The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-05-08
SECRETARY GARRISON ORDERS
MORE TROOPS TO COLORADO
COAL REGIONS AT
ONCE.
COL. JAMES LOCKETT Is
GIVEN SUPREME COMMAND
Conditions Practically Unchanged, EN
cept No Violence is Reported
Additional Troops viii Guar
antee Protection to En-
tire State.

Washington. May 4. Orders to
%quadruple the force of federal cavalry
men in the Colorado coal strike re-
gions has been given by the war de-
partment. The entire Eleventh regi.
ment from Fort O~glethorpe, Georgia,
and 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 Wan Garrison after a
long conference with President VIII.
son.
An appeal for more federal forces
came from Governor Ammons and
was the subject of discussion at tbs
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
arate 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 was needed in the northern,
or Boulder district.
Cooperating for Settlement.
Denver.-State and federal authori.
ties have been cooperating in an eff
fort to settle the Colorado strike OF
coal miners, but the situation is still
unchanged, except that there has been
no violence reported.
Regular troops occupy the Trinidad.
Fremont county and Walsenburg dis.
tricts 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 il
was feared the quota of regular sol.
diers would not be sufficient to main
tain order.
While Major Holbrook and Cover.
nor Ammons were devoting efforts to
ecure additional troops, the question
Of the disarming Of strikers and mine
employees remained in a secondary po.
sition. Weather conditions prevented
action by the strikers, who had plan.
ned to vote upon the question.
Question Of Disarmament.
On behalf of the operators, ]. 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 Il Colorado coal companies
reiterated their willingness to agree
to a settlement OF the coal strike upon
the terms suggested by Governor Am.
mons in a letter of Nov. 81, 1919,
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 w%eighman; abolish the
scrip system; observe the regulations
Of the eight-hour law; permit EN-.
ployes 10 trade where they choose:
insure observance OF the semi-month.
ly pay day; observe to the letter all
the provisions of the coal mine inspec.
ton law, and employ again all strik.
ers whose places had not been filled
and who had not been guilty of law
violation during the strike.
Public Buildings Bureau.