Evening journal., 1914-06-01

of life to destroy our civilization as the Huns and
Nandas of old destroyed the civilization of ancient
Rome and set the world back thousand years during
which rich and poor alike suffered from the horrors
Of poverty, superstition and oppression.
These ignorant depraved and brutal foreigners are
led by better educated but as depraved and brutal
officers who usually a foregn extraction,
lar removed from American Ideals OF Heeuom OF
speech freedom OF worship freedom OF laDor ana
freedom OF government as are these later importa-
tons of ignorant herds, whom the leaders incite to
deeds OF violence the leaders themselves are TOO
cowardy to commit These men, deprayed leaders
and brutal followers together, number but two or
three thousand and while exercising their own un-
doubted right TO refuse TO work have denied to
than 10000 Of their fellowmen the right to work
The 10000 workers have much right to work as
the 1000 idlers have to be idle.
The strikers here everywhere else endeavor by
intimidation by violence and by assassination to
their lawful and unjust edict that the workers
must quit their work The lawful authorities of Colo
rado, acting under their sworn duty, endeavored to
protect peaceable worylngmen in their right to work
and in their right to live The strikers denying both
rights, dehed the government and made open war
against IL. This is no exaggeration. They actually
issued and published open and formal declaration
of against Colorado and made call for troops
They enlisted men to fight against Colorado they
drilled these men into armies, they marched these
armies from place to place. these armies fought
battles against the State troops they killed Colorado
soldiers, occasionally in open battle but more often
by assassination. They deliberately and Teacher-
ously murdered a hospital surgeon while wearing his
Red Cross uniform and while performing MS duty OF
minstering to a wounded After their leaders
had made a solemn treaty and had agreed to tenn
porary truce these strikers openly marched across
the country burning and destroying property and
numbering Coorado's citizens They have driven
men. women and children into mines and have delib
erately and Intentionally destroyed the shafts and
openings with the intention of killing them by fire
and sufocation. They have set fire TO boarding
houses and purposely burned alive unofending and
non-combatant workingmen. They have been guilty
Of atrocities unspeakable and innumerable.
In conclusion the committee
We most heartily commend Gen. John Chase COM
mandlng. and the officers and men of our National
Guard for their patient forbearance and sodierly
attitude under the most trying and adverse conditions
and circumstances.
We commend Governor Ammons for his efforts to
maintain law and order in the community
officials whose weakness and treachery tied the Gov
ernor's hands and gave aid and comfort to enemies
of the State.
We severely denounce those newspapers which,
by their inhammablc articles and comments, and by
their preiudced and distorted reports, have at
tempted place the blame where does not belong,
have DETAINED and humiated Colorado and its gov
ernment both civil and military. and have excused,
justified and been potent factors in melting those
deeds of violence that have disgraced the past and
which endangers the future Of the state.
Were such utterances to from captalistic
or a non-union organization they would not possess
in the public mind tithe Of the value that attaches
to them when they come from organization that
is composed almost exclusively Of working men. many
Of whom are identified, openly and actively, with labor
unions.