Evening star., 1914-04-21
Number of Wounded in Battle
With Strikers in Colo.
RADIO Unknown.
SCENE OF DES0LATI0N
AT THE LUDLOW COLONY
Two Small Children Reported to
Have Perished in Blaze-Quiet
Now Prevails.

TRINIDAD Col. April ol.-Handreds OF
armed strikers who yesterday fought for
fourteen hours with state troops in the
Ludlow district had disappeared this
morning. and quiet prevailed in and about
the strikers demolished tent colony. The
rnilitiamen who opposed the strikers were
In possession of the railroad tracks from
the steel bridge to a point near the burned
colony. Reinforcements from Lamar and
walsenburg swelled the number of sol
diers on the grounds to 16O.
The list of identified dead was in
creased to five and it seemed certain
that at least as many more fell In yes
terday's fighting The number of wound
ed is unknown
The identified dead:
\. Martin. private. Company A. LIST
Regiment. Denver: Louis Tikas. leader
OF the Greek strikers. Ludlow colony.
Edward Fyler, secretary OF the Ludlow
Union
Charles Costa. Aguilar union leader.
Frank Snyder. aged twelve
An uncontirmed report was that two
small children perfshed in the blaze that
razed the colony at o O'Clock last night
and the bodies of other strikers are said
to be still lying on the field Of battle.
U6SOlaC9 scene FTeSeuIeO.
The Ludlow colony presented a scene OF
death and desolation today. only four
or five of the tents remaining standing.
Soldiers declare that quantities of ammu-
aition were exploded by the blaze that
swept the colony during the night.
An unidentified man, driving horse
attached to a light buggy. dashed from
the tents waving a white flag. just after
the fire started When ordered to halt
he is said to have opened fire with re-
volver and was killed by a return volley
from the militia
Yesterdays battle centered about the
big trestle of the Colorado and South
eastern railroad and several dead were
said to be lying along the tracks, behind
which the strikers took refuge.
Throughout the day and intermittently
during the night the fighting ragged over
an area of approximately three square
miles. bounded on the west by BerW1nd
and Hastings. on the east by Barnes
station. on the north by the Ludlow tent
colony and on the south by Rameyville.
The battlefield was completely isolated
nv the cutting of telegraph and teie-
phone wires.
The fighting began early yesterday
when militia detchment under Lieut.
LinderfeIt started to. investigate the
cause of firing near Cedar Hill As the
day progressed WOrQ OF Ine CldSn IedCn-
ed officials and a relief expedition con-
sisting of fifty members Of the newly
organized Trinidad militia company was
sent on special train manned by ]. H.
Abrams superintendent Of the Colorado
and Southeastern, with Master Mechanic
Roach as engineer and Dispatcher Will
lis as Areman-
Found Strikers Barricaded.
They detrained south Of Ludlow and
found the strikers barricaded in the
pumping station. At duck the strikers
retreated along a gully back Of the
blazing tent colony. followed by the
militia. who swept the valley with ma
chine guns
Maj. P. ]. Hamrock spent the night
strengthening the position of his men.
4 request was sent to Denver for ad-
ditional supplies of ammunition.
With the arrival of Walsenburg and
Lamar militia today Maj. Hammock had
approximately 175 men opposed to
strikers variously estimated at from
400 to 800.