The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-04-30
COLORADO STRIKE
PUT UP TO MONEY
BARON BY WILSON

New York. April 2S.-John d.
Rockefeller, ir., spent the
in conferences with his personal at
torney, Starr j. Murphy. ne re
fused TO comment on he personal
appeal made by President Wilson
IN an EFFORT to bring about o
aettlement Of the Colorado coal
etrike. II was said for Mr.. Rocke-
Teller that a statement defining ms
attitude would be given out later;
we made no progress saio
MI. Foster. after meeIlns WIZ 49,.
Rockefeller later. Nothing mas
been accomplished here today. l
see no hope that anything can be
accomplished here in the imme-
diate future. / don't expect to see
Mr.. Rockefeller again today, anu
I shall return to Washington,
John d. Rockefeller. Jra TOTO
chairman Of the House committee
on mines and mining, today that
he (Mr. Rockefeller) was In no po- .
sttion 10 arbitrate the labor trou-
bles In the Colorado coal fields.
washington, April 2S.-Presldent
wilson has made a personal appeal 10
Iohn %. rockefeller to bring about a
settlement of the Colorado pal strlKe
and end the violence which a cost
a score OF lives and large property
loss.
of the mines affected by the strike. "a
response to a telegram from tne pre "a.
dent, declared he had turned over NE
interests in Colorado to his son, Johh
%. Rockefeller, jr., whom he would ASK
10 c~o-operate with Chairman roster Oh
the House committee on mines ana
mining. The president sent Mr.. EosIer
TO New York today to talk with the
younger Rockefeller.
JJpon the outcome OF the conterence
depends whether federal troops, which
have been asked for by all y
the, controversy, will be sent 10 lhe
Recently the n Rockefeller at
n hearing OF the mines committee %
| the House, said the mine owners woulo
aRht to the end even though they los'
All thew had invested in Colorado
since then the conflict has ragged VIII
ali the horrors OF actual warfare. Tine
nresident cabinet officers, senator
and congressman have been flooded
with kilograms describing the mos,
grewsome happenings n terriOp
scenes. " ..#
ico" said a cabinet official tcuay
"compares with the awful things ina
have occurred in Colorado. Inc pun
lice mind has for the ONE pesI
centered on Mexico and has not %
seryed the great domestic struggie pc
tween the strikebreakers ana TN
miners and the militia In Coloraoo.
Senator Thomas, Of Colorado, con
ferred at the White House today an
all members of the Colorado delegatio'
in ongres kept In touch with IN
situation. J. w. Burkhart, chairma'
IF the democratic committee a
Chandler. Colo. in ~telegraphing tooa'
TO Representative Heating about Tn
miners capturing the Chandler nine
declared the only surrender OF IN
ZINES would be federal soldiers, bu
hat the miners promise not to destro
Secretary Garrison said today he ha
NOT been consulted as to the sending. Q
troops to Colorado to handle n min
strike situation. 1t was stated at u
department, however, that II troop
were ordered to Colorado, a detact
, ment would be sent from the tw
troops Of the Twelfth cavalry now
> Fort D. A. Russell. al Cheyenne. wy
Senator Thomas, Representative
, Heating and Taylor conferred anon
! themselves and with the White Hous
. today. Representative Taylor toda
! received a telegram from Governe
: Ammons requesting the Colorado de
egation to advise the president that II
2 truce between the strikers and u
state authorities had been violated thu
the citizens OF Canon City are in mo
: tai terror, that the state militia Is II
adequate: that Trinidad is overrr
with armed strikers: h a the pont
and sheriffs are helpless and the CIT
zens In imminent danger. .
I From other sources came messag'
a that the militia is odious to the strike
a and that the federal troops would ha'
"a wonderful effect"
Governor Ammons, in another me
sage, announced he would convene Il
Q legislature on May 4 10 consider Il
d situation. Members of the Colora'
o delegation have been rushing messag
to various points In Colorado to a
certain the actual situation. .