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'SOIlluluCO I4Olll T II S0 IdSCo
Colorado River-Big Thompson water
division and irrigation project.
The Governor said he was con-
vinced violence. and bloodshed is
imminent. = The sheriffS and
members of the Boards of County
Commissioners in both counties have
asked me repeatedly to intercede and
to assume control of the situation.
They have announced their in
ability to handle it. Their state
ments have been confirmed by many
others.
"a state of insurrection exists
which must be stopped
Telephone lines to the company
camp were cut about pm. yester-
day. One line was restored six hours
later
After the clash between the Den
yer caravan and "back-to-Work'
forces south of Kremmling, the
union sympathizers were searched
for weapons and ordered to return
to Denver-a three-hour trip over
Berthoud Pass, crossing the CONT
mental divide. No weapons were
found.
Rif1emen were stationed along
Kremmling's main street to see the
caravan did not halt.
The bridge dynamiting, one union
picket said, was a move by the
''back-to-work" faction to stop the
movement OF union sympathlzers
north from Dillon. Between 500 and
700 union sympathizers and strik-
ers were concentrated at the juno
ton of the Dillon-Kremmling ROAD
and the road leading miles to the
dam site.
c.. 1. .. Backs Strike.
Al NARROW, truck foreman for the
Warner Co., said some union men
established picket line 400 to 500
yards from the project boundary.
James A. Brownlow, secretary OF
the Colorado State Federation OF
Labor said in Denver last night the
strike is still on at the Green
Mountain Dam. Our men merely
are trying to establish picket lines.
I'VE cannot stop any union man
who wants to help fellow crafts
man from participating in strike,
but there were no orders from the
federation to send men to the
strike front"
A c. I. o. Tunnel Workers Union
announced a one-day protest "holi-
day" on Denver municipal water
project at Idaho Springs, Colo, de-
claring 1--WE stand shoulder to shoul-
der with the A. F. L. victims of
officially condoned brutality and
terror
I'VE hold Gov. Carr, the Indus
trial Commission and, the sheriff
who deputized and armed strike
breakers jointly responsible with the
contractor for what has happened
at Green Mountain and for any fu-
ture violence which may occur" an
nounced the unions spokesman,
Reid Robinson. president of the In
ternational Union of Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers.
No Direct Negotiations.
Although P. W. Chappell, Federal
mediator, has consulted with both
sides in the dispute, there have been
no direct negotiations.
The Colorado Industrial Commits
sion declined to take jurisdiction as
long as the men were on strike,
holding a requirement for 30-day
notice of strike was not fulfilled.
The union contended the require
ment was invalid.
Wages on the project, sponsored
by the Northern Colorado Conserv-
ancy District-composed of North
ern Colorado irrigators-were pre-
determined by the Department of
Labor and are not an issue in the
strike.
Last March, c. I. O. tunnel work.
ers called a strike at the Green
Mountain project. They returned
to work pending an Industrial Com
mission hearing. After the hearing
tie commission ordered working
conditions improved at the project
and certain changes in workers
qualifications.