The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-08
COLORADO STRIKE TO
END BY VOTE TO-DAY
Struggle of Over II Months
Cost GO Lives. While 10
Men Were Injured.
I. :. TROOPS STOPPED RIOTS


i,nuan Of District No. 3 of the United
Nine Workers OF America announced to-
u,v, after u conference with Tia" interna-
,onal officers of the organization. that Il
resolution would Nc offered Tomorrow to
a., special convention of the Colorado
miners here to end ;hc strike.
The resolution will set forth that the
,tr.,erS Will return to work under the
terms Of the three year pcac, plan out
med by President Wilson and viii de-
uaud that the Seth Low mediation com
tt.e .nforcc the terms of that proposal.
Mel. euusn said the officials expect the
de,erates 10 vote to return TO work. lie
decllrod the tent colonies will not he
broken up at once. but that all the per-
sons ON those colonies will lie taken care
Of hv the international union until they
arc otherwise provided for.
THIS action was decided upon because
a The demands made ON the national or
sanitation by the ohio strikers. who are
facing a fight similar to that In this state.
Chairman Frank T. Walsh Of the
tinted states Commission on Industrial
Relations returned to-day from secret
,r.u to the southern Colorado coal strike
,,'.,. II. studied conditions. interviewed
strikers, strike breakers. officials and en-
plo,e,s OF the coal companies. lie ate
opucr Of strikers fare n the Ludlow
tent colony and visited the coal camps OF
p-ln,.ro. Hastings, Delagua and Forbes
without his Identity becoming known.
Tho chairman watched Sltv and Italian
companies OF strikers GO through their
Drills with wooden guns and swords.
Jesse +, M.,born OF the Colorado Fuel
go IRON Company had a warm clash with
Tie members of the Federal commission OF
inquiry over the submission OF the Rookie
teller and Gould CORES poudence at the
hsarlug to-day. Wclhorns refusal to re-
veal the identity OF the company's press
sr,n, also caused a controversy. Tho
qucstions were left in allegiance.
W,lborn IN his testimony said that he
feared the removal OF the troops would
suit !u a renewal OF riotins ana blood
shed in the strike zone.
chairman Walsh Of the committee
threatened drastic action to compel We
born totarsWcr questions put to him.
Mrs \. Borden Hartman, VINO was I'm
40, to attend III. h. arings last week
srlred to-day.
Tie strike IN tine Colorado coal fields
Nss one OF the longest conflicts between
capital and labor In this country. Its
COS, m lives was high and the expense
mounted into the millions. Il has be"I
figured that siXty-slx persons were killed
in battles since the strike started on sep
,enber 90. 1918. and that forty-eight were
wounded. The number may b" greater
because the facilities for obtaining eNac'
Information concerning the persons struck
during tn. battles between the striking
miners and the Colorado state militia
Ne'e limited.
White September 81. 1918. Is named a.
the actual day of the beginning OF th'
..oublc because on that day the United
Min. Workers OF America called a state
v.d. walkout. there really was strike
m .u the state long before that.
LABOR organizers nockcd 10 Colorado
..ud the trouble became specially acut.
. 90, section OF Trinidad. where the Colo
lido Fuel and Iron Company had plants
Ammunition and rifles were shipped to
f.c Striking miners ana tents were erected
toy in. strikers and their families. Many
# these tents had r!re pits.
Violence was 'isplayed toward The ner
NO continued working and finally Gov
A.lnun called out the state militia. That
served ia~ time 20 quiet the men, hu
p the end the presence NJ the soldiers ONLY
irritated the strikers ana led to blood
s1cd. The iisnt.ng became specially acute
~ April OF this Yea.
The strikers prevented from taking
ups.'ion on ridge commanding the mines
hed on tho militia and then rctreatr,
. their tents Then followed ha' tie.
The tent colony WAS destroyed hv f-'
and women and children were burned @
snotnered Ia death.
The situation became ~ bad that finally
Tresiden, Wilson, on April 2S. ordcre'
out SIX troops of cavalry to restore order
A. the same time he issued a proclama
TN - the strikers To lay down thci
.rus and return peaceably to their homes
tn" presence OF ,hc regular troops ant
IN. determination OF President Wilson 4
take decisive steps stopped the r!otlnC
Congress however. began an Investigation
- the afTlir. John II. Rockefeller, Jr
g. a S,orkhod"r Of the Colorado Fuel AM
Ion Company. was called to testify. II
sad that great principle was involve'
lthOrer could 20 work and still remai
outside a union II he desired
That was before the r!oting hecam
most acute, After the regulars We're or
deued 10 the mining districts Pres!den
Wilson tried TO get Mr., Rockefeller t
htritc. and the latter refused ahso
l'.lv. saying that every concession whic
10 miners asked except absolute recog
T'.ou OF the union had been granted.
THpupS remained in the section TIN ough
or 'u" summer aud fail. President WI
toH submitted 20 the operators and tn
So G"tS plan for a three year truce
... mat We rejected. There WAS a re-
iort tIut fn. President would close IA
1r.'.. although he took no such action.
ri|t uu November 30 Pr, Sidont WI
appointed Il commission composed e
N''' low of tIi- city, Charles w. Mil
. Philadelphia and Patrick Gilday {
% Mold. Pa, miner. 10 inVestlgat
"7a deal with the Colorado coal strik
"a. President was hopeful that the con
SION would evolve plan for the SCI
!. out nr tl. strike.