish, Should this be unsatis
factory TO the strikers. II is said nothinl
can prevent an immediate battle.
Gen Chase, In charge OF the troops
again this afternoon turned back mem
bers of tho Red Cross who are trying Il
get into Ludlow from Trinidad. He de
El9reU WOlllN lei mn 10 Ia nd
low unless the Governor gave him direc
orders to do so, The Red Cross member
went to the district from Denver upoi
information that many persons are II
need Of medical aid at Ludlow. also upol
statements from the strikers that tn
bodies Of many Of the dead are hiddel
beneath piles of debris. The ruins OF tn
tent colony have not been searched thor
oughly.
PLAN u. S. LABOR BUREAU.