Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-02
ROCKEFELLER PLAN
GIVEN APPROVAL
Conference Of Miners and Company Of
ficials Votes in Favor Of New In
dustriai Idea TO Be Submitted to
Referendum Vote.

dustrial Idea Be Submitted to
Referendum Vote.
Pueblo, Colo, Oct. 2-The Rockefel-
Ter Industrial plan was unfolded today
at meeting OF officers of the Colorado
Coal & Fuel Company miners and en-
ployes. John D. Rockefeller explained
the provisions Of the system devised
by himself and w. l. Mackenzie King,
in collaboration with President j, F..
Welborn and other officers of the COM
pany, for settling the relations of labor
and capital. Itwas announced that the
details would not be made public until
tonight.
The Rockefeller Industrial plan was
approved by n unanimous vote by mine
officers, and mine workers. representa-
tives here today. The proposition will
be submitted to the officers Of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company and
the miners for q general referendum.
Mr.. Rsekefel1ef in opening his ad-
Edress said: .isFsHM
This .s AIRED letter day in my life
This is the first time have ever had
an opportunity to speak to the del
egates of the miners and to the officers
Of the company together.
Two weeks ago, in a meeting Of this
kind. We would have met as strangers,
Since then I have visited the coal
camps OF southern Colorado. l have
gone into your homes and met Your
wives and children and so now I%feel
we meet not as strangers, but as
friends"
He then outlined his idea of a cor
poration, saying it was made up Of
four parties, stockholders, directors,
officers and employees.
"The interests of neither Of these
four parties can be neglected without
disc ster to the whole company" he
said.
ABOUT thirty delegates from the coal
camps, sixteen officials and half a
dozen others were present at the con-
ference.
Among the miners delegates were
seven from Fremont county. all OF
whom declared themselves members OF
the United Mine Workers of America.
They were Byron Richards and Rich
ard Madonna. from Coal Greek: Louis
Carutti and Louis Luck. from Rock
vale, and Charles Ossola, Nick ker-
seric and Walter Patrick. from the
Fremont mine.
Practically all Of the other delegates
were non-union men, most of them
having worked for the company dur
ing the strike.
The Rockefeller scheme, to be un-
folded it is reliably stated, contem-
plates union Of all the miners in the
Rockefeller plants, similar to the
United Mine Workers, but without the
labor leaders at the head. The repre-
sentatives of each camp, to be elected
by secret ballot Of the miners. will
take the place of the union leaders and
they will do the collective bargaining
with the Rockefellers.
All such bargaining, however, has to
be submitted back to the miners 70:
their approval or rejection. This is
where the new democracy of labor
comes in, as John d. and his aids have
figured it out, and 1t is where. il the
plan succeeds, the labor leaders af-
filiated with the United Mine Workers
go out.
While Rockefeller( declares ne is
not fighting union labor, and promises
that his employees may belong to any
union thep choose, his associates ad-
init that the success OF the present
scheme dooms organized labor as 1t is
known in the Colorado zone dominated
by the Rockefeller interests.
The fore part Of next week will be
spent In wyoming, among his ore min
,n, y,ro0ertieS