The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-12-12

declared, Ludlow would never have
happened. "
lie asserted Linderfelt had trained
| the gun on the Ludlow colony during
a search Of the colony by the militia
| ior weapons, and patting the gun de.
clared he could sweep the whole col.
! ony.
AT that time, the witness said,
Llnderfelt was making threats
against Louis Tikas, leader OF the
Greeks, whom he assaulted on the
night the Ludlow battle was on,
breaking the stock of rifle over his
head. Tikas, witness declared was
factor, for peace in the Ludlow col.
ony. He was graduate OF the Uni
versity of Athens.
am not attempting to justify the
events that followed Ludlow" he
SAID, but If those Greeks had been
Americans they would have risen
long before"
Relates Acts of Militia
Professor brewster characterized
the arrest of Mother" Jones by the
militia as one of the greatest outrag.
es on the American Jurisprudence.
lie related the arrest of a woman
who struck militiaman because he
showed her during a parade at Trim.
dad. 1t was necessary to incarcer.
ate her children with her that they
be fed.
He declared merchants OF Huerfano
and Las Animas counties had been
intimidated by the company" with
loss OF financial and social position.
glance OF an attorneys eye was
sufficient to fix" a Mexican Jury
that tried accident cases he declared
and he narrated the case of mine
guard deputy sheriff tried by jury
of seven or eight brother deputies in
Huerfano county and eXonerated for
breaking miners jaw. This was
in the Kingdom of jeff Farr," he
said.
The witness said he had seen u
youth whose head had been cut open
by Linderfelt because one of Under
felts men had driven his horse
against a barbed wire fence in cross.
ing the open prairie, and at that time
Linderfelt believed someone had
stretched barbed wire across the road
with malicious intent.
Prof. Brewster began his testi
mony after President j f. Welborn
of the Colorado Fuel 4 Iron company
had concluded and had arranged Of
ter a clash with the commission to
divulge the name of the writer of
the company's publicity pamphlets
and to submit to the commission all
the kilograms received from the cas-.
tern directors of the company during
the strike.
In conclusion Mr.. Welborn told
of the shooting OF Marshal Lee on
September "a, 1913, the day after the
call of the strike; the killing Of
mine guards at La Veta and how ply
sicians had been kept from going to
the wounded men for two hours.
Mine accidents could be charged 20
overhead expenses only If national
law was enacted, he said; otherwise
the extra burden would turn the TO-
cal consumption field over to compel
itors from other states. The Colo
RADIO Fuel & Iron Company carried no
accident insurance, preferring to set
tie directly with claimants. The
only reason for the unrest In Color
ado was the introduction OF lawless
element by the United Mine Workers
of America, he said. Had the laws
been enforced and the militia used
vigorously the strike would have end.
ed quickly, he thought.
The witness said that If the strike
should be called off today the strik-
ers could not be employed because
the mines are filed. If the federal
troops should be taken out and the |
militia sent in, he looked for no
newal of violence unless the disarm- |
ing of the strikers was completed. |