The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-16
LAWMAKERS UPHOLD
AMMONS IN STRIKE
Colorado Senate Votes Down
Resolution to Ask Gov
ernor to Quit.
MAY ADJOURN TODAY
Bill to Pay State Troops Passed,
but Peace Measures
Are Ignored.
MAY ADJOURN TODAY

DENVER, May i5.-A resolution intro.
duced In the Senate by Senator w. C.
Robinson. Progressive Republican, calling
upon Gov. L. NJ. Ammons to retire from
ofhce because he IL incompetent" to run
tho State Government was voted doun
to-day by an overwhelming majority af-
ter Senator Tierney. Democrat. in a
speech from the floor had declared the
Governor Is guilty Of treason to the State
and nation.
The vote against the resolution stood
~ to 4. This ended the most dramatic
period Of the special session.
The Ammons forces got through n reso-
iution for adjournment at noon to.mor.
row. They have refused absolutely tn
consider any bill or resolution that
would tend in any way to end the coal
strike.
The only thing that held tho session
this long Is the delay In passing the 81
OOO,OOO appropriation bill to nav the state
militia This was passed finally tonight
rms Dill was bitterly fought by the Pro-
sressives on the ground that to send the
state soldiery back into the field can
mean nothing but further bloodshed.
senator Robinson. speaking In support
OF MS resolution calling for Ammons's
resignation. declared that government has
been broken down In Colorado and yet
neither the Governor nor tho Assembly
has suggested remedy
New Title for Ammons.
Robinson called Gov Ammons "the rrea,
squaw catcher" In reference 10 the ar.
rest and detention OF Mother Jones, saying
that he hoped It would become his Official
title.
The two branches OF tho Legislature
nave not shown any very clear disposition
TO get together on any sort of measure
that has been presented.
Many resolutions have been in
PRODUCED and are yet to be introduced
resolving that the strike Is to be regretted
and hoping that way may be found TO
bring d return OF peace. But so far an
results are concerned they have been lin
tied to tho "resoluting" except as to the
militia bill.
A memorial presented by the women
OF the Colorado Peace League asking
President Wilson to keep the Federal
troop here until the strike Is settled passed
the Senate tonight and probably will be
adopted In the House before adjournment
Tomorrow.
Sergeant Patrick n. Cullom, Company
+, Second Infantry. Colorado National
Guard, testified to-day before the mill
tary court-martial that Louis Tikas,
leader OF the Greek strikers at Ludlow.
and two other prisoners, were shot and
killed by soldiers when they tried to es-
cape during the battle In which two
women and eleven children were killed.
The prisoners had been left In Cullcms
care.
Hold Prisoner or XIII Him.
Cullom denied that he directed the
shooting OF the prisoners. but said that
his orders were TO hold Tikas or to kill
him."
The sergeant told OF seeing a running
man fall and OF finding Tikas's body the
next day.
what would you have done IL YOU
had known 1t was Tiltas running" 10
was asked.
II wou d have shot him of course That
would have been my duty as a soldier
or course ! would have called to hin,
first 10 halt, and II he didn't I would
have shot him.
when X. Z. Linderfelt turned Tikas
over TO me Tikas was talking back TO the
crowd, who were swearing at him and
telling him they were going to hang him.
The only thing ] remember him saying
was telling the crowd that he wasn't re-
sponsibe for the doings of the day, that
some one else had been In charge.
There were calls from the crowd 10
xii! him and hang him. When Tikas was
turned over TO me It meant that NOS
only was to take care of him as q prisoner
and see that he got to the depot but 10
protect him"