The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-04-30

Washington. April 2S.-President
Wilson has made a personal appeal to
John D. Rockefeller to bring about a
settlement of the Colorado coal strike
and n the violence which has cost
"a score of lives n large property
loss.
The financier, who owns a large part
of the mines affected by the strike, in
to Il telegram from the presi-
dent, declared he had turned Over his
interests in Colorado to his son, John
D. Rockefeller, jr.. whom he would ask
to cooperate with Chairman Foster of
the House committee on mines and
mining. The president sent Mr.. Foster
to New York today to talk with the
younger Rockefeller.
Upon the outcome of the conference
depends whether federal troops, which
have been asked for by all sides OF
the controversy, will be sent to the
strike zone.
Recently the younger Rockefeller at
n hearing of the mines committee of
the House, said the mine owners would
fight to the end ever though they lost
all they had invested in Colorado.
Since then the conflict has ragged with
all the horrors of actual warfare. The
president, cabinet officers. enator
n congressman have been flooded
with kilograms describing the most
grewsome happenings and terrible
scenes.
Nothing that mas happened III MEX
ico,'' said a cabinet official today.
compares with the awful things that
! have occurred in Colorado. The pub
lice mind has for the moment been
| centered on Mexico and has not OBJ
| served the great domestic struggle be-
tween the strikebreakers and the
| miners and the militia in Colorado"
Senator Thomas, of Colorado. con-
! ferred at the White House today and
| all members of the Colorado delegation
in congress kept in touch with the
situation. J. w. Burkhart, chairman
Of the democratic committee at
Chandler. Colo. in t~elegraphing today
to Representative Heating about the
miners capturing the Chandler mines,
| declared the only surrender of the
mines would be federal soldiers, but
that the miners promise not to destroy
| property.
Secretary Garrison said today he had
not been consulted as to the sending of
! troops to Colorado to handle the mine
| strike situation. 1t was stated at the
department, however. that if troops
were ordered to Colorado, a detach-
ment would be sent from the two
troops of the Twelfth cavalry now at
| Fort D. A. Russell. at Cheyenne. Wyo.
Senator Thomas, Representatives
Heating and Taylor conferred among
themselves and with the White House
today. Representative Taylor today
received a telegram from Governor
Ammons requesting the Colorado del
egation to advise the president that the
truce between the strikers and the
state authorities had been violated that
the citizens OF Canon City are in NOR
tai terror, that the state militia is in
adequate: that Trinidad is overrun
with armed strikers; that the police
and sheriffs are helpless and the citi-
zens in imminent danger.
From other sources came messages
that the militia is odious to the strikers
and that the federal troops would have
" a wonderful effect"
Governor Ammons, in another mes
sage, announced he would convene the
legislature on May a to consider the
situation. Members of the Colorado
delegation have been rushing messages
to various points in Colorado to as
certain the actual situation.