United labor bulletin., 1909-12-03

Our State Federation of Labo: officials
have issued a circular to the unions prac-
tically asking the members to boycott
the nonunion laundries. Every word
contained in the circular is absolutely
true and should be heeded by every
member of organized labor. Too long
we have been "buffaloed" by a scare OF
the anti-boycott law, and have permitted
ourselves to become selfabaseG by the
rotten gang that has had control of our
state government and the courts. Since
Colorado has been redeemed and there
is now established a regime before
whom the law has a fair chance to be
administered impartially, we should take
a brace. come out of our shells and make
a fight for better conditions and especial
ly so for the laundry girls. The officers
of the Federation are entitled to all
be Loyalty supported by all the unions
of our state. The laundry girls are work
ing under the worse conditions of all
the women workers of the city. and they
are receiving about the poorest support
from the union people of any class of
women workers.
AS is usual, the State Federation leads
the fight This body has lead about all
the fights for better conditions of the
various unions in recent years, and its
officers have also been about the most
severely criticised of any labor union Of
fcers. regardles of who these officers
happened to be.
The present officers are new ones,
they have been in office but a short time,
they have splendid regulations as union
men, and should be given chance to
make good as officers Of the Fedora
ton.
This is the time to see that your union
is in good standing in the Federation
and to boost the state labor movement
along. There is positively no time for
knockers. they have had their day and
should be relegated 10 the scrap pile.
Professional Thugs Sent TO Lead City.
Last Monday night the notorious thug
and gun man, Bob Boykin. with about
seventy-five braves recruited from the
scum of creation, left Denver for Lead
City. South Dakota. presumably to pre-
serve Law and order" on the Peabody
plan. in that town in which there is now
IA lockout of the Western Federation OF
Miners and other union men that have
been working on the Homestake mine.
There is absolutely no trouble in that
town. or is there likely to be if these
thugs are kept out, but my experience
of the Cripple Creek strike teaches me
what is to happen as soon as these muir
dering thugs reach there.
Some violence will have to be com
mitted at stated intervals by these thugs
to convince the Homestake company of
the necessity OF their being kept on the
payroll. and. of course the locked-out
miners will be charged with this work.
It's the same old story of nearly every
large strike or lockout, but the general
public is getting wise to the game and
it is therefore not as effective as it was
when invented by Mcfarland in Pennsyl-
vania years ago.
the richest in the world; it has paid mil
lions of dollars in dividends to its stock
holders. of whom the main ones are:
Mrs. Phoebe Il. Hearst, w. X. Hearst and
]. b. Haggin. Mrs. Hearst is the widow
of eN-United State Senator Hearst and
the mother of that erratic candidate for
most every important office in the gift
of the American people, and owner of
the Hearst syndicate of newspapers. j.
r. Haggin is the well-known turf man
and politician.
What the present trouble is over it is
hard to determine. as no question of
hours or wages is involved. but appear
ances would indicate it to be stock
jobbing" proposition in which the big
fish have a desire TO swallow the little
fish. or small stockholders. by the
freeze out" route. with the poor labor
ing man holding the sack
1t appears that Executive Board Mem
ber James Kirwin of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners has been especially
active in organizing all branches OF work
ers in his territory. in the last year. and
as is customary with his unselfish or
ganization. he has given as much of his
time to organizing the A. F. of L. unions
as he has to his own. and through the
strength and influence of the miners.