Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-26
Declares WaIsb'S Conclusions.
and differences Have Mo-
justification When All Facts
Are Known,
NO LETTER DRAFTED
FOR GOVERNOR AMM0NS
Alleged Massacre al Ludlow
Was No More Than Militia
men Defending Themselves
When Attacked,

isr sosrsa iovHrst srsots1 1sssso wtssl
New York. April 20. John ID
Rockefeller Jr.. today gave out ~
statement In amplilcution OF the one
he issued yesterday IN answer 10 that
OF Frank + walsh, chairman of the
United states commission on indus
trial relations, who made public corr
rcspondsnce between Mr. Rockefeller
and 4. NJ Bowers former chairman
Of the board Of the Colorado Fuel ~
Iron Co. Nh. Rockefeller also re-
views ut length incidents In connec-
ton with the Colorado strike stua-
ton
AZ the outset Mr.. Rockefeller re-
iterated his complaint against Chair
man Walsh, whom he charged IN yes
terday's statement with drawing false
inferences and conclusions from the
correspondence that he aud his assoc
sociates had placed In the hands of
the commission, waving all consiitu-
tiona rights protecting private corre-
spondence.
Mr. Rockefeller characterized as
false the statement regarding the
draitng of letter sent to the presl-
dent OF the United States and TO the
h'N't H'in VI tue NAdl'Nt bNti TIC Fih
nature OF the governor Of Colorado
Statement of Alleged Facts.
These facts" Mr. Rockefeller's
statement declares "are as follows
Last May Governor Ammons sent !
Mol u. j. Boughton Of Colorado. TO |
New York. never met Major Bough- !
ton, but he told Mr. Lee ivy H. Lee. !
MI ROckefeller's representative that /
Governor Ammons had been disturbed |
over the misunderstanding which pre- |
vailed IN the eastern states concern |
ing many phases OF the Colorado 4
strike Major BOugnton asked Mr. l
Lee IL he had in mind any effective |
way of getting he facts before the |
public. Mr. Lee suggested that one |
method would be- for the governor 20 |
write letter 10 the president of the |
United states ana to his fellow gov
ornors in other states, setting forth |
the situation as Governor Ammons |
saw & Major Boughton stated tnat |
he could not tell how the governor |
would regard such suggestion. and |
even Major Boughton himself would |
nave TO convey the suggestion to Gov |
ernor Ammons through General |
Chase, Major Boughtons superior Of
fcer
To set the matter into shape for I
confederation, Major Boughton asked |
Mr. Lee TO make his suggestion con-
crete bN preparing Il draft Of the kind |
Of letter which he had In mind As a |
hasls for the preparation Of this draft |
Major Boughton sent Mr. Lee mem |
oFandum Of his own view Of the sit |
uatson The memorandum written by |
me and referred to IN one Of my let |
ters az having been sent by me to Mr. |
Lee was nothing more than a rough |
draft Of a statement concerning the I!
Colorado situation which had drawn |
up. In answer to statomonts which had |
appeared In the press but had never
been used
"A copy of this memorandum
which. az I wrote to Mr. Lee on June |
10 1914 was incomplete ana only |
suggestive, accompanied the state /
ment When ! learned OF Mr.. Lees |
guggpst.on To Major Boughton IL &C.
CURED to me that this memorandum /
contained matorial which Mr. Lee !
might find helpful IN that connection |
Mr. Lee drafted his ideas and sent |
them 80 Major Boughton but they |
were never even submitted to General /
Chase, let alone to the governor |
From Governor Ammons' statement
IN the morning papers. II Is obvious |
that he never knew that such sug
gcsion had been made
Much written Tint Was False.
In this memorandum above refer /
red TO, Mr. Rockefeller reviewed the |
labor situation in Colorado. SAYING to |
MI Lee that SO much had been writ. |
ten and circulated Hnent the situation |
which was untrue that the public |
mind Was confused, and that for this |
reason he desired to call his (Mr |
Lee'sl attention 70 few salient facts |
Mr. Rockefeller In the memoran- |
Gum saws that there was no Ludlow
mNsadere The engasemtnt he
said started as "a desperate fight for !
life hy Two small squads OF militia, |
numbering twelve and twelve men
respectlNclS against the entire tent |
colony which attacked with over 800
armed msn
There were no women and chit |
dren shot by the authorities OF the |
state or representatives of the opera |
torn In connection with the Ludlow |
engagement Not one"
The memorandum says that for this |
statement reference is made To a re-
port Of the commanding general OF |
the Colorado militia, under date Of |
MaN =. lAtf.
Women and Children Smothercd.
The memorandum then declares |
that there was hut one child shot IN |
this engagement and that was by q |
stray bullet and the two women and
eleven children who met theif death !
IN pt underneath the floor of one
~ the tents, We're smothcrcd'
While this loss ct hto Is prufound- |
" 10 hc regretted the memorandum !
continues 'lt is unjust IN the extreme |
% laN II at the door of the defenders
0i law and property Who were In no
thHhi way responsible for it
The memorandum refers TO an ar.
uole written by one who visited Colo |
radio IN witch the statement Is made,
alleRtd 20 have been based un0n the
official reports OF AdWtant General
Nhbse @ the effect that Fan over
wheimng majority of the state mi-
litis were ntiie guards and other en-
ploNes Of the coal companies. who had
Been enlisted Wholesale. armed aud
uniformed by the state ana sent out
e. make war upon the strikers
The facts are, the memorandum
continues, that mine guards We're
enlisted IN only one OF the compa-
Mes of militia sent tc the strike zone.
While Il is true that in this company