Show OF TROOPS RESTRAINS STRIKERS STRIKER r M fOLLOWS VIOLENCE Of J YESTERDAY my n y Armed Mi Miners ers HoWever How How- ever Reported in Hills Near Ludlow Colo Cob WE nE FIRING AT TABASCO EARLY TODAY pi e r TorK orif of Disarmament Already Al- Al s ready Und Under r Way at Walsenburg TRINIDAD t Cob Colo Oct SO A. A A squad qua I has s be been n ordered to return i Aguilar where whre according to reports ved at headquarters In the mili- mili camps caps shots were vere fired by armed into the tent colony of strikers tt General Chase today stated Sat he would order troops to remain j Aguilar guilar indefinitely as ho has aed eel ed that conditions there threaten violent uprising momentarily The The infantry troops who guarded that IB 5 e camp last night returned to toVal Val Wai- Valburg Valburg burg today and the firing into the wit t colony began as soon as their train in Imparted arted TRINIDAD Cob Oct 3 30 Detach O. Detach Detach- Mats ta is of or artillery from batteries A and d of Denver in command of Captain lefevre evre left here this afternoon under m from General Chase to move indirection ine in e direction of or L Ludlow the center of or recent nt disturbances U Unless an out- out nal occurs the detachments will bIT bly 7 spend P the day in ln rec reconnoitering ad d return to Trinidad t tonight nigh Quiet Q Quiet iet I pr prevails at t the the Aguilar Aguliar and follow tent ent co colonies but large arge nuin- nuin I rs of f strikers are said to be in th the Ul west est of Ludlow and south of or Last night nighta a a line linO of c camp mp Ires s were e along the ridge b between tween b and Tabasco and intermittent il iring g all during the night confirms the elief ef that the strikers still are armed h hots hta ta were fired into Tabasco early toky toy to- to ky all y but no damage Wa done A At Walsenburg two tr troops troop ope of cavalry ere placed on oa patrol duty today The e ork of ol gathering up the arms arme of th the riker was tras carried carded forward illy Man Many of the Huerfano county are said laid to have bave joined those ow r in th the hills bills in the northern section f t this thi's county The Huerfano county have turned in their rifles Orders have b been en issued for the dis- dis is- is rpt ming ning Dg of ot the strikers in the Aguilar lony Jony and this work was to be started flay aay nail aU all Outbreaks Numerous Coincident with the arrival of the theat thet t tat at t- t militia in the strike zone of southern Colorado more disorders occurred oc oc- oc- oc yesterday and ea cap iy this morning morn morn- i ing ng throughout bO lt the tho d district than had been reported previously during doring a any ary anyone r ou one day The most serious outbreak on the tio part of ot the strikers was tho the rifling I and iDd burning of ot tho the United States postoffice post- post office at rt Aguilar Agular by b- strikers yesterday esterday after the they had defeated a small group of mine guards in a 3 battle bRUle at the Southwestern South South- western mine of or the Southwestern Fuel End company V. V One hundred and lod twenty five troops were hurriedly dispatched from Wal Wai- Ii to take charge of the situation at Aguilar and Jato lato last Jast night after the be troops has baA disarmed three strikers and d three guards a monster demonstration demon demon- stratton was held by the strikers in the streets of Aguilar where more moro than OO strikers leI led by a brass bras band of fifteen pece pieces par paraded the streets un un- it early this mornin morning singing union I I Continued on page 2 21 i PRESENCE OF TROOPS RESTRAINS STRIKERS Continued from pa page e 1 and patriotic songs longs and stooping now and then thon to listen to to toa a speech h denouncing ing the troops troops' No further violence was reported from Aguilar Agutlar Return to to The Tho troops troops' lato late yesterday afternoon secret secretly y wore were ordered out of 01 on a special train for Aguilar to protect prote t tuo tue Southwestern Fu Fuel l company's property property- against a threatened recurrence recurrence of W Wednesdays Wednesday's violence today entrained for Walsenburg Walsen- Walsen bur burg under orders front from General Chase T Today day the sanitary condition of the Ludlow strikers' strikers colony was called to the he attention of the tho military officers I and t. t an n irati n was bc begun n to de de- de e- e termine whether the camp should be closed and tents ordered struck because of the perilous conditions there One Ono death this week has occurred from typhoid typhoid typhoid ty ty- ty- ty fever and other othor cases have nave been reported Terrific Bomb Explosion f fAt At Sopris s the mine camp was thrown into panic panto by the tho explosion of ot a bomb at atthe atthe atthe the St. St Thomas mine a mile to the tho east late last night The missile was wae thrown from the tho top of ot a. a hill to a a. point well behind a a. group of miners miners' frame houses houseL No harm was done other than frightening the people within St St. Thomas and camps The Tho explosion was so 80 loud that people In Sopris at first believed it ha had occurred there and hurried from their homes to seek shelter In basements of ot the company store Reports from Delagua of ot fighting be between between between be- be tween mine guards and strikers made Adjutant General Chase who returned here last Jast night from Walsenburg where he had gone early carly In tho the da day very Uneasy uneasy un un- easy as to the safety of or the camp and for tor more than an hour early tills morning he wa was In conference with his staff about dispatching troops to the mine Meanwhile Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while the adjutant general kept In communication communication com corn with the mine and learned that the tho battle was a harmless one and that the fire firo was was' diminishing No troops were sent there Trestle Is Burned Strikers are reported to have burned a alonG along along long span of ot a a. frame trestle on the Colerado Colorado Colorado Colo Cole rado Wyoming railroad between Se- Se gundo and Mall Mail and passenger traffic as al well as freight will be tied up upon upon upon on that road for tor several hours according to officials Some shooting occurred at Qt Starkville late Into yesterday in which no one was In In- In I Strikers tired on the tipple house at the mine camp early this morning Adjutant General Chase announced his policy In dealing with the disarmament situation lie has issued positive orders that hi his men are not to go into the miners min mm- ers tents or home to search for tor weapons and ammunition but that every man known to have ha a weapon In his posses posses- don slon would be bo disarmed The adjutant general declared he would make no move which could bo be construed by either oither operators operators opera- opera tors ors tors or r striking miners aa as' prejudicial to I their causes cause t I Hiding Guns and Ammunition Adjutant General Chase Chuo had hUl no no hesitation lion ion in stating stating- It his positive belief that the he strikers had been secreting accreting their munitions munitions mu mu- in anticipation of tho the troops troops' arrival ar ar- ar- ar rival According to Adjutant General Chase Chue strikers in tho the Walsenburg district frequently are delivering up their t arms One death from typhoid fever is known knoW to have ha occurred at the Ludlow colony and sanitary conditions there ther are becom becom- ing ng perilous State officials official have ha been reviewing the tho situation with a result of nt recommendIng the disbanding of the cam p camo and the locating of ot a new situation for tar It t. t It is 15 believed ed such a move would eliminate man many of the opportunities for tor bru hes between the mine guards and would lessen them greatly Postoffice Burned possible federal complications were precipitated a at the office of the Southwestern Southwestern South South- western Fuel company where a j battle waged between strikers and a handful of at f mine Wards guards After Atter defeating the and capturing the mins office In which the also is situated the strikers are charged with having knocked over Oct a 0 stove stO setting to the bUilding which was WUI completely destroyed together with U It itS I contents of United States m mil maL mail 11 money orders order and money Postmaster Arthur Samples declared evidences were present that the man mall had bad been bean Tined rifled before the building was fired since envelopes opened were fauna found near by hall half burned The mine office also aleo wa wui 8 completely d. d with all it its It CO tent l destroyed camp mp havIng been J rl the guards |