Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-07
OPEN LETTER TO ALVA ADAMS

And will not be possible you. your so-
ausnes and friend. senator Patterson. with all hi.
order issue these trupsdap and charges
and is not believed by the people. and II true
could not possibly be made paramount TO this question: a"
D.,. u. u. ns
You stand platform approved by the wsstsra Ped
GRAFTON Of Miners beside stand
OF that body who running the ticket with
President Oyes that the fsdsatoa $1,000
OF Its smbers With the latest improved rifles that
What you this propositionr DO approve
This federation 1000 armed attacked and
destroyed s:seoos m killed two three wounded
pubIieiyr
dent led attack the smuggisr-unon mine eu-
three orsby driven over the range and out OF
many OF them baEefooted
Do approve this along with federation
colleagues on the sks,' Dare you discuss this speene
in fSs Of order as. .es s1 must
dsapproye publicly OF this revolutionary organization
Your nsixhbor your personal friend. "NItesi
tsEe the man whom you made governor JAM, II osnan'
district thi.
Instead Of doing he sent two aEa,os and one judge all
sympathy with the iawisss policy OF the
Western Federation Miners tsmporizs and treat with
the re'oiu.ioass s virtually gave the rioters the Sa'u.
OF actual bsiiEeronts In because he afraid
You OF the long list OF murders and as
hssoa OF onieiai eowardies on tho par, your
orman II he did have advice In this matter hs
Where do you stand In this eass7 DO approve or
OF Telluride district he tho control OF this
srehIstis siemsn7 Discuss In detail III. next time you
would do In . similar
Msrd~r OF Jerry o'k-~f~.
Do you r.msmesr Jerry okses, iIr va. murdered In
Federation rifles bouEh, by Western Federation money
started by federation strikers aynsmlted
some mine buidinTs
You. of feel ,hs, right to murder
Jerry oKeese bu, for political believe IL Is
Your audience would be very glad to have
discuss tho murder OF Jerry oKeefe with feae
None gentlemen approve this policy OF murder.
hu, they are supporters OF this that does Ap
Have you ever told your audiences OF tho hundreds o:
beaten by tho Western Federation Miners In the Rocky
Have told them about tho widow. aud orphan.
OF the murdered made by tho Western Federation OF
Miners the Rocky mountain ntates7
Have you mentioned them the OF the
,wcny-our Colorado miners who have been murdered be-
saSss sns.S e' their opposition to tho "''''" ''
Have you ever described to them the long
other crimes which this organization has committed u
Have you enlightened them the value OF tho prop
this organization has destroyed In coiorado7
Have you undertaken to explain to your hearers the
enormous which tho mining interests tho merchants
tho working people of this state have lost
result OF the arbitrary and a~iess policy Of this
Have explained to your hearers why your aes
unarmcd citizens In Victor Juno sth killing two and
wou Ing n federation mcnT
did tell them that hirty-nvc rifles seven shot
rcvolvcrs captured with the
Federation In the federation
headquarters from which the shots were hrcd7
have told people these things you should
do they vitality the principle in
yoIvcd this record OF crime and violence.
An Explanation. Due.
% able explain to them what you
you that place principle above money
you that are In favor OF the
principle. in the breath bitterly
demo Peabody expense OF
principle. You have said things Peabody
have talk straight to the point
II make people believe thnt Sou oo nave 'he
courage to do things.
There that the conservative Demo-
OF this state would be explain One
liz this:
you when. in referring to Cripple Creek
labor troubles you recently Colorado working
not poems? gave the impression that Colorado
workIngmcn were poems? Was It your colleague James
+. Burns, or your friends. Meyer and Haywood!
Do you mea 10 that the men who went out on
Cripple command OF Meyer and Hay
and VIII receiving SO n day for eight hours
dry. hcalthful mines were peonsf
did you that the $500 working in tho
Teller IN the wages and at the same
hours poems? Or You simply talking in your
sleepr
much interested 1t is be hoped that
will specifically and not trim or hedge but
reference to your
in Justice honesty virtue the Ten Commandments
Ever that believe In these things but
what they cant to no that have not had
Federation would have the courage to
pose their revolutionary policy which