United labor bulletin., 1912-08-22

Stale Federation MuzzIeS Labor Press!

article, by reading parts of it, and led the delegates
believe that The Bulletin was boosting Post
coal whereas the article stated: 1.-The Bulletin will
not defend the Post Publishing company, in this
article, for selling scab coal to the working
people of Denver. After reading extracts from
this article, Lawson said that Conke was traitor
to the union labor movement and should be sent
back 10 Union Label League and thai central body
told that it again sent delegates it should send
clean to represent it and not men who stood
for 'scab coal and the state militia
Several other delegates took the floor. Delegate
Drackert of Pueblo spoke i'll favor of seating Conkle,
did Delegates Bryan, Allen and Common of Den
yer, but their arguments were smothered by the
of miners that controlled the convention.
Conkle took the floor a second time and ex-
planned the articles referred reading them in full
He made extended argument why the articles should
not be used argument against his unseatlng,
but it just like pouring water on ducks back
the miners determined to rebuke the editor
for expressing his convictions When Conkle took
his seat. the procedure repeated
This time Jim Kirwan, who holds an appointive
office under State Auditor Leddy, took the floor
to uenounce Conkle. hirwan Is from the Western
Federation. lie said that The Bulletin had been
lauding the platform OF the monkey-chaser who IS
running about the country with mouth full OF
ivory and tor that the editor should not be
seated. kirwan said Conkle should be put In the
Harry Orchard class.
Delegate Dnwiddie of the Western Federation
spoke against seating Conkle- He said that 1t was
fact that the miners are III control OF the State
Federation, and said it their intention to use
their money and membership control the Amer
can Federation of Labor Notwithstanding his con-
fession that the article the truth he said he was
going to against seating the writer of it
1t was now u clock and motion carried to
remain in session till u 30 o clock. Hickey again
took The floor and reread the article that the
hatred of the miners might be thoroughly aroused
Senator Bellesfeld who not dele
gate got the floor on motion of Delegate Doyle He
made a political speech, but incidentally called at
tention paragraph in article printed year
ago of which he said he did not approve In the
1lfr AT Ofh
in the eighteenth general assembly, which was pub
lished in The Bulletin, and by repudiatng it sought
to curry favor with the miners President McLen
nan permitted all this without obJectng.
After spending half day in debate, the roll
was called by Secretary Hickey who made the
charges and he and Assistant Secretary Means,
personal enemy of the accused kept the tally The
credentials We're rejected by large vote.
The action of the convention illustrates one
thing clearly than any other: The article
quoted above was proven to be the truth-the min
in complete control of the convention
Whether not the organization will deteriorate,
did when before in the control of the two miners
organizations. remains to be
MANY Of the articles referred to by the speakers
passed upon by the business committee of
Union Label League No. l. consisting of r. Y Har
rison. president of the league and representing
Bookbinders' union: Grace Bucks of the Garment
Workers. Earl r. Hoage of the Press Assistants;
Mary Maple of the Bndery Women. and Ray F.
Lowderback of the Bakers. If the editor of The
Bulletin is traitor for writing the articles, the
for ordering their publication
The miners organizations in control of the
Federation, and at the recent convention the dele
gates made the same mistake for which they have
so roundly condemned Judge Gabbert and Judge
Whitford. Being the supreme power of the state.
the supreme court. under the presidency of Judge
Gabbert, used that power to imprison men and SEN
tence them at will: and now the State Federation of
Labor. being in complete control of the two miners
organizations used their concentrated power to adj
Judge contempt member of organized labor
without trial by jury of his peers, 1t is par
allel case only glaring from the fact that the
constructional contempt sentence comes from
that class of people that has always been against
constructional contempt
The case is vet the more notable from the fact
that Edward Doyle, who sentenced with the
sixteen miners by Judge Whtford. for crticisng
the judge in the Miners official magazine,
of the leaders in sentencing Conkle for a like crime
without trial. Each given the chance 10 plead
guilty or mot guilty. and each compelled
to listen to the pronouncng of sentence by court
with mind already made up.
The action of the convention is but sequel to
the publishing in Denver of the Colorado Industrial
Review. The paper brought to Denver from
Pueblo, where it published by Harry Fox John
McLennan, president of the State Federation owned
stock in the paper, and Secretary Hickey great
y Interested. The paper published here by
Fox. McLennan Hickey and officials of the United
Mine Workers of America. There not room i'll
Denver for two papers, and the weaker must neces-
sarily go" The Federation officials made eff
fort to have the Colorado Springs convention au-
thorize them to establish state paper, but Editor
Conkle put spike in their guns at that time. and
the scheme failed; but the officers authorized
to devise ways and means and to report at the next
convention In devising ways, they brought Presi-
dent MeIennan s paper to Denver last October and