United labor bulletin., 1911-10-19

And so the owner of the Rocky Noun
tain News, who is at this time so franti-
cally appealing to the people as their
champion. has sold the policy of his pa
per to Wall Street, and orders have come
forth to defame Organized Labor as
much as possible at this time in order
TO bolster up the kidnapping case in Los
Angeles and Mr.. Patterson is doing his
best 10 earn his salary
MIR. Patterson has had 4 faculty to
make some of the members of organized
labor believe that he was their friend
To prove his friendship he has only re
Gently as an owner of some OF the north
ern coal mines sent his own partner in
the mines. Mr.. Evans, TO the South and
East and imported strfkebreakers against
the United Mine Workers, who are still
on strike, and Organized Labor OF Den
yer is at this time raising funds TO re
lieve the women and keep the children
from going barefooted in the winter
SHOWS whose husbands and fathers have
been displaced by Mr.. Patterson's strike
| breakers
In the article the News also refers to
'bribe" that some members of Organ
lied Labor should have received in the
past from the Mountain States Tele-
phone company, but We note that it care
fully refrains from mentioning the bribe
of $4,000 Mr.. Patterson is receiving
NOW from the same company in the
way of franks which, we are informed.
amount TO that sum yearly.
AT the present time there is suit
pending in the district court of Denver
in which Mr.. T. NJ Patterson is suing
the city of Denver for s4.S92. This
amount he claims is due to him for print
ing the official ballot for the election
held in May, 1910. Seven pages for s4,-
Se2-think of it, Is that not stealing
from the people of Denver? Or if this
claim is according to the regular price
CHARGED, the gross earnings OF the News
would easy amount TO $4,000 per day.
Does he pay taxes on that amount
So much for the accusation and the ac-
cuser at this time.
Now for the facts in the case.
I.abor's Economic League appointed a
committee to investigate the charges as
soon as they appeared in the press. 1t
found that the rumors came from the
Direct Legislation League. n body COM
posed of seventeen lawyers and about
all the ex-city hall employees that proved
incompetent under the present city ad-
ministration. To give the Direct Legis-
lation League a semblance of sincerity
and responsibility. they have gathered
n few labor men. Geo. Eisler. member
OF the Typographical union. and whom
Assembly, is shining light in the Di-
rect Legislation League and one who
started the accusation. When lues-
toned where he got the informa-
ton to base his statements that
the petition had been offered to be sur
pressed and by whom, he simply says
that he had been TO SEE the Denver Gas
and Electric Co. and the information
was given him confidentially.
He refused to name the party or par
ties that offered their service and the
only foundation on which he was able to
back his accusation was that HE HAD
BEEN TO SEE THE GAS COMPANY.
Supervisor McGauran was the next
man that the committee interviewed.
HE ALSO HAD SEEN THE GAS COM
PANY. but was unable to give further
Information. go AND SEE THE GAS
COMPANY. LIKE DID. and you may
find out" was about all that the COM
mittee could get out of him in the way of
proving his accusations.
Mr. Barker of the Gas company re-
fuses to give the names of the party or
parties that have been to see him on this
matter and there the matter rests.
Every officer and executive members
of Labor's Economic League is willing