United labor bulletin., 1914-05-09
MeliSh IndiCt Their Own Men
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| fighting force at Ludlow when the mas
sacre OF women and children took place,
April 20.
The mems names are kept secret.
According to the adjutant generals Of
flee, the muster roll of Company B is
not available. Captain Carson, in whose
possession are the names of ninety-one
of the l2G members of Troop A who par
ticipated in the actual fighting, said to
reeval their identity would subject them
to the danger of being able to get no
other employment.
Hammock in Chief Command.
These troops entered the service of the
state without hope of compensation eN-
cept what its members were receiving
at the time of its organization from the
coal corporations.
Troop A never has elected officers, il
never has held drill, and it is now,
according to report, about to be dis
banded, leaving in connection with the
Ludlow affair the blackest mark ever
set upon the record of a state militia.
In the Ludlow fight, Troop A was
Joined by Company B of the Second in
fantry, commanded by Lieutenant Lind
erfelt and Major Hammock, who, in the
absence of Adjutant General Chase, was
in control of the militia in the strike
zone. T
Broke Gun on Tikas' Head.
1t was Linderfelt who, during the first
days fighting, according to the report of
the military commission. broke a gun on
the head OF Louis Tikas, leader of the
Ludlow Greeks, while Tikas was pris-
oner within the militia's lines.
The commander of Troop A was Capt.
Edwin +. Carson. Carson claims to have
spent sixteen wears in the British army,
to have fought in the Boer war and the
Sedan campaigns and to be citizen of
the United States. This last statement
is disputed by the United Mine Workers
officials.
It is reported many members OF Troop
A and b have vanished from the state
since the arrival of the federal troops.
The idea of recruiting mine guards in
the state militia originated with Adju-
tant General Chase, or with the coal
company officials. In any event, the
general seized upon the idea and sixteen
in the camp at Segupdo. Among this
number was Monte Massingale, who has
now returned to his former ocupation
and is the captain of the Sopris guards.
Sheriff Grisham Willing Agent.
All tnlS nad une apprONai VI OoNerhoi
Ammons. commander-in-chief of the
state militia, for whose acts he is re-
sponsible. so.
The enlistment of ''gunmen" was fol-
lowed by the resignation of Captain Har-
old G. Garwood of Denver of the Ma
tional Guard, who refused to command
the men who were placed under him.
The resignation has not been accepted.
From August IL, 1913, a month and a
half before the strike was called, until
the county recorder closed his office last
Saturday night, Sheriff Grisham of Las
Animas county had issued 5S4 commits
sions ot special deputy sheriffs. of this
number all except one is outstanding.
Yet not cent in salary to any OF these
men has ever been paid by the county.
They are all on the payroll of the coal
companies, with commissions authorizing
them to kill under the police law of the
state of Colorado.
These are the breed of vermin Gov
ernor Ammons has convened special
session of the legislature to appropriate
81 100000 to pay for services rendered
the state.'