The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-03-27


The Colorado militia has admitted
that holding of military prisoners in
communicate is illegal by the release
and deportation of Mother Jones on
the eve of a petition for a writ of
habeas corpus being heard in the state
supreme court.
The S2-year-old angel of the coal
camps has been held incommunicado
in the military bull pen for nine weeks.
There was no charge against her The
military, however, has long since set
aside that part of the constitution pro-
viding for free speech and free press,
and she was jailed because she said
she intended to exercise her constitu-
tional rights.
To forestall reversal of the motor
ious Meyer decision, the militia re-.
leased her and deported her to Den
ver She was told that Governor AM
mons wished to see her. When she
arrived in Denver, he said he had not
sent for her. 1t was a palpable frame
up of the militia to prevent a decision
of the supreme court as to whether a
citizen of the United States can eXer-
else her constitutional rights in Colo
Irado.
Mother Jones, however, will return
to Trinidad and give the militia an
other opportunity to take away her
constitutional rights.
The coal operators admitted the sue
cess of the strike when they announc-
ed that they would sue individual men,
bers and officers of the United Mine
Workers for $4,O00,000 The operators
seem to have some little doubt that a
half dozen coal miners will be able to
pay the $4,O00,000 so they will ask for
body judgments.
The coal operators admit that the
strike has caused them great financial
loss and shut down that their coal
mines. 1t is an interesting admission
when one considers that way back in
December these same operators an
nounced that the strike was over as
far as they were concerned They.
said that while so per cent had gone
out, many had returned and the mines
were then running at full capacity
They also said that they had raised
$5,00O,000 to fight the strike. The un-
ion leaders believe this fund has been
exhausted and that now the coal op-
orators are seeking to collect $4,000
900 from the strikers and officials to
enable them to keep up their fight.
Citizens of the United States who
live in states where republican form
of government exists and who know
the rights of a citizen under the con-
stitution can never realize the tyran-
nies, the expressions suffered by the
striking coal miners at the hands of
the Colorado National Guard-a bunch
of barrel house buns and imported as
sassins of the operators who have
been brought to Colorado to murder
their enslaved brothers.
These militiamen were sent to the
strike zone by the corporation-owned
governor under the guise of "preserv-
ing the peace" but in reality to break
the strike. They have left nothing un-
done to accomplish this purpose.
In their efforts to perpetrate the
reign of terror in this district the little
children have not been overlooked.
Little nine-year-old Justus Yankinski
was one of the many children who
have suffered from almost unbeliev-
able cruelties at the hands of these
militia thugs.
His mother had only left the house
for town when two miltiamen drove
up to the door in buggy. While the
captain lay drunk in the buggy the
other entered the house. Trunks were
demolished and the house completely
wrecked in his search for loot He
finally discovered 5000 in the sleeve of
an old coat and stuck it in his pocket.
The fiend then went to the kitchen,
ate several eggs, and threw the rest
on the floor.
/ Little Justus pleaded with the thug
| to stop destroying things and not to
| take the money, saying his mamma
would whip him. He was answered
with vicious kick. The other little
children began to cry when they saw
their brother hurt, and the hell-hound
viciously attacked them, kicking the
smallest child in the nose and break
ling it, Her nose bled for days and