Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-18
President of the National Citizens
Alliance of Denver Talks in
Mining Exchange
BRANCH WILL ORGANIZE HERE.
Prominent People Join Movement to
Check Unlawful Methods Three
Cheers for Governor.

There was a well attended meeting
last night in the mining exchange, of
citizens to listen TO President j. c.
craig of the National Citizens All.
ance of Denver, which Is having n Wig
orous time Of It in fighting the labor
unions. Mr., Craig said that Solomon.
believe was the first organizer Of la .
Dor; but If he could see the actions OF
some of the labor leaders of today he
would turn over IN his grave. Today
iapor unions are attempting TO run
everything from a justice ot the peace
10 the president of the country. They
are not content with stopping work
themselves, but they want to stop
everyone else They can stop their end
II they want to, but we demand that
they leave our end alone. These labor
unions are all right in theory but they
are all wrong In practise. Bleeding
Kansas never bled as has Colorado
from these unions of labor. The law
was pOWerless before them-they We're
masters OF every public official from
Tue governor to the policeman. The
strikers We're in full sway, business wag
wrecked by their lawlessness which
could not be punished by law. The re-
SUIT was that the people organized, and
IN one week they arrested 600 law
breakers, on each of whom they had a
fine Of $40 imposed
over In Colorado, the union labor
men openly urge members to acts of
Violence and lawlessness. And that is
why we found O citizens alliance i'm
perative. II reached the point where
we could not convict laW-breaker If
ne belonged to a union. They con-
trolled even the courts And this con-
dition existed until we were 5000 or
5000 strong, when finally we prevailed
upon the officers TO protect the rights
OF citizenship, AS an example of the
criminal methods to which unionism
VIII stoop, | wish to cite the strike at
ldaho Springs, Colo. We have collect
ed evidence that shows concMsiVely the
existence of a plot among members Of
the Western Federation of Miners to
send kegs of powder down a hill into
the shaft house of the sun & Moon
Mining company to blow up the shaft
house and slaughter 30 or 40 non union
men at work there.
The diabolical plot would have sue
ceeded, too, had not the keg containing
the powder been sweryed from its
course by striking a rock. 1t went off,
though, and killed one of the conspir-
ators, In whose pocket union card
was found.
Again at Telluride union leader
insisted upon the management abolish
ing the contract system, as under its
provisions he could not make good
wages. Forty murders were the APP
palllng result. The strikers ordered
$50 guns from Denver--and the order Is
on record-and marched in body on
the Smuggler mine and shot down in
cold blood six men at work there,
After robbing the dead bodies the MUIR
derers marched the non-union men Is
miles over the snow-coycred mountain,
barefooted, and when some of them
gave out they were shot in The back.
This is unionism as it exists in Col
oradol"
After condemning former Gov. Orman
for sending socialists and labor repre-
TO the camps TO investigate,
Mr.. Craig exclaimed: Thank God you
have a governor here who has the cour-
age to protect your lives and property.
If you get no further at this meeting,
endorse Gov. Wells and you've accom-
plished much" The speaker believed
there Is less need for a Citizens alliance
in Salt Lake than any other place, but
advised his hearers not to forget that
labor agatators are busy and there is
no telling how soon the necessity will
come. He praised Mr. Kramer for re-
fusing to employ union labor. and de-
clared that to date there has never
been a strike organized by the Miners
Federation that did not leave a trial
of murder and crime behind 1t,
After Mr., Craig had finished several
Salt Lake citizens, including Col. Wall,
G. w, Whitney Fisher Harris, James
w. NELL and w. G, Bogue spoke brief
ly, favoring an alliance, and It was de-
cided to organize in this city a branch
OF the National Citizens alliance.
Chairman j. Il, Dooly appointed the
following members TO act ON the consti-
tuition and bylaws committee: j. Neal,
&. p. Mason, A, II, Campbell, j. A. Sill
Yer and Benner X, Smith. The follow
ing executive committee, with j A.
Silver as chairman, was appointed: L.
J. Moran, col. Wall, w, S, Burton r..
$. Campbell u. $. Murray, Frank
Knox $. V. Shelp, j. IL. Young and w.
s. Mccormick, This commltte is given
the power to elect officers for the or
The chairman will appoint a commit
tee 10 visit the business men of the
town, The meeting adjourned with
three cheers for Gov. Wells and Mr..
Craig.