PIPP!
as-a protest against conditions ex
isting in1 Colorado
Capon City, Col., April 27. With
1 rumors of heavy fatalities being cir
culated here, coal mine strikers to-
day entrenched at the Chandler mine
,of the Victor-American Fuel Com
pany.Svhich they captured late Sun
day after a fierce battle -with mine
s guards.
Reports from the scene are con-
"flicfing. Estimates of dead Tary from
four to thirty. It is impossible to get
an estimate of wounded. Men re
ported dead are:
Charles King, mine guard; John
Thomas, mine engineer; Robert
Prince, son of the marshal of Chand-y
ler; Charles Dinichr saloonkeeper.
Between 800 and 1,000 armed
strikers occupied the mine and the
camp, late Sunday, Pushing in from
the surrounding-.hills after the mine
guards and strikebreakers had fled,
it is impossible to ascertain definitely
what is transpiring there, 'as wires
have been cut.
The strikers are known to be
Jieavily armed and plentifully sup
plied with ammunition.
Jt is bejieved the strikers dynamit
ed a part of the Chandler camp s and
mine, after capturing a party of
guards.
Heavy explosions were heard dur
ing the night near the Royal Gorge
mine and it was reported n. fight be
tween strikers and guards at that
point was proceeding. .
Denver, April 27. One of the most
dramatic mass meetings in Colorado
historywas held yesterday when 5,000
One of the most dramatic mass
meeting in Colorado history was held
here yesterday when five thousand
men andwomen gathered jn the rain
on the state house lawn and adopted
resolutions denouncing the militia
men who participated" in the Ludlow
massacre. The resolutions "branded'
Gov. Ammons and Lieut-Gov. Fitz
gerald "as- .traitors $o the people and 1
accessories othe murder of babies,"
and called upon the legislature to im
peach both "as false to their oaths
and to their God." The principal ad
dress was made by George Creel of.
New York. T
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CHICAGO LABOR MEN WILL AID
COLORADO STRIKERS. -
Chicago labor leaders are today
consulting their attorneys to leani if
it would be a violation of the inter
state law to send guns to the miners
of Colorado, who are defending their
homes against the guns of the hired
thugs of the mine owners.
Two' telegrams were received by
the Chicago Federation of Labor
from Denver today. The first was
from the Denver Trades Assembly
and was signed by C. R. Hoag, presi
dent, and W. R. Welsh, secretary of
that body. It read:
"Working people of Colorado pre
pared to defend homes against the
imported gunmen and .Rockefeller
agents. Guns and ammunition need
ed. Act at once. Send all donations
to'W. R. Welsh, Denver Trades As'
sembly, Box 1372."
The other was from J. W. Sanford,
sec'y of the Cigar Makers' Union,
Railroad Building, Denver, CoL It
merely said:
'Send funds to equip companies'
now being formed to protect our lib
erties." Following' the receipt of the two
telegrams the executive board of the
Chicago Federation went into imme
diate session. They will report back
to the general body at its regular
meeting next Sunday. It is expected
that the main body will agree to go
the limit in helping the union men of
Colorado..
Congressmen A. J. Sabath, W. E.
Williams, and Frank T. O'Hair have
sent telegrams to the Chicago Fed
eration announcing their intention
of heeding the labor body's resolution
against war 'with. Mexico which was
sent to President Wilson and aU
members,Qf Congress,
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