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Show MORE THOOPS 111 BE SENT Tfljpil Secretary Garrison Grants Request of Governor Amnions Am-nions and Major Holbrook for Additional Men. STPvIKE ZONE FREE FROM ALL DISORDER Mine Operators Wire That They Will Agree to Terms of Settlement Heretofore Hereto-fore Suggested. k WASHINGTON. May 1. Orders to quadruple the force of federal cavalrymen cavalry-men in tho Colorado coal strike regions went from tho war department lato tonight. to-night. The entire Eleventh regiment from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and two troops of the Twelfth from Fort .Robinson, .Robin-son, Neb., were ordered to proceed to the scene at once. Colonel James Lock-ott Lock-ott of the Eleventh is to take supremo command of tho situation. Secretary Garrison issued tho orders after a conference with President Wilson. Wil-son. He said tho step was taken not because be-cause trouble was expected, but because it had been demonstrated that the fivo troops of cavalry now in thy coal fields did not provide enough men to cover the large territory involved. Reports from Colorado tonight, the secretar added, were favorable. , Tho twelve troops of the Eleventh will be distributed through Trinidad, Walsenburg, Aguilar and Forbes districts dis-tricts and tho two troops rom the Twelfth will go to Boulder and Louisville. Louis-ville. ... Governor Makes Appeal. The appeal for more federal forces came oarly today from Governor Amnions Am-nions and was tho subject of discussion at the cabinet mooting. Secretary Garrison Gar-rison later went to the White house with maps of the coal regions to demonstrate demon-strate that tho troops already sent woro not sufficient, to guarantee peace and order. The president told tho secretary to' send whatever troops ho. thought best. Representative Keating of Colorado had told Mr. Garrison that three sopar-ate sopar-ate sets of troops were needed, and under un-der tho preseut arrangement only two geueral localities woo covered. ITc said that a greater forco was needed in tho northern or Boulder district. Secretary Garrison said ho had issued no instructions for disarmament m the coal fields. He said that he would tako no action in this respect until he had received a full report of conditions from officers on the scone. "I'havo request cd information," the secretary added, "as to what classes of citizens are carrying guns and what use is being made of thciu." STATE AND FEDERAL TROOPS CO-OPERATE DENVER, May 1. Co-operation of state and federal authorities in an effort ef-fort to compose conditions in tho Colo- (Continued on Pago Four.) MORE TROOPS WILL go to auuno (Continued from Page One) rndo striko zone marked developments todnv of tho second 1'odcrnl intervene Hon in tho ' industrial war. Kegiuur troops occupy tho Trinidad, lYccmont county and Val6cnburg districts, and stale troops aro still in sorvico at Ludlow Lud-low and in tho northern coal Holds. At tho direction of Major Holbrook, additional addi-tional state troops late today wero sent tYom Ludlow to Ag;uil:ir. Tho action of Secretary Garrison in granting tho joint request of Major liolbroolc and Governor Amnions l'or more federal troops, announced lato tp-daj-, has served lo allay uneasiness in qimrters whoro it wis feared tho quota of regular soldiers would not be sufficient suffi-cient to mainlnin order. While Ma,;or Ilolbvook and bovornor Anirnons iod'av wore dcvotiuR cll'ort.s to Secure additional troops, tho question of disarming of strikers and nunc enj plovocs remained i" a secondary position. posi-tion. Weather conditions prevented notion no-tion bv the strikers who had planned to vote upon the question. On bchnii of the operators, J. P. Welborn, president of iho Colorado Puel & Iron eoinpauy, aunouncod that tho minors and fnuirds would bo disarmed whenever such action ac-tion was doomed expedient by Major Holbrook. Uoraco N. Hawkins, ehicf counsel, and John Lawson, international executive- board nicmbor of tho United Mine Workers of America., aro en rout to Trinidad to discuss with Major Holbrook Hol-brook tho question of disarmament. Offer "lo Settle. In a telegram addressed to Martin D. Foster, chairman of Ihc houso commit tee on mines and mining, tho presidents of twentv-ono Colorado coal companies, today reiterated their -willingness to agree io a settlement, of the coal slnko upon tho terms suggested by Governor Amnions in a letter of Xovombor 27, HUTi, which was laid before representatives represent-atives of the operators and miners at a conference upon that. date. Governor Amnions, iu ihc letter, urged that tho point of recognition of the union be waved, but that tho miners be permitted to maintain their organization. organiza-tion. Ho urged further that tho operators opera-tors guarantee tho employment of a check weighiuan; abolish the "scrip svstem"; observe the regulations of the eight-hour law; porinit employees to trade where they choose: insuro observance observ-ance of the semi-monthly payday; observe ob-serve to the letter all tho provisions of tho coal mino inspection law and cm-plov cm-plov again all strikors whose places had not." been filled and who had not boon guilty of Jaw violation during the strike. Tho telpgTnin includes the letter of Governor Amnions and says: "The strikers refused to accept tho forms of settlement proposed by the governor and approved by ihe operators and all the disorder and bloodshed in this state einco November 27 has been duo to this attitude of the officers and members of the TJnitod Mino Workers of America. "We still consider ihe plnn of the governor Icgallj' and industrially sound and havo never retracted our formal for-mal approval thereof." Negotiations Reopened. "WASHINGTON". May L Telegraphic correspondence was renewed todny between be-tween John D. Rockefeller. Jr., in New, York. Representative Foster, chairman of the house mlno committee, and the H Ftockefellcr representatives and the strlk- i ere In Colorado. In another effort to set- p Ho tho Industrial conflict tlmrc Mr. Fos- ter refus-od lo disclose til" text of thece u mcseaKOK ponding today's development. U |