THE COLORADO STRIKE
A STATE OF CIVIL WAR. AN ARMISTICfTaGREED ON. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, WASHINGTON, April 29. Under a truce agreement, fighting has been stopped at Denver, over 600 strikers laying down their arms. The men have been detained in custody on a charge of murder. Federal troops ar-3 expected immediately, when it is probable that peace will be restored. •
The town of Walzenburg withstood what was practically a siege, during which women and children, as well as men, were imperilled.
The mine guards and the strikers fought for hours, ballets whistling oveihead in the streets. A special session of the State Legislature has been called to deal with the situation
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Evening Star, Issue 15481, 1 May 1914, Page 8
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111THE COLORADO STRIKE Evening Star, Issue 15481, 1 May 1914, Page 8
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