The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-15
MINERS DEFEND
THEIR UNIONS
Charge Citizens Alliance With
Crimes at Cripple Greek.
STATEMENT OF FEDERATION
APPEAL FOR AID FOR REPORTED
MINERS.

MINERS.
/ n ENVER. Colo. June 1f-ActfnE ur-
! IL der Instructions given bv tr.
twelfth annual convention af rh.
. Western Federation of Miners. raa.rt-
/ iy held ln this city, The executive board
. on Jhat Organization today issued 10
F statement regarding the strikes in C1-.-
+ laao and the recent disturbances l1
/ the Cripple Greek district
The Western Federation of Miners.
+ The statement begins. -ha5 always
I courted and invited the utmost pub. E.
city ll all ITS acts and the acts of t--
members iu matters affecting am IT'S
dealings. Ii Isl declared that u0tUirr-
standing persistent reports 10 the con-
trary every local union voted upon tHa
proposition before amy strike was
called. The recent convention sent a
committee 10 Cripple Greek to iuye=t.-
gate ne situation. This committee. #r
is declared, found the representative
of the mines ready and willing t0 listen
. 10 q proposition OF settlement.
Before amy further conference could
De held. sc is asserted. "tle Citizens
Alliance iutertered in such manner ra
Illustrate further efforts iu the dira.-
Lon of settlement. tile Interference OF
lle Alliance being no doubt prompted
oE the bitter hatred of the merchants
against the four co-opeTs tive stores
established and maintained in the disc
tricr by the Federation"
Charge Against Alliance.
The statement continues
I'VE are fully convinced from In-
formation by trus-W worthy persons that
tHe original explosion and subsequent
ouIfages perpetrated are not only the
WORK OF the Citizens Alliance. but are
thoroughly of the opinion that The
Mho-e matter was planned JIM advance
sli-ap@ no single occurrence has SD
much bearing on this conclusion ass the
LofclDle resignation of various regular
~ elected officials i'm the district.
rs Aat pubic necessity justified the
MOP 10 compel the resignation of these
9Ilceis we VIII leave tie reader la
Judge Tor himself To set aside the
expressed win of the people. to 6sross
oucIals named by the majority to con-
Itcl pubic affairs. IS of itself q crime
against citizenship that We cannot pass
without severe criticism Beside this
go otAri crimes are puuy-are paEl0r
Jokes, or comic opera.
After referring 10 the fraDrfzorr-zr+
ana deportation OF union miners and
tne refusal of the Citizens Alliance 10
permit any merchants to supply pro-
Visions 10 the families of such men.
the statement continues.
Alleged Hired Assassins.
The very fact that union men are
-@P4i tea Dy the military is OF Itself suF-
Acel- 20 show that no evidence has
Deen oDlalned against these men for
- 81 l1ei--7 on crime Has aC hand does
any reasonable man or woman sfInrosa
that the military. commander .... ---s
niJD snerlI would be simple erul1rf rr
19potL 10 other parts the g1fiIrv nor
SONS NO, indeed. What evidence
mere IS acqults the miners. but auuar-
eHliy IaSleus the crime upon the heads
OF hifed assassIus and thugs fn fra re,-
OF me Citizens Alliance
ihe apparent success of This linz ne
~c--oA az Telluride has evidently
prompted the recent acts OF violence fla
me cripple Greek district. Tha law
less MOB at all times. had access In
-lie state guns and ammunition when
--Lt moo lad committed outEages with
OUT NUMBER the power of the GREAT
state OF Colorado steps fin. takes rr
alLalls where the mob left off, deports
union men, abuses others ana drazerIr-
l-faids 10 the world The DaIuahIl H.
lnal the miners unions are criminal
organizations and must be wfDaF .0-rf
AT no llme during all this struggle has
l--e ill-lllaLy. power on the civil power.
ever been used TO protect our members
I'D their rights OF citizenship.
Even at the present time no deter
mined eHort IS being made by the au-
-lOrIJies to discover the real Darra+-a-
tors of the Independence explosion
Nothing is attempted tO be done eEnau-
the one thing that is to- fasteu this r7r-
molly crime 10y imputati5u and inuuau-
90 upon the heads of our innocent
membership.
Train Wrecking Case Cited.