The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-16
Dcfcnsc of The, -11nion.

u iIof Y Ino IlmeB.Dlspatch:
m w '3!3i Unlon who offered tho
resolution Of sympathy It'll the Vest
eIant E na ara Miners which was
tlnity to answer the statement Which
n1ppeared. IN The Times Dispatch OF
1nn ne = l1th !, under tho signature Of Wil-
would state TINT the nesting Of tho
TybT aIs I, phical linton ON May 10th. ut
Steeae the by ao r ay aaepsd wa9
can recall tho names OF twentyf four
who were there: The meeting was In
every every, way represent ativo ono,
organization being present. 4
IN offering the resolution I spoke at
some some length IN It's advocacy. Mr.:
could hear everything that was said.
Ho remained absolutely silent. There
was one other brief speech IN favor
was taken. which resulted in THO unan::
imous adoption of tho paper. l asked
ana obtained unanimous consent OF the
union to furnish copy Of the resolu-
Mr.. Mullon interposed no objection.
Nearly year ago q resolution ex-
pressing, sympathy with Meyer and
Richmond Typographical Union. Mr..
Mullen was present at that meeting
also. but, as on the latter. occasion,
| luu nOLnln8 TO say. 4siE's +f-s YAM
slons as to Mr.: Mullen's reasons for
sanctioning by his silence in secret
labor meeting that which he blatantly
Mr. Mullen asserts that tho printers
OF Richmond hnvo absolutely no evil
dence on which to, base the charge en-
ssa aars e o h soHs sstsrn nss
Of Miners are tho. victims Of
".damnable. conspiracy" on the part Of
the capitalist class, have, such cvi-
sion. In the state Library there can
be had for inspection n volume bearing
! the title Labor Disturbances in Colo-
RADIO being the report of the Labor
Commi ssioner Ct tho United States for
/ 1908. That5tvolumo was not Issued by
Socialists. but by q government which
Is capi tnlistic to the core.
l I have procured from Washington a
copy OF this government report, and
after thorough examination OF It, l
the most startling l have ever come
across in any publication, socialistlc or
o q concerning n ne miners.
Assocation and Its ally. the Citizens
Alliance. are shown to have been guilty
OF Inspiring crime OF every description.
from murder to treason against the
~ drawn. between these organizations
representing capitalism and the West
i ern Federation OF Miners. representing
the the working class Detectives ana
owners as workmen, under Instructions
to, join tho Western Federation Of
Miners and reveal tho proceedings OF
unscrupulous wretches. with the con-
i nlvnnce OF their employers, concocted
and carried out the very sort OF plots
that are being brought out In the owl
: Boise, Idaho.
! The government report shows among
many other things:
rallied by Nine Owners agents. (Pages
1S9-lo2.)
4 Q An explosion caused in n mine.
killing two men,. page 1929
4 g. During the night an armed mob.
composed OF about 100 members OF the
Citizens Alliance, forced open the
doors OF houses Of workingmen guilty
depot loading them in cars for de-
a portation. AS the train pulled out, the
Citizens Alliance mob fired fusillnde
! OF shotr. Goage 20l.)
4. Sheriff Robertson, OF Victor, was
! called by the 1line owners into their
clubrooms and his resignation from
4 office demanded. When he refused to
t rope was dangled before him, and sew
! eral shots We're fred on the outside
: |'Threatened with immediate hanging II
he further refused. Sheriff Robertson
resigned. "A member of the Nine:
9wnsrs, Assoeiation vas appointed
! s. Riot melted by Citizens Alliance
!, and mine owners, resulting in blood.
shed. (PaEe 250.)
6. The Wholesale Imprisonment OF
, members Of the Western Federation
: prisons; the cooperative stores Of tbs
Western Federation OF Miners CLOSED
by the military and looted; no mer:
. chant allowed to credit imprisoned
I mi a
: run out of business and deported.
I. The operation Of writ OF habea.
corpus was suspended in violation o.
Q the Constitution (page 2l5), and wheI
r. such writs were Issued by the court:
0 they We're not recognized by the MILL
tary rulers
. the Typographical Union or any fair
' minded person to prove my contention
that the mine owners and their allies
have shown by their acts that they arr
entirely capable Of plotting ABains
the lives OF tho men now on trial IL
p Idaho?
n In this country. and In all othe
I civilized countries there are two classes
working class. The capitalist class i
= organized in It's National Manufac
! turers' Association, its Citizens Al
\ but all With the same object-to re
sist the demands Of labor and maintain
: supremacy in the industrial world. TIL
. WORKING class seeks TO protect us IN
= tterests through It's class organizations
:, There is q STRUGGLE between thes
= classes. which Is ever in evidence, an
which Will grow in intensity and bit
a terness until the present system 0
s capitalism Is overthrown.
2 The class struggle has. on differen
: occasions become acute in Richmon6e
as In other places. While the method
r brought into play have not been tn
,. Same as those witnessed In Colorado
t enough has occurred here to demon
n strate the lengths to which capitalism
will go In order to attain Its ends,
n The street-car strike showed that tn
o company had in its employ, ostensibl
% as car men, detectives. who at ts =,
proceedings to the company co mp mt The Re
i. conspiracy which threw light on tn
d whole affair.
- nearly two Years ago. is another cas-
:, illustrating how much loye tho loca
l. capitalist class has for the workma
:. who, like little Oliver Twist. humid
70 asks for ."more," Although the atrikin
Of the law, they were falsely accuse