Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-19
Labor Leaders and Mine OPP
orators Eat Together and
Pass Time in Good Natured
Conversation and Banter
LUDLOW CAMP COMES
IN FOR INSPECTION
Congressman Get Much First
Hand Information and En-
counter New Experiences
During Trip.

.sy noss,pa iousaAl SPECIAL lrAsru ~paai
Trinidad, Colo Feb lS--lo ohm II.
Lawson and John MeLennan, strike
leaders; n. IT, wetgel, general fuel
manager of the Colorado Fuel a Iron
Co. Col. George Lee, Of the National
Guard, and the congressional inyesti-
eating committee all sat down togeth-
cr al luncheon today IN the boarding
house az the Nictor-American Fuel
companys non-uniou mine at Hast
Iings. with w j. Murray general man
ager OF the Victor American, as mas
ter of ceremonies,
An hour before, Lawson ana Me-
Lehman mad acted as hosts AZ the
strikers Ludlow tent colony plotting
lthe representatives and the mine COM
pany officials through the scenes
where few months ago strikers and
lmine guards caahed In desperate bat
/ ties,
/ Late Enemies Joke Each Other
Throughout The day the labor lcad-
iers and the mine officials kept up q
running fire Of hanterlng. which cui-
minated when Weltzel. at the Dels-
4 qua mine, Insisted on taking Lawson
and McLcnnan over 10 the scales TO
prove TO them that you fellows are
mistaken. and our Weighing IS on the
square"
Al the iron bridge near Ludlow.
famous us the fort behind which
union men battled with guards, Law
ison chaned Weitzel because the COM
pany had "iust Aulshed this bridge
when the strike began, and loft 1t
here aa a fortlfication for u.s.
The house committee investigating
the strike In the Colorado coal fields
spent nine hours in an automobile
tour OF the strike district lying im-
mediately north OF Trinidad. With
the committee besides the two labor
leaders and two mine company Of
helals. were Joseph s Myers, investl-
gator for the federal department Of
labor. and Charles J. stowell, Of the
federal commission on Industrial re-
latlons.
Committee Sees II All.
The members of the committee
viewed mining camps, strikers colo
MES, militia eneampments. and the
scenes Of numerous battles. They in
apected the region attentlvey and
conducted Informal examinations OF
many eve witnesses and participants
i'm the thrilling history of the labor
war
Leaving Trinidad early In the
morning. the party first stopped az
the Forbes tent colony, and gathered
Information about the battle there
early la the strike, which cost the ne
of at least one man.
FROM there the representatives
went TO Ludlow, stopping on the way
Ito visit the scenes of The series Of
Iskirmlshes al the iron bridge
The scene at the Ludlow tent col
ony was one such as few Ia the party
ever had experienced The congress
men. pilotcd by labor leaders, were
surrounded by a throng of strikers.
The crowd was orderly ana respect
ful. ana such of the strikers as could
be communicated with-there were
/ twenty-five languages and dialects
spoken Ia the oamp-replled readily
30 the questions asked by the com
mittee.
Unnaturalixed Voters.
After q brief general reception, the
representatives separated and each
pursued his Investigations n his own
way Dr NJ. D. Foster the chairman
apparently was Interested particularly
lin political conditions and questioned
the strikers about the charges that
they were sent 10 the polls before bee
coming citizens. tie was told by sefe-
rial of them that they had voted before
being naturaliged other members of
+ the committee talked with tho W0m-
On ana children learning facts ut hrsi
hand about the domestic routine Of
! the reputed twelve hundred oltizcna
the camp
The committee was given hearty
eheer as the automobiles pufcd out OF
+ Ludlow and up the canon toward
+ Hastings. At the latter place the en-
tire party took luncheon ut the COM
ipanys boarding house The congress
lmen had. developed sharp appetltes
Iby their long ride through the wind,
and piles Of beef steak bread ana po-
ltatoes disappeared rapidly from the
trough plattcrs that were set before
Them BIN Murray. who has adj
vanced from miner to general man-
lager. acted as head waiter and dl-
Ivided his functions impartully be-
tween McLennan and Lawson, Welt
2el and the congressman
story From Airs. LudNilS
Leaving Hastings. tho party drove
/ up the canyon TO Delagua. also q We
Itor-American property. Here the com-
lmittoe, through an Interpreter, sought
tout Mary Ludvik, one Of the two wo-
men alleged to have been kidnapped
! by wives Of strikers and held captive
! in the tent colony early In the strike.