Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-26
BLEEDING COLORADO
so STYLED AT HEARING ON THE
CONSPIRACY BILL.
Arguments Against the Measure by
Citizen, Non-Unipn Man
and an Employer.

Colorado can literally be called bleeding
Colorado. owing to what has taken place
there in the last ten years.. said ]. C..
Craig. president of the Citizens Alliance
of Denver. Colo. in an address today be-
fore the House judiciary committee, in op-
position to the conspiracy bill. Mr.. Craig
was the first speaker at today's hearing.
He devoted his time to a discussion of la Dor
troubles of the state. He recounted the
various clashes between the unions and
the mine operators, which. he declared,
were attended by violence and abuses on
the part of the miners of such nature
that the newspapers of the state were I'M
able to publish the assaults. He told of
many lives being lost through plots, which
he said had been proved conclusively
against the unions; union men. he said.
had rolled kegs of dynamite into shaft
houses where men were working; cords
were extended from elevators to loaded
revolvers, placed where they would explode
into deposits of dynamite when the elevator
was moved, and many other such plots
caused deaths among non-union mine work
ers. The Citizens Alliance was formed to
take action against such assaults, and the
association grew to a membership of 14,05o.
Injunctions Only Avail.
Injunctions were then obtained. and then
and then only SAID MI. Craig. were we
able to proceed with operating mines with
out daily fear of mine horrors brought
about by disboical scheming against the
lives of men who worked against the wishes
of the unions
Mr.. Craig spoke also of injunctionS obtain
ed by the unions against the alliance which,
he said were not opposed by the alliance, as
il had wish to violate any laws. After
the settlement of the strike, by mutual
agreement all Of the injunctions were dis
solved.
NO convictions of any persons participant
said Mr.. Craig.
Police Sympathize With Unions.
When asked for the reasons for failure to
convict he said he believed it due to the
sympathy of the police, who are recruited
from the ranks of labor and must return
to their old vocations when they lose their
positions at change of administration.
In conclusion he said his association
favored giving the courts the utmost lati-
tude in suppressing riots. and giving the
courts the same freedom in passing upon
questions of anita Sonism to labor.
I'VE had member of Congress who had
the courage of his convictions in regard to
right and wrong. and he resigned when he
thought he IN the wrong. We are not
against labor organizations but We are
eternally against lawlessnesS."
A Non Union View.
John Galloway of Dayton. Ohio, repre-
senting the non-union employees. told of
experiences in this city and the strike
there. Men made threats against the
employees, said Mr. Galloway. land told
the union men they We're laying them
selves liable to the law" Mr.. Galloway
was asked to describe the threats and said
the common expression of the union men
to the workers was: You give up that
job. We'll knock your block off,
II am a machinist,' said Mr.. Galloway,
land an actual worker. and | want to say
that all of the working men are not IN
favor of this anti-injunction bill"
Spoke for Employees.
I. W. Frank of Pittsburg. president of
the National Founders Association, said: Il
do not believe our employees are in favor
of this bill. l believe it is scheme born
among the labor leaders right here in
Washington-they desire to be immune
from liability of the law. They. want to
be exempt from the operation Of the law.
in their warfare of coercion, the fist, the
bludgeon and the gun. They want to be
protected in their demands upon employers
that union men be put in and non-union
men out. They want to say, We are the
people-put down the law.
The committee adjourned until 2:30 pm.