The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-20
Delegate Charges Him With
Selling Out Colorado Strikers
MITCHELL DENIES IT
AND CHARGES THAT COLORADO
MINE LEADERS WE'RE cRook-
ED AND COULDN'T BE
TRUSTED WITH
MONEY.
rs the Associated Press.


Indianapolis. Jan. i9-In The nation
al convention Of the United Mine
Workers Of America today John Nit
cbell, president, was accused by Del
egate Randall of Wyoming of hay.
ing sold out the Colorado striking
miners to the operators. of having
been traitor to the miners organic
alton and Of having el..ered into a
conspiracy with the mine owners. ID.
NJ. Parry ami Governor Peabody's
peace organization to ruin the Colora-
10 miners and lose them the recent
strike
President MltcheIi's Reply.
President Mitchell, replying. gave
some of the reasons why thu national
organization had Withdrawn its sup
port from the Colorado strikers. Ran.
dali had raid that President Howell
Of the district asked for sS00,000 for
the strike. offering to win or lose it
on that amount Mitchell. referring
to this, said; TI.et me be plain on
this. Howell did not ask for the
money. II he had he would not have
got it; would not trust him with
It."
Charges crookedness.
He charged Howell and ex-Nati0pal
Board Member Gear with crookedness
and Gear with collusion With stock
brokers lie told how he forced Gear,
he eaid, to resign his office because
Of II.
Gear, he said. admitted that he
was to get $1,000 for advance inform
alton concerning the close Of the
strike.
He also told Of Howell lea ving Gear
IN charge Of the strike for tiiuo last
year and said that in two y eks Gear
drew $4,000 az the organizations
money for the strike.
Howell declared Mitchell. 'is not
safe witness against any body"
He told how the first and last
money sent to the str..sers was ap.
propriated by officers to pay their
back salaries,
Mitchell Offers to cpIt. I,
Mitchelps statement showed gem
orally bad condition. He said that az
ter 100000 had been poured into Col
orado the spirit shown by tae miners
in that state was such that be had
recommended a settlement and that
national aid be withdrawn and he
would do SO again under the circum-
stances He said he was ready to get
ont il II was thought best and referr-
cd to the fact that for SIX years he
had not asked for reelection.
Others Side With Mitchell.
There were speeches by Others who
charged that the Colorado officers Of
miners had attempted to hold up the
organization; that they even wanted
per diem for remaining out on
strike; that they bled the national
treasury under every pretexb and
that instead of starving they received
more money than anthr1sdte strikers
got-figured ON a per capita basis
and that there was a demand for
enough for the strikers to live on
turkey. 1t was also stated that the
miners even had refused to put up
| tents sent them unless they recelV-
ed pay from the national organiza-
tion for putting them up.
Mitchell Needs No Defense.
The attack of Randall was attrib-
uted by friends of Mitchell to social
lists who had just previously met
with their annual defeat In trying to
thave the miners organiza ion de-
clare for socialism. The feeling
among the delegates was practically
unanimous In favor of Mitchell and
1T was generally felt that Mitchell
did not ncod vindication.
Randall raid he would have some
thing 10 say later and President
Mitchell said he wonld reply to RAN
daus statement when he made Il.