Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-30

folloWers-Dut Sne dld not see the ptesl-
dent, and the expedition ended there
That Is the record, so far as the labor
movement IL concerned, OF the woman
known from Maine TO California as
"Mother" Jones, labor agiutor and
leader--"Mother" Jones. who IL always
to the front when there Is strife, with
her battle cry Of wed rather fight
than work." Mother Jones. who gets
s. per day and expenses so long as
there is trouble brewing who, since
1900. has recei' ed salary from the
mine workers organization, and who Is
said to be worth any Ave men as an
agltator
HER PINKERToN RECORD.
But, In the "Plnkerton Office" there
Is another record, one that reaches
back to 1889, when Mother" Jones was
a wel.known character, not alone In
the RED Light" district Of Denver, but
IN omaha, Kansas CITY Chicago ana
far-off San Francisco.
That record covers many pages, but
few Of the facts are all that are nee
essary TO show you the character OF
this pettlcoated reformer. They say OF
her.
"A vulgar, heartless, vicious creature,
with a fiery temper and cod-blooded
brutality rare even In the slums.
IAN inmate Of Jennie Rogers house
on Market street Denver, some II
years ago She got into trouble with
the Rogers woman for bribing all Of her
girls 10 leave her and go To n house In
Omaha--for which act she was paid
procuress fee Of s. 70 apiece Tor
the girls"
she was confidential servant In
Rose Lovejoy's private house on Mar
ket street, Denver, and with her sew
eral years,
was we'll known to Annie Wilson,
another Denver woman who ran a place
on Market street, afterwards had
place In Cripple Creek and now lives
IN Kansas City" -.
"Known to Lola Livingston, with
whom she went to San Francisco"
Lived I'm Eva Lewis house on Mar
ket street at the time the CoSey army
passed through here, ana took prom
inent part IN the Denver preparations
for their care
rs known to Harry Loss, a piano
player at 1926 Market street, who says
he knew her first In Omaha N. lS0i,
when she lived In a house at Tenth ana
Douglas. She was then selling clol!les
to the girls
"a sewing woman for the sporting
class living on Lawrence street. name
withheld-knew her IL or 10 years ago.
when she lived with Mamie Hall, ana
afterwards with Jennie Rogers says
II was commonly reported that she was
procuress by trade Etc, etc, etc
ENOUGH FOR ONE ISSUE.
Enough! Why nauseate? The above
horrible arraignment should be sum
cient. Honest men and women wfose
sympathies have been with the LABOR
movement fecoii In horror at the m
dlctment Men who have swung their
hats and fallen into line behind the eN-
procuress hang their heads at the
thought of how they have been hood
wlnked. The facts are coming to light.
In Colorado Howells, president; slmp-
son. secretary and treasurer and John
l.. Gehr national organizer for district
Is have been deposed with their CO.
laborer, the pretending Mother
Jones. There was a little matter or
s2S 900 that could not be accounted for.
Twenty eight thousand dollars SUP
scrbed IN the way Of union fees IN
the name Of freedom and brotherly
love that II is alleged, had been di-
verted from legitimate channels Cush
Evans was sent down to straighten out
matters and was horribly beaten by un-
known parties Then the United Mine
Workers sent down man named FAR
ley to take his place and carry on the
campaign against the coal companies
Farley in turn was brutally slugged by
the strikers themselves, 80 1t Is claimed
who, enraged by the promises made by
the predecessors that had not been ful.
filed, turned on the leaders for dubious
satisfaction.
Without entering into the rights and
wrongs OF the existing controversy, to
date the coal dlggers who have been
induced TO join the movement against
capital, apparently have been woefully
hoodwinked by those who would pose
as a modern Moses 20 lead them out
| o. the wilderness !. - the green fields
of peace and prosperity, where corpora.
| tons have been crushed and buried and
| anarchy's flag waves In triumph