Show STRIKE IN COLORADO IS CRIPPLING MINE MINEFIELDS FIELDS I. I W. W Yo W. W Yo Claim More 1 Men Ien Answer Ans Call to Quit FIGURES QUOTED Mexicans 1 Advised By Consul They May Be Deported DENVER Oct 19 Dy By By The As Associated As- As Associated Press The Press The Colorado coat coal miners' miners strike called by the I. I 1 W. W W. W entered its second day with wills the north north- northern em ern Colorado fields practically para para- and with mines In the Walsert- Walsert burg field running with greatly de depleted do- do forces In the Trinidad dis dis- district distrIct dis- dis district only a a. few men answered the strike call and the Fremont county and Routt county districts were still unaffected A statement by the Colorado Fuel Iron company showed shoved that 1514 miners were working today to compared to 1273 yesterday Monday 1200 miners reported to work at the com corn company company pany mines The tabulations s Included all mines in the state The production ion tion of coal by the C. C F F. I. I fell from tons Monday to tons yesterday MORE ANSWER CALL Paul International organ orlan organizer organizer izer for the I. I W. W V W. W said at Walsen- Walsen Walsenburg Walsenburg burg that more men had answered the strike call today and that within a short time all mines would be forced to suspend operations Two of the largest C. C F. F l L mines in the Walsenburg district were more seriously affected by the strike to today to- to day But 37 men reported at the Robson Robison number one mine today while 92 were working yesterday At the Robison number 2 but 23 miners re reported re- re reported reported ported today and lOt yesterday esterday NO DISTURBANCES A C S SN No N disturbances were reported Pickets were on duty in the northern Colorado field but only one instance of picketing was reported near Wal Val Sheriff Sherif Harry Capps said he would send deputies to arrest pickets stationed on a hill hm above the town later In thi th b.- b. Mn n n i t arrests for have been made at Trinidad where 17 were arrested yesterday I. I W. W W. W leaders said aId the strike was per cent effective e in the northern Colorado LId with the exception of the Columbine mine where a few men were working ChARGES PROPAGANDA GA D. K Clemens chairman of the strike committee in the northern field said mid the miners were prepared to stay out until the ho operators increased the wage scale He said fald the strikers were willing to meet with the operators at any time to lo open op n negotiations for a a. new scale Clemens said Id the strike would be ba peaceful and that the miners would cause no disturbance He said aId the report had been shipped to the I. I W. W V W. W near Walsenburg was v.-as propaganda and that the only ammu ammu- ammunition ammunition ammunition the miners would use would bs b education A mec mee c of or Mexican miners near is scheduled for some time time- today with the Mexican consul from Denver It was reported here that the consul would tell the Mexican miners that to continue the strike might cause international compU complications ions and would lead to their deports deports- Paul of the L W V. W. W said today loday that 47 per cent of the I. I W. W W. W members were Mexicans 23 3 per percent percent cent Slavs Slays and Lithuanians 13 per percent percent percent cent Americans and the rest scattered |