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Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
THOUSANDS OF ROCKEFELLER employees
WISH THEY WERE B RDS OR BELCIANS
ohn Lawson Explodes Rockefeller Plan for Collective Bar
gaining in Which the F. & Hopes Prevent Men From
Organizing Into Unions; Colorado Investments Pay Big
Profits While The Workers Starve in Goal Camps

John f. Lawson Of Denver. national
executive board member for Colorado of
the United Mine Workers of America,
made Eastern captains Of industry take
notice Of conditions existing in the coal
mines OF tins state when he gave testi-
mony before the federal industrial com
mission in New York He followed John
d. Rockefeller. Jr.. ON the witness stand
and uttered a vigorous arraignment of
Young Rockefeller for his confessed ig-
norance of conditions among his 10000
employees OF the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company Speaking of the so-called
philanthropy OF the Rockefellers, who
gave S250.OO0 to establish home for
migratory birds and 81 100000 to feed
Belgian refugees. Lawson said:
Health FOR China, a refuge for birds,
food for the Belgians. pensions for New
York widows. university training for the
elect. and never thought or dollar
for thousands OF men, women and chill
dren who starved in Colorado. for the
widows r,sbb.-d OF husbands. children OF
their fathers.
Thousands Wish They Were Birds
There are Thousands of Mr.. Rocke.
feller'- employees in Colorado who wish
to God they were in Belgium TO be fed
or bird to be tenderly cared for"
Speaking of the new plan OF collective
bargaining recently inaugurated by the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, the
witness declared IT left the employees as
much at the mercy of the company a.
they ever had been. A national organi-
ration behind the men is needed. he as
serted.
Lawson referred to ;he question of
compensation for the families of work
men killed in mine disasters or for min
ers injured in such accidents. Figures
compiled by the state of Colorado. he
testified. showed that during the year
1918 for 40 miners killed and 35i in
jured the coal companies paid total
compensation of So, ,593. which equaled
Sso5.Ao for each man killed.
Some of the men killed whose cases
he told the commission about had eight
children. Others had six and many had
wife and one child dependent upon
them.
by actual count the union was sup
porting 2l SOS men. women and chill
drcn in the various colonies in January.
lali." said Lawson.
Lawson compared Rockefeller's testi-
mony with that given by Henry Ford.
who testified that he kept in close
touch with labor conditions among his
employees. Lawson reviewed that part
of Rockefellcr's testimony in which IL
was stated that John ID. Rockefeller.
Jr.. had received only s37l 900 In divi-
dends in all on his Colorado stock.
Talks of C. F. & 1. Income.
ut was only under questioning that
he confessed that his father had re-
ccivcd SS.ss9.o0o from his bonds.- Law
son continued. and that the assets of
the company Were S23,ooo.o00 in excess
of the liabilities, and that this item did
not take in nm appreciation in property
values of some Sla.ooo.0Oo. Nor did he
mention the vast holdings that the COM
pany refuses TO develop, keeping them
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
Buy Colorado Products and Boost
Manufacturers and Labor Line Ub

several speakers. 1t was asserted that
not one pupil in ten in the Denver high
schools could name five of the leading
industries OF Colorado. whereas in Cali
fornia, Oregon. Utah. Washington and
other states this is made u feature OF
public school work
What came as real news to most of
those present was the statement that
Colorado has the largest canned pea fac
tory in the United States. the Empson
factory, whose product is better known
in the East than here at home.
Another piece of information brought
out was that while Colorado furnished
the marble for both exterior and in,
terror finish work OF the New York
City Hall, the marble for the interior
finish of the new postofficc in Denver
is being brought here from Vermont.
Lack of support to home Industries
was shown in one instance where !,
Denver plant ten years ago employed
$50 iron molders and | 500 helpers. now
employs only six molders and 100 help
ers. As brighter picture, hast year
the Colorado manufacture OF cigars in
creased 10000. whereas the decrease in
the United States was S5.0OOoo0
Regular meetings OF the Association
are now held twice month and the
campaign to boost Colorado products
and make more work for Colorado peo-
pie is proving great force.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
BUTTE MINERS ADVISED
TO REJ0IN THE w. F. nj.
MEDIATION BOARD RENDERS RE-
PORT AFTER INVESTIGATION.
Assessment Rules Objected to Changed
and Former Power of Executive Board
Placed in Hands of Members.

Reports received at headquarters of
The Western Federation of Miners in
Denver are that the mediation board,
composed of representatives from yari-
Gus unions affiliated with the American
Federation of IaHcr (which investigated
the miners situation at Butte, have
reached the conclusion that the only
hope for the miners perfecting reor-
ganization is through the Western Fed
Grafton. In a statement issued by the
mediation board it il shown that the
principal bone of contention, the matter
of assessments. has been removed The
following is a partial statement of the
committee:
'-0ne of the principal bones OF conten-
tion seemed to be the endless assess
ments- The twenty-first convention of
the Western Federation of Miners, held
in Denver last year, submitted to a ref
erendum vote an amendment to the con-
stitution providing that the executive
board of the Western Federation OF Min
ers could not levy more than two as
sessments. This amendment is now n
law, and no more assessments can be
levied without submitting the matter to
the entire membership. Thus the power
of the executive board in this respect
has been placed in the hands of the
members.
~The board has also considered that
the only avenue left for reorganization
is through the Western Federation of
Miners. as no other international affili-
alton is now available. If the miners
Will consider this. as they must for their
own protection, they could at later
date perfect plans for the amalgama-
ton OF the entire mining industry
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06

notice that he would later move for
vote to pass the bill over the Presidents
veto. This requires a three-fourths vote
of members in both the Senate and the
House. The vote by which the bill orig
inally passed in both branches of Con-
grcss was even larger than would be
necessary 10 make it become n law I'm
spite of President Wilson's disapproval
Later the House immigration commit
tee voted $ to 3 TO report the bill back
to the House with the recommendation
that it be passed over the Presidents
veto. This vote is expected to he taken
the latter part of this week or the first
of next.
Gompers Expresse Regret.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, made
public letter he had addressed to Rep
resentativc Burnett of Alabama, chair
man of the House immigration commit
tee. expressing regret that the President
had vetoed the Immigration bill, with its
litcracy test provision, and urging that
Congress pass the measure over the veto.
At the same time Gompcrs gave out
copies of correspondence showing the
activities of the National Liberal Immi-
grafton League against all restrictive
immigration legislation. and tending to
demonstrate that the great shipping and
industrial corporations had financed
this league.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
MORGAN SATISFIED WITH
PRESENT INDUSTRIAL PLAN
DOESN'T CONCERN HIMSELF ABOUT
LABOR IN HIS EMPLOY.
Executive Officers Of His Corporations
Are Hired to Get Results Regardless
OF How the Workers Are Treated.

John Pierpont Morgan the Second was
a reluctant witness before the United
States commission on Industrial rela-
tions in New York this week II was
the first time he had ever taken the
stand in government investigation
Aorsan told the comm is-ion lie MAS IN
able to name even the number of cor
porations in which he is a director, and
said the present operation of big indus
trial enterprises was quite satisfactory
TO him.
Here is sample of the cold blooded
line of testimony the leading banker
and railroad manager of the nation
gave;
TO what extent do you think stock
holders in corporations are responsible
for the labor conditions in their plants -
None
The directorst'-
None
"Wcll, who is responsible"
''Thc executive officers hired TO man.
age the plant"
What scope of authority do YOU give
TO the corporations in which you are a
director as to making labor conditions y
Il don't have TO give them any. Our
executive officers are paid to handle
such work. II they want advice they
come to the directors, but they usually
handle each situation in their own way
rs IL arises. They are responsible only
for results; that is what they are hired
for"
Morgan said no reports of labor con.
diiions were received by the directors.
"How long should working man be
expected 10 work each dayf" asked
Walsh.
Il don't know"
''How much should an unshillcd labor.
er earn each dayf"
Il don't know"
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
BRYAN PAYS GoMpERs TRIBUTE
Says "Grand Old Man of Labor" Is a
Faithful Leader of Workers.

In recent editorial in the Commoner,
secretary OF state William ]. Bryan
says:
The election OF Samuel Gompers for
the thirticth time to the position of
president OF the American Federation of
Labor is high compliment to de
serving man. The 80 years covered by
his official career embrace a long and
evcntful period in this rapidly moving
age. and to meet the cNaeting rcquire-
mcnts OF that important position has
been no easy matter. Faithful to his
associates ut all times, Mr.. Gompcrs has
strivcn to secure the reforms needed by
the wage earncrs without unnecessarily
antagonizing other elements of society.
He has faithfully stood for labor's rights
and yet been courageous enough to in
clude all producers in his sympathies.
Congratulations and good wishes to
him."
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
A.F.L. CHARTERS INTERNATIONAL

The American Federation OF Labor has
issued charter to the International
Brotherhood OF Steam Shovel and Dredge
Men as result of numerous conferences
held by workers in this calling who
have maintained separate organizations.
With the aid of American Federation of
labor officials a settlement was reached
several months ago, which was later in
dorsed by the interested workers, who
are now all in one international.
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
Buchanan Outwits Hay As
Parliamentarian
Iron Worker Gives SuaveVireinian
Some New Pointers on How Labor
legislation Is Accomplished

The House OF Representatives has
unanimously voted against all stop
watch systems and so-called ''efficien-
ey- engineers have been given their
hardest blow in their efforts to secure
government Endorsement OF this latest
fad to drive labor at a heart breaking
speed
Congressman Frederick s. Dietrick of
Massachusetts offered his bill to abolish
the Taylor System in government
arsenals and navy yards as rider to
the military appropriations bill when un-
der consideration in the House January
% In letter to The Bulletin telling
OF the way the labor group lined up
for the fight, Congressman heating
says:
Hay of Virginia. one OF the ablest
parIiamentarians in the House, made
point of order against the rider. and our
old friend, Frank Buchanan OF Chicago.
structural iron worker. undertook to dis
euss this delicate point of parliamentary
law with Hay.
1t was Il spectacle worth going miles
to see; the d0uble-fisted structural iron
worker splitting hairs with the man
who had the advantage of the training
of all the universities But the struc-
tural iron worker won. and the opposi-
tion collapsed 50 preeipitousiy that a
lot OF Us who had speeches to make had
no opportunity to get into the record
The amendment went through by
acelamation.
fights which have been made on the
floor by the labor group under the di-
rection OF Frank Buchanan Up to date
we have not lost single Important
fight, and this Congress has enacted
more important labor legislation than
amy other Congress in the history of
the country.
THE next struggle comes over the
Palmer child labor bill. which will es-
tablish, if sustained by the Supreme
Court, a brand new principle concerning
the control of interstate commerce.
''The bill undertakes to say that when
children under the legal limit are en-
ployed in mine, mill or factory the prod
net of that factory becomes tainted. and
cannot be carried in interstate COM
merce. You can see where this sort OF
thing would lead The next step would
be to declare that coal which had not
been mined under proper conditions
could not be carried in interstate COM
merce. and so ON indefinitely.
Il think it was old John Marshall
who started stretching the interstate
commerce clause of the constitution for
the purpose of protecting wealth. Now
we are endeavoring to adopt Mr.. Mar
shall's principle for the purpose of pro-
tecting labor
The defeat of the sstop-watch' sys-
tens was secured when Representative
Deitrick offered this amendment to the
pending army appropriation bill:
Provided. That no part OF the appro-
priations made in this bill shaH be
available for the salary or pay of any
officer, manager, superintendent. fore
man. or other person having charge of
the work of any employe of the United
States government while making or
causing TO be made with n stop watch
or other time measuring device. a time
Continued on Page SKI
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06

idle while the population increase adds
to their value
Whatever appearance of poverty
cling TO the company Is not due TO any
thing but it, own stupid and corrupt
poiicy Had it taken the money it has
spent in controlling officials and the
electorate. in purchasing machine guns,
the employment of gunmen and in crush
ing the aspirations OF human beings,
and spent il in wages and the improve
mcnt oi working conditions, they would
have had rich returns in increased pro-
duetivity.
@There Is no social life in the Colo
rado camps.- Lawson said. 'rhe COM
panieS own all the houses, ground. the
schools. churches and stores. Complete
de-potisn exists in the mining camps"
lawson read into the record a long
list of the various accidents in coal
niines and list of the men killed by
violence in the Colorado mining lamps
In 1918. This was done. he said. so ths.
the commission might know nov many
widows and fatherless ehiidrei there
SS-szf rosorado
Says Men Are Forced.
Men worked in the mines. the witness
sid. because they were forced, not be-
cause they wanted to-
III they complain. it is down the
canon for theirs he said. And if
the man who does work is hurt he is
taken to \ company hospital. II he
dies company coroner conducts the in
quest over the body. As long as | can
remember only two yerdicts unfavora-
BILE to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany have been found. and ! think the
company furnishes the cemeteries. The
coroners have a habit of giving ver-
dict OF suicide or death due to careless
ness.
Ono coroner wrote in certain case
that the victim of an accident had no
relatives and damned few friends"
No coal miner. Lawson said. has ever
shirked his duty in protecting life and
the interests of the operators. Compsas
detectives and gunmen constantly sp,ed
on the men to see that they did not get
together. This applied TO the camps
where there were no unions. In union
camps. Lawson testified. conditions We're
entirely different.
Tells of Promised Aid.
The University of Colorado. he said,
had promised the United Mine Workers
oi America that it would extend its
work into the coal camps so that the
men might have an opportunity to edu'
cate themselves. In the non-union camps
there was occasionally dance. the wit
ness said. but no other amusements or
rccreations.
Lawson called the commissions atten-
ton to statement which he said waa
made by John ID. Rockefeller. Jr.. April
q. 1914. in which Rockefeller was quoted
a. saving that the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company would never recognize the
nited Mine Workers of America and
that it was a fight to the finish.
Two weeks after that to the day
came Ludlow" Lawson said. Il do not
know whether there was any connection
between these two things. l hope not.
\ man like Mr.. Rockefeller should be
careful OF the things he says, however"
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
State Federation Officials
Held in Pueblo
Sheriff Jeff farr Declares a Roman
Holiday After His Picked Grand
Jury Return $50 Indictments

Seoretary-Treasurcr William L. Hickey
aud Vice President Eli NJ. Gross of the
Colorado State Federation of Labor We're
arrested in Denver Monday on bench
warrants issued by the court at Wal
scnburg, charging murder" After be-
ing held in the Denver county jail for
two days they were started for Walsen-
burg at noon Wednesday in charge OF
Deputy Sheriff Louis Miller of Huer-
fano county. They were taken from the
train at Pueblo and are being held in
the jail there incommunicado, under or
ders of Sheriff. jeff Farr of Huerfano
county II is said the jail at Walsen'
burg is overflowing with prisoners ar
rested under this last batch OF indiet-
mcnts.
Their arrest followed indictments re-
turned by the grand jury Of Hucrfano
county last Saturday night, and l. sup
posed to grow out Of the recent coal
strike The natuuc OF the charges Will
probably not be made known until the
men are taken before the court for pre-
Iminzry hearing A large party OF
fricnds. including John Mcl-eunan, pres-
ident Of the State Federation OF Labor,
and Clint &. Houston. president Of the
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly,
were At the train Wednesday noon when
the prisoners were taken south over the
Colorado & Southern. Neither were
shackled, and Gross wac accompanied by
his wife.
Second Time for Hickey.
This i- the second time Hickey ha.
been arrested ON similar charge, the
fret four months ago. and he Is under
5000 murder" bond to appear at the
uials in Boulder county. He was
charged with being implicated in fur
nirh,ug arms and ammunition 70 the
strikers. and IL IL presumed the Hucr-.
fano county Indictment is for the same
Teascs-
A total of l50 indictments were re-
turned against miners and union off
cials by the Huerfsno county grand jury
last Saturday. which has been sitting
almost continuously since last Novem-
Der.
Twelve Officers and members of the
Wai.cnburg Miners Union have so far
been arrested and confined in jail with
out bond. They include Charles Haines,
secretary; William Wootton. Arthur
wootton. John Burke. Michael Savage.
James O'Ncill and Garfield Miller. A
bench warrant j. also out for l.. J..
Neeley, n walscnburg hardware mer-
chant, who was Sheriff jeff Fairs OPP
poncnt in the last election. Seeley is
reported to be in Denver. IT. was also
reported from Walsenhurg that John
McIrnnan. president of the State Fed
Grafton of Labor and OF Miners District
Union IS. and I'd l.. Doyle had been in
diotcd, but up to this writing lThurs-
day ncon) they had no, been arrested.
Doyle has not yet returned from New
York.
Indictments by Wholesale.
In all about 500 in dictmcnts have
been returned against miners and union
officials in the coal mining counties of
Las Animas, Huerfano, Fremont, Boul-
der and Routt. and more than 100 men
are in Jail under murder" charges. Up
to date not single indictment has been
rendered against imported gunmcn, mine
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915
TELLS WHAT 1T is IN THE TITLE

With this issue the title of The United Labor Bulletin
is changed to THE DENVER LABOR BULLETIN. This
action been contemplated for time, and for the
purpose OF giving Vests leading labor paper dis
and local character Denver the OF the vast
domain extending Mississippi the Pacific
and when Labor Bulletin spoken of its loca
ton territory will be apparent The
has circulation extending into all the OF the
Mississippi AS The Denver Labor Bulletin it will
message city and state into homes and be
greater factor attracting this growing
nunty friends will hereafter address consnuni
cations under the amended title
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
HICKEY and GROSS ARRESTED
and JAILED ON MURDER CHARGE

guards or coal company officials. This
i significant as showing the way law
Is administered in Colorado. In Las
Animas county SO miners and union off
cial- charged with murder" are to be
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06

tried beginning next Monday. It's a
regular Roman holiday for the {. ,. a
I and allied companies.
Attorney Horace y. Hawkins aud \
staff Of lawyers have been engaged by
the United Mine Workers TO defend the
victims. Hawkins is now in Pueblo
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06

One way to make woman happy is
to sit and listen to her talk herself into
a trance
Denver labor bulletin., 1915-02-06
Indictments by Wholesale.

In all about 500 in dictmcnts have
been returned against miners and union
officials in the coal mining counties of
Las Animas, Hucrfano, Fremont. Boul.
der and Routt. and more than 100 men
are in Jail under murder" charges. Up
to date not single indictment has been
rendered against imported gunmcn, mine
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-01-07
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-01-07

seem to give a chance after the resur-
rection changed it to : Then shall it
come TO pass, etc, so as to make it
appear that none are condemned until
their fair chance, after the resur-
reaction. If such perversion of Gods
word insured Loach. | am sure his
ipspiration is of the devil, for only
the devil would inspire anyone with
changing the truth of GOD into lie
from. I :a5) as "Bslle" has here
Mainly done. Not even Der boa.ted
wilson's Emphatic Diaglott sustains
her in changing land into then.
Loacb, your defense of Belle in her
INSTRUMENTATION of me not ouly
made YOU partaker of her sins, but it
ep,boldened her to misquote Moses,
Peter and God, with you as partak
er. unless you publicly repudiate it as
I have done. Hers is as plain per-
version of Gods word as | ever saw,
and if it inspired you. your inspira-
ton sure came to you direct from the
old devil in hell. If you can't see this,
il is only because tue devil has blind
ed YOU to the truth. God never makes
lies iuspiring only the devil does that
Awful thought that anyone, claiming
to be a christian, will say lie is in
N. W. BLALOCK,
Dunlap, Tenn, Jan. I, 1915.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-01-07
Correction.

Editor News:
The piece which occurred in the Sc
quachee Valley News this week from
Whitwell is an error and the ones
signed below wish the part concerning
them to be stated as such in the next
issue of the paper without fail. For
some time there have been slanderous
pieces occurring in the paper about us,
and we wish this to be the last one to
appear. Therefore, as our names can
not appear in your paper in decent
way we wish that in the future they
be left out entirely, and If they should
appear any more there will be some
serious trouble about it.
We ask you to announce that it is a
mistake as to our spending Christmas
day with Maud Shoemake. If you
don't correct the error next week we
will put enough force behind 1t to
show you that it will be done as we
simply and emphatically do not in
tend to have our names connected
with such person.
ELIZABETH PALMER,
BELLE ROSS,
FLORENCE BARKER.
Whitwell, Tenn, Jan. l, 1915.