 The ore mill for the Tom Boy mine tried to reopen with a nonunion workforce, but the WFM struck the mine, and posted picketers armed with pistols and rifles around the Tom Boy’s mine yard, preventing strikebreakers from entering.In November, mine owners at Telluride made several requests that the governor send in national guard troops.There were no disturbances, but the owners wanted to reopen the mines with strikebreakers, and wanted national guard protection.