Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-08
OPEN LETTER TO ALvA ADAMS

Ard possible for You with an .io
ys ne as..atsan Of voters from n. aw aas
tramDedap and manufactures charge
il the arst plao. n. eh.rg.
believed the people and II Il were trus II
possibly be made paramount TO ths sae<i0a Of
A~ zad oreer.
Dare He 10
Ios stand on platform approved the Western
GRAFTON ef sansrs you
Of body the ticket
officially approved the urgent
request of President Ioye.
members With tAs latest improved rnes that AZ
army $3.50 federation zeE might be organized
thiHk Of thS proposttionf Do you approve
ot it7 pare yos public
This federation sent 1909 armed Hsn ~Ao attacked and
destroyed s.sesss raI killed thres wounded
others a. Do dare 10 discuss
neay .ad directly :ad either approve or disApprSFs
paseeiyf
dent led snuse3erUHien mine Tsn-
ride TAree killed. wounded and eighty
aFss tea.sy .. d,issa Ger 'A' '
Do yeu approvs os tzss along ra your feaeraiion
colleagues discuss this specifically
oa the aturnp1 viii do 70 merely tfas
yoa are IN favor either
or dsapprovs publicly revolutionary organization
vhirh committed this crime
Your perroHsl friend your politeaA pro-
ege the man made governor James b. ormAn
appeal from the av-aoeng people OF the Tel
property 70 the owners o:
terror when had prevailed district Tor months
astea4 g do.nE aEsnars aad JUDGE al
os whom we're n syupathy la~ess policy q the
M soatl5niss ITe virtually gave me rioters
of sctaal beiIigercnts because Re was afraid
auts aud the general which followed this
caarsiee the part Of your ffieHd
Il he da have your aasee iH fhs mater ae
Where DO yoa staaa In this case Do yos approve
aisarproxe iaVabidns people
be the control of this
arehsrlz element detail firae
lss an aasseaee Of colorado people you
would II a similar
Je-ry o'K.~fe.
Do soa remember Jerry oKeefe- He murdered IN
eadss by Western Federation strikers area with y st-
Federation rifles bought By Western F~isration money
~-as irwin kiln Ere
By these federation strikers sho had dyaamited
Yog OF course 30 70, murder
oeete but for political reasons believe It l.
advisable ths orxaHizauon thAt murdered him
your next audience undoubtedly very
OF Jerry oF1sets with feasr
alton friends r r Wheeler and James r Burns
None q gentlemen approve this policy Of murder.
they supporters organization
prove and which says that property Is robbery
Have ever told your audiences Of the HUNDREDS %
beaten - n" Western Federation Of Miners in the Rocky
mountain sfatesT
q the murdered made by the sstsrn Federation OF
Miners IN the Rocky mountain statssF
you mentioned them fh-
twenty yfour Colorado been murdered be-
cause of their opposition FeGera.ea
Ainsrss
IIav. you
and other organization
Teller county,
Have you enlightened vaiu- prop
erty organization has destroyed IN Colorado
Have yoa undertaken 70 explain 10 your bearers the
enormous sums "aiea me mining iatesets ,he
the railways and The working people OF this state have lest
result OF the arbitrary and =wisss policy Of this
nave yoa explained to your y-r
o, the western FEDERATION OF a
citizens Victor June sth. kIing and
wogndIng nou-federation meat
aia tell them that hirty-ave rides seven shot
rsvovers captured with The
of Federation liberation
headquarters which shots Aired,
you told yoar things should
DO they vitality interested IN the PFasiPs in
= this record Of crime aad violence
An Explanation
would then be able to explain 10 them what
that place principle above money
vi you when that in Of the
principle the breath bitteriy
maintaining principle hinss Peabody
has done things
you make believe that the
courage 20 do things
There many things conservative
would be glad you explain One
is this
What aid you Cripple Creek
you recently Colorado
not psonse Who the impression that Colorado
Norkiuguen rsons7 Was II colleague. James
:. BURNS. your friends, Meyer Haywood
Do yoa mean TO imply out
cripple the command of Moye-
"A VII receiving 81 a eight
dry. heathfui mines poems;
Teller county mines
hours peonsf Or simply talking your
| sleep.
These are all questions your fellow citizen.
them specifically and hedge
frankly leaving all reference
justice virtue and the Ten Commandments
Everybody that believe N
know is that
decline political
Federation Miners would to op-
pose iawiessaezs and the revolutionary policy
they in the that gov
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