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Show hecretary of Mate, may require each of the disputing factlonu to name ;in arbitrator, tlio two men bo chosen to choose a third member of a board to determine the merits of the controversy. contro-versy. Should the two faction deellno to do this, the secretary of state may call for a sworn statement from each dde, and a refusal to furnish such statements may be punished as a misdemeanor. , Letters to ach aide asking that arbitrators ar-bitrators be named will bc sent out by Secretary Pearcc to.lay. STEPS TO COMPEL MINERS TO ARBITRATE Denver, Aug. 21. Steps toward compelling arbitration of the differences differ-ences existing In the northern Colorado Colo-rado coal fields between the coal operators op-erators and tbo miners who havo been on strike for several months will be taken by the Blnte today as a result of a conference held yester-Jay yester-Jay between Governor Shafroth, Sec-iftary Sec-iftary of State Pierce, who Is ex-of-liclo labor eonimisbioner and Depu-t Depu-t Mbor Commissioner Brake. Under the Colorado statutes, the |