Arizona republican., 1914-05-17
President Serves Warning on Governor of Colorado That Federal Aid Will Be Withdrawn in Near Future
TROOPS REMAIN
 LITTLE LONGER
Reply of Executive Points to 100000 Appropria- tiOn for Militia and the Ability to Defend Own Sovereignty
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 DENVER, May 16.-President Will son served warning on Gov. Am mons that the state of Colorado must be prepared to maintain peace among the coal miners in the strike districts without federal aid. The president said federal troops will remain in the troubled districts 'only until Colorado has time and opportunity to resume complete sovereignty and control"
 T cannot conceive that the state is willing to forego her sovereignty or throw herself entirely upon the gov ernment of the United States" said the president.
 In response Ammons telegraphed the president, pointing out that the extra session of the legislature, just adjourned today, provided a s1,000,o00 bond issue to cover past and future expense of the state militia. The governor expressed confidence that as soon as these funds are available the state will be able to control the situation. The Colorado coal mine districts. where 5000 miners have been on strike since September, has been under virtual martial law for months and guarded by the United States cavalry for three weeks. Pre- vious to the arrival of federal troops, the mines were guarded by the mil itia. During militia control the riots and battles of strikers and mine guards broke out After the militia and strikers participated in the bat tie and the fire of the miners tent colony at Ludlow on April 20, when twenty-one were killed and after other serious conflicts federal troops replaced the militia.
 Of the $10Oo,O00 provided by the bond issue referred to in the Am mons message to the president, near | ly $100,O0O has already been spent in past expenses of the militia. The president in his telegram said he was disturbed to hear of the probability of an adjournment Of your legislature and feel bound to | remind you that my constitutional ob- legations with regard to the main- tenance of order in Colorado can not I be definitely continued by the inae- ton of the state legislature"
 The governors reply was:
 T regret exceedingly that you are misinformed The legislature has l just passed an act, which I approved providing for d bond issue of s1.- 900, 900 for the purpose of paying in ] debtedness which we have incurred and may incur suppressing insurrec- tion and defending the state. i As soon as the bonds can be is sued these funds will be available and this state can and win control 1 the situation. This is the only con- stitutional method of raising funds in
 the immediate future In addition
 to this act, the legislature enacted q law permitting the governor to close
 saloons at times of disorder and also a law prohibiting the carrying and disposition of firearms in times of
 disorder Moreover. a committee on
 mediation of the present strike was
 provided for and appointed"
 That the acts of the legislature are not sufficient to cope with the
 strike situation in case federal troops are withdrawn was the sub- stance of the minority report adopt
 ed by members of the senate and ltelegraphed to President Wilson. The report addressed to the presi- dent read:
 We believe the measures passed
 by the legislature at this session are inadequate to meet the situation in
 this state. We protest our sincere
 desire to alleviate the condition of this state We deplore the necessity (Cnntinuad on Page TKol