The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-16
Famous Woman Strike Leader
Quietly Taken on Trip to
Denver by National Guards
men.
CHASE WILL RE-ARREST
ON RETURN TO ZONE
John D. Rockefeller May be
Called as Witness Before
Congressional Committee on
Colorado Strike
[By Icascd wiz. 10 Evening Herald. ]

[By Leased Wiz" 90 Eyening Herald
Denver. Colo, Murcn 16. That
she was deporsed from Trinidad, That
she never asked Go see The governor
that she was accompanied To Den
vcr by militia officers taken to "a ho-
Tel and was not told whether she had
been released. thar she expects 10 re-
turn 90 the strike z0nc soon, was the
substance of statement made today
by Mother MARY Jones' noted
strike leader who has been "a mill.
tary prisoner al san Rafael hospital
in Trinidad since January ~
Her statement was given 10
group OF newspaper men at the con
clusion OF a conference with Horace
A. Hawkins, attorney FOR the United
Mine workers OF America. immc-
diately thereafter She left for the
state house 10 call upon Governor
T.. NJ. Ammons
General Chase stated that Moth
or" Jones will be re-arrested when
even she returns TO Trinidad.
Mother Jones was put upon an
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe train
last night, arriving In Denver early
today. she was accompanied by
Colonel W A. Davis of the Colorado
national guard.
Mother" Jones declared that the
state bought the ticket on which she
came To Denver, she declared she
intended returnisl 90 Trinidad to de-
mand her mail, explaining that no
mail had beon delivered TO her dur
ing her detention. She stated that
she had received considerate treat
mcnt az the hospital. but had suffer-
ed some from the confinement.
II was explained by Mr.. Hawkins
that papers had been prepared 10
present the appeal In the hnheas
corpus case to the supreme court
hut no action would hc taken I'm Wow
of Mother" Jones presence iu Den
Yer.
In a conference with the governor
/ were his secretary. Claude W. FAIR
child, Mother Jones, John Lawson.
John Mcl.cnuan. union officials ana
Horace \. Hawkins
Telegrams were sent 20 VI. -. Fos-
ter, chairman of the house commit
tee on mines and mining and Repre-
sentative Kcatiuu Of Colorado hy John
Lawson recounting the incidents of
Mother" Jones being brought t0
Denver.
After her conference with Haw-
kins, Mother Jones was visited By
John Il. Lawson and John McLcnnan,
Colorado strike leaders They with
Mr. Hawkins. accompanied her to the
office of Governor Ammons the party
travelling ON street car from the
hotel 10 the state house.
Mother Jones' statement.
In her statement To newspaper men
I Mother" Jones said
II never asked to talk with Gov
ernor Ammons and / never gave nay
consent tp the trip To Denver Last
n Nala an
room and told me To pack my clothes
quick. as it WAS almost train time.
He took plains tu tell me ! was not
being dcported.
We did not board the train at the
depot. but II was stopped at cross
ing. We arrived In Denver early to-
day and ! was taken To a hotel They
did not even ten mo whether or not
was free"
Mr.. Hawkins then took up tho mar
rutiye. - telcphoned ta General
chase he said. and he told mo that
Mother Jones was released. then
called un Governor AmmOnH aud he
said that hc had heen advised that
Mother Jones wanted Go see him. /
informed him that she had mo- desire
90 talk with h.W, but would rtll at
his office II be- invited her to do su
Tie said Wen, then, / invite her
Ito Call;'
Mother Jones complained ylgor-
ousiy Of the manner In which she had
been arrested and detained "tf
have done anything wrong why have
they not chHrsDd me with ms crime
la court q? she demanded uf the ass
semnied neKNrpHpermcn. "WhY have
they resorted Co this trick to release
me iusi before he supreme court Was
to pass upon ms habeaus corpus
suit q"
"Mother" Jones gave her version
of several events preceding her arr
rest, she said the day before the
Forbes battle man came 20 hoT
room at Trinidad hotel ana told
her the guards were preparing 90 raid
the tent colonies.
Il supposed uf course the Ludlow
colony would be- selected for the first
attack" she Hdded. $50 / secured
an automobile and hurried 10 Lud-
low. 1 told them 90 set guards and
To- put the women ana children la "a
place of sufctN Then 4 went Ia
Aguiinr. But Forbes was the place
where the lirst attack was made
on January Z, Mother Jones de-
clarcd. she was deportcd from Trinl-
dad. She had Just come from ~
Puso. where She said she talked with
Francisco Villa and other constltu-
tionalist leaders.
on January A.. the date OF her re-
turn 20 Trinidad, she WAS arrested by
the militia and Confined in san RAJ
fael hospital where she was held
practically ncommunicudo until her
removal last night.
she said she had been Wen treated
In tho hospital but that she suffered