The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-08-27

lois, Mr.. NOckctcllcr cnlists the ale
Of Mr.. w. l.. Mackenzie King, exper
ON Industrial relations. TO devise spe.
cious substitutes for trade unions tina
Will deceive, mollify and sooth publ,
opinion while %buiwarking the employ.
ers' arbitrary control.
yet II Is important TO remember
that MIR. Rockefeiler's character ane
policies are important only az show,
ing the possibilities inherent In az
economic and industrial situation thal
permits one man or "A group OF men
to WELD such enormous economic
power. and through that power not
only To control the deHtlnles and die.
tate the circumstance ~ life for mil.
lions Of wage arner n for entir,
communities, but to snbsidize and
control 10 n large degree those agen-
cies that mould the public opinion OF
"a nation. Even should MT ROckcfcl-
Ter change over night. those POSSIBLE
ties of evil would remain inherent In
our economic and Industrial situation.
as a menace to freedom and democ-
racy."
Every important statement OF fact
contained in the report. II BE- said. is
| established by quotations from the
! correspondence or testimony Of re-
sponsihlc executive officials OF tho
Colorado Fuel and Iron company or
OF MI Rockefeller ana members Of
his personal stan. The report con
tains copiOus extracts from the tcsti-
mony ana correspondence Of Mr..
Rockefeller, Jr, aud starr j. Murphy.
his personal attorney Ia Ncw York;
j. F. Wclborn. president of the Colo
rad Fuel and Iron company; H. NJ.
Bowcrs. chairman of the executive
department OF the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company; the Rev. Eugene =.
Gaddis. superintendent OF the CONF
pany's sociological department during
the strike and until February, 1915.
aud others.
Cause of the strike.
Discussing the causes Of the strike
the report Says:
The Colorado strike was "a revolt
by whole communities against arJi-
trary economic. political and social
domination by the Colorado Fuel and
hon company and the smaller coal
mining companies that followed in
H. lead. This dominatioa has been
carried 90 such an extreme that tNo
entire counties OF southern Colorado
for years have been deprived OF pop
ulnr ~goycrnmcnt, while large groups
Of their citizens have been stripped
of their liberties. robbed OF portions
OF their earnings. subjected To- ruth
less persecution ana abuse, ana re-
duced to a state Of economic ANA po-
litical sorfdom. Not only the goy-
eminent OF these counties. hut OF me
state. has been brought under his
domination and forced or induced to
do the companies bidding. aad the
same companies have even louted the
will uf the people OF the nation as
expressed 10y int president Of the
United States.
Economic domination was achiov-
ed by the colorado Fuel and Iron
company and its followers through
the ruthless suppression OF unio1ism.
accomplished d. the usc OF the power
Of summary discharge. the black list.
armed guards. and spies. and hy tho
active aid of yonal state, county and
town officials. who placed The entire
machinery OF the law at the disposal
Of the companies In their persecution
Of orra1izcrs and union members.
"This economic domination was
maintained hy tho companies in or
der that they might be free To- obey
ur d~lsSagard state laws governing coal
mIui4s as they pleased arbitrarily
wages and working toud.-
tions; ana retain arbitrary power To
discharge without stated cause. The
power to DISCHARGE WAS In turn used
90 club to force employees and their
families to submit 90 company con-
troll az every activity in the mining
communities, from the selling ut
liquor ana groceries to the ghuicc OF
teachers. ministers of the gospel, cleo
ton judges. and town and county oiii-
rials. In the cases OF several CONF
the suppression of uUiunifm
used ALSO to deny che kNcighmcu
10 the men In order that the mi1crs
be cheated of part of their
earnings.
political domination was uDhtcE-
I'd D., the companies hy the use ut
their monopoly OF employment 20
free speech, free press ana
free assembly. by the appointment "l
romung officials as election judges by
The formation OF a political partner
with liquor interests, and In the
case OF the colorado Fuel ana Iron
rumpuu.. also by the expenditure of
larg, sums of money to influence
votes during campaigns, aud 10y resort
90 other forms OF fraud and Durrup-
ton. Whore "a public official refused
90 do their bidding. he was whipped
into line through pressure from in
-crests that responded to the ccuno-
ui puNcr Of the Colorado Fuel ana
IRON .omplny aud H. followers,
This political domination Was
maintained 10y the companies In We
der trat they might iguor, or drfy
.,.t. laws cruCtcd to satcsuard ne
interests of their employees, prevent
legislation by state or county uuf,-
yorub'o O, their interests and Obtain
surs legislation as they wished, CON
troll luloncrs and judges ana THIS
prevent injured employees from cole
lr'ilug dnmHpcs. and ttgran.ty u4s-
regard the constitutional and tat
utory guarantees that otherwise
have prevented thom from pro-
curing the imprisonment, deportation
,r KILLING uf union organizers u
The policies ana acts OF the eN-
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