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Show Mine Workers Agree to Co-operate With I U. S. Troops in Ending Strife in Colorado I COMMANDER OF U. S. TROOPS HOLDS PEACE CONFERENCE j Major W. A. Holbrook, Second Squadron, Fifth United States Cavalry, Arranges Preliminaries With Strikers for Settlement Settle-ment of Coal Miners War Officer Believe All j Acts of Violence Will Cease in Las Animat ! County Ludlow and Other Camps to Be Cared For. DETACHMENT IS SENT TO WALSENBURG! Mayor of Trinidad, Chamber of Commerce Directors, a Com-! Com-! mittee of Business Men and Several Hundred Citizens Welcome Troops at Station President's Orders to j Be Promptly and Carefully Carried Out Miners Cease Hostilities to Bury Dead. J Trinidad, Colo.. April 30 Preliminaries Prelimi-naries of peace in the southern Colo- rado strike zone were arranged today in a conference between Major W. A. Holbrook, commanding the second i' squadron. Fifth United States cavalry, M- and John Brown, Armendo Pelizzari William Diamond and Frank T Mi-- Mi-- ner, for the strikers. At the conclusion of the conference, i Major Holbrook issued a formal state- j ' ment in which he expressed hope that rv ' the disorders were at an end. The strikers' conferees said they had agreed to co-operate with the regu r. la i s in restorlug peace. They fie- . dared that there had been a generil understanding that they would not permit their men to bear arms in pub- .j lie or in the tent colonies They said, however, that the subject of delivering up arms to the 'United States troops had not been broached. j The statement issued by Major Hol- j I brook follow: uV "'Major Holbrook met Diamond. Brown, Pelizzari and Miner in conference con-ference on the subject of the existing exist-ing conditions in las Animas county. It is believed, that as a result of the conference, satisfactory relations have been established and that acts of vio- IK lence will at once cease in said coun tfc ty. "The conferees of the strikers ex M pressed themselves as very willing to fg. give all the assistance in their pow er toward bringing about a normal condition." One troop of 65 men. under com- i mand of Captain C. C Smith was to go to Walsenburg today. The main body of troops established a camp hi If the fair grounds. No announcement was made regarding the sending of regulars to Ludlow, nor regarding the relations between the regulars and the militia. 1 Arrival of Troops. The second squadron of the Fift'i United States cavalry from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., three hundred men. in command of Major W. Holbrook, reached here at 8.10 this morning. The troop train, consisl- : lng of sixteen cars, including coaches. stock cars and equipment cars, entered en-tered the city over the Denver & Rio Grande railroad In a drenching rain. m The federal troop.- were greeted at the station by several hundred people peo-ple and were given a formal welcome by acting Mayor M. J Kahn, directors direc-tors of the Chamber of Commerce and a committee of business men. The troops remained in the coaches while Major Holbrook talked with the com mltte relative to a location to establish es-tablish permanent camp in the strike district Major Holbrook's Statement. Major Holbrook issued the following follow-ing statement to the Associated Press: "The president has sent us here to carry out the provisions of his proc lamatlon. It is not the purpose of the United States to inject itself into the controversy, now existing between the miners and their former employ i era, in this state. "The president and those acting under un-der him desire that. the. return of nor mal conditions be brought about without further bloodshed, and in order that this may be accomplished, we ask all law-abiding citizens to carefully read the proclamation and comply with the provisions." Strict Martial Law. Major Holbrook declared that strict martial law would not be immediately enforced and that the United States forces would be governed at all times by prevailing conditions. The fair grounds northeast of the city limits were tendered the troops by the Chamber of Commerce committee. The grounds offer a convenient site and provide ample accommodation for the horses and equipment. Denver, Colo., April 30 The occu pation of Las Animas and Fremont counties by United States troops, the continuance of negotiations between militia and strikers at Walsenburg for the surrender of the latter's arms, the taking of additional testimony at Trinidad at Coroner B. B. Sipe's Inquiry In-quiry Into the Ludlow disaster of April 20, were the chief events In the Colorado industrial war today. Federal soldiers who reached Fremont Fre-mont county yesterday, formally took charge of the district today. The second squadron of the Fifth cavalry reached Trinidad In a drenching rain ! and remained in the cars while Major W. A Holbrook busied himself in arranging ar-ranging a camping ground;; Several hundred citizens welcomed the soldiers sol-diers at the station, while at the San Rafael camp strikers continued their accustomed occupations and diversions. di-versions. Major Issues Proclamation. One of Major Holbrooks first acts was the Issuance, of a statement urging urg-ing "all law abiding citizens to carefully care-fully read the ( president';:) proclamation procla-mation and provide with the provisions provi-sions " This proclamation referring to the conditions in the Colorado strike districts dis-tricts read "1 do hereby warn all persons, per-sons, engaged or connected wltii said domestic violence and obstruction of the laws, to disperse and retire peaceably peace-ably to their respective abodes on or before the thirtieth day of April," Parleys With Strikers. The parleys betwen Colonel Edward Ed-ward Yerdebeckberg and strike leaders lead-ers at Walsenburg continued until long after midnight and at 1 o'clock no Information had been received at the adjutant general's office as to whether satisfactory terms had been arranged for the surrender of the striker's arms as proposed in the truce agreement late yesterday. It was contended by some strike leaders lead-ers that they intended to surrender to federal troops and not to the militia. Testimony at yesterday's session of the coroner's inquest at Trinidad related re-lated to the killing of Ixiuis Tlkas. Greek strike leader, some witnesses alleging he had been shot in the back and during the fire at the Ludlow tent colony. Further evidence was to be taken today In an effort to determine de-termine how the fire originated Birmingham. Ala.. April 30. Willi am R. Falrley of Birmingham, national nation-al organizer for the Un piled Mine orkers of America, who was asked by President Wilson to attend a conference con-ference with a lew to attempt mediation medi-ation of the Colorado coal mine troubles, trou-bles, left today for Washington. Washington, D. C. April 80. Mr Confalonierl, the Italian ambassador, called again today on Secretary Bryan to ask for protection for the Italians who were in danger in the Colorado strike zone. Reports stating that sev eral small children had been killed had reached the ambassador and he was attempting to secure further knowledge of the circumstances, which would decide whether Indemnity Indem-nity could be obtained The ambassador said he, had sent the Italian consul from Denver to tho scene of the strike with instructions to urge the Italians to abide by the law and put themselves under the protection of the federal troops. |