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JIJVT Ffi MEXI60, TUESDA Y, DECEMBER 2, 1915.
NO. 250.
KOI. 50.
REBEL ARMS
TRIUMPH 1
CHIHUAHUA IS NOW REPORTED AS BEING EVACUATED BY THE FEDERAL
ARMY WHILE GUAYMAS AND MAZATLAN ARE SAID TO BE CONTEM
PLATING THE SAME COURSE. VILLA STILL CONTINUES TO PUSH
HIS ARMY SOUTHWARD, IN THE. ENDEAVOR TO REACH HIS GOAL, WHICH
IS THE CITY OF MEXICO.
THE CONDITIONS IN CHIHUAHUA
WAS THE CAUSE OF EVACUATION
Juarez, .Mex., Dec. 2. Hasty prepa-,
rations were under way today in the
rebel ranks for the prompt occupation
of Chihuahua, the capital of Chihua-i
hua state, which is reported to have
been evacuated by the federal troops
because of threatened starvation of its
30,000 population.
Pointing out that of the important
federal strongholds in the north only
Monterey and Guaymas remain, Gen
eral Francisco Villa, the rebel leader,
;said Chihuahua would be made the
base of aggressive activities south
ward. When rebel forces will be sent
to pursue General Salvador Mercado,
Huerta's military governor who is re
ported to be fleeing to the United
States border at Ojinaga with 2,000
famished soldiers, and Generals Oroz-
co and Salazar, who are said to have
taken to the mountains, Villa declined
tn fiftv definitely but said that the
rebel advance toward Mexico City
would continue briskly.
"We will be shooting at the ram
parts of Mexico City within a month,"
said Villa. "We are confident that
when the people in the capital realize
that we have captured almost all the
north and are in sight of the city's
gates they will voice their feelings
which they are now afraid to do and
will clamor for the downfall of the
usurper. A mob in the capital can
oust Huerta in a day- With 3500 reb
els and 1G field pieces advanced as far
as Carrizal, 90 miles south of Juarez
on the way to Chihuahua, Villa will
remain here until he communicates
with Genera Veuustiano Carranza be
fore he personally proceeds south. At
Chihuahua he expects to join General
Chao and other rebel leaders and with
a combined force of. 8,000 proceed to
wards Zacatecas, the first important
city south of Torreon. Other rebel
forces, Villa said, are to proceed up
the west coast toward Guadalajara,
According to late reports
which
Villa said he received by couriers who Phelps-Dodge Mercantile company, W.
traveled overland 130 miles to Villa ;H. Brophy, W. F. Coles, and W. H. As
Ahumada, where the telegraph line her, of Bisbee; Douglas Hardware corn-
has been connected with Juarez, the
desertion of Chihuahua by tne feder-j M. M. Tucker, W. E. Schwamm and
als was brought about by the pres- .jsadore Ilitsky, of Douglas,
sure of the citizens. The people, it The true bills pending against Man
was said, protested that if the federal ; Uel Escalado, Gregoria Fiores, Helio
garrison resisted, the fighting would jdora Rivera and Joachim Camillo, re-
result in the wholesale killing of non
combatants, that the poor were half
starved and that the wealthy resi
dents could not expect mercy at the
hands of the invaders. General Mer
cado is said to have decided on flight
to the American border so that he
could communicate with Provisional
President Huerta. Communication be
tween Chihuahua and Mexico City has
been impossible for weeks.
. Reports received today from the
telegraph outpost at Villa Ahumada,
stated that hundreds of men, women
and children were fleeing across the
desert from Chihuahua to Ojinaga and
other points,
Long wagon trains, horses and
burros, laden with household goods
and valuables, and followed by a
scurrying hoard of people on foot was
seen.
It looked as if almost the whole
city, carrying its richest possessions,
had been set In motion suddenly and
was struggling through clouds of dust
to keep pace with a scurrying escort!88 118 118(1 resigned as villas cnier
of federals, according to the rebel I of staft alld was Quitting the rebel
scouts. Among the refugees were j service when he came to El Paso,
said to be members of the wealthy
Terrazas and Creel families, whose t Held For Ransom,
lives were threatened by the project- j Los Angeles, Dec. 2. W. S. Wind
ed rebel attack on Juarez. These tam, formerly cashier of a bank at
families some of whom were heads of Pasadena, now superintendent of a
banking institutions, had been isolat- ranch at Quimichis. Mexican territory
ed in Chihuahua for many weeks. lof Tepic, sent a wireless message to
The reports brought to General
Villa were that food supplies were so !
scant that not only the poor but the
wealthy faced starvation and that fin
ally these representations induced the
federals to evacuate.
Villa sent couriers south today to
learn whether General Chao, the con
stitutionalist had entered the city.
Villa said he did not regard the evacu
ation of Chihuahua as a complete sur
render of federal authority, but rather
that the federal troops had decided to
adopt guerilla tactics and after re
plenishing their supplies and commun
, icating with Mexico city, planned to
continue fighting.
One Gunboat Leaves.
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mex., Dec. 2
Much activity was reported here today
among the federal troops at Guaymas
and one of the two federal gunboats
lying in Guaymas harbor steamed
down the gulf. This was taken by
constitutionalist officers here as Indi
cating the federal garrison had begun
an evacuation of the California gulf
port, so stubbornly held by the Huerta
troops since the beginning of the In
surgent revolt in Sonora,
ADUALLY
OUGHOUT ALL
NORTHERN MEXI
Hermosillo, Mex., Dec. 2 Officials
here received information today from
federal deserters that the garrisons at
Guaymas and Mazatlan had been pre
paring to evacuate. It was believed
that this had given rise to the reports
from Juarez last night that the two
west coast ports had fallen into the
hands of the insurgents- There has
been no disposition by constitutional
ists to attack either town, as it has
been assumed that sooner later the
federals would evacuate voluntarily.
Both towns were defended by well
fortified positions and at Guaymas the
federal gunboats increased the dan
ger to the attacking.
It has been expected for many days
that the Mexico City government
would order a concentration of its forc
es in tne nortuwest as a maner ot
j protect;on against further advances of
the constitutionalists, while Guaymas
and Mazatlan could be taken only with
great loss. The value of the federal
garrisons of tnose towns would be
greater, it was believed, if mobilized
with other forces at some more cen
tral point.
Indictments Dismissed.
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 2. All indict
ments pending in the United Slates
district court here against the firms of
El Paso, Tex., Tucson, and Douglas,
Ariz., arrested on charges of smuggl
ing arms to the Mexican revolution
ists, were dismissed today by Judge
W. X. Sawtelle, who sustained the
demurrer. There remains, however,
several indictments charging conspir
acy to smuggle war material across
tho international boundary.
Indictments had been filed against
the following business firms and per
sons: Kraukauer, 55ork & Moye, and Shel-ton-Payue.
Arms company, of El Paso,
Texas; Albert Steinfeld & Co., A.
I Steinfeld and Hugo Donau, of Tucson:
pany, L. D. McCartney, Joseph Slater,'
puted agents of the Mexican insur
gents, also were dismissed.
The conspiracy indictments still
pending are against the Shellon-Payne
Arms company; Krakeur, Zork &
Moye, the Phelps-Dodge Mercantile
company, A. F. Hernandez, J. M. Mo
reo, and Gustav Padres, Mexican
agents; L. D. McCartney and the
Douglas Hardware company.
Medina Resigns, Trouble Starts.
EI Paso, Tex., Dec. 2. Juan N. Me
dina, chief of staff to Pancho Villa,
is in the El Paso county jail, charged
with bringing stolen property to the
value of over $3 into the slate. He
was arrested last night when he came
to El Paso, chief of city detectives J.
C. Stansel making the arrest. Stan
sel Bays he made the arre"st on the
information from Villa himself who
asserted thai Medina had not account
ed for $14,000 In cash. Medina denies
that he got any of Villa's money and
(former United States Senator Thomas I
R. Bard, of Oxnard, today saying he
was being held by constitutionalists
until he paid a ransom of $5,000 gold.
Dr. W. R. Livingston, president of
the Quimichis Ranch company, tele
graphed to the state department at
AVashiugton asking that a demand ;
lor protection be sent . to the Car
ranza provisional government at Her
mosillo. Returned to Mexico City,
Mexico City, Mex., Dec. 2. Manuel
Madero, uncle of the late presideent,
Francisco Madero, who was recently
sent to Vera Cruz to be Imprisoned in
the fortress of San Juan de Moa, will
be returned to the capitol.
Maero's removal to Vera Cruz, H
was learned today, is due to an error
on the part of the mllitar yauthorities
who overlooked tha fact that the case
was In the hands of civil courts.
Judge Sanchez Barquera,.of the fed
eral district court notified the port
authorities this morning that Sefior
Madero conld not be legally held In
the military prisons. He is charged
with sedition. v
ST,Siour
BANDIT LOVtLl
Bingham, Utah, Dec. 2. The fate
of Ralph Lopez elayer of six men, re
mained a question today which it ap
peared that only the removal of tiie
bulkheads and a search of the Utah
Apex mine, where he took refuge,
would answer. All night long smudge
poured their deadly gases into the tun
nels. A dozen deputies watched each
exit to shoot the desperado on sight,
but the expected dash for liberty did
not occur.
Karly today fumes from wet gun
powder were directed into the un
derground corridors. These fumes
are heavy and hang close to the
ground beneath the strata of lighter
gases that have been pouring into the
mine since yesterday morning. It
was expected that the powder fumes
would settle into several blind stopes
not yet penetrated by the gases of less
density. The seven sheriffs in charge
are convinced that Mike Cranovirh
who recently shot and seriously
wounded his wife, is not in the mine
or he would have surrendered himself.
They found evidence that he had
hidden there before Lopez entered the
Andy tunnel last Friday.
Late last night, columns of smoke
were rushing out of various tunnels,
showing that certain parts of the
mine were already filled. At some
places it was impossible for the
guards to get nearer than thirty feet
of the entrances. In the lowest level
of the workings, smudges were placed
directly beneath shafts leading up
into the upper levels, where Lopez
took refuge when he entered the
mine, last Thursday night. Smoke
was also issuing through cracks on
top of the mountain, showing that
one of the tunnels ran very near the
surface. Guards were placed at these
spots.
In ease Lopez does not appear, the
smudges will continue for another
day and night. Then twenty-four
hours must elapse before the deputies
can enter. Although it is believed to
be slight, there is still the passibility
that the fugitive may avoid asphyxia
tion in some far corner of the mine.
TITLED GERMAN
OFFICER ACTS
LIKE A CAD
Zabern, Aisace, Germany, Dec. 2.
Lieutenant Baron Von Forstner, who
started the trouble between the troops
and civilians here by referring scorn
fully to the citizens when he addres
sed the recruits of his company, arou
sed still further indignation against
the army today by cutting down a
lame Alsatian shoemaker with his sa
bre. The titled lieutenant was leading a
half company of the 9!lth infantry
from the barracks to the country to
go through the morning drill when a
group of workmen recognized Von
Forstner. They hooted and officer,
who at once halted his company and
sent a squad of soldiers in pursuit.
The infantrymen succeeded in catch
ing only one man, a lame shoemaker
who resisted arrest.
Von Forstner then came up and de
liberately struck him on the head
with the sharpened edge of his sabre.
The wound is a dangerous one.
SEVERAL LIVES
LOST IN FLOOD
AT BELTON, TEX.
Belton, Tex., Dec. 2 Ten or more
persons are reported to have perished
today in a thirty foot wave which
came without warning down Nolan
creek before daybreak. The creek
runs through the center of this city.
Fifty houses along the creek's bank
in Belton were swept away. In the
center of town, Mrs. W. C. Polk and
her four children were caught asleep
in i.eir home. Polk, carrying the
fifth child, an infant, escaped to high
ground.
Fatalities: A man, his wife and
three children were reported in an
other family that of a camper. His
name was not known here.
Te mole Texas was demolished by the !before the nators were filing over,, Mmbm. A court decision re-I-!lPllT.?nT;:n
ffieH Zn wis o he to the other side of the capitol. Me.,, in tue ease of a forcible depor-
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The creek's rise was the result of a
downpour of four Hours duration.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Met at 11a m""
Met at 11 a. m.
Refused to agree to vote on the acl -
ministration currency bill on Dec. 20. j
Recessed to join the house to hear
President Wilson read his annual i
message.
House !
Met at noon.
President Wilson read his annual j
message to, a joint session at 1
o clock. Chairman Clayton called a
meeting of the judiciary committee
tor tomorrow to consider anti-trust i pect 0f peace in America until Gen
biils. jeral Huerta has surrendered his
Padgett's bill to equip state naval ! usurped authority in Mexico."
mililta lor tne federal service ordered
favorably reported.
FORMER CONGRESSMAN
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE,
Harrisburg. Pa., Dec. 2. Rowland
B. Mahaney, former congressman from
Buffalo, N. Y., and former minister to
Ecuador, who attempted suicide to
day, admitted his identity to physi
cians at the Harrisburg hospital. The
doctors say he will probably recover,
MESSAGE R
TO CONGRESS
FIRST ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE READ.
IS VERY BRIEF, AND DEVOTES
ONLY ONE PARAGRAPH TO THE
MEXICAN SITUATION.
TRUST SITUATION TO
BE DEALT WITH LATER
Washington, D. C, Dec. 2. Presid
ent Wilson read his first annual mes
sage to congress today at a joint ses
sion of both branches at one o'clock in
the house chamber. The message,
among the briefest documents of its
kind from any president, about 3,000
words long, required less than thirty
minutes for reading, though it treated
unon a variety of subjects.
The Mexican situation President
Wilson dismissed with brief comeut,
re iterating ihe sentiments he expres
sed in a special address to congress
upon the same subject some time ago,
and expressing the belief that the
Huerta government slowly was crumb
ling and that the, United States pro
bably would not be obliged to alter its
policy of waiting.
No program for the trust legislation
was presented, further than the men
tion of the desirability of an early
amendment of the Sherman law, "to
prevent private monopoly more effec
tually than it has yet been prevented,"
and an announcement that the presid
ent would later address a special mes
sage to congress dealing solely with
that subject.
The message opened with this com
ment on the Mexican situation.
"There is but one cloud on our ho
rizon. That has shown itself to the
south of us and hangs over Mexico.
There can be no certain prospect of
peace In America until General Huerta
has surrendered his usurped authority
in Mexico; still, it is understood on
all hands, indeed, that such pretend
ed governments will not be counten
anced or dealt with by the government
of the United States. .We are the
friends of cousti&tiotial . government
In America; we are more than its
friends, we are its champions, because
in no other way can our neighbors, to
whom we would wish in every way to
make proof of our friendship, work out
their own development' in peace and
liberty",
The president observed that the
power and nrestige of the Huerta gov
ernment was rapidly crumbling and
added.
"We shall not, I believe, be obliged
to alter our policy of watchful wait-
Everything was in readiness early
today for President Wilson to appear
before a point session of both houses
of congress at 1 p. m. to read his first
anual message. The senate met at
11 a. m. under a plan to march to the
house chamber just before 1. lhe
house arranged to assemble at noon
and then recess until the hour for the
reading. Hours before the time set
for the president's appearance, the
corridors of the capitol were besieged
by applicants for admission to the
house galleries. '
Admittance was by ticket, however,
and each senator and representative
received one.
President Wilson arrived at the cap -
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BY WILSON
to a joint session of congress. Hejjvasiou in British Columbia. A rad
went at once to speaker Liarics room,
where he was met by a committee of
the house and setiate.and escorted in
to the house chamber to the rostrum.
The joint session and the reading
of the message did not begin, prompt
ly at 1, as had been provided, because
ui cub .mime u. ..in "--"
O A I nn n enntn tn PtUUlBfl
in time 10 go over to cue nuuse ""
ber. It was within one minute of one :
. ;. .lr, nm fDH In CTtuatliri.
tion committee and a few congress
men. Galleries packed with a brilliant
!C01"Pany of and their families
greeted tne presiaent, nowever, wnen
tha Cninl aaaclnn flnallv frnt rinu'n tn
business. All present stood and a j
deafening roar of applause swept the '
chami,er as Mr. Wilson took his place !
behind- the desk and wall t0 read at!,
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1:08 o clock .The president read easily
and clearly in his usual pleasing tone, j
which cai rieu ilia wurua to llie uuura i
,i i i
ui cue ni.uii.jii.
Tbe quiet which attended the presi-
dent.s readjng Was broken by general
appiause when he read his views on
the Mexican situation in the emphatic i
words: "There can be no certain pros- j
The president announced that
united States would adhere to
'"waiting policy."
Outbursts of applause greeted
the
its
the
president's declaration that the Sher-
man anti-trust law Bhould be strength
ened and the declaration in favor of
the direct nomination of presidential"
candidates.
Secretary Bryan, in the diplomatic
gallery, smiled broadly.
In another burst of applause the
president finished reading at 1:35
o' lock, I lie joint session dissolved
and the president returned to the
While Mouse.
Mrs. Wilson, with her daughters,
Kl.eunor and Margaret occupied places i
in a private gallery. j
Secretary Tumulty and ull the mem
bers of the cabinet hud places on the
floor.
NO DAY SET FOR
VOTE ON THE
CURRENCY BILL
Washington, D. C, Dec. 2. Efforts
to get an agreement to vote in the
senate on the currency bill on Satur
day, December 2, failed today, but
the senate Democrats began an ener
getic program which they expect will
force early action. Senator Williams
of Mississippi announced that it, was
the intention of the Democrats to "ex
haust the senate" and force an early
vote.
Senator Ilristow attacked in unmeas
ured terms and at length the Demo
cratic program, and declared the Dem
ocrats proposed to pass a bill by "phy
sical exhaustion," instead of fair and
free debate.
"This has been a body of intellect
ual discussion, a place where informa
tion -was at a par and physical en
durance not at a premium," he cried.
"The place to test physical endur
ance is in the, prize ring, not in the
senate."
Senators Owen nitd Rhafrcvth retort
ed that Senator Ilristow and the other
Republicans already had delayed the
currency bill by demanding hearings
and prolonging debate.
Republican senators at a conference
decided to formally protest against
the long sessions proposed by the
Democrats, but to entertain no organ
ized opposition.
DEFENSE HAS
AN INNING IN
DR. CRAIG TRIAL
Shelhyville, lnd.Dec. 2. Dr. Wil
liam I). Craig, was portrayed as an
innocent man who was being unmer
cifully prosecuted by the state, ill the
opening statement of the, defense,
made by Henry F. Spaan today at. the
trial of Craig for the alleged murder
r,f Dr. Helen Knabe. Mr. Spaan de
nied that there was any greater inti
macy than that of good friendship be
tween Dr. Craig and Dr. Knabe. He
said there was never any promise of
marriage or any' talk of maiiage be
tween the two.
"Dr. Knabe was a mannish woman,
a fighter, but she was not successful",
said Mr. Spaan. "She borrowed mo
ney from her friends frequently be
cause she was unable to make a liv
ing at the practice of medicines and at
the time of her death she was pre
paring to train herself for physical
culture work."
He asserted that her cousin, Dr.
Augusta A. Knabe knew that she was
despondent because of her failure in
lite, and had told a friend, who would
hn nmduced as a witness , that she
Knabe would commit
I suicide,
At gmlt length the accused man's
j attoi-nfy described the surroundings at
jDl, Knabe-g appartinent on the morn-
j ,ng llf,r body was found and declared
all of
them tended to support the j
suicide theory.
CANADA TO TAKE
UP A HINDU
EXCLUSION ACT!8 st ik
Of these methods, the report says;
Vancouver, P.. C, Dec. 2. If. H.
ii.
Stevens, Vancouver's parliamentary
representative returned from Ottawa
1 . . n,h, wlth thB announcement that
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ithe federal government, was consiuer- i
he legislation to deal witn tne mucin
i,cal measure, Mr. Stevens said, would
j - at. the next session of
parliament. Formerly Hindus were
barred from Canada under a regulation
compelling them to travel by direct
steamer from India, there being until
a few months ago no such service in
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existence. Now, nowever, certain i
steamers make the direct voyage and
Hjn,lns flrp t-nterine the province in
tation, was to tne enect cnac, riinuus
could be deported only for such caus
es as would apply to any foreign citl-
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i FIGHT STARTS ON SAN
I FRANCISCO WATER Bit
D. c. Dec. 2.-DocMr-
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pe"d,n "etIhy.t" T "
nireci connici wnu ine wa.er ikwk u.
r1)jfornia and failed to protec, ,he
,.. f Snn Tn.inin vllev. Sena-
. , . c.i. t
Vor "OIKS opeiieu Hie llgni 111 in.- uri.
ate loday in opposition to the m:.s-!dnd;
nre, which proposes a new water jup -
ply for San Francisco. The- senator
Head telegrams from settlers to sup-
port his Btalement that ninty-nine per j
rent nt the ii-riiratinnifitH were onposed
to the bill.
BLOODLESS WARFARE
PLEASES GARRISON.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 2 Sec.
retary Garrison has sent a con
gratulatory telegram to Brigadier
General Hugh L. Scott, at Farm
ington, N. Mexico, for that offl-
cer's work in pacifying the ia-
vajo Indians, on whose reserva- X
tion an uprising was threatened X
by some of the renegades. X
25 OFFICIALS OF UNITED
HE WORK
' 'm
AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF INVESTIGATING, TIIE UNITED STATES GRAND
JURY RETURNS INDICTMENTS AGAINST VARIOUS OFFICIALS OF MINE
WORKERS, CHARGING A CONSPIRACY TO MONOPOLIZE LABOR AND
FOR RESTRAINING INTERSTATE COMMERCE, TENDING TO INJURE AND
EMBARASS BUSINESS RELATIONS.
MANY OTHER CONDITIONS IN
STRIKE SITUATION CENSURED
Pueblo, Colo., Dec. 2. The task ot
issuing warrants for the arn.st of the
twenty-Jive officials and members of
the Puked Mine Workers of America,
who were indicted late yesterday by
the I'niled States grand jury, was be
gun today by court officials here. The
warrants will be placed in the hands
of I'niled States Marshal Dewey C.
Bailey, who, it was said, had received
assurances from attorneys represent
ing the indicted man that they would
be produced when wanted.
The indictments charge conspiracy
to monopolize labor and conspiracy in
restraint of interstate commerce. The
one charge was based on the provision
cf the Federal anti-trust law prohibit
ing any number of workmen to mono
polize labor. The other was based on
the provision of the same law prohibit
ing restraint of trade between two
states.
The indictments followed several
weeks Investigation of con
cviciii.cr in PnlfiT'nrin pnnl fl(l1s. uhpl't-
a strike has been in progress since unanimously rejected by the members
September 2:i. During the investiga-if the Trinidad branch of the United
Hon scores of witnesses were rxaniln- Mine Workers of America at a meet
ed, including Governor E. M. Am- I In tins a ternoon. A vote is being
, , taken on tho proposition this after-
, the polnpanies 0pP1.ating proper-
ties in the various districts, officials
and members of the I'uited Mine
Workers of America, and peace offi
cers and citizens of the coal districts.
The report of the jury criticized acts
of the operators in a number of instan
ces, saying that, from testimony de
duced, "there existed reasonable
grounds for many of the gi-ievances
complained of by the miners."
The jury criticized mine-owned sa
loons in the coal camps, some of
which, it said, were conducted con
trary to law. Camp marshals, in some
instances, wero accused of having
exercised a system of espionage. The
jury found that some phases of the
"scrip system apparently are still in
use and are the source ot complaint
from many miners.
Tie nirv report declares u nan
report
found that trie "suue laws nave noi
been enforced so as to give an per
sons concerned" equal rights. It says:
The coal companies have been suf
ficiently influential to nominate, elect
and control many county officers and
have done so with the result of com
plicating the industrial situation by
arousing political prejudice."
The jury gives space to its findings
I of violations of the eight hour law
and the methods pursued by the Unit
ed Mine Workers In their conduct, of
"The methods pursued by the Unit-
,wl iiine Workers of America in their I
endeavors to force recognition of
their union by the coal mine operators
in this stafe are an insult to conserv-
m una acme ut
aUve and ,aw abiumg labor."
n nm,,w nii,i the re.mrf snvs:
"Evidently no qualification is neces
sary for membership in the United !
Mine Workers of America, other than
a promise to pay dues which are ap
parently used to support insurrection
and lawlessness when necessary to
force their demands by intimidation
and fear whenever strikes are called i
wjtn
the result of injuring other
trades and the entailment of hard- j
ships and privations on the people of
the entire commonwealth.
Recommendations attached urge the i
impartial enforcement of the laws and t
the enactment of laws to cure evils !
morilirtiioH I
Officials' of the United Mine Work- !
ers named in the indictments are:
John P.-AVhite, president, enroute to
, Indianapolis.
I Frank J.
Hayes, vice president,
j Denver.
William P. Green, secretary treas
I urer, Indianapolis.
j John R. Lawson, national board
: member, Denver.
Organizers: Adolph Germer, Wal
senburg, Colo.; Robert Cnlich, Trini-
A. B. MeC.ary. Des Moines, la.;
jas. Morgan, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Chas.
i Bafley, Florence, Colo.
aagar naiiace, emuir miihth ms
zine, Indianapolis.
Strikebreakers Arrive.
Trinidad, Colo, Dec. 2. Workmen
from outside districts are arriving in
large numbers to take the places of
striking miners in the Southern Colo
rado coal fields. Forty Mexicans,
with their families, arrived from
Texas this morning in a special car. j
They were met south of Trinidad by
Major Williams and a detachment ol
infantry formally advised of the strike
conditions now existing and escorted
to Grey Creek, a Victor-American
Fuel company mine where they will go
to work at once. Precautions had
been taken to prevent a possible at-
ERS ARE NOW
DAT PUEBLO, COLO.
tack by striking miners but no demon
stration occurred.
A large number of men also went to
work this morning in the Colorado
Fuel and Iron mines west of Trinidad
The announcement of the action of
the Pueblo federal grand jury in In
dieting officials and members of the
X'nited Mine Workers of America on
the charge ot violating the Sherman
anti trust law, was received by local
union leaders without comment. Ten
of the twenty five indicted are under
arrest here and at Walsenburg. No
federal warrants had been served in
this district early today, Robert-Un-Iich,
district organizer of the miners"
union, was again a witness today be
fore the military commission. Mike
Livoda, another organizer, will be
called to testify later.
Voting on Proposition.
Trinidad, Colo., Dec. 2. The propo
sition for a strike settlement submit-
ditionsi'ed by Governor Amnions and Secre
tary of Labor William Is. Wilson, was
noon at the Ludlow tent colony and at
'1 of the other tent colonies through
out the strike zone.
HOPE TO SAUE
THREE MINERS
STILL ENTOMBED
Cripple Creek, Colo., Dec. 2. -Fighting
tons of roc k and dirt, hundreds of
miners working in shifts of 25 min
utes each, struggled today to reach
the three men still entombed in the
Golden Cycle mine here, the property
of J. T. Milliken, of St. Louis, in
which four men were entombed late
yesterday afternoon by a cave-in, and
from which one miner has been res
cued alive. A fifth miner, entombed
(jn an aljucetit mine, was rescued
Throughout the forenoon though,
the progress of workers was slow ow
ing to the precarious conditions In
which they worked and necessity of
timbering every foot of ground re
covered. At noon no response had
been received to signals of the res
cuers and it was felt that the three en
tombed men had perished. Rescuers
reported the rock still falling.
It is believed that the men were en
tombed in the top of the stope in which
they were working, sixty feet high.
The fop of the slope is the only sollj
ground in the slide area- The res
cuers have reached the foot of the
stope. The work of penetrating to
the place where the three men are sup
posed to be entombed is extremely
hazardous, as rock Is falling steadily.
More than 100 men, working in short
shifts, are taking part in the search.
At 2 o'clock the rescuers had failed
to penetrate the first slide. Rock Is
still falling, and hope of finding the
I entombed men alive has practically
(been abandoned. Continuous mmbl
jings In the earth beneath where the
! rescuers are working. Indicate that
the slide is again moving.
OFFER $5,000
REWARD FOR
TRAIN ROBBER
Lou Angeles, Calif., Dec. 2. A re-
ward oC ."" was offered today by
th- Southern Pacific company for the
capture of the youthful bandit
wno
held up the passengers in the rear
Pulmaii of one of the company's limi
ted train near here last night and shot
and killed Horace E. Montague, a tra
veling passenger agent of the road.
Sheriff's deputies are scouring the
hills near the scene of the robbery to
day and the police hunting through
this city without having found any
trace of the bandit.
Passengers on the train said today
Montague had not been given a chance
for his life. He had entered the sleep
ing car while the bandit was at work
and was ordered to throw up his
hauds. The shot came before he had
a chance to comply and the bullet
crashed through his head. The robber
collected about $500 in money and
Jewels from the passengers. J. W.
Compton, Pullman conductor, said his
watch had been returned to him when
i,e. protested that it was a gift from
his aead mother.
MRS. ROOSEVELT AND
DAUGHTERS AT LIMA
Lima, Peru, Dec. 2. Mrs. Theodora
Roosevelt and Miss Margaret Roose-.
velt left here today for Panama.