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Show Beaten Over ffead, Man Likely to Pie Brutal Attack Upon National Organizer Or-ganizer of TJnitod Mine "Work-era "Work-era by Threo Men. DENVER, April 30. William "Ward-Jon, "Ward-Jon, national organizer of the United Mine-Workers of America, Ameri-ca, wa3 terribly beaten ovor the head and shoulders with revolvers by three unknown men at Bartfent, Colo., and lies In a critical condition con-dition today at the Denver &. Rio Grand hospital at Sallda. ' Wardjon was traveling eastward from Crested Butte, where he had been organizing the Colorado Fuel & Iron company's miners, and was attacked in a car while tho train Was standing at Sargent Ho ia suffering from concussions concus-sions of the brain and the hospital physicians phy-sicians say his recovery is doubtful. Mr. Wardjon was able to talk tonight. Ho declares that his assailants were a detectivo of the Reno agency, named Gregory, and two men. by. tho names of Wolf and Walter. Ho says be is positive posi-tive of tho two latter . He saya that during the struggle ho EKcurcd a revolver re-volver and that his assailants then ran. He chased thorn to thfc door and fired eight uhot3 at them. They replied with threo shots, none of which took effect He believes he wounded ono of the men, as ho claims ho sa,w him limp as he ran to the carriage in- which the men escaped. Tho doctors at tho hospital say that Wardjon will probably recover, although he is suffering from a severe concussifln of th6 brain. |