Show GUARD UNDER ORDERS fOR I COAt COAL fiELD Halted However While Final Effort at Settlement Settle Settle- ment Is Made GOVERNOR THREATENS GENERAL DISARMAMENT Colorado Executive Conferring Conferring Conferring Confer Confer- ring With Both Operators and Miners LUDLOW Colo Cola Oct 27 Nearly Nearly armed deputies from Trinidad today attempted attempted at at- tempted to take tho the strikers strikers' tent colony colony colony col col- col- col ony near here but were driven back toward Trinidad by approximately strikers following a sharp exchange of shots continuing for half an hour So Sotar far tar as known there were no casual casual- ties Later it was reported that the deputies deputies ties were advancing toward tho the strikers strikers' strike ers ers' tents again Later it was said ia d the deputies did not intend to attack the tent colony but were on their way to Tabasco to the relief of the small force of ot guards said to be bo surrounded by strikers DENVER Oct 27 With With officers of pf the Colorado national guard still under orders to hold themselves In readiness for instructions to assemble their com coin i mands and start for tor the son southern thorn Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado coal fields further military operations operations opera opera- were halted early today while Governor Ammons conferred with operators and miners Although th the governor gave out no statement it was known that overnight developments renewed his hope of or a possible p peaceful settlement of tho strike that has baa been in progress In the southern coal fields since September 23 Negotiations Negotiation between en the tho g governor ven r lb h Ibe r operators and ad a H tE the miners n rs ra b ha bid rl velo cd nothing definite at noon The operators had bad declined to meet the miners miners' o officials and und the eon conferences proceeded during tho the m morning ruing with ith Governor Ammons as aa A state of insurrection will be declared de de- de in the southern coal fields strike district dietrict the tho militia will vilt be ordered to conduct a general ral disarmament of strikers and mine guards and tho the importation im im- im- im of strikebreakers will be bo suppressed sup pressed Go Gov E. E M Y Ammons declares if a settlement of tho the strike is not reached soon Governor Ammons and former Senator Senator Sena Sean tor Patterson are arc today receiving propositions for a settlement from tho the operators and submitting thom them to the strike leaders If the work of the conference proves proves' fruitless the tho troops will be ordered out A general battle between strikers mine guards and deputy sheriffs was w waged for twelve hours today in Berwind Ber Ber- wind canyon at Hastings s. s and in the vicinity of 01 the Colorado Southern station station sta ala tion at Ludlow One Guard Killed One mine guard ard was killed and according ac according ac- ac cordin cording to union men ono one striker is missing More than armed strikers are aro reported re re- ported to be in th tho field against the mine guards ardes Armed strikers patrol the entire dietrict dis die In the vicinity of Ludlow and communication with the camps of tho Cedar Hill Berwind Hastin Hast Hast- in lags ings s Delagua and anel Tabasco has practically practically cally been cut off |