New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
Wires Governor Federal
Troops Will Not Be Left
There Indefinitely.
APPEALS TO STATE
PRIDE FOR ACTION
Ammons Replies That Legislature
Has Voted S1,OO0,000 to
Maintain Peace.

Denver. May ls-President Wilson to-
day served warning on Governor Ammons
that the State Of Colorado must be pre-
pared to maintain peace In the coal MIN
ers' strike districts without federal aid.
The President said that federal troops
would remain in the troubled distrlcts
"only until the State Of Colorado mas
time and opportunity to resume complete
sovereignty and control
II cannot conceive that the state Is
willing TO forego her sovereignty or 10
throw herself entirely upon the govern
ment of the United States" said Presi-
dent Wilson
In response Governor Ammons teie-
graphed the President. pointing out that
an extra session Of the Legislature just
adjourned. had provided N.Vp,0o pohd
issue for the militia. The Governor e1-
pressed confidence that as soon as these
funds were available the state would Dc
able to control the situation.
OF the 81, 100000 referred to s6sl'ooo
must go for past expenses OF the militia
The Governors reply to the PRESIDENT
was:
TeRret exCceuiISiy biot wv
misinformed The Legislature has just
passed an act, which I have approved
providing for bond issue of S,Ooo.oo TOT
the purpose Of paying the Indebtedness
which has been incurred and which may
be incurred in suppressins insurrection
and defending the state.
"As soon as these bonds can be issued
these funds will be available. and this
state can and will control the situation.
This is the only constitutional method OF
raising funds in the immediate future. In
addition to this act, the Legislature has
enacted law permitting the Governor TO
close saloons In time of disorder, and also
a law prohibiting the carrying and dis
position Of firearms In time OF disorder.
Moreover. a committee on mediation In
the present strike has been provided for
and appointed.
A telegram signed by eleven Senators
was sent to President Wilson Immediately
after adjournment OF the Legislature
They declared that the special objects
mentioned in the Governors call for the
special session did not appear to them
sufficient to cover the exigencies OF the
situation. and that they had in every vote
cast endeavored to widen the scope to
cover the entire field. They called the
measures passed inadequate. and deplored
the necessity OF the Presidents telegram
to Governor Ammons and the condition
that makes necessary reminder to the
Governor of Colorado by the Chief EI-
ecutive of the nation that the state Is
derelct in its duty"
There are in Colorado approximately
100 United States cavalry OF the 18th.
18th and 9Th regiments.
Washington, May le.-At the White
House tonight it was stated that the
President does not plan TO withdraw the
federal troops if anarchy is to break out
again. but he feels there is no excuse for
the Legislature leaving the problem to the
federal government
Members OF the Colorado delegation in
Congress were alarmed by the Presidents
telegram to Governor Ammons. and said
anarchy would reign again If the troops
were taken away before the strike was
settled.
Trinidad, Col, May l6.-FederA military
rule has given the Southern Colorado
coal fields the most orderly period of their
history Records in the local courts show
that since the arrival Of the United States
troops the record of crime and disorder
has been far below the average. Not
one homicide has been reported in Las
Animas county during the period Of mill
tary occunation