The Labor enquirer., 1885-02-14
The Weekly Report ofthe Secretary,
CoAL MINERS HEADouARrERs OF !
COLORADO, Ntw MiixIco, WYo-
MING AND UTAH. J


turns out that.El Moro mine has beer
filled with blacllegs, and that ouI
noblest.men are OH the something
like 260 in number. These blacklegs ane
every man that wants employmen
there has to swear shat he is not .
knight of Labor and "that he vii
never join the o'ganizatlon." This i
Danforth, Cameroa & Co.'S decree! It'll
worthy of shareholders in every sense
Talk about freedolnl The darkest .dayl
Of slavery, and thsI most inhuman treat
ment to which tho cololed race was sub
jected elualed by 40 means the condi-
ton of the white slaves to-day at El
Moro. The campis guarded by body
ofmen composed 3f the meanest scoun.
drels on earth, if one-haf of what is re-
ported to me is trlie. They have been
plotting and scherning to bring about a
riot, but our men took the insult in good
grace, knowing that discretion was the
better part of yalor One of those
scamps, known BY the laame of "trip .
openly swore on the street that they
wanted to see a break, so that they
would have chaI,ce to s'mow" our men
j down. And this is freedom and justice
on American soil, Ell? The plains have
been covered with the dead, and the
fields have been doioree with the blood
of millions to secure.the emancipation OF
the colored peopltb but to-day we have
the white man in Ell Moro fettered-
chained in bondage, and dare not say his
soul is his owna MI. Danforth has
vowed that he will wipe out. every
@Knight of Labos' from his mines in
less than three months, which is eqaiva-
lent to saying: II will makr every one
of my employees fJrsake their birthrights
and do my bidding as MY dog does; my
men shall become, my slaves. or am
not Danforth of tvrant fame !" This is
the state of affaiss at E, Moro, and the
case at Walsenbusg is very much similar
fever a company goes to ruin-mark
my words--if tie Colorado Coal and
Iron company does moi go against the
wall one of these fine days, under Dam
forth's misrule. While he may fool him
self into the belief thathe is safe, since
he excluded the knights of Labor" he
will find that the trouble is now about
to commence. Cameron is busy intro
ducing customs end systems operating
in the coal fields of PENNSYLVANIA, He
is well versed il the tactics of everv
blood sucking scoundrel and does not
hesitate to put them into practice. There
is nothing, it appears, too mean for those
men to do, and their meanness will GER
tainly wreck the company's affairs.
The days have gone by when slavery
can be tolerated on American soil. You
can push -plen SO far, bat you corner and
chain them dowI. in this manner, and,
depend upon it, there will be some tall
kicking The future will certainly tell
its own tale. ,... .-. ....
There has been considerable agitation
during the week at Franceville. The
men demanded the removal of the super
intendent. a delegation ofthe men was
sent for, and Their case was heard by the
general manager The delegation finally
left the case in the hands of. Colonel
Fisher and myself, and the men by this
time have been advised of our conclu-
sions upon the matter, / do not wish to
have cases of this character brought up
often. They have a tendency to lead
into extremities.
The fact that Ne have the power to
push certain demands, by no means does
that determine the wisdom ofthe course.
Ny experience with labor organizations
conyinces me that we cannot be too eau
tious in conducting our affairs, and that
a sound conservative policy is the best
have seen many wreck occasioneo
by passion getting the better OF Judge
ment, and by rushing matters recklesnly
Nv constituents will forbear With my
frankness when I say it will never DO te
rush to extremes. We must Keep one
eve upon the permandncy of our organ
izatien. and should remember that lack
of thoughtful arid serious consideration
has too often led to deplorable conse
quences,
Standing as am, al the head OF the
organization, / certainly must say thai
we must avoit! steering towards the
shoals of destrustion. We are human
and liable to err, but this is the ease
with all mankicd. Tie miners are mo-
the only peoplesin the world that MAKE
mistakes. But the experience OF the
past clearly demonstrates that we mus
abandon the old way of doing business
and nnrsue a new course, based upon ths
advanced intelligence OF the age ou' - y
meet the ignorant populace we snouio
march, and educate each other 70 sna'
standard where all will see clearly .h'
solution of all labor difficulties. An enor
should be mads to move inteiiiaen'y ~
all measures, and act WITH oiscfe.ion' ),
.,,;.fed tbs men of Franceville vii
honor my advice in this case, as .nel
have done in the past.
Our relation with the Union facln'
Coal Company is not at present yel. !.