STRIKE RIOTS IN COLORADO

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 30 April 1914, Page 5

ST RIKE RIOTS IN COLORADO

DESPATCH OF FEDERAL TROOPS. VIOLENCE INCREASING. WASHINGTON, April 28. Cabinet has ordered the despatch of Federal troops to suppress disorders in Colorado. Violence is increasing. Strikers and militia had another fight, in which eight were killed. The miners are encamped on the heights overlooking the mines, and shot down non-strik-ers and militia men. Outrages, including the burning of mine workings and buildings, continue. SEVERE FIGHTING. NEW YORK, April 29. Fighting at Boulder, Colorado, resulted in another death, and many were wounded around the neighbourhood. Women and children took refuge within the Hecla mine enclosure, and remained there the whole day. lying on tho ilonr in ordsr to avoid the bullets which were poured into the mine. Strikers are entrenched on every hill, preparing,for the arrival of State troops. Tho citizens have organised a volunteer force to' endeavour to dislodge the. strikers. Mr .1. 1). Rockefeller stated that if the strikers had any grievance the com- • pane's olficials were ready to meet them in a reasonable spirit. Mr Rockefeller referred to the numerous concessions made to the employees from time to time. Unionisation of the. mine, however, would not he tolerated for a single instant. 'Only 10 per cent. of the employees were actually union men. Owing to the absolute paralysis of the State authorities. President Wilson allowed the despatch of State troops, stipulating that the troops were only to be used ' for the actual restoration of order. DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE ROCKEFELLERS. (Received Aoril 30. 2 p.m.) J NEW YORK, April 29. Demonstrators against Mr Rockefeller's attitude in Colorado were arrested after demonstrating outside the office of Mr Rockefeller, junior. The arrestees include Upton Sinclair and h's wife and children, and Elizabeth Fr iman, an English suffragette. Socialists, had arranged to parade the offices wearing signs of mourning, when (he police intervened. Seven were killed when the strikers attacked the mines in the neighbourhood of Forbes. The mine buildings were burned, and two charred bodies Itavo been found.,