Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-22
observed From the Mine Tipp1e
By J. D. RAMSAY

AiTaHge ments are rapidly being COM
pleted to push the appeal in the Law
son case TO its fulI extent and there j.
very little doubt but that the whole of
the Las Animas debauch'' will be
quashed But even when this Is done ii
VIII not do to rest while a district can
be found where conditions permit such
traveety on justice as the Lawson YER
dict.
The pItiful whimper about the coal
eompanies having had nothing at all to
do with the prosecution is too absolutely
childish Tor anyone to believe. The whole
trial from the Indictment by the grand
jury TO the final scene in that ''whited
sepulcher' known as the district court
room iu Trinidad was engineered and
carried out by Jesse Northcutt. and was
done by him for the fees the coal COM
panic, paid him.
At the same time We do not think that
the dirty work that has been done was
wholly at the request or on the orders
of the real -tockbolders of the coal COM
paDies but it has rather been carried out
by and 100 the interest of few men who
have been the real trouble makers for
year 100 the southern coal fields.
n H.
They have become Independently
wealthy solely from troubles they have
deliberately and maliciously fomented
in IL. district. The money they have
GRATED from the coal companies has
been Zoo itself sufficient TO pay quite. a
few handsome dividends on the capital
esied in coal mining in this field.
No matter what John ID. Rockefeller
or anyone else does. so long as those
raseal- are in the district 30 long will
there be- trouble. They never did any
honest work, they never intended To do
any; they could not exist forty weight
hour iu any community in the world
that even required the semblance OF de
ceneY iu manner of life.
Engineered the Lawson Trial.
II UJs these men and these men alone
that engineered tine whole Lawson trial
aud II Won want to know some of their
name look mp the ownership OF the
hous,- of IN lame in Trinidad and Hucr-
fano aua YOU will find some Of them
Th' character Of witnesses that these
peopl rut mp to testify against Lawson
was -n thoroughly exposed during the
trial 'Hat it needs no further iHumina-
ton hH' we suppose that il WIS all the
prosecution could get and for general
cViderru- of degeneracy we must say We
belic'r them to be well mated To those
who aH the engineering OF the trial.
Among the things ia Colorado that
can b. done with impunity are: Import
ing women from other states ior inn
mora purposes 10 the stockades around
coal mines. the purchase OF machine
guns. arms and ammunition and the hir-
ing ui mcn from other states TO come
and u~s Them; the holding up Of pas
senger and mail trains and compelling
the train crews to carry arms and am
muniti1n. the marking down and muir
dering by arrangement Of anyone deemed
advisable. These apply ii YOU are a coal
operator.
Things Forbidden in Las Animas.
'mong the things that You cannot do
il -ome places in Colorado are: Go to
tn postofiiee for your mail; walk on
the high road; spend your own money
auy where you want to. live where yon
want even il YOU own the house; believe.
hear. say OF think that militiaman
J. INVITING short OF a god on wheels.
These apply If You happen to be a coal
miner.
Chairman Walsh of the industrial re
lations committee has evidently made up
hi- mind that he was not appointed to
d. my -hushing up" act and he is not to
b. blufied out by scare headlines in
papers about hurting business and its
distinctly refreshing to see man clear
headed enough to understand conditions
/ and who has the moral fiber to say what
h, usally knows TO be the truth.
is very right thing To do to boost
auy community in which one lives-its
q hrand of loyalty we all admire-hut
such things can aud are carried to eN-
trcues and no man is good citizen OF
has he in any way the real good of his
community at heart If he covers up the
| dirty canker spots OF society and lets
them tester and spread just for the sake
of little cheap business one might get
/ from some innocent unwary stranger.
Colorado Industry Hampered.
Va one mas ever or could ever deny
/ thr vast opportunities and resources Of
, tho state OF Colorado and all want TO
50, them developed and unrestrained
prosperity let loose among all of its
cit ems. but such condition is abso-
luicly impossible when industry is ham
/ pored in the manner il is in the state.
| Trcrc is vaS difference in real en-
pir, builders and gang OF INSCRIPTIONS