Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-23
ARMED STRIKERS FROM ALL SEC.
T,oNs HURRY TO REINFORCE
ARMY At TRINIDAD.
toll or WEDNESDAYS
BATTLE STILL UNKNOWN
Eleven Said to Have Been Slain in
Battle, While Thirty Others. lneiud-
ing Women and Children, impris-
ened in Mine, Believed to Have Per.
! ished-peelares War Will Go On.

Trinioad, Colo. April 23.-With the
toll of Yesterdays fighting still un-
known. three mining properties burned
to the ground, others reported de-
: stroyed, the fate Of thirty refugees OF
the Empire mine, who took refuge IN
the stops, still in doubt, and rapidly
increasing number Of armed men stlii
active. the situation in southern Colo
RADIO today was more critical than At
any time during the strike.
Eleven are said to have been killed
yesterday in the lighting near Aguiiar
and score are reported missing.
Property damage is estimated at $780,
900. The fate Of the Southwestern
mine is unknown.
The time Of the arrival Of state
troops is indefinite and there is no
immediate prospect Of relief from the
conditions that have prevailed In the
strike district since early Monday.
Even the arrival Of the state troops
may not serve to quell the disorders.
Large bodies of armed men are re-
ported near the railroad approaches to
the Aguilar district. Men are said to
be in an ugy mood.
"No Peace" Says Lawson.
"Adjutant General Chase called me
by long distance telephone this morn
ing" declared John Lawson. interna-
tional board member Of the United
Mine Workers Of America, and told
me he was coming hero in the interests
OF peace. 1 told him that there could
be no peace where there was no JUS
tice''
Twenty five armed men left Walsen-
burg early today in the direction OK
Agu.lar and Ludlow. Armed men are
still coming into the district and
large force from Fremont county is
said to be marching across Huerfano
county Large numbers from Trinidad
are reported 10 have joined the Ludlow
strikers who have been entrenched In
the Black Hills northeast Of Ludlow
since Monday night.
Thirty Entombed in Mine.
Desultory fighting occurred during
the forenoon at Ludlow. The main
body of armed strikers was believed to
be in the vicinity Of Rugby and Prtm-
rose A small number Of guards was
prepared to resist any attack at Rouse.
A lareg body of armed men was re-
the militia at Ludlow.
Another large body Of armed men
still is beseig.ng the wrecked mining
camp Of the Southwestern Fuel Com
pany at Empire. according to teie-
phone report from H. D. King. early
today. Just before the wires went
down. The King family have been
prisoners in their home since yester-
day moor.
The fate OF J. W. Siple, president
of the company. who with twenty to
thirty others. including women and
children. were reported entombed IN
the mine stops, was unknown. A re-
port from AguiIar to Maj. P. ]. Ham
rock. stated that the entombed are
dead. The informant declared the air
had been cut off since yesterday.
About thirty men. women and chill
dren. besieged in the Empire mine.
near Aguilar. with the mouth Of the
stop caved in by dynamite explosions,
faced death by suffocation. according
to H. D. King, one OF the owners Of
the mine. King. himself, practically
prisoner in his home not far fSsm the
mine. gave his story by long distance
telephone.
Mine Camps Destroyed.
Not a house or a stick Of overhead
workings was left standing in the
camps. according to King. The mine
tipple had been burned but the in
terror OF the mine had not been fired
II the fan had been out of commits
sion az reported. King believed that the
danger OF sunocation was imminent.
All firing had ceased before II O'clock
last night.
In command Of the rescuing party.
was ]. NJ. Siple, Of Denver manager OF
the mines Of the Southwestern Fuel
company Mrs. William Waddell and
her baby were in the mine. one report
stating that Mrs Waddell had been
wounded Waddell, superintendent Of
the Empire mine, was believed to have
been killed. King, however. said he
still had hopes that Waddell was with
the party in the mine.
"This evening / asked the strikers
to permit me to go to the stops and
rescue the beeieged persons" Mr.. King
said over the phone list night. They
replied that any one who went near
the mine would be shot. The Royal
mine tippie and shaft have been de-
stroyed and some Of the strikers told
canon"
Offer to Release Prisoners.
A long distance telephone message
from the Empire mine where from
twenty to thirty men. women and chill
dren have been imprisoned for twenty
four hours, said that party of strikers
approached the mine shortly before
noon today and offered the prisoners a
chance to surrender and be conducted
safely out of the strike district.
Deny Mutipy Of MiIitiamsn.
Denver. Col.:-April 23.-Reports that
some Of the Denver Militia had
mutinied because OF failure to receive
back pay were denied positively by