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Show THIRTEEN MEET DEATH IN BATTLE IN COLORADO Striking Coal Miners and Members of the National Guard Clash With Fatal Results. Trinidad, Colo. A fourteen-hour batt'o between striking coal miners and members of tho Colorndo National Na-tional Guard In tho 1 udlow district culminated at a lato hour Monday In thu killing of Louis Tlkas, leader of tho Greek striken, and tho destruction destruc-tion of tho Ludlow tent colony by lire. Itoports received hero placo the dead at thirteen, including cloven GENERAL HUERTA President Huerta has declined to salute the American flag In apology for tho arrest of an American officer, of-ficer, demanding what would practically practi-cally amount to recognition of his government. Btrlkors, one soldier and one non- omlmtnnt. Versions of th nmnner in which Plkns was killed difrer. One report .vns that ho was captured and wns shot whflc trying to escape. Another roport Is that ho was shot while at- empt'ng to run from tho shelter of i bridge to an arroyo near the tent colony. Women and children of the colony aro being oared for at the I udlow station. sta-tion. A large body of strikers aro said to hnvo taken refuge In an arroyo ar-royo near tho colony and aie surrounded sur-rounded by troops. |