The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-07-23

DENVER, Colo, July 21-Theodore
Roosevelt, as member of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, is being
urged to take up the case Of the de-
portation of the Colorado Miners. The
following is copy of a Letter sent to
him by a member Of the Denver lodge
of the B. f. of L.:
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President:
Honored Sir and Brother-For the
In the throes of a struggle between
the mining interests on the one side
and the Western Federation of Min
ers on the other. Law an order has
been disregarded and the law of might
has prevailed inthe disturbed districts.
But recently 140 men have been torn
from their homes and families under
armed guards, taken to the state line,
where they have been dumped out on
the prairie without food or drink, and
threatened with violence if they re-
turned They have committed no
crime against the state but were de-
ported because they belonged to an
organization on whose roster appear
ed the names of others who were sus-
pected of crime, while a self-confessed
train wrecker, under the protection Of
the Mine Owners association, was al
been destroyed, the right to bear arms
In self-defense, even by permission of
the Citizens Alliance has been denied.
The sancttty of the home has been
violated. The right of search and
seizure without warrant has been prac-
tlced. Duly elected county and city
officials have been forced to resign I'M
der threats Of lynching. All these and
other outrages have been perpetrated
IN the name Of law and order with
the assistance and acquiescence of the
state and county authorities We ap-
peal to you as chief executive Of the
United States to put a stop to this
travesty on Justice and secure to all
citizens their constitutional rights.
The militia has been called into SER
vice to preserve peace. Those in COM
mand have shown open partially to
the cause of the mine owners. The
statement of General Bell that all per-
sons, who are persons non grata to
the Citizens Alliance and Mine Own
ers association, will be deported. Pris-
oners taken by the militia have been
abused, prosecuted and insulted by pri-
Yates and officers, who have not been
punished by their superior officers The
wives and families of the prisoners
have not been exempt from insult, and
abuse from these custodians of the
peace Each andevery crime laid at
the door of the miners organization
has been duplicated by the so-called
law and order element or their hire
l1ngs. with the sanction of the military
authorities. Parties engaged in the
work of relieving the distressed among
the families of the deported men have
been ordered to discontinue their char
ity.
We condemn these outrages and pro-
test against this loaning of the strong
arm arm, Of the: state IT individuals and
corporations to be used as they see fit,
and appeal to you as commander-in-
chief Of the army to call to account
those in command of this auxiliary ia
the regular army who have prostituted
their offices and debased the army.
With the courts Of the, state defied
and their DEGREES set at naught, with
the military branch Of the government
at the disposal of one party to the
struggle, with the regularly elected
city and county authorities in the dis
turbed districts deposed. and creatures
of the mining interests installed in
their places, we look to you in whose
hands has been entrusted the enforce
ment of the law to inquire into those
outrases and deal out justice to all
Offenders, regardless Of their social
political, or business standing
CHAS RAMJS, Secretary,
Denver Lodge 273. Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
725 Santa Fe avenue, Denver. Colo