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Show COLORADO MOST MAINTAIN PEACE PRESIDENT NOTIFIES GOVERNOR THAT FEDERAL TROOPS WILL BE WITHDRAWN -SOON. Governor Ammons Expresses Confidence Confi-dence That as Soon as Funds Are Available the Stnto Will be Able to Control Situation. Denvci. President Wilson has served notice on Governor Ammons that tho state of Colorado must bo prepared to maintain peace In the coal miners' strike districts -without federal aid. The" president said that federals troops would remain in the troubled districts "only until tho state of Colorado has tlmo and opportunity to resume complete sovereignty and control.' "I cannot concelvo that tho stnto Is to forego her sovereignty or tc throw herself entirely upon tho government gov-ernment of the United Statos," said President Wilson. In response Governor Ammons telegraphed tele-graphed the president on Saturday, pointing out that an extra session of tho legislature, Just ndjourned, had provided a $1,000,000 bond Issue to cover past and future expenses of tho state mllltla. Tho governor expressed ex-pressed confidence as soon as those funds nro available tho stnto would be able to control tho situation. Tho Colorado coal mlno districts, where approximately 6,000 miners have been on strike Blnco September 23 last, have been under a virtual martial law for months and have been guarded by United States cavalry cav-alry for about three weeks. Previous to tho arrival of federal troops the miners were guarded by tho state mllltla. It was during tho control by tho mllltla that riots and battles between strikers and mine gunrds broke out. After the mllltla and strikers participated In tho battle and1 fire at the miners' tent colony nt Ludlow Lud-low on April 20, when twenty-one people peo-ple wero killed nnd after other serious seri-ous conlllcts, tho mllltla waa replaced hy federals troops. Of tho $1,000,000 provided by the bond Issue referred to by Governor Ammons in his messago to tho president, presi-dent, $091,000 nlrendy has been spenl in past expenses of the mllltla. |