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VOL. XVIII, NO. 222
ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 28, 1913.
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PRICE 5 CENTS
DIAZ REFUGEE
ON U. S. SHIP
HGS LETTER
TIIRKE! COilTIONSM YTIAL LAW
FEDERAL MEASURES
AnnRFM S1IFCT IN COAL FIELD
BANKERS
DISCUSS
Mexican Leader Applies to U.
S. Consulate for Protection
and Is Taken Aboard "
' The Wheeling. '
SHIP AT VERA CRUZ
TO AFFORD PROTECTION
Washington Officials Do Not
Question Right of Com
' mander to Extend
Asylum to Diaz. ?
By Associated Press -
v"era Cruz, Oct 28. General Felix
(Mas applied to the United States con
olatc during the night (or protection
. and was- taken on board the United
ft tea bunboat Wheeling. :
- Jose Sandoval and Ceclllo Ocon, two
Mexicans, and Alexander Williams, a
United States newspaper correspond
ent, wno, had made similar applica
tion to the consulate, also were taken
aboard the' gunboat with - General
Diaz. , -- - - '
'; . Said Life Was In Peril. . .
It was late last evening when Felix
Dlai became convinced of the advis
ability of seeking United States pro
tection. From the hotel where he had
been staying and which la contiguous
to the United States protection. From
the hotel where he had been staying
and which is contiguous to the United
States consulate he made his way to
. the consul's .office and informed Con
sul William A. Canada he had re
celved information that his life was In
peril,- He told the consul that a nun
ber oi his adherents had'been.put In
jail. General Diaz Was accompanied
.to the consulate by Jose Sandoval and
Ceclllo Ocon -who also requested -pro
tection for themselves. -
The Unltd States consul at once
took steps to have the refugees trans
ferred on board the gunboat Wheeling
which was lying in the harbor. The
three Mexican fugitives and Alexander
Williams, a United States newspaper
man, were taken to a small boat and
hurried on . board the United States
warship where they were given ,ae.-j
commodatlons. : i
The fact that General Diaz and two
of his supporters were refugees on
board the Wheeling was not discov
ered by the Mexican authorities until
this morning.
Lives Threatened They Said.
The flight took place after mid
night, the three men taking the risk
of an excursion over the roof tops
which were guarded by - armed men
Into the United 6tates consulate.
General Diaz with , Jose , Sandoval
and Ceclllo Ocon dropped over a low
wall and made their way tnto one of
the rear- rooms of the consulate.
- -' When they arrived inside the room
' they asked that Consul William W.
Canada be called. Apparently suffer
ing from great, excitement they as-
" cured him when they came that their
lives were in imminent danger. They
declared they had. knowledge ' that
orders for their arrest had been Is
sued and, they begged for his protec
tion. ' . ; " - ' .
In reply Consul Canada pointed to
th waterfront some 200 yards distant
"There's a ..launch there,"-" he said.
"You'd better make a run for It"
' The fugitive ' hesitated- for some
time to make the ' venture as the
street tn(front'of the United States
.consulate was patrolled by detectives.
When they finally left the door of
the .consulate the- detectives on duty
apparently did not recognise them
and they walked deliberately through
the street to the pier where they pre
sented a cart from consul Canada to
the officer in command of the launch.
' The United States, naval officer
. hurried them on board, the launch
cast off. steamed quickly across the
, harbor to the Wheeling and put them
on board, .
i The detectives in front of the hotel
and about .the- itreets were still
watching the pls.ee long after ' day
light. , - .
The two Mexicans 'who .Sought
refugees with General Felix Diaz on
board the United State gunboat
Wheeling last night have played
prominent parts In Mexican politics.
Cecil Ocon was charged on May
24, 111), in the Mexican chamber tf
deputies by Querldo Mohens, now
minister of foreign affaire, with being
the actual murderer of Gustavo
, Madero. This denunciation was
' made In connection with a demand
for au appropriation of $15,000 to he
paid for Ocon "for service rendered
,to the government"
Jose Bonales -Sandoval, the other
fugitive, was an attorney In' Mexico
City and an adherent to the late
Oereral Bernardo Reyes, at one time
ec 4ary of war, who was shot while
lefg the rebels toward the national
palaij during the attack by General
Felix Dial In February this year.
Bnndovsl was arretted on March
It. 11J, In Mexico City, charged with
rebellion, when he ik there with
wht purported to be an autograph
l"ir to Prtc1ent Frnnrlaco Madero
from Mnlor rbsrtod lln(rsitorn of the
t'nltr-1 h;!ntBS irmv uliitlnn that the
tarr and many follower of K-yes
In the United States and Cuba de
sired to return to Mexico City and
resume their vocations .
L. Blum, the American horseman
arrested In Vera Cruz, was taken into
custody in August last in Mexico,
charged with being implicated In a
plot to assassinate Provisional Presi
dent -Huerta.' The police declared
that a reward was being raised to pay
tne assassin and alleged that - Blum
was to be a subscriber. He was later
released, however, having denied the
charge. . - -
Washington, Oct 28. The gunboat
Wheeling, because of her light draft
has been held at Vera Cruz with the
single purpose of affording refuge to
political fugatlves as well as officials
of the United States embassy or other
Americans or foreigners who might be
in distress. .: ... . . . .,
. The Wheeling was chosen for that
particular purpose because she was
able to approach the shore at .Vera
Cruz, whereas the big battleships un-
uer . near Aamirai a letcners com
mand have been obliged to anchor
about six miles out from the city, y
Precedent for Action. s
Officials here say there is nd ques
tion whatever of the right of a naval
commander to extend asylum to -such
a fugitive as' Diaz and there have been
many precedents to support such ac
tion. : ; , ?.; v :':.:-
In South American . countries ' and
notably-in Chile and Peru, where in
recent years the right of asylum has
been claimed and exercised, it has al
ways been found possible for-the
United States minister or consul to
secure from the titular government a
pledge of safe conduct for the .fugi
tives from their places of hiding to
the American ship.'
In the case of Diaz, however, it is
believed that the Washington govern
ment was prepared to go farther and
to furnish a marine guard, basin?
such? an assertion of extra-territorial
authority upon the general allegation
of the existence of practical anarchy,
recognized by Internationa Haw as a
sufficient warrant for the exercise of
such precautions. - : . '. A "';'
- : ' What Will Huerta Do?
, ' It teas presume '"that once on- the
Wheeling General Diss would oaaaaa
transported to one of the battleships
in lower harbor to remain until he can
be transferred to one of the merchant
steamers bound for another port.
One of the possibilities in the situ
atlnn, officials pointed out, was that
the government of Provisional Presi
dent Huerta might raise a question
over the fact that Diaz Is a brigadier
general In the Mexican army. His
resignation recently tendered to Huer
ta was hot accepted.
. How far such a circumstance might
enter Jnto the situation was regarded
as interesting but officials here with
out advices of any sort Other than
news dispatches were-of the opinion
that Consul Canada and Rear Admiral
Fletcher were within their rights In
extending asylum to Diaz as & political
refugee. , - ' .
Several messages from Charge
O'Shaughnessy at Mexico City con
tained no mention of the Diaz Inci
dent. . "' ' - r
Will Protect French.
The reported appeal of the French
minister in Mexico City to Charge
O'Shaughnessy for an American war
ship to protect the French colony at
San Ignaclo, Slnaloa, had not reached
Washington today but if such a re
quest has been made it probably will
be granted. - ,
tThe cruiser. Maryland is due today
at Mazatlan, v Slnaloa. The "cruiser
California is at Guaymas with the
nnnlv shin Glacier ad the cruiser
Pittsburgh leaves San Francisco fan
the Mexican Pacific coast Saturday.
If news of distress of the French
colony at San Ignaclo reaches any. of
those vessels asylum will be offered
to any refugees without the formal
ity of -a: request from' the' French
government. '
' Rebels DrllVn Back.
f Mexico City, Oct. 28. The rebels
who attacked .'Monterey last week
held possession of the railroad yards
and steel works for three days before
being driven back by the federal
troops.
Befor they left the rebels burned
50 railroad cars and destroyed sev
eral locomotives. They also set fire
to the- flour mills but left the steel
works undamaged.
EARLY HEARING OF
V YACHT TAX CASES
" ' By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct 28.-Mllllonalre
yacht owners who brought suit In
question of the Payne-Aldrich yacht
tariff on foreign built vessels are to be
given an early, hearing by the Supreme
court it became knpwn today. At the
request of the government the cases
were advanced for argument on' the
first Monday In January.
The Imposition of the tax on yachts
bought abroad raised a spirited pro
test on the paasage of the Payne law.
Among those who brought suits ques
tioning the legality of the tax were
C. K. Q.' Billings. H. Clay Pierce,
James Gordon Bennett, Roy A. Raln
ey, Mrs. Harriet Goelett and others. .
LONDON GOLD BOLD.
London, Oct 18. Nearly 18.000,
000 South African gold win offered In
the open market here torinjr. Amcrl
(tt took til, 600, 000 at 77s, Id per
ounce. ' .
Investment Bankers Associa
tion of America Holding
the Second Convention.
- By Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct.- 28. Discussion of
the Income tax law which will be
come operative Friday and the effect
of proposed currency legislation and
the recently enacted tariff measure
was begun here today by bankers and
bondholders from every section of the
United States at the opening session
of the second annual convention of
the Investment Bankers,' association
of America.
- Among those Who will address the
bankers are James J. Hill of St. Paul,
Frank A. Vanderllp, president of the
National City . bank of New t York;
George W. Kendrlck, 111.,- of Phila
delphia, John E. Oldham of Boston,
Edmund D. Fisher, deputy comptrol
ler of the city of New York; George
M. Reynolds,.. president of the Conti
nental and Commercial National bank
of Chicagof Prof. W. A. Scott of the
Uplverslty of Wisconsin, and .George
F. Baker, chief of the board of direc
tors of the First National bank of
New York. '
' Special trains, one bearing bankers
from Philadelphia and New York and
another from the Pacific coast, ar
rived here in time for - the opening
session today.
Delegates from Montreal, Toronto
and Nova Scotia also were In attend
ance. -
The income tax was discussed orJy
In an impromptu way. . Railroad
bond?, ! deeds, Investment - banking,
and electrical financing, also will be
topics for discussion. The Rev. John
Cavanaugh, president of Notre Dftme
university, will speak on "The Best
Investment" - ; . .
ELKINS-HjTT WEBDlNfi
SEi
I
Washington Society Not Ex
- pecting Marriage of Miss
Elkins and "Billy" Hitt.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 28. Diplomatic
a,nd society circles In Washington
heard of the marriage of Miss Kath-
erine Elkins to William F. R. Hltt direct from the 'chief that Governor
with unusual - Interest The . news . Sulzer was tot be removed from of
was a complete surprise although ; It fice the tenth of July and that just
wa8 known that the wealthy young
Voahlfiirtvnlon ViA4 Vnnn m n fiAe'
admirer of . Misg Elkins for many
years.
A few years ago capitol society
was certain that Miss Elkins would
wed the famous ," Ae de Arbruzzi,
member, of the Italian royal family,
naval offices and explorer. ,
Then for several years there were-)
periodical seml-authentlc announce
ments of an engagement. It was said
that the duke's family objected and
that Mis Hiking had rejected the at
tentions of her royal suitor.
Denials' followed reports, but all
the time most people 'believed that
in the end the wedding would take
place. - Finally the queen dowager of
Italy was said to have interferred. At
any rate, the duke went on a two
years cruise and nothing ' more was
heard about the romance.
J.H; CARTER ACQUITTED
E
Tried at Blue Ridge, Ga, Last
Week North Georgia
Trust Co., Prose- "
cutors. .
News Is received here from Blue
Ridge, Ga.,' to tae efTect that the trial
of Jdhn H. Carter of this city, who
was tried there last week on the
charge of embezzling two notes from
the North Georgia Trust company,
each of the value of $2500, has been
acquitted of the charge.
- This case was begun against Mr.
Carter last January, when extradition
papers were served against him here.
He was formerly an official of the
com pay which prosectnd the case, and
whe the papers were served on htm
he stated that there was no baslsl for:
the charge and denouncod his prose
cutors In strong terms. No evidence
was Introduced by the defense, al
though Mr. Carter stated his position
to the Jury. v
The defendant was represented by
Thorns Settle of this city, H. U Smith
and Col. i. R. Ixpree of Blue Klriife,
and -T-j'uilKe N. A. Morris of Marlit-
ta, Ga. Th case was prosecuted by business was located on North Lex- j hern of the California (Suffrage asroc-Solicitor-General
E. If. Clay, Wllllum Innton avetMie, and offlrea were mln- Intlon. conferred with' f xposltlon Hiffl
Uutt and George V. Gohnr, Mr. Ciir- talord for some time In the Langren ! rials here today and announced that
tfr returned to Ashevllle yesterday j hotel building. The bankruptcy pa- the world's congress practically Is a
afternoon, I pert were filed last summer, Jmred.
greater effort, and he then Introduced
SuLzer says Convicted Senator
Promised to"" Trade Tam
many.' Secrets in Ex-.
' change for Pardon
TOLD SULZER OF
IEPEACHMENT PLAN
Hennessy . Promises to Bare
Talk with Sulzer as to Al
leged Political Cor- ,
, . ruption.
. By' Associated Press.
New York,"1 Oct. 28. Stepehen J.
Stlllwell, former state senator from
New York. City, acquitted of bribery
chargess by the senate last spring,
convicted afterwards by a Jury and
now serving his sentence in Sing Sing,
appealed, to William Sulzer, governor,
for a pardon and offered in return to
expose the Inner , workings of "boss
rule" in New. York,, "whereby- rep
resentatives .iri the legislature are
placed between the alternative of
political, destruction by a failure to
obey the boss of the violation of their
obligations to 'the people.
Stlllweil's offer , to tell what he
knew, long rumored but never before
definitely established, is contained in
a letter made .public by Sulzer today.
Sulzer is now- in the thick of a fight
agains Tammany Hall in a campaign
for election to the assembly on the
oroerresslve ticket
The offer to turn .informer against
"B"8Li?.lta""v.&
had been Impeached but weeks prior
to his removal. In a letter to Gov.
Sulzer; Stilwell asserted that he had
been told In advance that Sulzer was
to be Impeached. In reply Sulzer
sent Stilwell word that if . he would
make a confession along the line of
his promise he (Sulzer) had no doubt
the people would urge executive cle
mency In his behalf. ' '
"Some time In June" Sulzer's ex
planatary statement goese on, "a
well known citizen who knew Stil
well visited him In the Tombs and
; stilwell told this man that he had It
Ug soan as Governor Sulzer' was out
i , .. m l iu. - ..11
and Glynn was In the latter would
pardon him; for Stilwell to hold his
- .1 .V.I., , . 1 ,4 1, o It
right. The name of this citizen will
be given If required."
- Sttlwell's letter applying for a par
don, Sulzer continued, was brought to
him on Auguit 17. It was In part:
"I have lost my professional posi
tion and my business and opportuni
ties have been destroyed, of them
selves severe punishment; and there
fore, with the punishment I have re
ceived I believe that Justice has been
satisfied.
. "True, I have been promised by the
agents of the dominant political power
my early release. Word was sent me
before the recent political agitation
that the governor would be Impeached
and my prompt release would follow.
"1 nysolf, have been thus threat
ened with political destruction be
cause I successfully fought for "a cer
tain measure and against the dictation
of the boss and I attribute my present
position to that reason.
"1 therefore desire to say that I
regard it a my puhllo duty to ex
pose the venality of these conditions.
(Signed)
"STEPHEN J. BTILLWELL."
- John A. Hennessy, Sulzer's former
graft Investigator, who Is now lead
ing a bitter -campaign against Tam
many, has announced that he will
make public tonight a conversation
he held with Stilwell in Sing Sing.
This conversation, Hennessy said, was
taken down in short hand with the
aid of a telephonlo device in, 6tll
well's cell. .
CLEANING PLANT
IS SOLD AT
The. plant of the Ashevllle Dry
Cleaning company, which filed a pe-
, tltlon In bankruptcy. In United States
i District court here some' time ago, was
sold at auction this morning by Jos
eph W. Cheeehorough, trustee, and
was purchased by the American Na
tional bank for the sum of 18000.
This practically Wind up the affairs
of the plant to what disposition
will, be made of the property.
This company was organized Were
about It months Ago and .wag operat-
ta ror anout a year, j ne piece or.
President of Mission College
Tells - Congregationalists
What Is Needed There.
By Associated Press.
. Kansas City, Mo., Oct 28. "A
Christian Turkey for one . million
American dollars" was the substance
of an address by Dr. Charles T. Tracy,
president of the Anatolia college, Tur
key, (before the American board of
commissioners for foreign mission'
here today. The board is holding its
session in connection with the Na-.
tional Council t of Congregational
churches.
Dr. Tracy "reviewed the conditions
in Turkey during the last few years
and predicted with the proper sup
port the American missionaries now
there could bring the nation to Chris
tianity. "For our higher and middle educa
tional work in the Turkish dominions,
for the better equipment of the needy
colleges and the inauguration of the
academies we want one million dol
lars," he said.
; Lyman M. Peet of Foo Chow col
lege, China, said the anti-opium move
ment was the basis of the present so
cial transformation in China.
"The canal of Governor Lin, a
graduate of our American college,
which swallowed up 20,291 chests, or
$9,000,000 worth of the drug, will ever
stand in China's history In the same
place as the Boston tea party stands In
New England history.
."The old religions have lost their
hold on the people of China. Never
again will the makers of incense and
idol papers ply the trade they for
merly did. In Foo Chow, just outside
the east gate of the city, during the
few days Immediately following the
revolution, thousands of idols were
thrown from their places and tram
pled under foot or burned. A new
religion is springing up in China and
American missionaries are helping to
build it."
Jias
spent .19 years in Tien Tsin, declar
declared
America the ideal that Inspired and
Is Inspiring the republic of China.
.The following officers were elected:
President, Samuel B.,Chapen, Bos
ton; vice president, Edward D. Eaton,
Beloit, Wis.; recording secretary,
Henry A. Stimson, New York.
A WITNESS TELLS
j
Former
I
Representative
of
Concern Says He Protest
ed Against "Subter
rean" Work.
' By Associated PreBs.
Berlin, Oct. 28. The promised dis
closures of the methods of working
adopted by the Krupp Armaments
company In order to obtain an Insight
Into the German government's pend
ing contracts were partly developed
this morning at the resumption of the
trial of Otto Eccius and Maximilian
Brandt a former director and Berlin
representative, respectively, of the
Krupp concern. .
Von Hetzen, formerly the thief rep
resentative in Berlin of Krupps, testi
fied that his employers were aware of
the nature of Maximilian Brandt's ac
tivities for several years. Von Metzen
said that when he took his post In
Berlin in 1909 he called the attention
of the firm to the dangers of Brandt's
"subterranean work,"; the nature of
which had been explained to him by
Otto Ecrlua and Von Schuetz, the
predecessor of Von Metzen. Von Met
zen protested against the retention of
Brandt In Berlin in this capacity.
Von Metzen's testimony was flatly
contradictory of that given by various
directors of Krupps but he produced a
series of substantiating letters which
had passed between himself and the
firm. These letters came as a sur
prise, even to the proecutlon, which
had conducted the preliminary exam
inations of the Krupp directors In Ig
norance of this correspondence.
The court afterward adjourned the
hearing and directed ' an Immediate
search of Von Metzen's house In orher
to discover what further surprises he
might have In reserve.
INTERNATIONAL MEET
OF WOMAN VOTERS
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Oct. 28.- Equal
suffrage leader of the world will be
railed upon to ararnge a great Inter
national congress of women voters to
assemble In Pan Francisco at the
Panama exposition In 1 IIS. .
,'Mis. Emma Smith Devoe, of Taco-
ma. Wash., president of the National
council of women voters ana mem-
OF KRUPP METHODS
KNAPP
ASSIGNED
. TO THISCIRGUIT
Judge Pritchard Notified of
Transfer of Jurist from
Commerce Court. .
Judge Jeter Pritchard has been no
tified by the attorney general of the
United States that Hon. Martin A.
Knapp, a circuit judge, has been des
ignated by Chief Justice White of the
United States Supreme court as a
member of the bench of the Circuit
Court of Appeals for this circuit to sit
at the November term of the court
which convenes in Richmond on No
vember 5. Judge Knapp was formerly
president of the United States Com
merce court
It will be recalled that by an act of
congress, recently passed, the Com
merce court was abolished, but the
circuit judges - composing that court
were permitted to retain their posi
tions and will be assigned for duty
where most needed in the various cir
cuits.. The assignment; of Judge Knapp
to this circuit may be only temporary,
but it is thought by many that he may
be assigned to the circuit permanent
ly, thus abvlatlng the necessity of ap-J
pointing a third circuit judge for this
circuit. '
Judge Knapp Is of Spafford, N. Y.,
and will be 70 years old on November
8, the day after the convening of the
Ntovember term of the appeals court
In spite of his age, however, he is
.known to be a very active man and is
eonsldered an able jurist. -The likeli
hood that he may be assigned perma
nently to the circuit will doubtless
prove of Interest, especially In political
circles. ' .
Judge Pritchard will leave Aahevlllo
Saturday to attend the sessions of the
appeals court, which will probably last
until about December 20. He will go
via Goldsboro, where he will deliver
two addresses Sunday. In the morn
ing he will speak on "Character Build
ing" at the Methodist church there,
and in the evening he will address a
mass meeting at the Baptist church
on "Law Enforcement." He will be
accompanied to Richmond
Pritchard.
by Mrs.
BIG ATTENDANCE LIKELY
AT
Arrangements Being Made for
State Convention, Christ-
ian Church, Nov. 3-5-
The state convention of the Chris
tian church, which meets In Ashe
vllle November J, 4 and 5, promises
to be one of the most Interesting as
semblies that has gathered in this
city for sometime. The remarkable
growth of this church is an Interest
ing fact within Itself. It was found
ed In 1909 by Thomas and Alexander
Campbell, Barton Y. Stone, Walter
Scott and others, whose avowed pur
pose it was "to unite all Protestant
churches Into one body, and who be
lieved it waa necessary to go back of
the great reformers of the sixteenth
and eighteenth centuries, back of the
Post-Nleene and Ante-Nicene fathers
to the beginning and take up things
as the apostles left them." With the
motto; "Where the Scriptures speak,
we speak; where the Scriptures are
silent we are silent" these early
founders of the church set about their
work with church union as the basis
of thlr faith "the union of all be
lievers."
In membership the Christian
church stands third in numbers, being
surpassed only by the Methodist and
Baptist Church statistics for the
year 1912 show that the Christian
church had 10,000 more additions
than any other single Protestant
church In America, having now a to
tal membership of 1,176,000; more
than 80 colleges and universities, with
property valued at more than 18.000,-
000; a church extension fund of 41
000,000; , missions on all continents
and llnands of the sea. .
During the convention In this city
there will be, prominent men ' and
women from several states, and a
large number of delegate from all
over North Carolina Is expected.
TronMe Wins,
By Associated Press.
Knnrvllle, Tenn., Oct 28. Univer
sity of Tennessee's football eleven de
feated Davidson college I to 0 yes
terday, in a game pls.yed In sea of
muci and with rain falling almost con-
stintly at time in torrents.
Colorado Government Pro-
claims State of Insurrec
t ion in Strike Zone
- and Call3 Militia.
ENTIRE STATE FORCE
CONSIDERED NECESSARR
Aummons Action- Follows'
Trouble in Camps and In-
effectual Attempt to
End the Strike,
UTS-
By Associated Press. "
Denver, Oct. 28. Mobilized In ap- ,
proximately six hours, the commands -of
the Colorado National Guard be- .
gan moving toward the southern Col
orado fields today, where martial law
will be established in compliance
with proclamation. Adjutant General
John Chase announced that he ex
pected the first troop ta leave Denver ,
before' 10 o'clock this morning. '
Telephone advices from Sheriff J. S.
GrlBham at Trinidad to the governor's
office state that a large force of Greek. ,
strikers started at 6 o'clock this morn
lng for the coal camps at Tobasco,
Berwind, Hastings and Delagua, an
nouncing that they would attempt U
take the camps and if suecessful .
would attempt to take the camps and ,
if successful would hold them against
the state troops.
Denver, Col., Oct. 28. Eight In
fantry companies of state troops, in :
accordance with rthe orders ' issued .
early today by Governor : Amnions ,
proclaiming a state of Insurrection,
reached the scene of the coal miners
strike 4n Huerfano ,end,L Las.. Animas .
counties about "noon'ltoday.rBtefOre '
sundown it is expected they yill be ,
joined by 11 other infantry com
panies, three troops of cavalry and
two batteries of lield artillery. Three
other Infantry companies will arrive
later. .'-'. - -'
The scene of the disturbance Is in
the two counties, of which Walsen
burg and Trinidad are the county
seats. The mines are. reached by
branches from the Colorado & South
ern railroad and from the Denver A
Rio Grande, which parallels it a few
miles eastward. The station of
Barnes where a bridge waa reported
Barnes where a bridge' waa
reported dynamited last night Is
the Junction point of one of those
branches and the destruction of this
bridge would interrupt travel on that ,
branch line.
Immediately after signing the order
directing Adjutant General Chase to
proceed to the mining district with
the entire militia force of the state,
Governor Ammons made a statement
for his reasons for issuing the order:
Ko Other Recourses .
"I have no other recourse," the
governor said. "Yesterday the situa
tion got away from everybody. 1 am
compelled to act For 48 hours I had
been trying to arrange a settlement.
hut the agreement to keep peace dur
ing the negotiations was violated and
the events of Monday showed that the
leaders did not have enough authority
to prevent outbreaks. Anyone who
wants to work will given protec
tion to go and come In peace and I
will not allow the importation of
strikebreakers. I mean to be fair to
both sides while enforcing peace, and
protecting life and property." .
The governor's orders to the adju
tant general proclaim a state of In
surrection, direct the disarming of
both strikers and mine guards, order
the closing of saloons in the district
and the enforcement, of the order
against the importation of strike
breakers and prohibit the Intrusion
upon company property of all except
company workers. They direct the
preservation of law and order and th
protection of life and property. .
The, ordering .'out of the mlllMa
came after a day of conferences. The
strikebreakers had yielded several
points and the prospects for a settle
ment seemed good when th out
break of violence in the district put a
stop to further negotiations.
Trouble During Conference.
- The first conference had hardly
begun before word reached the gov.
ernor that a hundred deputies had
fired upon the tent colony of the
strikers at Ludlow and that the strik
ers replying with shots had ' caused
th retreat of a tralnload of guards
proceeding to the Tabasco mine, ld
to be besieged by the strikers.- Tin
report that the dputle had Bred
first wa later denied.
Late in the afternoon a party of
guard proceeding s cross the hill to
the relief of the Tabasco mine was
attacked by striker near Berwln, and
In the ensuing exchange of shots tt
wa reported two striker were killed
and five wounded. A report that th
striker had captured seven mine
guard eould not be confirmed hut It
waa admitted the striker h1 token
possession of a Colorado A Southern
switch engine.
The latest outbreak rpnrt4 "r
the rovernor hsd flerhled to or 'i-r
out the trnnjn via th dvrntt .!: t f f
the rsllrornl hrV t !
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