The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-04
Solons Gather In Denver T.
Extra Session and Secs
Caucuses In Regard to Co..
ernOY .sy3
Rigid Supervision
By u. S. Soldier
Women viii March on Capit0(
and Demand Hearing 81 Holz
rors of the Coal Place
Ban on Arms a

II EN- r or MAY 3--.W'IIH TN
entire membership of Company
Colorado National Guard facing bo{
court martial and trial by the sGtN4
authorities on charges OF murder A
d result of the killing of two w0naA
and eleven children in the destrucf1QN
by fire of the Ludlow tent colony NN
April Goth, the real interest. I'M tlS1
strike situation tonight centerx
Denver.
Members of the State legislatt
are arriving by the dozen for the nIM
cial session. which convenes tonnes
row. Secret caucuses are being 6SI
in three of the big hotels. On eV44
side II is rumored that it will dA04
plans 10 impeach Governor AnnnA60l
and probably Lieutenant Covers
i Fitzgerald are formulated. s
That resolution to impeach Axlg
mons Will be introduced is virtualf
certain. Whether the house will Ad6GI
such a measure Is still a auestsOlY;9a
| The report submitted last night
! the military commission. board GfX1
ated by Ammons himself finding t11ll
the soldiers deliberately set hY1#
and looted the tents where the woho1l
and children were cremated. Will
urged as the strongest evidences 4
Ammons' alleged inability to gov&6S
the State. When the legisi4turGs Ms
tsessshi<ass a rcd Of wonrerf.- At feslll|
three hundred of them. will naafG1
on the state house and demand IN
lsudience. These women. memhNf1N
the Colorado Women's PeAce 1NAl1
sent committee to Ludlow to iny6f]
| tigatc the situation. This comniikt41
| has returned with the report thRt iI1
1 half of the horrors Of what they t0f
/ the massacre of the women and Ghll5
dren has been told. They will pHel
sent their facts to the legislature A1&
| urge that such action as seems MO-
essary he taken immediately and tlI
those responsible he punished t0 k6l
| full extent of the law.
| Major w. A. Holbrook in charguH&I
the federal troops in the Trinidad 05
/ rict. let it he known today that IT.
/ has construed Secretary CArri4M4S
/ proclamation as TO the disarmfnG
! all persons IN the strike zone nFleN4
not III the active service OF the GnfeN
States army to include menhers
the Colorado militia as we'll as Strikes
mine guards and others. Conseq0N1
| ~ the order is being carried 0utGC
| that theory.
| BY noon tomorrow n IL expe44@l
| that all OF the arms In the dfnf33
! will have been collected and 1t4M
1 into the hands OF the federal tr0M~
/ Government soldiers today t9
/ charge OF the entire strike zone Ut
/ State. including the northern dist45M
I of which Louisville is the center. EM
State soldiers have left the soutMN&
! field but they are still in the n044
ern district. They must leave tO119(s
| row or suffer the humiliation oeG4
! ing up their arms to the federal cnN
rymen. sSs3
There are now under the turladi4&1
of the federal troops 2Se miles 34
north to south. and from tifix tn n3sk1
/ tv-iive east and west. 1t includee
/ OF Colorado's coal fields.
| Major Holhrook is ruling witM#
/ Iron hand. Not only did he today
/ n strict embargo upon the shfV4
! of arms into the State OF CofoNM
| and between points in the StAta.#&
/ he ordered that saloons remain c&ox
throughout the disaffected QUINN
| Arms shipped in violation Of hte Og
| he declared would be connscAtedss}Ss3
| Major Holbrook today advis4d y
coal companies that he would pf941
| their paymasters, who will ma&o
| rounds of the various camps tom0S%
| with armed guards and that they WWN
! be expected to have no gua1d9
| their own on hand. The union r.
| masters the major also announced
! be extended similar courtesy tx#3X
| CONTINUED ap Ssrond uaHA $a%5