Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-08

Mother Jones by the militia as one oi
'he greatest outrages on the Ameri-
can Jurisprudence.
The excuse was given that she
was going TO the strike colony 10 ad.
vlso the men to stick to the union.
he declared; -. too. went 10 the col.
ony and advised the men 70 stick to
the union. NJ their only means OF re-
lease from serGioin Aftcrward she
was charged with making profnno
and vulgar speeches. An exhibit OF
such a speech. made al the Trinidad
strike convention is The record of the
congressional investigation, If any
one can SO characterize that speech
should say he were crazy"
He related the arrest of woman
who struck a militiaman because he
showed her during a parade at Trini-
dad. II was necessary TO incarcerato
her children with her that they be
fed.
Intimidations Alleged.
lie declared merchants Of fIucr-
fano and las Animps counties had
been intlmidatcd BY the company"
with loss of financial and social po.
stion.
y glance OF an attorneys eye was
sufficient TO fix a Mexican Jury that
tried accident cases, he declared, and
he narrated the case Of mine guard
deputy sheriff tried by jury of
seven or eight brother deputies IN
Hucrfano county and exonerated for
breaking a miners jaw. This was In
the kingdom of jeff Farr," he said
and the mine guard deputy sheriff
who walked with his left hand In his
coat pocket on revolver was said
to have been assaulted by miner,
boy Of seventeen.
lie himself had seen youth whose
head had been cut open by IIndcr-
felt because one of Iinderfclt's men
had driven his horse against barbed
wire fence in crossing the open prai-
ric and at that time Linderfelt be-
lieved someone had stretched barbed
wire across the road with malicious
intent The hoy was waiting at the
Ludlow station to take train TO
Trinidad
Charged Political Domination.
He read excerpts from a campaign
speech of Judge Northcutt, now the
attorney for the Colorado Fuel q
Iron company, and Judge McTIendrle.
declaring that the nominations to Of
flee in southern Colorado had been
made on a basis OF being "satisfac-
tory to the company"
These speeches were made before
Northcutt became allied with the
Colorado Fuel e. Iron company and
before MeHendrie had been elected
district judge. The latter's speech
referred TO meetings in Denver with
nm attorney for the Colorado Fuel 4
Iron company for the selection of
III Mr.. Welborn believes small /
part of what he says said the wit I
ness, ''he is the most unsophisticated {
business man | ever heard of. He /
puts his business before his citizen
ship. his rights before soeiety's rights.
before any right" he declared "As
he said at tho congressional investi- /
CATION il is his own business and he
intends to run 1t in his own way. See T.
what damage he has done"
Weiborn Concludes.
Professor Brewster began his tes- /
iimony after President j. r. Welborn (
of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company I
had concluded his testimony and had T
arranged to divnlge the name of the
writer OF the companys publicity [
and to submit all the tele- T
grams received from the eastern di-
rectors of the company during the
strike to the commission.
In conclusion, Mr. Welborn related +
Ihe shooting of Marshal Lee at Se-
gundo on September "a, 1878, the day
after the call of the strike; the kill
ing at La Veta, how physicians had +
been kept from going to the wounded
for two hours.
Mine accidents should be charged I
10 overhead expenses, only If a ma
tional law was enacted, he said. 9th +
erwlse the extra burden would turn
the local consumption field over to Il
from other states. The
Colorado Fuel & Iron company car
ried no accident insurance, preferring 4
TO settle directly with claimants, The
only reason for the unrest in Colorado
was the introduction Of a lawless ele-
ment by the United Mine Workers OF I.