The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
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ton at the Columbine this morning.
The Columbine is the only mine in the
northern field that has operated daily
since the strike began.
Gives Order to Fire.
Lewis N. Scherf, head of the state
police, ordered the strikers to keep
off the mine property. Scherf, reports
said, fired his revolver twice, but the
strikers continued to advance.
Following Scherf's lead the entire
constabulary force opened fire.
Especial to the Daily WOrker).
Strikers Unarmed
DENVER, Nov. 21.-The northern
coal fields of this state now have
their Ludlow.
Four pickets were killed and nsxw
than thirty, including women, injured,
number fatally, when mine guards
and state police fired point blank into
unarmed strike pickets at the Col.
umDlne mine near here.
Adam Bell, well-known miners
leader, is one Of tSbse killed.
Deliberate Provoeation.
The Columbine mine management,
from the very beginning of the strike,
now more than five weeks old, has
adopted a provocative attitude. The
mine property was turned into for
tress with barbed wire entanglements
and sand-bag barricades. Machine
guns were mounted ard Governor
Adams was told by the mine officials
that they intended to shoot "tres-
passers."
The governor endorsed this stand
by assigning national guard officers
and state police at the mine to rein
force the company guards.
Following a big mass meeting at
Boulder Sunday night, attended by
many women, a mass picket line was
organized and strikers and their fam
lilies, men, women and children,
marched to the Columbine mine as
they have been doing daily.
"a Little Hot Lead
DENVER, Nov. 21.-The Column
bine mine where three strikers were
killed and many wounded by state po-
lice and mine guards is one of the
thirteen properties owned by the
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company-the
second largest coal mining concern
in the state.
The officials of this company have
been quoted as saying that they were
ready to give the l. W. w. lesson"
and that all that was needed was
"a little hot lead"
The strike is practically 100 per
cent effective in the north. In the
south, where Colorado Fuel & Iron
Co. properties are, it is 90 per cent
effective, leaders announce.
16 Released.
R. w. Henderson, Bakersfield,
Calf, attorney for the International
Labor Defense and the |. W. w. Gen
eral Defense has succeeded in obtain
ing release of 80 miners who were
jailed in raids conducted by Gov.
Adams Especial state police" But
only rank and file strikers have been
released; leaders are still held.
Habeas corpus writs were obtained
from Federal Judge J. Foster Symes
for I. w. w. leaders. These include
Roger Francezon, chairman OF the
l. w. W. general executive board, A.
S. Embree, Paul Seidler, Kristen
Svanum, c. r. Orr, Karl Clemens and
A. B. Harris. The judge ordered that
the men be brought to Denver within
a week to be formally charged. Be-
cause the special police have trans
ferred the /. w. w. leaders from
county Jail to county Jail to prevent
demonstrations, difficulty is expert
enced in locating the prisoners.
Girl Arrested.
Despite the governors announce
ment that he would welcome petitions
signed by miners outlining their
grievances, his special officers have
thrown a girl strike sympathizer into
Jail for distributing petitions. She is
Aurora Sampson. The girl was ar
rested when discovered asking Wal
senburg miners to sign petition for
conference between the miners and
the operators.
Even the daily papers in the state
are now recognizing the effective
ness of the I. w. w. strike. Dropping
the claim the workers are returning
to the mines, the papers now admit
no mines are operating in the north
Except the Columbine." They quote
c. F. & l. Co. officials of the Crested
Butte mine in southwestern Colorado
that the mine. twill be closed i'm 4
definitely unless the men return 10