Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-06
TWO MILLIONS
PAID STRIKERS
IN COL 0RAD0
United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea Have Given Vast Sums
to Sustain Labor War in
Coal Regions,

10y sosNlps JoussAL SPECIAL lrssrn wlsrl
Denver. March 5.--The United Mine
workers Of America have paid prac
tically two millions Of dollars i'm strik,
benefits to Colorado miners sine,
April /. 1910 This was the state.
ment today Of Edward r.. Doyle sec
rotary and treasurer OF District Is
before the house subcommittee tn.
vestlgating the Colorado coal miners
strike
The total in strike benefits us shown
by Doyle's records was sl095,S98. Oh
+ this, Sl,040,412 was paid to miners IN
lnorthern Colorado before the caliint
Of the present strike last september
The sum paid since September 30
1918 Is S955,4S4, Of which $7t4,5S6
WIS expended in the southern field
The remainder S240,S99, was expend.
ed in the northern field since Septcm-
Der
The labor leader was asked by a
member Of the committee why the
Iunion did not use two millions OF dol
liars 10 lease the Colorado mines and
keep the men 40 work
Funds From Everywhere.
3rhe money raised for strike bene-
fits was contributed By members all
over the United States" replied Doyle.
III was given for the support eli "a
strike. with the object Of benefitlne
the organization and all It's members.
We would not consider u fair TO take
this common fund aud expend it in
"a way that would not advance the
union cause, however much il might
benefit the individual miners In Colo
RADIO"
do you think Il IS better 20 sup
port men in idleness than to- keep
them M work. asked Representative
sutherland
no ! think It IS disgrace that
these hundreds Of laborers are idle.
But under present conditions strikes
are necessary in order To secure rights
for the laboring men,
The witness was asked why the
union did not incorporate, thus plimi-
mating one objection urged boy the OPP
orators To signing contracts with the
organization. HE replied that the
( proposal of he operators would make
iihe organization legally responsible
for the acts OF It's individual members
and that the United Mine Workers did
not wish To assume this responsibility
49, 10 i@ wv :" fei''' w"
'' -, "go ~ y. ,''0 mines
''i"" '"ii'''''@ o'rutih1eu'
tor some time the committeeman
TOOK me witness ~ hand, questioning
MN closely iesaidihs union contracts
a,'u I''i 'lg''i9fiy Iesafdlhs the tesll-
!, 'Aa "l Nol7'u nuIs OF ~
~ 80 ~, 'l'"' WI the hoyal gorge
Nv. ~ ''l,,uu, 'u'ills VINO declared
10, j" " SUI tApVll9iloe uhuer
,i'''ii ~, ','''ieil' ~ IaG I9uhl that
li's BUSINESS was absolutely dominated
n NY union
toiar' 5.,'i s'sl uie llshl OF ~
49, ~ + .i''1.,,''n ~ Eeguite ouly lts
~ ~. ~ .e gu y ''a silllllei
M T. .oiiilli MY ~ MAKE
i'm, I, 4 '''''S' NV
.is,. .,.. y,,,..
his pron,rty Win +, $3.50 tae.,,Ia 4,
Is d eanifarv rea6letinr ~ ,,,or lao =
an. he said. I'm the same wav. n
union has the right To- require man
VINO works IN an industrial commu-
my TO I'VE ana work under conditions F
.''"l uuNanee the general welfare. As
t,v. 49,. 49,. 80 -. . ISsiueit 10 pay
poyernmant ~ gba,,id NJ, ,t,e,'''i KY
tbe riehf to re9ire ,r,r,, r,'p', NV
bis moral ana financial snnnor, ~ III
organization which has worked and
sacrifIced to bring about better work
ing conditions for all the lahoring
people
Federal Government Might Act.
e.so ~ , ynl,i ts,so me opinion lhat IN
strn.o ~ f.d ,.,.',"g ,'su.llnt rom
take possosai0n nv EN- ,, ,''i''yi'' S"'ulu
rate them for the henefit of thr NIX
Hc
Before Doyle's testimony Frank 5
.,4rnlsr an orsanizef of the United G
N lne workers, told the story of an in
me- ~ a. '1 Nv '''ll's eariy IN Janu-
mon ,,era ort,.aa s ''ia' V'liet ullluh L
Do,Ie reIls of CoSrt nv HUI
D0ylea tastitnopy ,,5, - 81
he evening session g
THE witness told m tho ,ss,a,.. i, q
I'm Injunction by 1pfen eren,o,. tv Z
yhHfora In fbe dtstrief os.,rt -. D
licketine ana other strii,o s.,i,t,,as d
Violations of this int,nctos -
ed to the mnrisonment no,go ana
,t,,,,rr - - '.'',''s''' 'oal' aio
Whom learned ,na, ,n. inianc
he LAFAYETTE mo@. Of q' r saIe , %as