Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-30
ANOTHER PROBE INTO
COLORADO LABOI, WAR

Denver. Nov. Ex-Governor II. NJ.
Ammons and Governor elect George
4. Carlson will be the first witness to
appear before the federal Industrial
relations commission in its inyestiga-
tion into the underlying causes Of the
Colorado coal strike. without sub
poena they Will appear and confine
their testimony to statements In CO.
operation with the commission, ac-
cording to Frank Il. Walsh. chairman
of the commission. who arrived today
and spent his first four hours in the
city in conference with Governor Am
mons and Governor-elect Carlson.
The sessions of the commission
We're deferred until December to
permit the attendance of Commits
sioner Weinstock of California With
the exception OF Mrs. j. Borden ,HaI-
riman of New York. detained by the
Illness of her husband, the full COM
mission is expected TO reach Denver
in time for the opening session. The
hearings. IL is believed. Will extend
two weeks, during which the commits
sion expects to have before it at least
twenty-five witnesses. list of those
to appear during the first four days
of the first week was given out to-
night by Chairman Walsh. After
Governor Ammons and Governor-elect
Carlson have been heard at the open
ing session, December ., former SEN
ator T. NJ. Patterson will testify.
In order. the subsequent witnesses
at the first session will be James III.
Blood, a former coal operator, now
IAN attorney. of Denver: j. c. Osgood,
chairman board of directors of the
y Nf.tf ar A afsfq Ftf1t and
John McLennan, president Of district
No. 10, United Mine Workers of
America and president of the State
Federation of Labor. The witnesses
to be heard December J are: H. V.
Brake, state commissioner of labor;
]. +. Welborn, president OF the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company; a. Il.
Wcitzcl manager and chief engineer
of the fuel department of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron company of
Pueblo, and James ii. Brewster, pro-
fessor of law, University Of Colorado,
who appeared as an attorney for the
United Mine Workers before the con-
gressional investigating committee
and was chairman of the State FEEDER
alton of Labor committee that inves- !
tgated the strike in Boulder county /,
on December 4, James Dalrymple, |
chief state inspector of coal mines. |
will be called first. After him VIII
come W. w. Curtis. president of the |
Rapson Coal Mining company of Col |
orado Springs; c. l.. Baum, president
of the Consolidated Coal and Coke !
company of Denver; John r. Lawson, |
member of the international executive |
board of the United Mine Workers of
America for Colorado and member OF I
the policy committee of district NO. |
IS. and S. NJ. Perry of the Moffat Coal |
company.
Jesse G, Northcutt, attorney for the
coal operators. will testify at the
opening of the session December ..
He Will be followed by J. j. Hendrick.
district attorney, judicial district OF
Colorado: John McQuarrie, former
under sheriff of Huerfano county; |
Jefferson Farr, sheriff of Huerfano
and James S. Grisham sher-
iff of Las .Animas county; David W.
Brown, president of the Rocky Noun
tain Fuel company, and Frank j.
HAYES. vice president of the United
Mine Workers of America.
'The commission has delayed Its
visit to Denver only because other
agencies were at work here, whose ef-
fort was to afford some immediate
and local relief and we wished TO do
nothing that might confuse the sltu-
alton" said Chairman Walsh TO-DAY.
eve could not delay our visit longer
and still get first hand knowledge
of the situation.
mo one knows better than those
who have been involved in the con-
fIict here that the problems at issue
are not local, but are of vital inter-
est and Importance to every part OF
the United states.
eve are making an earnest eliort
10 get at the fundamental causes and
differences that arise between en-
ployer and employe and to utilize the
experience of practical men IN devis,
ing some means by which industrial
neaee with Justice can be maintained.