Semi-weekly herald., 1914-07-09

thing about the situation, that he solo
his paper out for sum of money
The entire tenor of his article shows
that it was one of those articles writ
ten for purpose. Evidently the pur-
pose being to create sentiment
throughout the country in favor Of
the miners, yet the statements are sc
far-fetched that it is doubtful if his
article will convert a single upholdel
to their cause.
The following sentences show the
untruthfulness of his article: Few
wanted to be 'scabs.' But they were
told they would not be allowed te
leave until they had worked off theii
transportation and board. An Italiar
at Jrimero who tried to escape dowr
the railroad track was shot in the
back and killed; another at Tabasce
was murdered because he refused te
go to work" Anyone who knows the
history of Colorado's labor troubles
knows those statements are willfu
lies.
Another statement that is equally
false follows: "Thirty-fve artillery
prisoners were cramped into the
sinking cells of the county Jail and
held there indefinitely without ade-
quate food, water or heat. Five OF
them were brought before the mill
tary court and charged with murder
and when they would not confess
they were tortured. For five days
and five nights icy water was thrown
on them and they were prodded witt
bayonets and clubbed so that they
could not sleep" When Mr.. Reet
wrote that he must certainly have
been out with the investigating com
mittee of the women whose member.
only secured statements from one sid,
when making their investigation. An
other illustration of the deliberat,
false statements, is the following
General Chase himself led then
shouting the vilest epithets. A lit
tie 16-year-old girl stood in the gen
erals way. He rode up beside he
and kicked her violently in the chest
General Chase himself lai,
open woman's head with his sword.
The above in describing the parad
incident at Trinidad Referring t,
the soldiers Reed says: "Throwinj
themselves off their horses the,
launched out like mad men with thei
fists, knocking down women an,
dragging them along the street."
Perhaps the most willful and de
.iberate lie in the entire article wa
evidently stolen from speech mad
by Ben Lindsey in Chicago, it reads
An American striker named Snyder
crouched duly in his tent beside tn
oody of his 11-year-old boy, the bac
of whose head had been blown off b
an explosive bullet. One militiama
came in the tent, soaked it with kero
sene and set it on fire hitting Snyde
over the head with his rifle and tell
ing him to beat it. Snyder pointe
to the body of his boy; and the sol
der dragged it outside by the collar
threw it on the ground and said
Here, carry the damn thing your
self" Reed knew when he wrot
that description he was writing a de
scription of an incident that never oc
Cured. Personally we believe he re
ceived pay from some one other thal
the Metropolitan magazine to deliber
ately lie as he did in the article. Fur
ther quotations are unnecessary.
The only thing the people of Colo
RADIO can do to offset the terrible
harm caused by man who deliber
ately prostitutes his honor for few
dollars or by magazine that will
print statements of this nature with
out investigation is for every citizer
in the state to write every friend h,
has outside the state setting forth tn,
fact that the article in question is un.
true from beginning to end. and hi,
belief that the man who wrote it die
SO after having received compensation
to commit the criminal act Of DELHI
erately lying.-Pueblo Chieftain.
And the sad thing about it is that
neither Thomas, Shafroth or Keatinp
raised their voice in opposition to the
wilful lies. Thomas is a candidate
for reelection and when he comes
around he will not have a word to
say in defense Of his silent attitude.
We doubt II any state was ever Al
maliciously maliened and have itl
public men remain silent while many
Of its citizens Of the Ben Lindsey
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