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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1914
Page
3
Denver reports two infantry companies and a Denver contingent en route to Trinidad as violence intensifies in the strike district. About 160 soldiers slated to arrive. Colorado Springs unit departed for Trinidad. state troop arrival uncertain amid armed groups near Aguilar and Ludlow.
Reports from Trinidad Colorado describe armed strikers besieging camps at Empire Primrose and Ludlow. Prisoners, including women and children, are confined in company buildings as clashes kill and injure workers.
Mary Jones leader of the strike appeared before the House mines committee describing conditions in the Colorado coal fields. She warned if president she would order Colorado to remove imported gunmen and their machine guns from the district amid government by gunmen. Fifty armed strikers left Walsenburg aiming to seize the Ideal mine as clashes reported from nearby areas.
John P. White president of United Mine Workers of America declares a civil war at home rivaling the Mexican conflict. He says the union backs nearly 500,000 members and funds strike relief but denies arming or supplying troops. An organizer in Trinidad reports all captives alive with rescuer miners en route.
Washington dispatches recount President Wilson directing marines to seize the Fern Cruz custom house after a German armaments shipment and a White House telephone conference with Secretary Daniels and Rear Admiral Fletcher. The episode centers on executive power, federal authority, and the to be tested constitutional question amid looming Mexico action.
President Wilson asked Congress for an immediate appropriation of 500000 to repatriate Americans now in Mexico. The message, referred to the appropriations committee, cites the Mexican situation and urges swift action to return citizens to the United States.
On the California border Calexico calm amid a Mexican garrison near Mexicali. Ranchers fear for irrigation intakes and form a volunteer force to work with U S cavalry if needed. Colonel Cantu promises protection but tensions persist along the 25 mile canal zone.
Grave fears are felt here for the safety of hundreds of Americans including women and children in the off camps at Topila and other river points and interior spots. Americans are said to be unharmed but defenseless against attacks by federals or insurgents as oil companies order employees to return to Tampico.
Active hostilities in Mexico push up Chicago grain quotes with wheat and corn each gaining over a cent per bushel as enlarged speculations drive the advance.
Atlanta April 23 Leo M. Frank, under death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagen, was declared innocent of any connection with the crime by Detective William Burns who conducted a detailed investigation. Burns said he had evidence that would convict a negro factory sweeper of the murder.
Tokyo officials said Japan would remain strictly neutral in the Mexican situation. The Izumo was at Guaymas, prepared to arrange the embarkation of Japanese residents in Mexico if needed.
Farmers in western Kansas report selling soapy plant called Spanish bayonet to the forest service for about $8 a ton. Soap makers use tops or roots, one man can cut a ton daily, the plant dries for months, then is baled with broom corn machinery and shipped as a seemingly worthless weed yields fair to good profits.
A chronological overview lists Mexican revolts and leaders from 1821 Iturbide to 1914 Huerta Diaz Madero and Juarez, noting presidencies, emperors, assassinations, and key events including the Tampico incident and U S naval actions. It highlights the country’s turbulent struggle for power and sovereignty across eras.
Dispatch reports Mexico City under strict censorship with telegraph lines monitored and correspondents warned of jail for evasion. Banks allowed limited messages while news favorable to the government is suppressed. Rebels in Guerrero threaten to move north and challenge the capital.
Washington April 22 secretary Garrison has received applications from border town citizens seeking protection against possible attacks from Mexico. He referred all communications to General Biss in command of the border patrol, leaving to his discretion the evacuations of the torns.
April 25 Washington The White House denied emphatically that any cabinet member contemplates resigning and said the subject had not been discussed by the president or any cabinet member. The denial followed reports that Secretary Bryan might resign.
The army and navy board recommended an embargo on arms at the Mexican border. The matter was taken up with Secretary Bryan and is under consideration. Tow annual poultry and egg output is valued at 205 million.
In Delagua near Trinidad Colorado reports say the Empire mine is set afire and the Southwestern mine seized by strikers. J W Sipple president and his wife and five miners and families seek refuge in the Southwestern mine.
John RL Lawson of the United Mine Workers visited Trinidad after Ludlow district clashes. He said Major Hamrock summoned Louis Tiskas to free men from the camp. Tiskas disappeared. Lawson could not confirm who fired first shots and denied ammunition found in his tent. Undertakers' party returning with 11 bodies was turned back.
In Washington on April 23 labor troubles in southern Colorado and a clash at Fudilow were discussed in both chambers. Senator Themis noted on the floor that a governor from Denver is in Washington to attend to the situation and address the constitution.
The article notes the suspension of Gay & Sturms on the stock exchange and mentions key figures like EH Gar and Irving L. Hiell. It also describes reports of a large flower from Mixaganae, standing 2,406 feet high in the Pays mountains and a giant bloom weighing 22 pounds. The text references Raffleaia Selhadenburgia named after Lady Pennehamp and cites an annual expense of 210,005.
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