Denver labor bulletin., 1916-08-12
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STATELAB0R MEET
Will Celebrate Twenty-FirSt
Birthday Anniversary
Record Attendance Of Delegates As
sured in Colorado Springs Next
Week; Many New Faces
BY ED ANDERSON,
Secretary-T Treasurer.

On the eve of our twenty first annual
convention, when We will have reached
our majority, the seeming impossible has
happened, what many have said could
never come to pass and the organized Ia
bor movement OF Colorado stands amazed
that after twenty years of struggle for
the right to organize by the miners of
southern Colorado that this miracle
should happen, and in the last two weeks
four new miners unions have been Or
ganized in southern Colorado and one in
Routt county, without any opposition
New miners unions were organized at
jackson, Huerfano county; Starkville,
Sopris and Ludlow, in Las Anmias
county, and at Wolf Creek in Routt
county, which has added over a thousand
members to the United Mine Workers,
and incidentally to the organized labor
movement Of Colorado.
New Era in Colorado.
Perhaps the most amazing thing about
tins wonder creating incident is that
these unions were organized in the open,
iu broad day, and with the knowledge
OF the manager and suPcrintendents,
and without opposition, and not n man
has been fired Tor his tcmerity in tax
ing this step.
1t is proposed by the members of
these newly organized unions 10 ask tho
authorities FOR the privilege Of holding
their meetings in the public school houses,
and II refused will cndcayor 90 appro-
pirate the y. ". G. A buildings which
have recently been established in the dif-
icreut camps.
Picking Their Own Union.
President Mcleuuau aud Secretary
Treasurer Doyle OF District 10. with Ma
tioull Organizer German and Mooney.
AIrg President Nike fayUIa aud District
Board Member UhNeh. have alI been in
strumutl iu bringing this seeming mir
arlC about. lt s expected that tho good
work will GO ON rapidly until THE state
b. 100 Per cent organized IH the coal
mines. No strike ur trouble Is coutcn-
plated az 10 BE- simply O. cas-, OF the men
having the right TO chopsc their own par
t.cular kind Of an industrial orrauiEa-
tion.
The work in organizatio lines on tho
eve Of our twenty first birthday j. not
confined exclusively to the cual miners.
On Monday evening tho trade unionists
Of Fort Collins organized a F,-lsral -
Dor Union with over fifty charter mem.
bcrs, and on Thursday evening this num-
Der was increased by nearly three hun
dred.
Sugar Mill Workers Unite.
The membership Of this ncvly organ.
ized union is composed chiefly OF sugar
mill employees. tho a good sprinkiirs Of
men employed at other avocations was
present Vice President Watson Of the
Federation and Jack Sturdivan Of tho
typographical Union were instrumental
IN bringing this new organization into
lie tho they had the assistance Of other
trade uni0nists In this work. President
Nclonnau and Secretary Treasurer An
dcr-oH were present Thursday evening 10
aid in tho COED work.
International Board Member John r.
Lawson has been in the western part Of
th" state the past week in tho interests
Of his organization lie reports an awak-
crng boz trade union lines on the West.
ern slope especially among the miners,
which is bound 70 bring results,
Many New Organizations.
News received at the office Of tho Fed
cmtion indicates that tho gathering at
Colorado Springs next week will bc n
roeonl breaker and one long to be re-
mcmbcrrd. Many credentials have been
received from 1rnnd Junction, which in
dlentcs that the metropolis Of the West.
orn slope will have more delegates in at
Tendance ut this convention than ever
before. except whom Il was held in their
home town The Western Federation Of
Minors viii have the largest representa-
ton in many years and many other
crafts which have not been represented
in several wears will have their dele
gates in attendance and the prospects
are that this will be one Of the most in
tcrcsting and important conventions Of