The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-30

/ ~yioIatioa Of contract ~ the United
Mine workers % America. he said. at.
though rainy operators 70 considered
Ia
Lawson plcnflIully Indicted.
Mr. Lawson said there were ninc-
teen indictments pcnning asainst him
IN Colorado. with n aFAnd jury ssiii
. out There are fourteen indictments
charging murder, one arson. two as
saalt With intent 70 KIN and some for
| reqtrniaf Of Trade. Altogether. he
said. three thousand coal miners nre
under Indictment in Colorado and not
an operator has been indicted.
Ar. Lawson said ne was shol down
some years 2 by an operator. The
operator was arrested by a friend OF
his md kept a prisoner IN his home
When The hearing came up. Mr.. Law
son said. the district attorney. John T..
0ray, said the case should not he
pressed as II was a change growing
ont ~ q strike 50 the operator was
discharged.
An1os Plnchot. % New York the
next witness. declared that govern
ment ownership Of mines and other
natural resources which are tho foun-
datlon OF Industry and labor was the
"oniy doctrine In whlcht here Il any
hope" Tor the alienation OF Industrial
evils. These were nc pres
ent controlled By monopoiies. he said.
and this control resulted In restriction
q labor and employment.
Amos pinchot Neat Witnsss.
Mr.. Pinchot favored collective bar
gaining and the recognition of the
union az the only mean OF breaking
the "systcm OF so-called benevolent
a~hsoiutlsm.
"The real duty OF iohar IL
20 cooperate with all intelligent clti-
xens In forcing the public 20 realize
the paramount necessity OF increasing
1.-THE total OF productive industry SO
that a point viii be reached where
employers VIII be bidding against
each other for men instead Of men
bidding against zach other for en-
ployment."
rms bottom Of the trouble. Pinchot
held, was that "a condition OF r~estrlc-
uon exists which limits industry and
therefore limits the amount Of labor
The commission adjourned until
Monday before Plnchot had completed
his testimony but he was permitted 30
place the remainder on record In the
form Of n prepared statement. In
fhis he advocated an Investigation by
the commission or n similar body. in
10 the handling Of news In labor con-
troycrsies.
pfnchot Scores Associated Press.
M Influence 81 public opinion
I DnMfH LMNrH 10 NrrmaNa -. nH
when the public was put IN possession
Of the facts. He declared that there
was mo element which gives labor a
feeling OF such helplessness and hit
t~erhess as IL knowledge that the mer-
W OF It's side Of the question win not
be presented 10 the public through
the press"
p Associated Press. IN particular.
he said. failed 10 carry news relating
70 labor troubles In an impartial
mnnnc and takes ~affirmntlvely tho
nde OF capital" lie asserted that he
had been Informed By "a representa-
i've EILEEN Of Colorado. himself a
newspaper man Of high standing and
"a subscriber To- the Associated Press
that the failure OF the Associated
Press 20 carry news impartially IN the |
iabo- troubles was n serious eiemen,
- giving strikers the feeling that they
could not hope for Justice"
Speaking Of labor troubles in the
West virginia coal fields and IN the
Michigan copper mine region IN 1918.
he quoted what he purported 10 De
dispatches 81 the Associated Press. as
"characteristic evidence Of his par |
tiality 20 tho operators side OF the |
raise He declared that the Asgo-
ciated Press reported n rifle attack by
mine guards from an armored train |
upon a miners ten colony AZ Holly
Grove, West Virginia, ms " the min.
ers had made an unwaTranted attack
upon a passenger train"
As "another typical instance ~ Cd.
precision and pervorsion OF news" by
the Associated Press. he compared |
testimony Of Charles II. Meyer. presl-
dent 81 the Western Federation Of
Miners before the congressional com
mittee which investigated the Michi-
gan copper strike troubles. with what
he declared TO- he an Associated Press
account both referring 20 circnm-
stances surrounding Meyers depar-
ture from the mine district 60 Chi
cago.
misrepresentation Charges.
Both IN the West Virginia ana
MICHIGAN htrikes the Associated Press
grossly misrepresentcd the real con-
dillon Of affairs" said Mr.. pinchot |
Tbs was due IN part 60 the fact that
o West Virginia Il got lts information
ifom a man Identified with the coal
COMPANIES. while In Michigan. during
a large part ~ the strike. the Assoc
ciHtcd Press received its Information
from TWO newspaper officers c~ontroll. |
81 h} y mine operators But whit
ever the machinery may have beer
thf"uEh which suppression and mis-.
representation occurred. the fact re-
mains mat u did occur and that Il
fHulted IN binding the public 20 the
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