The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-27
PROTEST AGAINST THE
ANT|-INJUNCT|ON BILL
Member of Colorado Citizens Al
lance Tells of Outrages by
the Union Men.
DAYTON MANS OBJECTION

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-"Colorsdo can
literally be called bleeding Colorado. owing
to what has taken place there in the last
ten years." said J. c. Craig. president OF
the Citizens Alliance of Denver, in an ad-
dress to-day before the House judiciary
committee, in opposition TO the conspiracy
bill He recounted the various clashes be-
tween the unions and the mine operators
in the State. which he declared were at
tended by violence and abuse on the part
of the miners of such a nature that the
newspapers of the State were unable TO
publish the assaults. He told of many lives
being lost through plots. which ne said had
been proved conclusively against the unions,
union men. he said. had rolled kegs or
dynamite into a shafthouse where men were
working; cords were extended from ele-
VatOrs to loaded revolverS, placed where
they would explode into deposits OF dyna-
mite when the elevator was moved and
many other such plots caused deaths among
nonunion mine workers. The Citizens Ali-
ance was formed TO take action against
such assaults and the association grew to
membership of 1900. Injunetlons were then
obtained and then and then only, said
Mr.. Craig were we able TO proceed with
operating mines without daily fear of mine
horrors, brought about by diabolical schem-
ing against the lives of men who worked
against the wishes of the union"
Mr.. Craig spoke also of injunctions OBJ
tanned by the unions against the alliance,
which he said were not opposed by the ALI
it had wish to violate any laws.
After the settlement of the strike by
mutual agreement all Of the injunctions
mo convictions of any persons partici-
pating in the assaults have been obtained"
said Mr.. Craig. When asked for reasons
for the failure to convict he said he believed
Ii due to the sympathy of the police, who
are recruited from the ranks of labor and
must return to their old vocations when
,1,n nf
ministration.
In conclusion he said his association
favored giving the courts the utmost lat
itude in suppressing riots and giving the
courts the same freedom in passing on
questions of antagonism TO labor I'VE
had a member of Congress who had the
courage of his convictions In regard to right
and wrong and he resigned when he
thought he was in the wrong. We are not
against labor organizations, but are eternal
ly against lawlesSness."
John Galloway of Dayton, o., represent
ing the nonunion employees, told of ex-
periences in his city and the strike there.
said Mr.. Galloway, and 1 told the union
men they were laying themselves liable to
the law" Mr.. Galloway was asked to de-
scribe the threats and said the common ex-
preston of the union men TO the mine
workers was: You give up that job or
we'll knock your block off,
II am machinist.' said Mr.. Galloway.
land actual worker, and 1 want to say
that all of the working men are not in favor
of this anti-in injunction bill"
I. w. Frank. of Pittsburg, president of
the National Founders Association. said:
II do not believe our employees are in favor
of tbs bill. l believe il is a scheme born
among the labor leaders right here in
Washngton-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 frs, the
biudgeon and gum
Charles F. Waltz. os Cincinnati, was
heard in the afternoon. He represented
| the Employers Association of that city,
| comprising Twenty-Five trade organizations
| having membership of $3.50. and the Ma
| tional Citizens Industrial Association. Mr..
| Waltz declared holly that the labor organ
| tiOnss were maintaining a lobby in Wash
| ington to further the passage Of the bill,
| while the employing interests of the whole
| country were aroused to defeat the measure.
| 1t was, he said. class legislation of the
| rankest kind Mr. Waltz declared that IL
was impossible TO compel human labor to
keep the laws or prevent them from making
a hell out of a free country. Every strike
| he said, primarily for the recognition
| of the union.