The daily sentinel., 1913-02-18
Ounce Hutton and F. A. Hoi,inston

comes as a friend of the court and
IL Is said represents the labor inter-
ests. filed a brief in which he held
that both the Hurd law, passed by the
eighteenth general assembly and
then referred to the people, and the
Initiated measure.e also adopted at
the last election. are on the statute
books. He holds that the Hurd law
is the one which should properly have
been referred and that the clause in
the initiated act. calling for repeal
OF the Hurd law was ineffective. The
contention that both the laws are
ineffective has caused Senator Bellies
field to introduce a duplicate of the
Hurd law which already has passed
second reading, and is now being
held in allegiance pending decision
by the supreme court.
As yet the railroads. taking their
recent reports. are not SO very hard
up. In five months, July to Noyem-
ber. 1912. the Great Northern show
ed a gain in gross of s5.92S.5O3, and
a gain in net of sl,97s.112. Other
roads reports show similar increas-
es. The November gross earnings of
all American railroads increased
F"NfVNNf''Vf VI = 70
John H. Mitchell, the labor leader,
will speak at the Auditorium on next
Sunday night. His subject will be
the employers liability bill, which is
now before the Legislature. He has
been invited TO address a joint ses-
sion of the legislature. He is com
ing under the auspices of the Wom-
ap'c Truda Ifptnn laay,,a ,..fII ka
the first visit to Denver OF the former
head of the United Mine Workers of
the World in several years.-Denver
Republican.
That the time will come when the
employer. before he engages working
people, will have them tested in a
laboratory to make sure they are
mentally and physically capable of
performing the work, was the state
ment made Saturday by Miss Kate
Davis, superintendent of the state
reformatory for women at New Bed
ford Hills, N. j. Connected with
this reformatory is the laboratory of
physical research, founded by John
ID. Rockefeller, to test his theory
that there is cure for degeneracy
We wonder wouldn't this apply to
the employer as well as the en-
ploye.
ii is now reported that a struggle
between the State Federation of La
Dor and the Western Federation OF
Miners is imminent over the bill
transferring from the secretary OF
states office to that of the auditor
of state the department of labor
Lobbyists on both sides are extremely
active. The miners are said to be be-
mind the move to make the change
while the State Federation stands
behind Brake, the present commits
sioner. Representative Ferguson is
the father of the bill and there is q
disposition on the part of the house
committee to throw the fight on tn,
floor.
Formal hearings before the joint
committee of the house and senate
appointed to investigate condition.
In the northern Colorado coal fields
opened yesterday morning at the
state capitol. Notice was sent out
Saturday to the mine operators ant
to the union headquarters by Attor
ney General Farrar. that these or
ganizations were invited to attend
give testimony and to be represented
by counsel. privileged to examin,
the witnesses. This committee wen
to Louisville and Lafayette Saturda,
for preliminary investigation of tn,
physical conditions of the minin,
district Its members are Senator.
Van Tilborg and Lines and Represen
tatives Ferguson. Hasty and Emore
This inquiry was undertaken at tn,
instance of the striking miners. ant
1t Is to be confined to the question
of the strike as much as possible
| The desire of the committee is t,
/ get at the bottom of conditions 70
the purpose of recommending rene