The chronicle=news., 1914-05-29

of Northern Colorado walked out Of
the mines In answer to nation wide
call. Observers who were affiliated
with neither the uni0n nor the 0pssr-
stors agreed that the sirike was In
Opportune. because the southern field
wss unorxsnixed and the miaers Of
tho narth were working under bel
ter conditions. hut the strike MAS
called snd the men went out. u has
been said that II vote had been TAX
en- Of the ntuesnr' them employed II
tho norihern fields the result would
have been AGAINST the strike. That.
however. is oniy conjecture, The men
Seat out. The odds were sxaihsi
ih-a, and for more than three years
they rsmsined idle while the mihes
Sese operated With nOn-aaioa ialnr
under the protection NJ the baldwin
frits detectives. then fresh from the
war In West virginia.
There wss some sioieae-. s@Ssn or
sixht muvdefs. fseau-ni assaults and
oeeasioaai attacks on ths min~s-
Thss1 N~s- nOt very aggravated sud
did not attract much stt-ntioa even
In the state. The reason fas the
comparative niida-~s of the nafshsfn
strike va. that the district in which
III. mines are is-si-.i. tss.,ides Caas-
~. Is populated largely by naiis.
Amssisans. The min@fs siso were
largely an Industrious. hsn,e-iesins
class. ssd they enjoSsi the prisii-
ss-s al s~p.hli~sn nox-sams nts They
played an active par In the s.S-ss-
meal of the -.ihis. ahi ~-s- ih-s--
fare s-adf In vail. s.nfi.i-ni that
they .ouia s"s Dr. oppressed b. the
as-sts Of ih~ aovessnsais
wh-s IL became sp..as-st Ia the
i.4asss that the strike ~ss Lost e. lar
as The aasth-ss fields ~-s- rna-
.-sn.a. they susasi their stsratina
In u. s.alhsss fields. hnpiss u ih-y
s.s,ia isdae. the aissss there lo jois
III. s.rik-. they ssixht retrieve their
fortunes sni sis III. struggle ts.
iss A-s tsoss tho sasih ~ssr s~sl
ista the snalh 10 obtain uosk as
''s~abs'' Wk~a discovered. they
.ssv tsvau~s,iy artses frnm the
sssr. 81 The i-oist % rifle. ssss.
iin-s they uss~ ssesssie,d ~ The
guards. ttst uksIsses The diftSsui-
it~s. they ossasissa The misses. ssa
IL x-ps.@s~s. 1919. the ssss'hsss
sssik. -. esilsa Ahoas 2: las
suss-s are spok~s ~ The sss sho
walked oss stSss The strike hsa h-~s
called. this slms st . sossrstioa of
The aise uostsss.
TAss hsgaa The isushies TIE sssit.
sss we're . sosshss. ssosv iiiis-ssi-
ssa assv ssssssEssh,e . s'asy ssss
Wvysksrs - The sasshsss spes ssa
sosiissts uish she Mise guards ~
sss ss oss-. Wilhis . soash IL ~.
sss- s.e.~ssss Tor The state to os.i-s
usl ,h~ ssuness tsua thsaa..s us'ii
Assii the militia nrrsptsa The sassh.
s.s fields ssa iheusssost sit shss
r-ssod sa.se uss ssssv~oy ssy ssuss.
hl. In a.ssy ssaps She strikers sss
..itisss -Sssisd 10 friendly ss.'
psse-ssI is.Asass ~ 1.sdluu they
sisysa BASEBALL la6rlket. ssd ukussxh
The .issia -. xsr,ss. Sh~s~ uas sus a
HAT at sss b<tue.s the luu h-n-ii~s,
TA..~ vko ssr opr-,ssa In the sifik.
sss .Ay il uss assviy s-~~nsw they
ussv afraid. tsioa syat-siaisrss
say that IL vss Lessasr The militia
u.sv sas np-siy siasss the operators
that shs,sser the teal sessun. lhesv
sAs comparative peace
Nssn uh bile. ss. slate uas hsslns
difficulty In rsyias the s-,i,'is.
Nssy os the sniaiess vesc d-settiss
and The athess uste sosapisisiss. ~
i.ssth. several psuaihs passed With
ous pay saa o,re musiay uas threat
sssa. whiic this saediiSes vss being
h,psshs abc-si. msay cf the l"ys ~hu
had .anr oas with the militia stu
dsNgs 81 the Caiversiiy ot Colorado.
jndpssriau. yuunT men in other
tptjo.,sh. aud their places ucfv taxi.
se hy men eus of work. maay ut
uhoW u-rc 40, .istsess pf the state.
II vas ehsrscd by the strikers that
some mine guards and itaId~sn.rci's
ven uerr allowed to enlist. In roa-
ss,,uso.. ef this. the governor was
bc;us ,pn stantly tnyprtuRrd Z" With
s,a~ias the militia The erai rom-
psnies wcrr p-rsis'cn'is trying Z"
persuade him to keep the srp"rs '"
the field. hut unable &" ray them. The
governor in the end dVcidc'l To "tdcr
them home.
II was recognized. however. that
II was no, safe 10 leave the mines "n-
sstded. for IN. strikers had made
trraucut and open threats 81 attack
Absolutely honest and tc'iae'c MEM