Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-28
ATTEMPT MADE
To ASSAsS|NATE
c. F. AND |. MAN
Attack Is Made Upon Frank
{. Parks, of Pueblo; Four
Shots Are Fired Through
Automobile.


Pueblo, Colo, Dec. 27.-An attempt
was made at o'clock last night on
the life of Frank f. Parks, manager
of the Mlnnequa plant of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron company accord
ing to announcement by Mr.. Parks at
noon today AS n result it is under
stood that state troops have been
asked TO come here and take charge
Of the situation.
The attack on Mr.. Parks was made
by two men as he was returning 10
his home from his office at the plant,
MIR Parks did not believe the shots
were intended for him until he noticed
his automobile this morning and
found four bullet holes through it,
Even then he did not make any an
nouncement of the affair until he
told his family this noon and was
persuaded by them to report the mat
ter TO the authorities.
The attack on the life of Mn. Parks
possibly was the most serious OF a
number of acts of violence this week
in connection with the reopeninS Of
the steel mills, Last Monday a crowd
of women. mostly of foreign birth,
met a number of steel workers ut the
Northern avenue gate of the steel
plant and threw stones at them. A
riot call was sent to the police sta
ton, but by the time the police patrol
reached the scene, the crowd had dis
persed.
Tuesday afternoon the women
again met the steel workers and
started throwing stones Police,
however, were on hand and after con-
siderable difficulty paeed eight OF
the rioters under arrest. 1t was
necessary for the officers to send 90
the police station for riot guns and
xath h.e, taef. an a
which had grown to over 1000 angry
men pnd women, ii dispersed. II was
during this riot that Mike Stud2inski,
president of the city council and
therefore mayor was knocked to the
ground and severely trampled upon.
OF the eight arrested five were were
women. They were held under $500
bonds each. The strike committee
provided bail and the women were re-
leased to appear in police court the
next morning. At the trial the po-
lice magistrate fined each Of the five
women and the three men 500. The
fines We're paid by the strike com
mittee.
There was no trouble at the plant
Wednesday or Thursday. Friday a.
crowd gathered at the gate OF the
steel plant but police officers armed
with sawed-off shotguns kept the
crowd cowed although three persons
made remarks and refused TO obey
the orders of the police and were
arrested and held for trial.
Also, yesterday five men in, an auS
tomobile were arrested near the steel
plant by police because they refused
to obey the orders to move along,
When searched at the Headquarters II
was found that the men were heavily
armed and II Is believed by the Of
ficers that some violence was con
templated The men claimed to be
fYAt a tfnln-
RADIO but it was learned later that thev
were from the Canon CITY district.
I While Mr., Parks was telling news
paner men at his office this afternoon
of the attempt on his life last night
he was called to the telephone Some
one on the other end of the line told
Mr.. Parks that several men FROM
other portions of the United States
were coming to Pueblo with the IN
tention of obtaining employment at
the works. The informant would not
divulge his name to Mr.. Parks and
the warning Is therefore shrouded
with considerable mystery.
Reports of shots being fired near
the homes of men who have returned
10 work at the steel plant have been
plentiful since it reopened and II also
has been reported that chickens rais-
ed by steel workers at their homes
have been poisoned and other acts of
depreuauOn dOne.
The attempt on the life of Man
ager Parks is the most serious of any
attacks vet made. The attack might
be called two attacks since two series
of shots were fired at him. The first
shots were fired by man apparently
riding bicycle or having a bicycle
with him when Mr.. Parks was but
few blocks from his home The sec
ond attack was made as Mr. Parks
turned to enter his garage and from
footprints found In the soil 1t Is be-
lieved that the man who fired these
wall Mr. Parks did not enter the
garage, however. but went down the |
next street and returned to. the office
where he picked up two Of the com. |
panv's guards to return with him and
search for the persons who fired the |
shots Mr.. Parks even then did not |
believe that the shots really were in
tended for him.