Denver labor bulletin., 1917-07-07
FORESTALLS LATEST PLOT
TO REVOKE HIS CARD
IN MINERS UNION.
Moran of Iowa and Pippin Of Kan
sas Drifting Without a Rud-
der and Will Soon Dash
Upon the Rocks a Total
Wreck; McLennan
Against Bulletin.

OhSe Ld"bOn mas COIL
founded the plotters who are seeking
to separate him from a union working
card and to eliminate him as a factor
in the Colorado labor movement. Last
Saturday he resigned his position as
employment agent for the Victor
American Fuel company and on Tues
day morning of this week went to
work digging coal in the Ideal mine,
Boulder county.
Having failed to induce Hastings
miners union TO carry out the dis
franchisement program adopted at the
Denver peace conference" June II,
1t was the purpose Of Acting Presi-
dent James +. Moran of Iowa and
Acting Secretary Warren Z. Pippin Of
Kansas 20 exercise their authority and
take up Lawson's card about n week
previous to the State Federation of
Labor convention, which meets in
Boulder, Monday, August 6. This
plan would have prevented Lawson
securing a trial. as provided for by the
law Of the union, until after the con-
vention was held.
Quits Employm Job.
Rather than take chances in deal
ing with such unscrupulous usurpers
as Moran and Pippin, Lawson volun-
tarily quit his job as employment
agent, position which he had n right
to hold and belong to the union with
out question. as evidenced in several
other districts. and accepted work as
n common everyday digger in the
mine. This leaves no tcchnicality up
on which Moran, Pippin and their as
sociate plotters can deprive Lawson Of
his rights in the miners union or to
represent n miners union at the State
Federation of Labor convention.
Ed. l.. Doyle, who was elected exec
utivc board member last December,
and deprived of the Office when the
district charter was withdrawn, is
working in n Hucrfano county mine SO
that he is safe from any attempt TO
deprive him of membership in the
union.
Doyle Visits Sick Wife.
Doyle was in Denver this week,
called here on account of the illness of
his wife. He informed The Bulletin
that sentiment in the southern coal
camps is overwhelmingly in favor Of
Lawson and that there is no question
about a majority of the miners dele
gates at the state convention standing
solidly by him in event an attempt is
made by Moran, Pippin and McLen-
nan to wage n fight against him on the
floor OF the convention. With excep-
ton of three OF four miners unions in
southern Colorado. practically every
local has adopted resolutions express
ing confidence in Lawson and Doyle,
and condemning the action taken at
the Denver peace conference.
A Dubious Resolution
There reached The Bulletin Office
this week, by registered mail. what
A.. l.. nd AI
BY local unions at Sopris. Morley and
Starkvillc. These resolutions were
evidently drawn by man who has
been leech on the labor movement OF
Colorado for many years. as the Ian
yuage used bore all his well known
car-marks. This man was pensioner
of the Western Federation of Miners
for long time and when discarded
there he was able, thru some sort of
legerdemain, to graft himself upon
the pension roll of the United Mine
Workers of America.
The resolutions certainly could not
have been indorsed by any body OF
union miners in Colorado who are able
to distinguish between this parasite
and John X. Lawson.
Commenting The Bulletin.
From every industrial section Of the
state The Bulletin is receiving letters
of commendation for exposing the plot
Matched by Moran of Iowa, Pippin OF
Kansas and John McLennan, the man
who asked that the charter Of this
district be withdrawn even tho he was
then serving as president.
Denver Typographical Union No.
40, pioneer labor organization Of this
state. at its regular monthly meeting
last Sunday, unanimously indorsed the
policy of The Bulletin and every word
and sentence printed in this new battle
for Justice in Colorado.
President John McLcnnan has been