United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1910-04-15
REGARDING LEAD, S. D.

by the Denver Trades ana LABOR Assel-
bly, two weeks ago and by SOM mistake
did not appear in The Bulletin.
The great Homestake mine at Lead, 5.
d., is controlled largely by the Hearst
estate, of which William Randolph
Hearst is the acting financial head, and
laboring men for months have been ask
ing why Mr.. Hearst, who has posed as
the friend of organized labor and the
champion of the square deal through ms
great metropolitan papers for years. ala
not put a stop to the lockout and degrad-
ing conditions prevailing at Homestake
mine The uncertainty of Mr.. Hearsts
position in the matter is responsible for
these resolutions:
TO THE OFFICERS AND DELEGATES
OF THE DENVER TRADES AND
LABOR ASSEMBLY:
WHEREAS, The Homestake Mining
company of Lead, S. D., on November
oath, 1909, locked out its employees to the
number of $500, because said employees
insisted on the right to be identified as
members of organized labor, and
WHEREAS, The Homestake Mining
company has declared that in considera-
ton of employment employees shall waive
lHtll l5hI " bciOhS ~ q 'tiOSA -
ton, and
WHEREAS, The officials of the Lead
Miners Union have forwarded kilograms
| to Mrs. Phoebe Hearst and her son, VIII
liam Randolph Hearst, who are heavily
interested, and probably own the con-
trolling interest in the Homestake Min
ing company, urging them to investigate
conditions and to use their efforts to-
wards an amicable settlement, and
WHEREAS, The executive board OF
Western Federation of Miners has like
wise communicated with Mrs. Hearst and
her son, William Randolph Hearst, with
the object in view of interesting them In
the settlement of the controversy be-
tween the HomestaSe Mining company
and it's locked-out employees, and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Hearst and her son
have practically ignored the requests
that have been sent them, and by their
silence have demonstrated that they are
in accord with the lockout promulgated
by the Homestake Mining company, and
WHEREAS, William Randolph Hearst,
as head of syndicate of newspapers,
published at San Francisco, Chicago,
New York and other places, has posed as
the friend of labor and the advocate of
unionism; and
| WHEREAS, The membership of organ
lied labor throughout America form
large percentage of subscribers to the
newspapers owned and controlled by Will
liam Randolph Hearst; and
WHEREAS, William Randolph Hearst
has failed to use any effort in adjusting
the differences in Lead, S. D. and has
failed through his many publications, to
place himself on record as against the
lockout of the Homestake Mining COM
pany, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By the delegates of the
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly, that
we regard the attitude of William Ran
dolph Hearst as cowardly, and that we
look upon his former pretensions OF
friendship for organized labor as mere
pretexts to enlarge the circulation of his
newspapers among members of organized
labor; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Denver Trades
and Labor Assembly, in convention as.
sembled, recognize the attitude as
sumed by William Randolph Hearst as
opposed to organized labor, and his
former pretensions of friendship as the
expressions of a masked hypocrite, and
be it further
RESOLVED, That the secretary of the
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly be
instructed to forward a copy of these
resolutions to the American Federation
of Labor, whose officials shall be in
structed to inform William Randolph
Hearst that he is required to place him
self squarely on record as to the lockout
of the Homestake Mining company; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That should William Ran.
dolph Hearst continue to act in such a
manner as to fail in proving his friend
ship for organized labor, that circular
letter be issued, bearing the seal and
signatures of the officials of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, in order that
union men and women throughout Amer
lea and Canada may know that Hearst
and his publications deserve the same
treatment as every foe of unionism who
hides his enmity behind a pretense OF
friendship.