Show MAYOR HOPKINS DENIES IT he eg will ask general miles to pronounce it report raise chicago july 11 the ithe story li Is falso false from beginning to end I 1 ahall ask general maes at once to do 10 lo ms me the justice ot of ing it said mayor hopkins mcday today referring to a report from cincinnati to the effect that general miles lilies before the state slate militia was called out called on mayor hopkins and asked it 1 h he e intended doing his duty anil and would out the stats state militia accordia Accor according dir to this report the th mayor anwer answered ed that ho he should not lot mix up in the he matter whereupon general miles pulled out his watch and said eald that lie he would give mayor bayor hopkins just thirty minutes in which to issue astur to his police and to call out the stalo mill militia tia slid and that if he mayor hopkins to obey he would declare the elly city under martial m law arid and arrest the M a for conspiracy mayor hopkins received A letter in answer to ills hl i to general miles saying drar dear siri have the honor bonor to reply to your letter of this morning enclosing nit an extract from to days dayn inter ocean in ili attending atten dins to my duties I 1 have not had time almo to read what appeared in the public press and declined to be interviewed I 1 think more than ihan times during the past ten tell daya but as 0 this comes to mr las in your loner I 1 have read it it appears to be sensational and I 1 think is ie unnecessary sary to detail what parts ate are true ind and what ar ars not I 1 did not call upon t ile da president by long distance telephone I 1 lid did not say cay that thai I 1 should declare decla re martial law or that I 1 should pla place cc you under airest or that T 1 I had been instructed by the president to talce take any such 1 tho the substance of my was to al apprise PIlle you of 0 the tha fact that the red bcd cial forces under my command were hero to protect government property to a tile united states marshal AIa and the iho united states district attorney in tho the execution of 0 their duties and in t the opening of man mail routes and the lines of interstate commerce and if 1 re till iced to suppress any insurrection that I 1 assumed and knew that the au tit therit les in washington expected that the municipal and state stale government would to 0 o the extent of their power p re le the public peace and order in lr cabi csur y and state late I 1 stated should this la OIL overpowered in so eo doing doans thil that lay herje grander fider them all the assistance az antu ailt a la far ar it na I 1 was concerned w tha ajie bove fo under arr my command wo we deallen to 1 borkin l harmony with the state auth 1 es 1 in the enforcement of the laws and t ti je 10 restoration 0 f peace 1 T I have the honor to t remain very respectfully yours ners 12 V A MILES attar o major gamal u S A |