The Irish standard., 1914-05-09
DISARMAMENT PLAN
PRACTICALLY OUT
ALL WEAPONS IN STRIKE ZONE
WILL BE SEIZED, SAYS
MAJOR.
TO RELIEVE GUARDS FIRST
Strikers Will Next Be Called Upon to
Surrender Arms and Finally
County Authorities.

Trinidad, COL, May 1.-THE program
of disarmament of contending factions
In the Southern Colorado strike zone
has been practically announced by
Major w. A. Holbrook in behalf of Col.
James Lockett, commanding the
United States troops in the district.
Disarming is Begun.
Mine company officials were notified
that the disarming of their guards
would begin Immediately and they re-
piled that their men were ready to
surrender arms when they had re.
ceived actual physical protection by
he presence Of federal troops on com.
pany property. Accordingly detach-
ments were placed at Aguilar, Hast
ings, Delagua, Tabasco, Berwind and
Forbes, in Las Animas county and ar
engagements made for the distribution
Of the troops to other mining proper
ties in the state.
When the guns have been secured
from the mine guards, the command
ing officer of the federal troops will is-
sue a proclamation calling upon indi-
vidual strikers and citizens of Trinidad
to deliver their weapons to the federal
authorities and then police and coun-
ty officials would be disarmed, leaving
no weapons in possession of persons
not in the direct service of the United
States.
Strikers Give No Indication.
William Diamond, union leader,
speaking to mass meeting of strik-
ers at Starkville, attended by 300 men,
declared that shipment of 300 high
power rifles and 10000 rounds of am
munition en- route from New York to
the United Mine Workers of America
would be turned over to the federal
troops Immediately upon the arrival of
the consignment.
The strikers themselves, neither at
Starkville nor at the San Rafael camp
where mass meeting of 200 strikers
also was held, gave any indication of
their intentions to give up their arms
Major Holbrook, who addressed
both meetings declared plainly it was
his belief that the strikers had already
concealed some Of their weapons and
called upon them as true citizens of
the United States to procure them and
bring them to the place which later
will be designated as q depository for
them.
Animosity Is Shown.
For the first time since the arrival
of the troops animosity was shown
them by the strikers, according to one
major. The Quartermaster sergeant
stationed at Forbes with two troops
of the Eleventh cavalry reported that
the farmer from whom he had been
purchasing supplies was warned by
strikers to sell no more forage to the
army. The farmer refused milk, but
ter and eggs when the sergeant sent
for them.
The lieutenant in command of the
detachment Immediately sent to the
strikers tent colony at Forbes and de
manded an explanation. He got none
but informed the strikers that the
United States army would buy sup.
plies wherever it chose and guard
was placed on the property Of the
farmer.
Machine Gun Given Up.
Boulder, Colo-The Rocky Noun
tain Fuel company officers here sur
rendered to Major Simmons of the
federal troops 40 rifles and one ma
| chine pnn all the arms at Rey M
and No. Hecla mines near Louis
vile.
The strikers also gave up number
Of weapons, for the most part shot
guns and WORKOUT rifles.
Strikers Give Up 60 Guns.
Walsenburg, Col.-Sixty weapons
were delivered to Captain G. c. Smith
in command of the federal troops in
this district. The guns were the