New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-06
BLOW FOR SOCIALISTS.
{. f. q. SENDS 1T HOME.
Report Of Committee That Sac
President adopted after Fight.

TeCeIVed body
DO" at yesterdays meeting OF the Central Fed
Grated Union when the committee which went 10
see PRESIDENT Roosevelt last week made its report.
Inc committee went to ask President Roosevelt to
explain his allusion to Meyer and Haywood as 'un-
desirable citizens and consisted Of John S. Henry
secretary of the Central Federated Union and
-Iessrs. Coakley and Brown. Brown Is a socialist
VI mild type. The committee originally appointed
cohsis'ed OF Henry, Albert Abrahams. a very pro-
I'ouhced socialist, and Brown. This committee
Iaieo 10 obey orders the week before last and did
t'ot go TO Washington. Last week Il was ordered
10 go. and Coakley was substituted in place Of
ApIahans who pleaded a previous engagement
" men the report read the socialists failed to
e CehIai Federated Union to condemn the
resident. The report made by Secretary
i'ehIy as chairman OF the committee and was as
follows: N' "
saw saw President Roosevelt and he gave us all the
t time we wanted, We went over the ground very
FUZZY and fFf haf St6 any
interview @as knd of talk on both sides and the
seoTeSy Of Re z tire of esT
a aRere he VIII wrote the letter himself While Were
Which ne dictated to a typewriter
The letter produced and read 1t follows:
r hen you. in company with Messrs Coakley and
letter letter had written to ATTORNEY General on
the .:o following 1g extract from that letter;
=, VuI uuty Is, II II should happen that we
i.aa lao, any power In the matter TO see that exact
ScSute IS zone these men. There must be
Iawessness takes the form Of an p effort to avenEe
o one wrongs committed by the lawlesspess Of
Moyer must be the question whether or not they
and 3 their snG sra guilty Of this parttcpaF act
s9f ff is as si,t those Of any other men
Colorado in tha AMOUNTED fo lrTm
pst tnelr legal rights should Ike to have the
me District Attorney of Idaho give me such in
to get fPo as thu they on this point should Ike
t9er has been ne The can as to wnether or not
IN autn3riIes OF Idaho TO act toward these men
~! ~ an unfair or improper manner to deny them
TO know whether there is any symptom Of a mis-
carriage of Justice in their favor
or labor papers Ike that OF DebsHand. am
Insisted without any knowedre Of the mpo9
treating these men martyrs to the cause OF
pressure being brought TO bear upon the autbor
ties of Idaho to discharge acqut them. whether
SO far as the unions are anxious only to see
mat exact justice is done these that they are
e e6fsd pFOved guilty Of this specific act they
So f m By Of anJ ae si6 "1 oa
ny murderSus and treasonable language. such
authorities and the courts obstruct the course Of
men If guilty. they equally without stint to be
justice is be Gone"
In response to your question It is I trust. need
less for me TO say that If any time you or any
one else can submit TO any evidence showing
against Messrs Meyer or Haywood. which you be-
T eTe II s rs IN ny power to remedy will at
toIney General TO have him give It the fullest CON
to take.
Abrahams jumped to his feet like skyrocket
when the letter was read. He declared that the
letter was not vindicaton OF the President
Roosevelt prejudged Meyer and Haywood first
IN privileged letter and again in letter intended
10 De made public" he said. This letter has not
squared him, and If we accepted the report in the
letter without question. II would lead to a belief
mat organized labor had made mistake in con-
demning Roosevelt. Roosevelt stands niIIor,ad 40 n
man who has not done all he was called on 70 do
OF what he wanted US 70 do. He failed TO prove
that Meyer and Haywood were undesirable ct,
~eHS' we know that the men illegally kid
mapped"
Abrahams. to a running fire OF socialistic an
pause, continued to attack Mr. Roosevelt IIa
SAID the President had simply evaded the whole
question in his letter. and showed the hand q, a
politician. and that his talk about socialism was
subterfuge
lie met us in a spirit OF fairness" said Coax
ley and am speaking from the standpoint OF an
Pi eJuuiced man L never voted for President
roosevelt, and would not vote for him az PresI
ueht' Dut can say with all the emphasis that
~ Pt1O4o VI that ne mas given the committee q
square deal. His letter TO US is evasion, as
y was written thirteen months ago before the IIar
flHhan letter was made public
ADIahaIns again declared that the letter was nor
-alstacIory Organized labor wanted somefhinG
more ore; then Coakley took the floor again
nat does Delegate Abrahams WANT he asLad
GIu ne want us 10 assassinate the President and
1Ilhs ms mead on charger like that OF Holm tba
Baptist? There is section OF people here wbo
are not sincere IN trying to free Meyer and Havo
WOOD. They are simply selling on their arrest es |
weapon TO spread their own propaganda There |
President ~ 1891 u tIie |
After some further debate the report was ac- |
:epteq ana II was decided 10 send TO the counsel
or MOYer. Haywood and tilanna |