The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-02


Criticism Is directed also at cuudi-
tlons In Incorporated towns, where the
companies are permitted 10 put up a
sign private property, and exclude
all except those they SEE fit to permit
to enter, all the officials Of the city,
the mayor and the school board being
officials OF the mining companies
only one store Is permitted within
the closed camp" the report contin.
ues, and this almost invariably is
owned and operated by the mining
company Places Of re
creation or amusement are scarcely
known The miner must 70 to the
saloon as place Of amusement"
The committee dccarcs John ID.
Rockefeller. Jr, did nothing to i'm
prove the condition Of the employees Of
the companies IN which he is stockhol.
der and director
Mr.. Rockefeller" says the report, !
was the report. was II large stock
holder in the largest company In the
N"'' nus N'i' E'bh u'ul lol Nlt W. |
INT Of people In other parts Of the
country and foreign lands spending /.
millions Of dollars In this work yet |
he has not endenyored to improve the |
condition Of the more than six thou |
sand employees lu the company he is
connected with and has not lsited |
the state for moret han ten years.
4 Long Distance Director.
MIR. Rockefeller Is long distance
director, not having attended II meet
Ing of the stockholders or directors of
the company in ten years. Ii seems to
have been his practice to select such
men rs he thought best aud then look
only TO them Tor the management
without any personal knowledge Of !
the conditions II Is true
he did spend large part of his prof
It's coming from the Colorado Indus
trial company part Of the Colo !
RADIO Fuel and Iron company, In the !
brttering " conditions iu other parts !
Uf the country. hut what Of that when
the money Is gained I'm such a way
and at such expense to the state and |
It's people?
Many Of the miners, II Is true,
make good wugr,. yet the scale VI
prices is not as high In Colorado ns
It is In the adjoining state Of Wyo
ming The constant op-
preston aud neglect aud arbitrary
conduct of the officials ~ these com
panles were prolific causes Of the dis
satisfaction which resulted in this
disturbance and the consequent de
struction Of life aud property.
MIR Rockefeller, before the com
mittee In Washington, said he would
not agree to arbitration for the rea
son that he was fighting for great
principle and would sacrifice all his
property for the principle OF every
man to be- fre" tu work for whom he
plcNses aud ON such terms AK best
suits the worker Mr. Rockefeller.
speaking ny director of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company not having
attending meeting In ten years, set
forth his sentiment Of liberty for the
working people of his company and
Of the whole country should rrmem-
her that for thirty years there has
been the flcrcest struggle among the
workers " the mines Of Colorado lie
may win strike by starvation under
the false banner uf liberty for the
working man. but We do not believe
he can maintain peace under such con
ditiOns as exist I'm that state
Not Good Judge
Mr. Rockefeller was not good
Judge of conditions In Colorado and
knew nothing about them. lie was not
willing 10 submit to fair board Of
arbiterS tu settle this strike. lie was
obstinate and the statement that he
was fighting for iOcry for he work
Ing man will not bear investigation
The strike could have been settled
without recognition " the union had
he desired tu do so
we believe he did not desire To ar
htratc and In that way end this
strike aud One must conclude he
would rather spend the money of the
company for guns, pay Of detectives
aud mine rnrd, aud sturyr the Strlk
erS into submission
"On the other hand the miners
We're insislruI upon the recognition Of
their uuion I'm the employment Uf
force To win the strike they went be.
yond the rights of the law abiding
citizen, and committed acts NJ vlO-
lence They always, however seemed
willing to meet and endeavor 10 set
lie the dispute by arbitration and It
Is believed O settlement could have
been nude OH Il basis fair 10 both the
employer aud employe'
Minority rcpoNts were submitted hy
two members NJ the subcommittee.
Representative, Byrncs. " South Car
Ollna Democrat. aud Austin VI Ten
nesSrc, Republican.
Mr. RyrueN holds that the rpsolu.
tiun ordering the investigation did not
authorize u report ON the relations he.
tween capital and labor. the causes "
/ Industrial unrest aud allied evils. The
situation hr ~nys. cnn be- remeded by
Colorado and not the government. The
minority report he says fails to dis.
close either federal question or
remedy lie reports the evidence
showed no Interference with postal IN
cilitles, No violation NJ the immigra
tlon laws, no agreements contrary to
federal law to control production snle
aud transportation " the coal and
that there was no testimony prov
Ing that persons had been arrested
fined or convicted In violation NJ fed.