The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-08-15
"SWEAT|NC"
OF UNION MEN
Citizens Alliance Making Desperate
Attempts to Find discriminating
Evidence.

governor and the sheriff having re-
fused to defend the deported union men
of this city in their right to life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness, until
every other loyal avenue leading to this
' end is closed, able lawyers will be en-
gagged to see what can be done.
Attorney Carney came here from
Denver to look over the situation, but
was hampered by the authorities In
every way possible. One of the men
the Denver attorney most desired to see
was Mr.. aBte. the former president of
the local union. Mr.. Carney had an
appointment with Deputy District At
1orney Smith at 9 o'clock. He arrived
: at the office an hour ahead of time and
ran into Bate The attorney did not
know Bate by sight and Mr.. Smith
quickly pushed the union man into an
ante-roon and asked a deputy sheriff
to take him up the street." It. was
many hours before Carney realized he
had been foiled by the deputy district
attorney.
Mr.. Carney declares the action of
the Citizens Alliance here to be un-
lawful and detestible. 1.-The action of
the members of this league he says,
Gin bringing the unlawfully arrested
men before them and acting as judge
and jury asking all kinds Of questions
without the men being given a chance
to defend themselves, is an outrage.
When We once get the administration of
justice moving. it will be surprise to
all Of these people. The idea of ar
resting and throwing them into 1ail
without warrant of law is against all
the safeguards the constitution throws
around the citizen. What I want to
know is what they are charged with.
We will not stand for it, and no court
will recognize the work of the commit
tee. All of their meetings are held in
secret. What information they have
gained is certainly scant. I have
talked with some of the members of the
union who have been called before this
inrulsitorial body and they denounce
: the treatment and brow-beating meth
DDS pursued. It is long road that has
no turn"
statement by the union miners still
here says:
This trouble has been brewing for
fully six months. A number sof the
men organized and became a branch of
the Western Federation of Miners for
the purpose of securing shorter hours
and an increase in pay For a. while
our position was such that the Citizens
Protective League could not assail u.s.
I Finally, however, the business men
I and mine owners got their heads to-
gether and the trouble began. We al
ready had a strike on. Non-union
Workmen had taken our places at the
majority of the mines and the business
t0
\ in their attempt to reopen the mines
and operate them.
Then this affair of the dynamitine Of
! the Sun and Moon transformer house
came. The fact that Philip Fucco, was
member of the Idaho Springs Miners
Union does not in the least signify that
the union was the instigator of any
i. plot was cognizant of Fucco's deed
The Miners Union was not in any re-
spect kuilty of or connected with that
unfortunate affair.
A large number of our members were
arrested and dragged from their beds
in the dead of night. They were
thrown into Jail without a warrant be-
ing issued for their arrest or charges
of any nature whatever preferred
against them. They were kept in that
tiny prison pen, not half large enough
to accommodate the number and were
rarely allowed to communicate with
their friends or relatives When a legal
{ counsellor arrived from Denver they
=; were not allowed to communicate with
MIN. William Bates was moved from
; place to place without authority in
order to prevent the attorney from To-
eating him.
Contrary to all law and order. a mob
OF citizens committed the unconstitu-
tlonal act Of expelling fourteen of our
members, free-born American citizens,
from the town.. They were forced to
go without being allowed to communi-
cate with their, families or to4get their
perso1pal & Ners ..' .Iso