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Show CHARGED WITH ARSON Mexican Miner Appears to Havo Taken Vengeance for Discharge. TRINIDAD, Colo., June 9. Manuel Martinez, aged 17 years, a Mexican coal mine worker, was arrested today, charged with having- sot flro to the big Er.glevillo coal mine owned by the Colorado Fuel and Iron company. Martinez whb discharged from the mine three weeks ago and the noxt day the properly began to burn. Hundreds Hun-dreds of miners were imperiled, many of them being Bavcd with difficulty. The flro Is reported to be still burning burn-ing fiercely. The loss to the Colorado Fuel and Iron cotnpanj' already ls estimated esti-mated at over $100,000. |