 All those wounded were nonunion men.p.123

Fifty union miners left the scene to cross the street to the union hall.p.123 Company L of the National Guard, a detachment from Victor that was commanded by a mine manager, surrounded the WFM building, and took up positions on a nearby rooftop.US Labor Commissioner Carroll Wright sifted through conflicting accounts, and concluded that a man on the roof of the miners hall shot down at the militia, and a militiaman fired back.Then several shots came from windows in the union hall, and the troops returned fire with volleys into the union hall.