Show State Police Shoot Down Colorado Coal Strikers Attacking Guarded Mine Two Killed in First Fire and About Score Are Wounded in Early morning Foray in Weld Veld County One of Injured Is Woman Dressed in Mens Men's Clothing Sev Sev- Several Several Sev- Sev eral Arc Are Seriously Injured DENVER DE D VEn Nov Koy 21 l.-B l. By The Associated Press Press First First blood bloo was shed in the thc I. I W W. W W. tV coal conI strike and m as a 1 result part of the thc Colorado national guard has sas been called out and martial law is in prospect for northern Colorado Three strikers are known to 10 have hace e been killed and more than a score were Injured when hen state police opened fire at st the Columbine mine of the Mountain Fuel company In northern Colorado A number of police were Injured and Sam Lee one of the officers had a finger severe severed by a a. knife In the hands hand of one of the strikers II STAlL HAIL ML OF BULLETS Strikers said Eald from seven to 10 nine had been killed but this could not be verified The state slate police turned a ahall ahall hall hail of bullets Into Inlo the strikers after a to hand-to-hand battle baLUe In which this the th of officers of- of officers officers were overwhelmed by the large Urge numbers who swarmed into the mine property and Ignored commands command to 10 halt The strikers appeared at the mine at and started through the gates The state police pollee using their guns CUDS as clubs attempted to halt them The strikers used clubs knives and stones to 10 force their way In Louis N. N Select chief of the state police then rallied his officers and farming a line In front of the strikers he lee again ordered them to halt CRIES OF WOUNDED DID When they kept J. coming corning fired two shots over o their heads and then ordered lila Ills l s men ot shoot Into the ranks of the strikers The sink sink- strikes strike es cc e apparently were unaware are they were being fired at et until their ranks ranis began to thin and the shrieks of the wound wound- wounded ed pierced the air sir The strikers then beat a a. hasty retreat taking lakin many o otheir of oC their wounded with them Later they erected a white flag OVen oten an automo automo- automobile automobile automobile bile and returned for several eral more wounded One of the dead and ard several se of the wounded were left on the lice mine prop prop- property erty The wounded v. were rushed to hospitals at Longmont and Boulder the of or- or the State slate officers rs were ere taken to hospitals suffering from painful p Injuries Several Se had broken broten shoulders from being struck with clubs OlOr is WOMAN The only one of the dead in Mon Mon- Mondays Monday's Mondays Monday's Mondays Monday's days day's battle who has been Identified Is La Adam Dell Deli chief of the striking forces In northern Colorado according to Sheriff Ben Robinson of Weld county One of oC the dice injured was a a. woman dressed In the clothing of a man An An- Another Another Another other woman was in a a. hospital a at Boulder with a bullet wound but her condition was not serious One troop of cavalry two armore armored tanks one headquarters company four companies of infantry and a a detachment were ordered out for strike duty by Colonel Paul P. P p Newlon ad adjutant ad- ad adJutant adjutant of the state guard All AIl will be beon beon beon on active duty early this afternoon Disturbances broke out In southern Colorado today but there were no casualties Pickets appeared In the Aguilar district In Las Animas county and strikers and state officers ant and deputy sheriffs fought a to hand-to-hand betIde b Twenty of the strikers were arrested arr sted and placed In Jail Jan in Trin Trin- idad |