The chronicle=news., 1913-11-24
An OPEN letter
trinidad. Colo. No, -. 1919,

waste btAAst Ana ehSsfcJ .o0S COL
uisus. IL has si,.n riss 'o much con-
,fosers, amongst Lay i.ssos crafts
mss. While all asre. that Ne are
sraals.i all Nc demanded except inv
resOsniii0h Oii he union ana the Hat
adyshee 0t 10 per cent, Lo~ ashy
0f Us really kaOA what 10 n-Ahi bs
rstosLisioa ot the unioI, II hinr
si.t 81 ever, I@. ~-rr ask.i iri.
question they so'.l.i offer no -Npiah-
alton further thar Io saF-eeli. u 10
the axhition ~ the uhion-ba'
iLis .s.,-r Ioi answer the u.stion, so
Nc lhoaxht a few lines '.roisi' your
paper. on this question h,i.h' s~t
oui men To ihinkiss, Hat let ne sst
the power. that bs, this question.
sad lh-y ~iii beat around the hush
= thousand vaNs, ah-n II soaid be
answered. IN tao words. .h-s soif
sysirtn Then what so ~. .nssn by
1 isre kon s,.s-sn. som- of us f-meih-
ber when ~e were driven :rom ihts
state in 1903 AMI .oushI -hiploS
r,eng In other stAtrs. where TIE sts.
TEN ~as Ia vogue the t'niir'i Mts-
Workers fyfu.-d tn accept our .ards
because ~r b~ionsrd to the W-s'-sa
Federation of Miners aud bvfos- 40
could start ~osS. had to sisn ,n sr-
plt~atIoa iar Admi.siun I" tac aaiou
oslnS 4. ~. ". of \. adtaSasiou fee
osi, SO. The uu,ou -. s-ss srn-
-rous. ih-y ss,v us thirty dass. ioI
"a, IL III. iio~ did 49, pss iais si9:
Whoa s- Got our statements fsosu
pssr ~u,.io,rr pr'rr Il payday To-
look over our -arsipxs. ~- found
about o.: which the company Kept
nsrk and turned II Os-s 10 is~ sses~.
ssry of :h~ aatsn, When s~ DE-
s,sad-,i an explanations ~ the ha"as
Of The -osapssy. they oaiy laughed 81
" snd said. "You must .ec tue
uu,ou. When ~e requested su "a
pjssssiaa sS ihr usioa sr trcv,scd
this answer. ''T~a aoi,ass sdmSsaSoe
t-~. .; iorai dues. ~ national dasS
aud 81 district du~s u &c waited
= s.. .f .-n~a-e. fa.-. ",i, ~t-., eel
wer- told by tho s"MpAn, that ~-
ssr 81. IN the hole. ssd ~. must
either get some other nssn ." stand
suoJ Tor ~, ar torsu~ feum our
seo, Icss uasii ~c had eisucd satft.
ssSss lo eos.f the amount wc owed,
oaiy SI;. Wc<rrm~uib-r also ho~
the M:n~s w~'- ot-srroud~'i sri &c
got cut very fc~ ears. uos msktnx
$50 Ter i.y. still shi. r~.~vVus
.h,ckoif syt-in held us b. ta- throat
un,,l IN. round ot flesh ~as olSsin-
r,,. When PAYDAY sain- r- ~-r-
afraid 4. !o.,k ~ our statssii""ts. Tor
tear there WIS nytbins 'pwinSi lr
all this We ar net CONSULTED Then
asrin u .o.G- trivial -ffcns' I've
sos.,mitici against the by laws. ssmc
charitable brother reports us aud bi
mot lon Of the local uhioa ~~ are
fined $500. sometimes. $1,000. snd
on psydsy ". are nnahl- to pay. -
W. iced the money for our sH'al1tc,. |
and ~c are ,nid that u I. the Law VI
the union. aud like th' M-dcs aud
rrrsiana c.nno, chang IL Prohsh- |
" the urw.pap,r men ~h" roa,ca'-i
In i,~nvcr and canvssscd the s,tus-
ton. hearing both side. Of the CON
trovcr.y. Understood xoinrthinx Of
the ch.cLuu system. hence their rec |
concentration that ~ abaLdon 'hci
two frpt propositions set forti in
our demands. We rc'ncn.hcr on- Of
our hrcthcts ocinE fined &o."U and
laid Off Tor three days Tor commit.
ting IL. following oficnsr: Going
to work on. morning "a small piece
Of rock. possibly Weighing any
pounds. was In tho niudle Of the
trsc!,. ut the foot Uf an incline where
the driver hoy went very FAST. ToI
leave :his rock undiattii bed. would
throw the driver off tho track and
cause an accident that would prob
ably cost the driver his life. Know.
ing this. the miner moved the rock
out Of the way. and for SO doing was
pun,shci aa above stated. the union
claiming u was the company's place
to send u man to do 80.
We might cnu,ncrai. many in
stances along these lines hut space
will not permit. and 30 the fines 50
on. assessments. dues. etc. until NC
get tho full benefit oi the d-----d
ciicckolr system. Why should We
demand suchy hoe. not the check
off system carry with i, the idea
that VIC canno; be trusted to pay our
ducs? Assui r,ily 30. TAKE other Ia
bor organizations. do they demand |
such a ncfarious system? 40. tb,y