Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-28
SIav Te8tifieS He Was Kid
naped and Promises Were
Made 10 Him if He Would
Commit Perjury
INVESTIGATION DRAGS
SLOWLY AT TRINIDAD
Operators Bring Out Stories Of
Attacks Made on Employees
and Others Before Martial
Law Was Declared,


10y sosaiae JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED was
Trinidad, Colon FED, 2,.--Charges
that q miner employed by the COLO
nd0 Fuel and IRON company was hlu p
Hgpel brought TO Iflnluad ana ol-
iered Inducements 10 swear 10 l'ls',
statements before ihe eoilsressioilN
Investigating committee were mace on
the witness stand lale louaS
AS q result, Fred w clark, local az
tones tor uue uniteu Mlne WORKERS
Of Ameueai dchn McQuafile an on
uter ataened 90 tne Ustriet alol .
il5s olhce, ana Tom Dennison ana
Alae LNeaa, organizers ol the bniteG
Ane Workers, were requested 10 APP
pear helole the cumuhttee toniBh~
fred nerrnstun, attorney Tor the
Colorado ruei and lfon company ll
asking mat the men be asked 70 pe
muyn, aaad he wished the Witnes'
who made the charges TO have an OPP
pO..-Al.y 20 identIy them as having
been connected wltn the aiieseu hei'
dents.
Wanted Slay to Commit Perjury
In1 ss0is ol lhe "l4eeeu a.e.l,P' ~
procure laise testimony was tolu "
fluho pNlaha' q aiaN i'i'ilVi W.. Mito
came p me 1"iuiauo eoal llelus lioii' lii
Pi'saaish IA one ui lile sillp liieii'9 -
sdiks breakers Whlcn nave phsh W.
occasion Of much eoiiillctlils tessl''iVlS
on tnf SUBJECT OF aleseu peoHose'
ne ,9la tne 1pminil1ee ltla' nc was
enpi7ted al the lihelo hliiie' ~
Aohua4t cor Aaiy 10 ehe very ues
90 Whlcn the liihiuau sessions u Wy
.Yts1lsaIonh besul' " "as =. w
Alls ear fillneio Wheh " "'a s"AN
apuN' ~ q parry. 90 s.ilhe +" ''.''' .'
brought i0ielnlE 20 lrlliiaau' Iloi 8
ne declared ne WIS taken 70 UNION
heaaVuafteis and asked TO testlty p''
ioie the committee ,,
They asked me TO tell that tie iool
on the udin from PittsDurgh was pau
ana that the doors We're locked, which
wasn't true, ne said through an inter-
prefer He added that the persons
VINO talked TO him offered TO compel
the mine company to pay the wages
due him, and send him and his son
back TO Pittsburgh, If ne would give
me desired testimony
Arms Distributed at Ludlow
Arms We're distributed among the
strikers az the Ludlow tent colony on
lhe night Of october ~, by Louis IL
sas-"Louio the Greek'-Robert uh-
hon and others according to the tes-
umony Of jesse shaw, former strik-
ef before the federal inVestisatlns
committee late today. ON October rs,
pitched battles were fought between
.he strikers and deputy sheflfis near
Berwinl and Hastings.
Of the miners union at soprie, testl-
yea for the mine owners. He said
inat on the morning OF october ~ ne
ldt Trinidad with four others ana
vent to the Ludlow colony That
night, he said, he heard plans formu-
-led for me capture OF BerNind, Ta-
laseo and Hastings
'Uhlich asked Louie the Greek
whether his men--the Greeks-woulA
20 with the others, ana Louie said
they would go alone, he testified. Hc
SAID he did not know who was in
command of the strikers in the bat
ue on the next day.
Wounded Man Brought In.
ohaW sald ne saw james IlcuNalls
Jim the Greek brought int.
lhe Ludlow colony wounded, afte,
We October 2Sth battle, He testified
laat ailerward he saw Jim the Greet
IN hospital IN Denver. Bicuraris
now s held on a charge Of killing An
laille
On eross-examination he said he
on t3 week
Why did You striker he was
asked
Because everyone else did. The
sbiators came IA and fed the miners
lQi Of stuff aud they ali quit"
shaw said Mother Mary Jones
N q meeting of local union officials
leid The men that in West Virginia
me strikers bought an the guns the,
qald and went out after the Paid
"in-fells guards" He added "sht
il that was the way we should do Il
Tbe ,eg witnass it,,ns' declared tbo, 80 ,.o.,
Inc AtAA 'ii wv H"NetttH u Ndll