The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-04-16
SUPPORTS MINERS SIDE
March s1st.
EDITOR rhe canon cI.y Record.

the vicinity of the Brookside mine.
on the night OF March 14th-l5th. al
low me TO inform you that on the
18th OF that month we held a special
meeting and appointed an investigat-
ton committee to take the matter mp
as the presence OF the state militia
was an insult to US and disgrace
to our community.
The said committee deemed II best.
from their Investigation. to bring the
whole thing to court. The COM
mittee requested me as president OF
Brookside Local No. 2546, United
Mine Workers of America, to see an
attorney. which ! did. However, we
did not have direct proof against the
party whom the COMMITTEES thought
was at the bottom of the shooting
and We could not bring II to court.
AS union man and a striker | do
not aim TO place suspicion or bad re-
Election on the character Of anyone.
but In this case Is one OF seif-de-
fence. as well as in defence OF many
union brothers who are members of
one religious denomination or another.
Canon City is our home and viii be
In the future. As farmers we cannot
afford to be Judged. in our dealings
with Canon City people by the wrong
impression OF how we behave our
selves and what our union s,ands for.
Recognition of our union does not
mean RECOGNITION OF miners in fault.
habits or greedlness. IL simply means
TO recognize a certain amount Of jus
tice and wages In return for n certain
amount OF service and respect.
Bear me in my statement TO the
end please. II ! could use the great
American language and a pen. in as
practical a way as can handle
plow or n pick would be doing your
paper more honor. But like ma
jority OF other miners had to 20 in
the mine at an age when should
have been In school. 10 help support
the family.
That il why Mother Jones is In
Jail. From pity for kids. ne ! hav.
been. and for the protection of their
fathers. There is no need OF the grill
Ing OF the coal operators and OF the
governor and Of the militia by Mother
Jones in order to convert the miners
to stick to their strike and the union
No more nor less than there is. or
should be needed. the grilIins and the
revealing OF faults. weakness and hy-
pocricy OF some chureh-goers and
preachers BY Billy Sunday TO convert
people In loving ani worshIping our
perfect and loving God. The only
difference is that Billy Sunday -
judged By the people he converted and
Mother Jones ls judged by the re-
ports and tricks OF the standpatfers.
As a farmer II would seem big
pill to swallow TO hase to recognize
a union for my hired help. Yet !
almost have to recognize union. an
association or an organization OF
some sort for everything ] consume
or produce.
One business house or shop In as
reasonable as the other. But with
the same amount of justice given the
miners by some people in return.
would say that one house was as
unreasonable as the other.
In most any walk OF life we can.
not leave a trap dangerous to life or
health. but what the law IL enforced
on us. As farmer ] could not even
make practice OF abusing dumb
BRUTE and not be prosecuted. But
when II comes to n mine or mining
II is an exception. AZ dozen law
officers tinstead OF a few minutes
visit n year by mine inspector) IN
n mine could not see into AS much
law enforcement an noanible for one