Arizona republican., 1904-08-07
The Western Federation Off, fiCialS Reply to Peabody
A ROAST OF THE GUARD
The Governors Assertion That He Is the Friend of Organized Labor Is Sneerinsly Alluded to-Vindication by the Courts Predicted.

Denver, Colo, Aug. GA reply to Governor James H. Peabody's explana- uon of his course in connection with the labor troubles in this state Was made today by President Charles n. Mover and Secretary Treasurer Wm. ID. Haywood, of the Western Federatio= of Miners. They characterized the governors recent article as "a plan to set himself right before the great mass of people who will have ballots in their hands on the Sth of November to relegate to the scrap pile the mOyt- gagged administration that has straz- gled justice and human rights by tks armed power of military despOtiSIR.
 The governors charge that the press has been unfair in its comment on Jhs situation in Colorado is controverted- The press has not used the bare knuckles of denunciation but merely the padded gloves Of reluctant criti- cism," declare the federation officsrz. The shame, the reproach and ign0- miny which tarnish' the fair name Of Colorado, lies at the door of the exec utive chamber of the state capitol
 Replying to the governors assertion that he has only waGed war against the Western Federation of Miners and is friendly 10 other labor organizations the federation officers refer to the em- ployment of troops to depOrt coal min CTS from southern Colorado and cOntin- ne: If the Western Federation Of Min CTS is the only lawless organization. why did the hired uniformed moo. known as the Colorado national guard. with your sanction and approval de- port and buIl-pen coal miners. who-e national organization boasts of a con servative Mitchell, and an Organiza- ton which has not, as yet, proclaimed its endorsement of the principles of SO cialism? Why did the dollar day boys in blue drive eighty coal min CTS a distance Of twenty miles with out water, like q herd of cattle, tO fin | ally enjoy the supreme pleasure of quenching their maddening thirst at town trough? An, yes, beloved Pea body. you love organized labor sO well that if you had been governor of Ill., nois, the people of the nation ere this would have heard the crack or military rifles behind the stOckades of the pack ing cOmpan nies iE Chicago
 The very fact that organized labor in every part of the United states. 1 Canada and old Mexico has thun- I ecutive of Colorado, and the very fact that thousands and tens Of thousands of dollars have flowed in to the treas ury of the Western Federation of Min CTS, disproves the charges of lawleSs- ness manufactured by the friend oc | organized labor Organized labor does not contribute funds from it's treasury in support of outlaws
 The Western Federation of Miners has at no time, in all its histor:. at tempted to defy the courts. Its mem bers, when charged with crime. have been willing to enter the sanctuary of a judicial tribunal and be tried by
 a jury of their peers In all the trials that have been held in the state or Colorado during the present strike.
 where membership in a union has been linked with almost every Cfense in the catalogue Of crime, jury has brought in a verdict of acquittaL In the cases that were tried before the courts of Teller county. testimony that Nas
 bought and paid for by the mine own CTS association, fastened the guilt of
 train wrecking on salaried detectives. and when the cases of murder, cons pir- acy to murder and melting to riot Come
 before the courts in Septs .mber. the nn-
 ger of the guilt will poi..t to the mine operators and members Cs the Citizens
 alliance, who are the 'foly of holies'
 with James Hamilton TeabOdy.