United labor bulletin., 1913-12-20
Small Convention Snap Shots

James G. LOwney of Butte, member
of the executive board of the Western
Federation of Miners, was an inter
ested visitor. He addressed the dele
gates at Tuesday nights session.
Congressman Keating, Taylor and
Seldomridge sent kilograms stating
they were working actively for con-
gressional probe of the Color ado coal
strike.
"a necklace of blood drops" was the
$4,000 string of diamonds given by d.
w. Brown of the Rocky Mountain Fuel
Company to his daughter recently. said
Mother Jones. The killing of thirty
nine men in the Vulcan mine Tuesday
seems to emphasize this statement.
Emma Langdon, heroine of the
Cripple Creek war, was an interested
observer of the conventions action.
The May Clothing Company gave out
hundreds of unique souvenirs, beng
pencils formed like miniature steel
projectiles shot at strikers from ma
chine guns of the operators. James
Spriggs of the Retail Clerks Union
acted as dispenser.
Il have just arrived from the strike
zone in southern Colorado, and /
wasn't Chased out, either, by General
Cheese!" said Frank j. Hayes, amid
great laughter.
George HALEY, former president of
the State Federation of Labor, was
delegate with credentials as organizer
for the American Federation of Labor
Louis Tikas. known in the mining
camps as Louie the Creek" victim
of the military court for ten days, was
released in time to come to Denver
He made an address Tuesday night in
which he told of the barbarities of
Chase and Boughton.
1.-THE union card is in itself dec.
laration of independence" said Pres
ident McLennan in his opening ad-
dress.
That chorus choir from Lafayette
always got busy at the opportune time
and made the big hall resound with
the tuneful strike songs
Andrew Colnar. the Croatian striker
whom the militia compelled to dig his
own grave at Walsenburg, vas one
of the interesting characters present.
Ed Anderson, assistant superintend-
ent of the State Free Employment
Bureau at Pueblo, arrived on the
scene early and distributed his suave
personality among the delegates. He
represented the Trades and Labor AS
sembly
Mother" Mary Jones was given an
ovation when she entered the hall
Tuesday morning, and raised din
when she declared: Boys, it looks
like we will lick hell out of Chase.
Boughton and the bunch of scab-
herders."
Adolph Germer, national organizer
for the miners, arrived fresh from mil
itary prison in Walsenburg, where he
was in charge of the strike when ar
rested.
Eight hundred copies of last weeks
issue of The Bulletin were distributed
among the delegates, and all we're
loud in praise of the best union labor
paper ever published in the Rocky
Mountain region.
President McLennan's opening
speech was to the point and covered
the salient reasons for the meeting
His remarks were punctuated with
loud applause from the delegates.
Frank A. Bryan and George Girls
void Sharpe of the Building Trades
Club were there with the comfort and
convenience for the delegates and
newspaper boys. They looked after
all arrangements in the hall and were
kept busy adding chairs and benches
to seat those in attendance.
William H. Johnston. president of
the International Association of Ma
| chinists. was an interested visitor and
much impressed with the methods
pursued by organized labor in Colo
RADIO
The committee on credentials was
composed of George Henderson, Pu-
eblo; Margaret Noonan, Denver, and
Charles c. Nagle, Salida.
| 1t is remarked as a notable coinci-
dence that the convention met On the
anniversary of the Boston tea party,
which inaugurated the conflict that
brought the people freedom from Brit
ish tyranny.
Adjutant General Chase and Judge
Advocate General Boughton came up
from the seat of war" to be in close
touch with the convention, but did not
fetch the military court and bayonet
prodders with them.