The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-05-22
THE COAL STRIKE IN COLO.
Children and Women Lose Their Lives.

am certain many of the readers of The National Field would
like to know about from who knows by personal experience
The corporation known the Colorado Fuel Iron Com
the dominant corporation this strike They will not
treat with labor union but that each mpoye must deal with
this company individually The ask them deal with their
representatives There is law the State giving the mines
check weghman; when majority of the sign petition for
such check weghman they get for short time but the
pany discharges of the who signed such request not
giving and there enough signatures obtain
able to keep check weghman is made decidedly uncomfor
able for such We have law against stores but
sepeae company has been organized by the c. Co.. and
unless the coal miners trade these pluck me- stores they
lose their jobs.
shown good authority that there is about one third
more coal sold than paid for mningshowng the unfair meth
lods used in weighing.
There vast amount of dead work. removing fallen rock
fixing tracks and similar work that be done by the miners
without pay.
There are company houses for which high rents paid
and other pluck me- schemes absorb the miners
are given exclusive permission operate payment of 4Oc
head to the company officials.
when accidents occur picked coroner jury ready
eve the of responsibility the whole matter hushed
up and damage claimed for the widow relatives.
Il personally secured donation from farmers of two
loads of farm products for such destitute and children who
lost their support in a mine accident.
When attempted to deliver donation fhond that all
them had given amounts sufficient get them
of the country and tooregn andthus combination
of these widows to collect damage forestaled
Coarse, brutal employed mine guards who,
the least resentment of unfair treatment beat up and drive out
men who dare maintain their rights American citizens.
Each must vote the ticket prescribed by t1e By
this method these methods quit and elsewhere and
their places supplied by ignorant foreigners who cannot speak
English or even read or write in any language.
30 Join union the loss of your job In county,
Pkn they coonzed precinct with 1000 of these ignorant
Italian and Hungarian voters expecting thus control the judicial
and legislative ticket for their especial and benefit
Il tackled the beast challenger the polls and challenged
the whole number who attempted and out of the thousand
registered but $50 voted WhV Many of them had been
this country less than but had been given naturalization
taken from foreigner who had gone Euope and the
attempting to vote had been induced that
them thought the company had right do this and that the
way to be naturalized
sit the most glaring fraud and had not been
armed and guarded with half sher would have
been mobbed for exposing the fraud This companYthe O. T.
dominates Eos Anns and Hereford counties
potcaly this Trinidad Walsenburg dropped off for
day on business Urineo c. F. camp of 900 1900 people
little city with store post Office and public school Trn
dad
Il was met by armed rn at the depot platform and asked
what had come there for. said II had business"
The guard said The Company does all the business here and
you must remain at the depot until the leaves and then you
leave
Isn't that school house there and post Office
the stores" said Yes SAID guard you
platform Am in Russia America said 1T don't make