Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-03-22
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VefnDer, 1903, lnonaS L. Hurley,
of Superior, forced him to admit
that he had accepted bribes in the
Legislature, he was given the NOM
ination for state senator by the
Northern Coal company and elect
ed by its corruption fund.
r. w. Morgan came within I82
votes of being elected national
board member of the United Mine
Workers in 1902. Part of the
money here receipted for was
paid for his work in the Lafay-
cite union in April, 1903, when an
impending strike was stopped by
the Lafayette union changing its
vote.
In the strike of 1908 r. ".
Morgan was secretary of the joint
conference committee of the mine
operators, the strike committee
and John F. Reams. He dined
with John Mitchell at the Citizens
Alliance banquet in Denver, at
tended Mitchell's box party at the
Orpheum theater and called with
Mitchell upon Governor Peabody.
The Northern Coal & Coke
company has for years been held
up by the United Mine Workers
as model coal company" Its
officials, suave and foxey bunch
of labor skinners, have openly ex-
pressed their love and admiration
for that safe and conservative
leader, Mr.. Mitchell" They have
always been more than willing to
meet with committees from the
union and adjust grievances.
Even to the extent of inviting the
sub-district board to conferences
in Denver and paying their rail-
way fare, $3.50 per day and free
cigars.
The Northern Coal company
came to the conclusion years ago
that the best way to control its
men was not by fighting them
openly, but by seeing to it that
the local unions were controlled
by "safe, conservative men," The
Northern coal field has been for
years controlled by these safe,
conservative men," and | believe
that in every local union there
has beer one or more spies of the
Morgan variety. In the Superior
local union F. ]. L. MacCormac.
a contemplate, cringing, crawling
lick-spittle has been a spy of the
Northern Coal company, and az
times dominated the union.
A strike means idle mines, pay
for guards, cost of importing nom
union labor, and the coal mine
operators of America have. to a
large extent, come to the con-
clusion that the cheapest way tn
control their employees is to buy
their leaders with smiles, hattery,
good jobs and hard cash. Hence
interstate conferences and trade
agreements-hence the check off
hence diamond mementoes"-.
hence Civic Federation banquets.
r. w. Morgan being convicted
of accepting Doodle from the
model coal company" and the
same r. w. Morgan being union
leader in the Northern Colorado
coal field, secretary of the Joint
conference committee and a CO.
laborer with John F. Reams, to
force the Northern miners to re-
turn to work; and the very same
r. w. Morgan having dined with
John Mitchell at the Citizens Al
lance banquet in Denver, at
tended the theater and called upon
Governor Peabody with him.
these questions which | asked al
the National convention and were
not answered. are very pertinent
very, very pertinent at this
time.
Who induced John Mitchell to
order the Northern Colorado min.
ers to return to work?
1t was not the miners or dis.
trict officers. Then who was it?
Why was the Northern miner,
forced to take the four (4) refer,
endum votes.
Why was John F. Reams try
ing to induce the local union:
one at time to go on record as
favorina settlement, thing they
had refused to do in body?
Why was John +. Ream:
stopped on his way to Trinidad
by Northern Coal company off
cials and sent back into Northern
Colorado to try to influence tn,
miners to return TO work.
Why was the Northern miners
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