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Show Governor of Colorado Urges That Infantry and Cavalry-Be Cavalry-Be Sent to Strike Zone at Once. TRUCE WITH STATE OFFICERS CONTINUES Union Leaders and Militia Join in Their Efforts to Preserve Order in the Mining District. WASHINGTON, April 25. Up to the timo the White houso executive offices closed shortly after midnight, Governor Amnious's message to the prcsidont had not been received there. Secretary of War Garrison said no word had reached him of tho governor's roquest for federal troops. DENVER. Colo., April 25. Governor Elias M. Ammcns tonight at 0 o'clock, by wire requested,-President-Wilson "to send federal troops into Colorndo immediately im-mediately to compose the strick. situation. situa-tion. Governor Amnions determined to ask President Wilson directly for federal troops rather than through the congressional congres-sional channels, after an all day session with women of the state, who declared that they would not leave tho state-house state-house until the governor had complied with their demands that federal troops be asked for from the president himself. Text of Telegram. The telegram which the governor caused to be sent to tho president follows: fol-lows: To His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, Wil-son, president of the United States, Washington, TJ. (.'.: Conditions in this state compel mo to request of you that federal troops be sent immodintely into the state of Colorado for the following reasons: Sinco September 23. 1313, thoro has been a general strike of coal miners throughout tho ma.ior portion por-tion of the state of Colorado. The situation in the southern part of the state, iu the Trinidad district, dis-trict, became so critical because of disorder beyond the ability of local authorities to control, that on October 26. 19 in, the state militia was called into service and sent into the field. One district which was particularly affected with disorder dis-order was approximately eighty miles in length and tho situation demanded de-manded all the militia that it was possible to secure under the conditions condi-tions here in Colorado. About one month age tho Iroublo having apparently abated, the troops were gradually withdrawn until only a small number remained in the troubled district. Thereupon, the condition immediately becamd.'ij greatly aggravated, a vast amouu'.; uf property, amounting to millions-' ; of dollars, was destroyed, manyv : lives were lost and we woro com- ' pcllod to return immediately as many militia as was possible. Armed men in open defianco of law are congregating from various portions por-tions of the state iu tho affected district. There aro probably 3000 men armed in open insurrection. Beyond State Control. ! 1 have avuilablo 650 militiamen ; without ability materially to increase in-crease this number. The situation has passed beyond tho ability of tho state to control. i This domestic violenco is the re- ; Bult of an industrial controversy bo-tweon bo-tweon interstate organizations with ; headquarters outside of tho state of Colorado. ! I, therefore, urgently request that ; you send-forthwith to Ludlow, Colo., and to such other portions of tho ', stnte as tho commanding officer may deem necessary, not loss- than 1 one" 'battalion of infnutoy aud one ; troop of cavalry. 1 The legislature of this stato can- J (Continued on Pago Ten.) If ANOTHER SIT 111 LABOR IB f j AT TRINIDAD j Foreign Striker Runs Amuck j With Repeating Rifle and j: j Fires on Man Near the County Jail. I (Continued from rage One) IB j ' not bo convened in timo to meet I j this cmergoccy and I, therefore, I Lave the honor to make this request I' as governor of the Btato. pursuant I to section 4, articlo 4 of the con- I j etitution of the United States, j j ELTAS M. AMMONS. I The delegation of -women refused to I leava tho executive chambers until they I j had read and approved the foregoing I .! telegram. They had declared thoy -wore I s not m Bympathy with cither of the war- I ; 1 ring factions in Colorado, and that they I j were urging tho governor to call for 1 1 federal aid as the o:ily effective means h of putting down tho strife and rioting j in tho state. After they had approved , tho telegram tho women, whose ranks ! had swollen since evening, doparted. j Women Are Insistent. ' The women mat in tho capitol to ! present to Govornor Amnions resohi- nonB adonted at a recent meeting of tho I Woman's Peace 6odety. Their demandB woro submitted by Mrs. R. W. Steele, . ; 1 wife of tho late R. "W. Steele, chief jua-i jua-i tice of tho Colorado stato supremo P v court. Thoy included a request for 1 1 " federal troops, tho withdrawal of tho i state militia and investigation of tho l ! charges against Major P. J. Hamrock I j and Xiieutenant LinderfolL Tho women wore insistont that tho f governor Bond a second telegram to f, President "Wilson relative to sending of , federal tToops into tho striko zone, with : ( the result that there was an exchange !, of messages. Thegovernor 's first meesago to President Presi-dent Wilson follows: " Conflicting roports as to tho notion of tho cabinet meeting yestordav rnoni- '4t injr have boon received noro. What I ! would be greatly obligod to know is. If wo cannot control tho situation in tie southern Colorado coal fields, can wo havo federal troops!" President Wilson's reply follows: x "Discussion at cabinet meeting tc-i tc-i i f erred to was morely for tho sako of information. I cannot conceive of tho authority of the state of Colorado bo- j 1 ing inelfoctivo and earnestly suggest j - ! that renewed offorts bo made to pre- vent hostile action on either side, or ! any action that might provoke hostil- Ij ity. Congressional comraitteo about to I revisit state for conference on tho gTonnd. ' ' . Adjutant General John Chase tonight appointed a committee of three military officers to investigate tho cause of tho ; fatal clash between militia and strikers - at Indlow last Monday, which cnlrainat-; t J d in the destruction bv fire of the ,1 Btrikers' tent colony at "that point, il .A proclamation calling the state leg-).Jr leg-).Jr i islatnro of Colorado into special ses-3 ses-3 1 Kion to consider mattors pertaining to Jfl 1 the strike sitnation in the southern and northern portions of tho ntatc, was ; signed bv Govornor Amnions shortly bor'oro midnight, but Secretory oi! Siato l Pearco oould not bo found at that hour to fix tho stato seal, and it will not bo formally issued uutil Monday. Tho session is called for May -1. Governor Amnions has specified that tho sossion is to consider bix separate items; provision for payment of the Colorado National Guard" on dut-; tho enactment of arbitration laws for labor disputes and a method of enforcing decision of tho arbitration board; tho establishment of a stato conutabularv; tho enactment of laws empowering ho fjovernor to close saloons in particular ocalitios affected by disorders; empowering em-powering tho governor to prevont the sale, gilt or purchaso of firearms during dur-ing internal disorders, and to appropriate appro-priate rams necessary ro defray expenses ex-penses of tho oxtra session. Leaders Want Peace. Peace in tho Colorado coal camps will continue over Sunday if orders iven by Btriko leaders to their followers aro obeyed. Following a conference lato today between Adjutant Gcnoral John Chaan anil ntficerR of thn IJnit-prl 'Mina Workers of Amorica, John li. Law6on addressed a mass meeting of strikers here and uryed them to abstain from any acts of violence until a conference, to ba held in Denver tomorrow, in which stato oflicers and citizens will endeavor to effect a settlement of the coal minors' strike. The outcomu ot tho conference was practically a continuation con-tinuation of tho truoo arranged last night in Denver. Lawson and John McLennan announced that they would go to Deuvcr tonight to participate in tho conference. A party carrying a "Red Cross flag and Representing itself as being authorized au-thorized to act for. that organization was ordered into military detention today to-day by General Chaso at the Ludlow military headquarters and turned back to Trinidad. General Chase explained that ho had been informed by Dr. S. P. Morris, Red Cross district representative representa-tive at Denver, that tho party was not authorized to roprosent the organization. organiza-tion. Tho party had gone from Trinidad Trini-dad with tho intention of making further fur-ther search of the ruins of the Ludlow tent colonx for bodios. Truce Is Continued. Tho union leaders nsked that tho present arrangement bo pormitled to stand and that no troops be sent to Trinidad. "Thoy asked that no attacks be made upon tho strikers, and in return I asked that no attack bo mado upon a detail which will bo sent to Aguilar tonight to get Superintendent Wad-dell, Wad-dell, ' said General Chase. Superintendent William "vvaddcll of tho .Empire mine was wounded during tho attack upon that proporty Tuesday. Tues-day. General Chaso added that John Law- son promised that no attack would bo made upon tho troops, and said that the union leader had promised to bend word to the Aguilar strikers not to molest mo-lest tho soldiors. "I told tho union leaders further," said Goneral Chaso, "that tho militia was not seeking troublo and was making mak-ing no attacks upon anyone." No Dealings With Union. B. J. Matteson, assistant manager of tho Colorado Fuel & Iron compauj', today to-day causod to bo posted at tho "company's "com-pany's mines copies of a telegram from President J. F. Welborn, declaring as follows: "Th ere is absolutclv no truth in tho report on tho streets bf Trinidad that Mr. Bockefollor has wired nio to settle with tho union. Iveithor Mr. Rockefeller Rockefel-ler nor anyono olso has made such a request or suggestion, and tho Colorado Fuel & Iron company will have absolutely abso-lutely nothing to do with the United Mino Workers. "Our loyal employees who do not caro to belong to tho organization are going to be protected, notwithstanding numerous numer-ous attacks of the character indulged in by tho United' Mino Workers this week, and will not bo forced by ue or anyone else, so long as they aro "in our emplov, to noin any organization against their will." Troop E of Walsenburg, consisting in part or forty-seven recruits, enlistea in the Colorado national guard sh&rtlj- before be-fore tho removal of tho militiea from tho strike zono two weeks ago, was relieved re-lieved from duty today. It was charged by anion leaders that this companv and many of tho members of troop A, recently re-cently organized in Trinidad, chiefly were former employees of the coal companies. com-panies. i All militia officers who participated' in the fighting in and around Ludlow this weok havo been ordered by Genora Chase to submit a detailed report at once. Thrilling Experiences. J. W. Siplo, president of the Southwestern South-western Fuel company, who with thirty others, including a number of women and children, was a prisoner in tho Tm-pire Tm-pire mino from early Wodncsda3- until late yesterday, arrived) hero this morn- ing with a graphic story of his experiences. expe-riences. According to Siple blast after blast of giant powder was set off at the month of tho main stopc and at. tho fan house bv tho attacking parry. Tho explosions caved the openings and filled tho mine with dust. The powder was taken from the company powder house. Two bullets passed through his desk and a number struck the office before ho finally fled to the mine stopo. Superintendent William Waddell was shot after ho had left the mine to look for his son, Matthew Waddell, who was mipsing He fell with a bullet in his shoulder before he had advanced fifty feet. Siple and others rushed out and dragged him back into the stope. Young Waddell was found after the attacking party had left. Ho had hidden hid-den in the engine room and was suffering suffer-ing with a bullet wound in his leg. The party was without food, but there was plenty of water in the mine. Two mine mules 6harcd the prison with the refugees. Armed Greeks Arrive. Tho fuuerul of Louis Tikas, leader of the Greek strikers, who was lulled in the Ludlow battlo of Mondaj-, will bo held at 10 o'clock tomorrow. Several Sev-eral hundred Greeks, including a largo party from Colorado 'Springs, reached Trinidad todav on foot. All were heavily armed. In lien of cartridge belts strikers had placed their supplv of ammunition in Hour sacks, winch they slung across their shoulders. The Grooks stored thfcir firearms in local union quarters on their arrival here, and have posted guards in front of tho building. |