The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-05-08

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men in the Colorado coal strike re.
gions has been given by the war de
partment. The entire Eleventh regi.
ment from Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia,
n two troops OF the Twelfth from
Fort Robinson, Neb., were ordered to
proceed to the scene at once. Col.
James Lockett of the Eleventh will
take supreme command of the situa
ton.
Garrison Makes Announcement.
This announcement was made by
Secretary of War Garrison after a
long conference with President Will.
son.
An appeal for more federal forces
came from Governor Ammons and
was the subject OF discussion at the
cabinet meeting. Secretary Garrison
later went to the White House with
maps of the coal regions to demon.
strate that the troops already sent
were not sufficient to guarantee peace
and order. The president agreed and
told the secretary to send whatever
troops he thought best.
More Needed About Boulder.
Representative Heating Of Colorado
had told Mr.. Garrison that three sep
aTate sets OF troops were needed in
Colorado and under the present ar
rangement only two general localities
Were covered. He said that a great
er force vas needed in the northern,
or Boulder district.
Cooperating for Settlement.
Denver.-State and federal authori
ties have been cooperating in an ef
fort to settle the Colorado strike O,
unchanged, except that there has beep
no violence reported.
Regular troops occupy the Trinidad.
Fremont county and Walsenburg dis.
trlcts and state troops are still in ser.
vice at Ludlow and in the northern
coal field.
Shifting Of Militia.
At the direction Of Major Holbrook,
additional state troops were sent from
Ludlow to Aguilar.
The action of Secretary Garrison in
granting the joint request of Major
Holbrook and Governor Ammons for
more federal troops, has served to al.
lay uneasiness in quarters where it
was feared the quota of regular sol
diers would not he sufficient to main.
tain order.
While Major Holbrook and Cover.
nnr A Nop,nnc yroro dnyofino ofrort. IN
secure additional troops, the question
Of the disarming Of strikers and mine
employees remained in a secondary po-
siticn. Weather conditions prevented
action by the strikers, who had plan.
ned to vote upon the question.
Question Of Disarmament.
On behalf OF the operators, J. F.
Welborn. president of the Colorado
Fuel & Iron company, announced that
the miners and guards would be dis.
armed whenever such action was
deemed %expedient by Major Holbrook.
In a telegram addressed to Martin
D. Foster, chairman of the house com.
mittee on mines and mining, the pres.
idents of 81 Colorado coal companies
reiterated their willingness to agree
to a settlement OF the coal strike upon
the terms suggested by Governor Am.
nor in a letter of Nov. q, 1913,
which was laid before representatives
Of the operators and miners at a con.
ference upon that date.
Gov. Ammons' Suggestions.
In the letter Governor Ammons
urged that the point of recognition OF
the union be waived, but that the min.
ers be permitted to maintain their or.
ganization. He urged further that the
operators guarantee the employment
Of a check weighman: abolish the
scrip system; observe the regulations
Of the e%ight-hour law; permit eIn.
ployes to trade where they choose:
insure observance Of the semi-month.
~ pay day; observe to the letter all
the provisions OF the coal mine inspec
ton law, and employ again all strik.
crs whose places had not been filled
and who had not been guilty OF Law
violation during the strike.
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