Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-05-07
wOMANS LEAGUE SO DECIDES
REPORT TO GOVERNOR AMMoNs
MAKES A NUMBER OF I'M
PoRTANT SUGGESTIONS
ASKS THAT PAY BE WITHHELD
SAYS MILITIA MUST BE RID OF
ROCKEFELLER GuNMEN BE-
FORE GETTING SALARY

NOANSA, SOAost %'AehJ - H~'->fJOA "
Hamrock, Lieutenant X. T. Linderfelt
and the home guards militia detach
ment under them are charge, With re-
sponsib iry for the Ludlow battle and
fire which cost 81 lives, in the report
of the Women's Peace League COM
mittee. submitted to Governor Am
mons today.
women's mass meeting held in the
capital to insist that the governor ap-
peal to President Wilson for federal
troops. Equipped with passports
from the governor they visited the
Trinidad and Ludlow districts and
made personal investigation. The
report contains statement of the in
formation gathered and concludes
with these recommendations
THAT you order an instant investi-
cation of all happenings connected
with the presence of the militia in
the strike district TO the end that a
distinction may be established be-
tween rightful exercises of the militia
power and the crimes of individuals,
turning the latter cases over to the
civil authorities for prompt prosecu-
ton. The eyes of the world are upon
us and the honor of Colorado demands
that the state refuse to bear the
odium of atrocities committed by i'm
ported Hessians.
THAT the extra session make no
provision for the payment of the in
debtedness incurred by the militia un-
til the military rolls have been purg-
ed of the Rockefeller gunner and
thugs and until an auditing committee
has made report that will permit
the people to decide between Just OBJ
legations and fraudulent claims. 1t
is the right of Colorado to have
distinction established between the
bona fide law living members of our
National Guard ana the desperadoes
sneaked Tito 1t BY the companies.
THAT you withdraw your request
for a state constabulary, as such an
organization could not help becoming
q powerful adjunct to the labor
crushing despotism of the coal COM
n.nies sb~ .o9ai1na.gs
"That you exercise your police
power and take over the mines for
operation by the state, pending an
agreement between the strikers and
the operators. Had this been done in
the first place. Colorado would not
now be burdened with debt and un-
merited shame
THAT you lend your aid to the
movement in favor of constitutional
amendment allowing the state to de-
yeIop its own natural resources, so
that we may be freed from the men,
ace of such absentee landlords as
Rockefeller, whose only interest in
our affairs is the money that his over
seers may mint from the sweat OF
wage slaves.
1T is our opinion, sir, that the time
has come for some enunciation OF the
great truth that the rights OF society
are paramount, and that no individ-
ual, group, corporation or class shall
be permitted to advance its own in
terests at the expense of the general
welfare Strikes and lock-outs are
alike antagonistic to public peace and
prosperity.
The public must stretch out Its
hand, still all strife and adjust dis
putes in the spirit of equal justice that
takes no account of race. circum-
stances or creed. The people-third
party to every industrial dispute
must assert their incontrovertible
claim to act as arbiter.
president Wilson expects you to
draw the attention of the legislature
to the imperative necessity of imme-
asofo consideration f1f fhe whole stir