The Glenwood post., 1904-10-08

all h
red ink to divert the attention
order issue on these trumped and
In the extravagance is not tr,
and is not believed by the people.
couio not possibly be made paramount this
law
You stand on a platform approved by Western Fe,
GRAFTON of Miners
of that body who running the yo
That organization recently officially urse
request OF President that
of its members with tho latest improved a
| army of $4,000 Federation might be organized.
What do think of this you appro,
of 1T? Dare you mention 1t in
This federation 1000 me attacked an
destroyed s25Oooo mill killed two three wounde
others at Wardner Idaho. Do spe
officially and directly and either dsapprove
publicly?
This organization bought and its local pres
aeh led an attack on the mine near Tellr
ride Three men were killed several wounded and eighty
three forcbly driven the and
many of them baretooted
Do o this along with your federal ito
colleagues the ticket Dare discuss speccal
you are in favor OF and order either
dsapprove publicly of this revolutionary
which committed this crime.
Your neighbor personal friend political
tege the whom made governor. James B. Ormar
refused appeal from the awabding people of Tel
urde district to the forces of the state h
property to the and to bring
which had prevailed in that district
instead OF doing so he sent two agators and one judge al
of whom in sympathy with the awess policy tn
Western Federation of Miners. temporze
the lie virtually gave the rioters the statu
of actual beigerents in war because he afraid.
saus ana te general terrorism which followed this ex
hbition of official cowardce the of friend
orman If he did have advice in this
certainly entitled it.
Where do in this you approve o
dsapprove of his action in leavns the lawabding
of the Telluride district to be in
aehstic element? Discuss in detail the time
face audience people
would do in a similar
urdc of Jerry O'kccfc.
Do you remember Jerry o'Keefe? He murdered il
Leadve by Western Federation strikers
Federation rifles bought money
He fireman and trying extinguish fir,
started by these federation strikers
some mine buildings
You, of course right murder
jerry o'Keefe but political you believe 1T is
advisable to support him
Your next audience undoubtedly very glad
dscuss the murder of Jerry oeefe with your feder
alton friends, F. r. Wheeler and F.
None of the gentlemen approve this policy of
but they supporters
prove it and which says that property is robbery.
Have you ever told audiences of OF
American miners who have been MANNED, crippled and
beaten by the Western Federation Rocky
mountain states?
Have you ever told them about the widows and orphans
of the murdered by Western Federation OF
Miners in the Rocky mountain states?
Have mentioned of the
twentyfour Colorado miners murdered be-
Have described long of assault,
and other crimes which this organization has committed ir
Teller county?
Have you enlightened them the value prop
erty this organization has destroyed in Colorado?
Have you undertaken to explain your
enormous which the mining interests the merchants
as the result of the arbitrary and lawless policy this
organization?
Have you explained why y~r allies
of the Western Federation of Miners fired into
In on June killing two nd
wounding several non-fe federation men?
If did you tell them thrty-fve rifles
guns and revovers captured with the
bers of the Western Federation who in the
headquarters from which the shots fired?
If have told people these things shoult
do for they vitality interested in the principle
voved in all this record of crime and violence
Explanation
You be able explain them what YOU
when that place principle above
law and order principle and in the breath bitterly
denounce Governor Peabody because of the expense
maintaining this principle You have said things Peabody
done things You will have to talk straight to she poin
make people believe that too have the
courage to do things
many other things Demo
of this would be glad explain One
is this
What did you mean when in referring to Cripple creer
labor troubles recently said Colorado working
poems? you the impression that Colorado
workingmen poems? Was it your colleague. james
f, Burns, your friends, Meyer and Haywood!
DO you to imply that the men who went out
strike Cripple Creek at the command of Meyer and Hay
wood and who receiving SO day for eight hours
n dry healthfu mines poems?
or did you that the $500 working in the
Teller county mines for the the
hours poems? Or simply talking in you
sleep?
all questions which fellow citizen.
are very much interested and it to hoped that yo,
frankly leaving out all reference to belle
in Justice honesty virtue and the Ten Commandments
Everybody knows you believe things. bu
what they to know is that have not hat
the decline political alliance with the Western
Federation o Miners, would have the op
their and the revolutionary policy which
they hope in the event that elected
erncr: Sincerely yours.
II. hITTENHoUSE,
Editor Colorado Springs Telegraph
that the long Billy but he has try