The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-08-01
By United News Writer'S:

BY United News Writer'S: :,
TRINIDAD, Colo, JuL d. On the
eve of a second strike, a : the
scabs in all the coal camE,: u AS
Animas and Huerfano countiesp ~
national vice-president Franz oe.
Hayes Of the U. M. w. A. arrived's.
this city yesterday for the purpose OF
establishing his permanent headquar-
ters on the firing line. -.
Committees and individuals from
among the strikebreakers have been
secretly approaching officials Of the
United Mine Workers for the past two
weeks asking what support they might
expect If a general walkout was ef-
fected, and the consideration Of this
crisis Is asserted to be the immediate
reason why Hayes decided to take
charge Of this. the center Of action, In
person.
Fresh from the convention pf the
Western Federation of Miners, iow In
session in Denver. Hayes brin , with
him pledges of amalgamatiol of all
the miners in America, an am 3gama-
ton forced by the Rockefelle inter
ests in their endeavor to gain 9, mplete
control of the undeveloped CO.. ~ fields
of Colorado, which embrace, i 4 public
lands alone, e,473,0o0 acres, Al greater
acreage Of coal that that in tn 3 entire
state Of Pennsylvania. e
THE merger proposal has: a
thing which all miners have consid-
cred of utmost Importance TO- a long
time" said Pres. Charles H. Meyer, in
addressing the opening of the conven-
tion.
There Is no question but that min
crs should belong to- one organiza-
tion," said Pres. John McLennan of
the state branch Of the United Mine
Workers Of America: "Our organiza-
ton took favorable steps toward a
merger at our last convention in In
dianapolis. The executive, board of
our union was authorized to appoint 4
committee to confer with the metal
miners organization some time aduring
-ts,esyear; 80. p z, =: 81. Is
seen Ill his cell in the Las knimas
county jail at Trinidad, where he has
been imprisoned for over seven
months without. trail, International
Board Member 'Uhhlich pointed out
the necessity for the immediate con-
centration of the miners forces in
Las Animas and Huerfano counties
where the mine operators on their
part, are backed by every penny of
Rockefeller's millions. Uhhlich drew
attention to the similarity of the fl
;nancial interests that had drenched
Mexico with blood, in the insane greed
of this same Rockefeller to monopo-
lie the oil fields Of Mexico, and the
battle now on in Colorado to monopo-
lie the coal fields.
1T Is war for fuel, the fuel Of the
world said Uhhch," and at the pres
ent time the center of that fight is in
Colorado, in Trinidad, with the miners
fighting the fight of the entire Amer
lean labor movement.
No longer daring to personally COM
init murder and take the life Of any
organizer of the u. M. W. A., who
makes himself prominent, to openly
slay, as International Organizer Lip
piatt was slain in broad daylight on
the streets of Trinidad, coal company
gunner and detectives are now trying
to tie the moose around the necks of
certain Of the miners held in Jail by
means Of faxed Confessions which
are made by fake prisoners put in the
cells with the miners for the purpose
of creating distrust and terror. To
what extent these things are done