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Show SNOW DEFERS I MASS MEETING I Strikers Unable to Meet at Trinidad Owing to Con- tinuous Storm. WIRE SENT WASHINGTON Mine Workers Await Reply Before Surrendering Arms to U. S. Troops. Denver May 1. Governor Amnions today telegraphed Secretary' of War Garrison requesting additional federal fed-eral troops on being Informed by Major W. A. Holhrook that he would be unable to spire any men from his present command for duty in the northern Colorado coal fields, where 200 militia under General Chase still are on guard Washington. May 1. A war department depart-ment bulletin, issued today, saiJ that conditions at Walsennurg, in the Colorado Col-orado mining district where Captain Smith la In command of Lnited States army troops, were reported "critical" I but that the work of restoring order j in Trinidad and Canon City districts j was going forward. I Trinidad. Colo , May 1. At the hour i set for the strikers' mass meeting to j consider the question of surrenderee j their guns to the federal troops, it looked douotful if any meeting could be heir It was snowing hard after a day and a night of almost continuous continu-ous rain "General" John Brown in command of the tent colony, said he did not think the men could be Induced to come to the camp In the storm. He said an effort iHuM be made lo arrange ar-range a meeting TBtTr in the day. At union headquarters at 10 o'clock it was announced that the miners were awaiting a reply to a telegram sent to Washington last night by union representatives in Denver. After Aft-er hearing from Washington, it was stated a meeting probably would be held in Trinidad. Militiaman's Story. The committee of women representing represent-ing the Womans' Peace association of Denver today took affidavits of num erous strikers and strikers' wives re-carding re-carding the battle of Ludlow. April 20. At the committee's session at Ludlow, Major Patrick Hamrock who commanded the state troops at the bud Ion battle, told the women that during the fight at Forties on Wednesday, Wednes-day, he with 150 militiamen sat in railroad cars readv to start for Forbes They could plainly hear the shooting he declared. Repeated telephone messuages mes-suages to Governor mmons. he said, failed to obtain permission to move from Ludlow and go to the relief of the besieged mining camp. The body of George R Hall, a defender de-fender of the Forbes mine was found late last night. Coroner Sipe was unable un-able to reach Forbes to secure the body last night on account of swollen streams. Me exnected to send a party i for the body tdav . Governor Ammons Version. Denver Mav 1. Governor Amnions version of the Forbes battle of Wed nesday, in which nine mine employes and one striker are known to have heen killed, differed from that ghen by Major P. 3. Hamrock to the women's wo-men's committee. Asked whether he had received a direct request from Major Hamrock for permission to go to Forbes, the governor said "I never dd. 1 never issue orders direct and have not since the trouble started, except on one or two occa sions when I couldn't get hold of General Gen-eral Chase." The morning of the Forbes battle, the governor added, several requests wpro received from different points for militia, that it was feared an attempt was heing made by the strikers to divide the militia into small detach ments and attack them and that Forbes was the onlv point from which a request for militia was made that dav where any fighting occurred General Chase was absent from his headquarters here. Tiavln,tr sone to the Boulder county fields to aiTance for the disposition of militia At the adjutant general's office it was stated that about L'jii additional militiamen had been sent to the Ixnils-ville Ixnils-ville district. Trinidad, Colo.. May 1 Major W A. Holbrook. commanding the United States regulars on duty In the southern south-ern Colorado coal fields, said today that he had recommended that more troops be sent into the district to provide adequate protection Washington. D. C. May 1. Secretary Secre-tary of War Garrison said late today that he had received Governor Ammons' Am-mons' appeal for more troops and that he would be guided In the matter by Major Holbrook. commanding the federal troops In the strike district. The secretary at that time said be had not yet received the major's recommendation rec-ommendation for more troops. In a report to Secretary of War Garrison, Gar-rison, Major Holbrook. In charge of the federal troops in the Colorado strike field, said the opposing forces, , fcLrlkars and oDeralors' retires en La tives. in the vicinity of Walsenburg, Colo., had agreed to surrender their arms. |