United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-06-23


ment will gag at snat and swallow
week or two ago there appeared In
the press of the country an article stat
ing that the great American philanthro-
pists were being appealed to to stop the
Jeffries-Johnson night Among the great
nhilanthropists named were Andy Car
negie. Phoebe Hearst and Mrs hussen
Sage Two weeks later Governor Gill
lette has given orders that the militia
proceed to mobolize and a Few COM
panies we're moved into the city from
the Preside. where they were at target
practice II is believed by many that
the influence OF these rich men and
women who spend their great riches IN
endowing colleges. building libraries ana
In other ways placing their money where
Il win stand as a monument TO theH
names. have brought so much influence
In hear on the governor that he has nj
This late day ordered that the fight be
stopped. which viii cause tremendous
financial loss TO the promoters, ~hlie
such attractions have been allowed 10 De
staged in California for years
Andy Carnegie, who once lived on the
alley-end of a lot on Rebecca street IN
Allegheny City. Pa. was the moving
shirt In the steel industry at Home
stead Pa. when the great political IN
fuences OF the moneyed men OF the steer
Industry persuaded the governor TO SEND
the militia to Homestead, where men
were shot like pigs and blood flowed like
water.
And they ask Andy TO stop the night
Andy still carries millions In bonds OF
the Steel Corporation. and could exert
an influence TO have the many wrongs
that are being perpetrated by the cor
poration corrected IL he so desired. Men
are being starved into submission at
Bethlehem, Pa. where Charles NJ
4 Schwab who was Carnegie's superlhteho-
Mint at Homestead and who had charge
of the killing. is in charge. Carnegie
could better the conditions OF these men
II he desired.
Yet they want Andy TO stop the light
A, Canton. Ohio. the other day. bat
terry OF boilers in dilapldatcd steel mill
that belongs TO the Trust, blew up and
dozens OF souls we're hurled into eternity
without a moments warning one man
was blown through the side OF house
while another Was thrown through the
-o,f and out into a field after passing
over a three-story building This mill
was used TO break strikes. being started
m whom they wished to close a mill in
another place where there was a strike
thus leaving the strikers without any
hope OF adjustment.
And Andy wants the awful prizehEht
stopped.
Al Lead. 5. D.. where the Homestake
nina Is located, there is n strike by the
Western Federation of Miners for better
pay and better conditions. This great
mine one OF the richest that was ever
discovered. is owned by. the Hearst es-
tate. of which It is believed Mrs. Phoebe
Hearst is the largest beneficiary. This
strike has continued for months and the
conditions at Lead are awful. Men are
being enticed there from all parts of the
country and held by any means that
may be employed. Only two weeks ago
the interests that are opposed 10 the
miners instigated mob violence against
n newspaper published in Lead and the
office OF publication was entered ana
the machinery broken with hammers
and the paper had been conducted under
the conditions prevailing in the jurisdic-
ton of the Typographical union. Ap-
meals have been made from diherent
sources to have the conditions there cor
rected, but without result
And the law-abding citizens ask
Phoebe to stop the fight.
Mrs. Russell Sage has been appealed
IN that she may use her influence gained
by handling the great wealth OF her de-
ceased husband-the ex-railroad KING.
They appeal to Mrs. Sage to stop the
aght between two athletes. yet they over
look the thousands that go to their
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