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24 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
plosives. After the declaration of a truce, agreed
to between the Governor and Hawkins, attorney
for the United Mine Workers of America, they
drove away the postmaster and others from the
Sunnyside mine and took possession of it as well
as the Pictou mine. They dynamited the tipple
at the McLaughlin mine and fired many shots into
the ouildings at Maitland.
"They forcibly entered the store buildings at
Rockvale and Rock Creek and carried aw-ay
GUNS AND AMMUNITION.
They attacked the buildings and dwelling houses
at the Chandler mine and kept a merciless fire
from the hills for nearly 40 hours, killing one
man, and finally took possession of the camp by
slipping in a number of men under a white flag.
They have burned, dynamited and completely destroyed
the McNally mine in Huerfano county,
kept up an almost continuous fire from entrenchments
for 50 hours upon the Walsen mine, wounded
one woman, killed and wounded four men and
killed a surgeon wearing Red Cross insignia while
attending wounded soldiers on the field. They
viciously attacked the Hecla mine in Boulder
county, killed one and wounded three men and
drove all employes and their families to cover
for many hours. They attacked the Forbes mine
in Las Animas county with a force of 400 armed
men, killed seven miners, including four Japanese,
and burned everything in sight, including a stable
and 33 mules.
"In the prosecution of their campaign of extermination
the foregoing are some of tbe things
those men have done during the past few days
with the tacit consent, active co-operation and
under the personal direction and control of officers
and paid agents of the United Mine Workers.
"As before stated, the coal mine operators of
this state have now in their employ about 10,000
men who are satisfied with the condition of their
employment. We promised these men protection
from personal violence when the strike was called,
and they have stood loyally by their employers
under the most trying circumstances, disregarding
the dangers and privations incident to the recent
armed attacks of the strikers upon them and
upon their homes. With these men we will always
treat concerning matters affecting their welfare;
but we cannot enter into negotiations of
any character with officers and agents of the
United Mine Workeis of America, who alone are
responsible for the terrible reign of disorder and
bloodshed which has disgraced this state.
"Instead of it being our duty so to do. we conceive
it rather to be the duty of the officials of the
United Mine Workers of America, who called the
strike, to call it off. They can do so if they see
fit, and by doing so they will within an hour in a
great measure
RESTORE INDUSTRIAL PEACE
and prosperity to this state. In no event will the
American people when fully advised long permit
1,200 or 1,500 armed strikers to continue their
unlawful efforts to prevent 10,000 law-abiding and
industrious men from working for, whom, when
and upon such terms as they see fit."
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., by J. F. Welborn,
president: Rocky Mountain Fuel Co., by David
XV. Brown, vice president; Victor-American Fuel
Co., by G. F. Bartlett, Jr., vice president; Oakdale
Coal Co.. by William B. Lewis, president; South
Canon Coal Co., by H. F. Nash, general manager;
Primrose Coal Co., by H. B. King, president; The
Rugby Fuel Co., by George D. Kimball, general
manager; The Huerfano Coal Co., by S. S. Murphy,
president; Consolidated Coal & Coke Co., by C. L.
Baum; Routt County Fuel Co., by F. L. Prentiss,
president; Yampa Valley Coal Co., by P. M. Peltier,
president: Hayden Bros. (Juniper mine), by
Lewis A. Hayden; Empire Coal Mining Co., by
Marthene and Siple; Southwestern Fuel Co., by
S. W. Siple, president; The National Fuel Co., by
H. Van Mater, president; The Royal Fuel Co.. by
H. Van Mater, president; The Union Coal & Coke
Co., by J. V. Bowen, president; Moffatt Coal Co.,
by S. M. Perry, president; Leyden Coal Co., by S.
M. Perry, president.
The following telegram was then sent:
J. F. Welborn, President Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.:
Wil you kindly tell coal operators that 1 have
read their telegram of yesterday describing recent,
disturbances. Inform them that I am anxious
for an arbitration regardless of who is to
blame. National sentiment demands a settlement
of the controversy. Many causes for discontent
are claimed to exist. The deplorable condition
set forth in their telegram should convince them
that it is their duty to agree to submit the matter
to a fair board of arbitration so as to stop the
loss of life and destruction of property on both
sides. (Signed) MARTIN D. FOSTER.
Washington, May 1, 1914.
In reply this message was received:
Hon. M. D. Foster:
"In connection with and as supplementing
operators' teelgram to you last night permit us to
call your attention to the fact that on Nov. 26
last in the governor's office, a conference was held
among three of the operators and representatives
of their former employes then on strike. It developed
in the conference that the only
ORSTACLE TO SETTLEMENT
was the strikers' insistence upon recognition of
the union.
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