The chronicle=news., 1914-04-23
COLORADO AWAITS
COAL INQUIRY

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sasfsfs Of the ssAss of Colorado,
kss-rsa.i-s<. a.. xfssssils attained
s-ssil is ,h4, sASs. P@ssssai sossi-
liss. prevail in shs eisa.tsessd area.
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suss@f Ut lfoote lave ss-s die
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hass~s Os a~A on sssisr strike rs'
ssoi siii slowly be i.ss~A.a ah,ii tbs
civil authorities ~iii ssais b. .sts to
hssai. sh- sisassisss
The strikers sa a.. ss~esa 'ars
iiHiAishsas 10 hahs~E isits ana,
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s~~sa .ssl sk~ s-as sDlSeIrs viii b~-
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s~-@. so b- shs sabI3vs OF .Saa- Goes
s-assaa sas aa shls aaa @shrs EaaIsss
both sh- sapl~srss aad th- anHps
traders sas be insa.Era in lisigsa
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10 f.ssian ,a .s- s.at-alson be.ssss
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ssoss of ~. eohsressisast Inss,ssi ga
lion s.sssaisss-. aaa ppssisIy sesSae
,h-s.oas rh-su s-ssss 10 b. .ssa
tra.s aa ths rast of s.ea- Z. -saEl
gsss'- the Psu5ossiSas ~ ssS i@s1i
sostiiri. ~hieh r-silY has bssons- In
Consequential The fvat sssse Al is
sue aptas.stls has t--n transferred
,a tho halls Of Congress
The congressional saaau,ii,s- has.
l-.a nAktsG . fstsseaehiag ies.~si1
sssion at the ~h.i. si,asii.as Th-s
sss for = sums,rs u days Al sh- stats
capitol IN Drawer. tsktne t~ssinssns /.
h-afise 10th coal min. ai--rsinf. and
uni.a representatives, state Officials
--s~ called b~tos- them. aad sh-s.
.-~tn.L to Lc manifest int.nti.n ia
siSe es.fyose . hearing all. might
,hru~ aay !ishs oa tho questions sr
br sri,cd. The committee made .
trip iaio the coal field. ami gathers:
trom actual observation. and fut'h.s
cvideaer taken there. additional
data.
Testimony given by John u.
Ror orkrfciicr. 1r.. before the commit.
'-- vas considered particularly in.
icr~.iinx. mt only because .t the
o~ ncrship at about OF i,-r cent "i
tho sin.k ot the Coiora,i" tu-i 4
Iron Company. hut more directly h--
.ausC he announc-d that his .on'-
Ipany II lighting for a stcai pttnct ,i-
that Of Individual liberty Of cm-
pioyccs. lie i. quoted as tC.ti:yins
in effect. that only about I" per
cent of the employees OF the company
are union men. and that the union
ha. no fright to dictate the policy
that the company mus; carry out
with rctcrncc to the vast majority OF
its employees. that the 10 per cen,
were not entitled TO enforce rule.
which would operate to the great dis
ADVANTAGE of the 30 per cent VINO are
non-union men.
This presentation of the matter
would sepm to he misleading for two
reasons. namely: III The statement
In the coal mines are union men IL
seemingly based on incorrect intor-
nation. Such an estimate might be
correct u the count were taken at
the present time when very few I'M
ion men are working in the coal
mines. but II the estimate rcfrcs to
pon-strikc conditions. that is i6 nor
NAL working relations. the pcrccn
taccs given are regarded as far from
representing the true comparative
proportions. '2) In making an cs-
innate of that character II must cb
taken into account that 4 great num-
bcrr OF workers are union sympathiz-
crs. or oven secretly union members.
SO that unless an alaysis of relative
percentages includes this exceeding
ly important quiet factor" the re-
suit will be grossly misleading. Three
months before the strike II was com
mon knowledge In the coal fields