The chronicle=news., 1914-06-16
CIVIL war VETERAN TELLS OF STRIKERS
n ovTRAC6s N AeiHlJM DISTRICT


Pueblo. Colo, Ju4e ia yster-
an Of III. Ciyil war entered news
paper office here Saturday. II dii
not take u second look to convince
on. that here was brave nan-a
man who had taken his life In his
hands in the defense OF his country
- man wha1s wssd would be good
a man whose open eountenanea wa.
an open guarantee Of frIsndiiness
and concern for his fellow man.
II Just came IN IA have talk with
you fellows" said the veteran. and
tell you some Of the things that
have sean dnring the present strike,
I have been located AT Aguiiar most
of the tim. and Mas an eye witness
Of the wort or tise trouble In that
section and ! want To .sy that new
RI would have believed. had I no,
seen u mys~lf. that such Thing
would be tolerated In these United
States.
On the ?:d Of April the strikers
eam. To Asuiiar about 400 strong,
W. knew that something was soing
To happen and every body vas on III.
anxious Asst. Hut w- did not have
To wait long. The fir, act oi these
'o.n was To blow up the town ~aiss
works. During thi. time consider.
able shooting Vas soine on AMI the
men proceeded up Green Canon and
blew pp the first mine above Asui.
lar and every other property but on.
for three miles up this canon.
The proprietor of The boardins :
he.,ss- ~ Green CsIoa had Just put in
si,"a, $500 worth of supplies. Thea
sr"~csi.s III" strikers carried ou, and
thee hurnrd the house
After aoiae this the mob re-,
turned AIousd the north vsy burn,
iaz iipplez sna sas,- railroad car.
as they cam. ss they seemed posses,
scsi at . frenzy so basa asd d.sss.,
all the property they souid e., Ia r.
sA'ii~s. of Who IL Leiasxea Ia.
In aaa iastss.~ ~h-h ia- ssrik,
ess -a'-s~d the hom- of one of shs
mia- officials aad after .arryiss aa,
everything 'h.y -sai-i. which Gas
everything they .ouid esrsy. the,
uaa.,fioak 20 carry out . plano. ca.n
ine out of the aaos the risno had ia
,-- lifted aosh spm- st~,s. In ih.i,
hurry the Plano ~as dropped and
broke. Almost in an Instant tho n.-n
-"r- ni'n IL ~ish ss.-. ssd rhorl.-.i
sna smashed II ,.-yani tho s~n,h,sns-
nj its former ostiis-.
''Wh-a the m-s and women ~-r.
sstomh~d In ose at the ain-s ! 80.
ose Of a party thai osf~s-d In .o aud
dig lh-m rat. but w~s~ toll ia
s'r"as ~osds thai " 90 did ~~ would
b. KILLED. luasisR from What ~S
had s~~n M 10 this time &c had ns
a"ah' bat tina, tho -arnias -ss ali
that IL iaaissssd.
''fsafins this 1souhi- the striker.
vent IN the Asuiisf sappi, .om.
rany's sins- and took all the guns
ans smmunIlina that wrsu in sisrks
s'n.~ the federal ssuos.s have come
In the mansses os the .sosr has h~-s
In h.saaussssrs with the numbers al
the guns sad not nsr of thea have
h-ra iasn~d In BY the strikers.
- kao~ nf NJ i,~ssoasi taovieds~
that mss hare hs~a killed h~~apse
they have rvtasrd In bo,a the union.
: nys-if ~as held u, and thsvssenssi
wish mob siei-se~ aaless .oaid
show . rs,a wss told 10 i~ave
town o' join the union and M warn.
ine si on~ time rsm~ from No les. .
man than tho mayor os Axniisr ~hu
was elected al the election of April
:. when the uei.a ticket woa osct
shr .i,iscns' Ticket by r-asoa .f the
fact that the mea of the tent .oloay
outside ot tho limii. were so,cd ami
tsvaus~ ,oie> ues- cast by m.n who
lived swo nilcs svay from Asuil,rs
Ono instance that ga. particular
~ rrsoliinG ~as that where 10y
uas dfiviax supply COMPANY "a Soa