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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09
son OF JAMES F. MORAN OF IOWA
ASSAULTS DELEGATE TO CONVENTION
Tom Moran Conway, Payroll of u. M. w. of A,
Starts Out to Up" Friends of John R. Lawson
in Denver and Awakes From Bootleg
Jag in the City Jail

among a number of officers and dele
gates to the United Mine Workers of
America, District Is. convention to be
held in this city March 5. 1918, one
Tom Conway, an international organ
izer of the U. NJ. w. of A. Conway
began to abuse John r. Lawson,
against which protested and insisted
that all matters of this kind should be
taken up in the convention and not in
hotel lobbies or public places.
Found Tom in Prison.
about midnight | started with my
suitcase in hand for the Hotel Colo
rado, located between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets, on Larimer street,
when, without any warning, | was
struck on the head and knocked down
and kicked in the body by some person
or persons whom | did not see. No
words of any kind were spoken. |
was picked up unconscious by an Off
Ger and taken to the police station
When | came to my senses | discov-
cred Tom Conway in the police sta
ton also, who was charged with hav-
ing assaulted me.
When Tom Conway was called by
the desk sergeant the morning of the
4th, he answered to the name of
Thomas Moran. Organizers Joe Cum
ion and Leo Calvin were at the police
station to assist Tom Moran in get
ting out of Jail"
Caught With the Goods.
According to reports from Pueblo.
another son of James +. Moran of
Iowa has a criminal record almost
equal to that of the father and Tom.
For some time members of the Pueblo
y. NJ. c. A. complained of their pock-
cts being picked and various articles
being taken while in the building A
trap was laid to catch the thief and
one Antonio Moran was caught in the
trap. The police officer sent for his
father. who proved 10 be James +.
Moran Of Iowa, acting president Of
District 10. When asked II he felt
responsible for the boy or even had a
chance TO get acquainted with him, the
father replied that he did not. Evi-
IDENTIFY he was too busy trying TO dis
rupt the Colorado union labor move
mcnt
Certainly when the Moran family
evacuates Colorado, that is those mem
bcrs who are not confined within prison
walls, there will be cause for relief in
'arious sections of the state
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09
LABOR MISSION IS GIVEN
GREAT RECEPTION BY 1000 AT THE
CITY AUDITORIUM THURSDAY NIGHT

ried home better knowledge Of CON
ditions confronting US in this war and
how to help win it.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09
ORIG CLERKS ON STRIKE FOR LIVING
WAGE AND CHANCE TO SEE DAYLIGHT

demand living wages. Likewise they
refuse longer to work professional
hours" and are demanding union labor
hours.
Up to last Saturday when the drug
clerks went on strike they were re
ceiving an average of $22.5O per week,
and doing professional duty" from
72 to ga hours per week, with no days
off.
Demands of the Strikers.
Organized as a plebean labor union,
they are demanding an eight-hour
day, one day off in seven, with wages
as follows: Registered pharmacists,
$35 per week; registered assistants.
$25; unregistered clerks, four years
experience, $40; clerks, three years
experience, $1S; two years experience,
SIS; one year and less tnan two, $l2
minimum.
The soda dispensers are demanding
$3.50 per week raise and recognition
of their union. Their present pay
ranges from SO to $22 per week.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09
KEEP CHILDREN
IN THE SCHOOL
HEADS OF THE NATION IN
SIST ON THIS COURSE.
Parents Must Be Held Responsible for
Boys and Girls Upon Whom the
Nations Future Depends
After Great War

January 9th was Child Labor Day
Its observance had the approval of the
President of the United States, the
secretary of war and the secretary of
the navy. All three of these men
upon whom the immediate response
bility for winning the war falls have
taken a firm stand that it is in the
interest of the nation and of the chill
dren that the child labor laws be
strictly followed at this time. Just
at present the higher wages offered
children and the increasing cost of
every kind of food and clothing is put
ting up to fathers and mothers the
question of whether they shall keep
Mary and Johnnie in school now that
they are past fourteen and may under
the law work in a factory. Why
should parents keep them in school
The reasons which the states and the
United States have, for saying that
young children should not work are
/. 1t is physically bad for them.
Doctors report that there is decided
increase in sickness among children
who begin work at fourteen.
2. Boys and girls who go to work
when they are very young are more
apt to get into trouble than are those
who remain in school.
B. 1t does not pay in dollars and
cents. The trades do not as a rule
employ children under sixteen. Boys
and girls who begin at fourteen must
90 into unskilled work. At this kind
of work they earn about the same at
the end of ten years as they did at
the end of three years. At the end
of twenty years they are usually earn
ing less.
What every father and every mother
who came from Europe to America
wants is better chance for their boys
and girls than they enjoyed in their
own youth. That is one of the reasons
why they came. 1t is one of the rea-
sons why the per cent of children who
are unable to read and write is smaller
among the children of foreign born
parents than among the children whose
parents were born in this country.
Because many of these foreign-born
parents We're themselves not given the
opportunity to 90 to school which they
desired, they are and should be all
the more anxious to have their chill
dren get an education. This means
sacrifice on the part of the parents
After the children reach fourteen, the
and shoes and food cost more but
there can be no question but what
the sacrifices pay.
Now when the country has been
called upon to sacrifice its young men,
it is increasingly important that chill
dren shall be kept in school. This we
have been told on the highest author
lty is the patriotic thing to do.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09

Thomas Moran, said to be son of
James F. Moran of Iowa, acting pres
ident of District Is, U. NJ. w. of A,
proceeded to tank up on bootleg
whisky upon his arrival in Denver last
Sunday afternoon and that night made
a brutal assault upon Thomas Burt
ram of Mt. Harris, Colo, delegate to
the district convention held in Denver
this week. In the lobby of the Mar
quette hotel, where a number of the
delegates were stopping, young Moran,
sometimes known as Thomas Conway,
was creating a disturbance and loudly
denouncing John r. Lawson. Burt
ram endeavored to quiet the bellig
erent member of the Moran family.
and defended Lawson's conduct thru
out the entire controversy.
Used Slugshot on Victim.
Shortly thereafter Burtram left the
Marquette hotel, with his grip, to Sc
cure a room at the Hotel Colorado on
Larimer street. On the way he was
welding a slugshot and knock ID to
the sidewalk unconscious.
A nearby policeman saw the brutal
attack and arrested Moran, who was
taken to the city prison, where he
was charged with being drunk and
creating a disturbance.
Monday morning in police court
Magistrate Rice imposed a fine of $40
on the prisoner, warning him and 9TH
ers of his thug companions that while
in Denver they must observe civilized
rules of conduct.
Like Father, Like Son"
After being appointed acting presi-
dent of this district by International
President John p. White, it is said
James F. Moran brought his son,
Thomas, to Colorado and placed him
upon the payroll Of the United Mine
Workers Of America as an organizer
in Fremont county, under the name Of
Tom Conway However, when com
PEELED TO give his name in police court,
he apparently had the fear Of perjury
in his mind and gave it correctly as
Thomas Moran, and 1t so appears upon
the police court records at city hall
Thomas Burtram of Mt. Harris,
Colo, the victim of Moran's cowardly
assault, later made the following
statement:
While in the Marquette hotel To-
Gated on Curtis street, Denver, the
evening of March 3, 1918, | met there,
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09
THE RECEPTION GIVEN THE

THE RECEPTION GIVEN THE
British labor mission in Denver by or
ganized labor gave the distinguished
visitors something to carry home and
tell friends about. In fact, they de-
clared that while they had heard of
Denver, they were now ready to pro-
claim by experience that here at the
base of the Rockies is the most hos
pitable city in the world" When the
train arrived in Denver from Pueblo
Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. the recep-
tion committee was on the train plat
form with the Stars and Stripes and
the Union Jack waving aloft to
bid them welcome. In three auto
mobiles the party drove up Seven
teenth street, with flags flying in the
bright sunshine, to the Albany hotel,
where quarters had been reserved for
them. Soon thereafter they were
taken in automobiles for a drive about
the city, finally coming to the state
capitol, where they met many of the
Colorado officials.
THAT OLD LIBEL ABOUT BRIT
ishers being devoid of wit and humor
was thoroly exploded by the two labor
visitors. Their ready repartee, both
in conversation and more formal
speaking, was a pleasant surprise to
members of the committee. They were
taken to the governors office, but
Governor Gunter was out of the city.
Secretary Stephens, however, did the
honors in fine style. Mr.. Moses of
the mission, who has magnificent
physique and is typical Englishman,
was invited to occupy the governors
chair. Being firmly seated in an
executive poise, he put on judicial
countenance and inquired, Now that
l am in a position of authority, how
many of you gentlemen desire boost
in your salaries?" OF course this
dication of British adaptabihty to
Colorado high altitude atmosphere.
:. :. :.
WEDNESDAY EVENING MINE
Host Sam Dutton of the Albany hotel
gave a dinner in honor of the visitors
and complimentary to the joint COM
mittee of the Denver Alliance for La
Dor and Democracy, the State Fedora
tion of Labor, Denver Trades and La
Dor Assembly, the Building Trades
Council and the railroad brotherhoods.
1t was an informal, jolly function,
which the Britishers enjoyed very
much. Otto F. Thum, president of
the Alliance for Labor and Democra-
cy, performed as toastmaster in his
usual grace of manner, providing
plenty of piquancy in his Introductory
remarks. To show how democratic
We're the labor men present, the toast
master introduced each by name and
occupation, which made a most favor
able impression on the Britishers.
Short talks were made by nearly all
present, and fashlight picture taken
of the group. Sam Dutton entertained
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09
AMERICAN LABOR MEN MUST ADJUST
IDEALS TO FIT WORLD VIEW PLAN
England of War Have Learned
by Experience nd of Nations
cooperation of American Labor; Wilson
Situation

wishes to find labor leaders who un-
derstand and are intelligently support
ing the political strategy of his own
government, he must turn to France
and England"
Wilson Assured of Support.
OF course this editor shows a lack
of acquaintance with American lead
ers when he assumes that they all
Wilson, during the past few weeks,
has proven that he is better posted
on that point. When the delegation
of five labor delegates from the allied
nations come to America, within a few
days, President Wilson will see that
they receive every courtesy, and that
they are enthusiastically greeted and
given hearty cooperation by the
american democracy" in the labor
movement that they come to find.
1t is an open secret, for example
that the President is now assured of
the support Of many, if not a major
lty, of the strong leaders in the Amer
lean Federation of Labor for his for
eign policy Whether he will pre-
sently demonstrate that fact, in some
dramatic way, or whether he will
merely use the assurances of support
WHICH are no" MS, quietly ana erect
lively, in cementing a friendship be-
tween his administration and the labor
forces of England and France and
Italy, is not important just now.
War TO BE Won for Labor.
The fact that marks the parting
of the ways for American labor is
that today President Wilson can say
to the labor forces of the allied ma
tions: "Mr. Gompers' refusal to meet
with you does not represent the will
of the organized workers of the
United States. can pledge you their
full cooperation, for the first time in
the history Of my country. We stand
for the protection of industrial de
mocracy, and against Imperialism, in
Russia and Finland and Siberia and
Africa, just as we stand for it in Ger
many and Austria, in France and Bel
GUM, in England and in Italy. / can
pledge you that this war will be won
for labor, and for the international
ideals of labor, and not for CONNER
clal interests in any country. / know
that you, the masses of the workers
of England and France and Italy, are
the true friends of civilization. Ny
cause is yours. Your cause is the
cause of the workers of the United
States, too"
This statement is made because big
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09
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At Tuesday nights meeting of the
Trades and Labor Assembly special
ways and means committee was ap-
pointed to assist the clerks and dis
pensers in prosecuting the strike to a
successful issue. This committee con-
sists of Earl r. Hoage, chairman; Ed
Anderson, w. c. Thornton, Fred Wes-
sci. c. w. Crum, James c. Bulger
and James G. Bonnell.
Some of the Fair Firms.
Downtown drug firms which have
been reported as favorable TO the
strikers are the Strickland Drug
Company, the three Owl Drug Stores,
the BUSY Corner, Drinkwater's Phar-
macy, the Cordes Drug Company,
Buenger Drug Company, Brunert Drug
Company, Payne's Pharmacy, Haney's
Pharmacy. the Glazier Drug Com
pany, Forbes Drug Company and the
James Thrall Drug Store.
r. b. Mccoy, president of the Colo
rado Pharmacists Association and
Drug Clerks Union, a striking en-
Move of the Scholtz Company, states
that the managers have refused to
meet a committee of the union to dis
cuss grievances, so that the only thing
for the members to do is TO strike
until such recognition is granted. Two
women licensed pharmacists are
among the strikers. He says there
are 100 pharmacists and assistants
on strike and fifty soda dispensers.
Opposed Nasty Unions"
The drug store managers used every
endeayor to prevent their employees
forming "nasty labor union" as
thew We're "professional men who
were paid SALARIES" Gnd rot wages"
However, the men are tired of starv-
inc their families on salaries and now
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09

'''' h''ii' a. b'NltI hUO"ltlEc OF con-
ditions confronting US in this war and
how to help win it.
Patriotic Resolutions Adopted.
At conclusion of the address. the
following resolutions were introduced
by Clint c. Houston and unanimously
adopted by a rising vote. amid loud
applause:
Whereas, In the spirit of real de-
mocracy. the laboring people of Den
yer have assembled in mass meeting
this 7th day of March, 1918, in the
City Auditorium, to welcome our
brothers from Great Britain. to weld
the bands of brotherly love and to
strengthen labor's strong arm in the
two great English speaking nations of
the world, that the righteous cause
of human liberty may be extended to
all Christendom; and
Whereas, Tha organized labor
forces of Great Britain and the United
States have combined in this common
cause and are supporting their re-
spective governments in waging this
war against Prussian mltarism and
autocracy; therefore, be it
Resolved. That we again declare
our purpose to support the govern
mcnt, President Wilson and the Con
gress of the United States in prose
cutting this war to a triumphant vic
tory, whether we be on the fighting
front or employed in furnishing the
essential supplies for our brave and
fearless boys in their march on Ber-
lin; and be 1t further
Resolved, That this assemblage
does hereby express our high appre-
citation of the message brought by
members of the British labor mission.
Brothers Duncan and Moses, who
have conveyed to us this night so
much information of helpful value,
with breath of the real activities of
war, which message, delivered to simi-
lar assemblies thruout this country.
must arouse US to putting forth every
energy in support of the program so
clearly presented by our visiting broth
ers, to the end that after the world
is made safe for democracy, there
shall henceforth on earth be no more
war"
Speak in Cheyenne Tonight.
Messrs. Duncan and Mosscs left
Denver Friday afternoon for Chey-
ennc, where they speak this. Saturday.
night, going from there to Ogden and
Salt Lake, and then on to the Pacific
coast. They conclude their American
speaking tour in st. Louis April 3,
This will be followed by n conference
IN Washington, after which the mis-
SION VIII return to London. They will
be able by reason of the knowledge
gained thru this tour to furnish Brit
lsh labor with the hcartening knowl-
edge that the entire man power and
resources of the United States are in
this war until Prussianism is driven
from the earth.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09
CHICAGO STOCKYARDs EVILS.

Charges that men and women en-
ployed by Chicago packers are over
worked, underpaid, cursed by fore
men and driven like cattle, was made
by trade unionists in testifying before
Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler in
the stockyards' wage arbitration.
Fifty per cent of these workers do
not 1ive-they just exist, and do not
exist decently-it was stated. There
are eighteen different nationalities en-
ployed. Witnesses described the work
ing day of stockyard laborer. He
left his home at a. M; worked all
day in wet, filthy, or at least un,,
pleasant surroundings, and returned
to his family at 8 or o'clock at night.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09
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person in this Auditorium who would
spend a week in London, forced to ac-
cept our bill of fare. would think,
upon returning to Denver, that he
was indeed in heaven, living conditions
being so different. Nightly are we
menaced With bombs from aeroplanes
and thousands of innocent and defense
less men, women and children have
died as a result of this uncivilized
mode of warfare. Here in America
no such danger confronts you and you
go about with an assurance Of safety
and with plenty of everything you de
sire for food, clothing and the com
forts of home life. But it is these un-
limited resources of America, both in
man power and food supplies. that is
going to win the war for world de
mocracy."
No more eloquent or instructive ad-
dresses have been made by foreign
visitors in Denver since the war
started than those delivered by Messrs.
Moses and Duncan Thursday night.
1t was responsive audience and their
speeches were punctured with rounds
of applause. Everyone present car
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09
BY LAURENCE TODD
Especial Representative The Denver Labor
Bulletin.)

WASHINGTON, March Our
whole labor movement is at the part
ing of the ways. 1t is about to cast
off the old Indifference to what the
workers of the rest of the world are
doing-what they think, what they
hope for, what they struggle and die
for-what they have done and are
willing to do, across all national boun-
Diary lines, to make the world unsafe
for poverty and caste.
Says Paul U. Kellogg, in The Sur
vey: Last week meeting in London,
representatives of labor and socialist
groups in England, France, Italy, Bel
gium, Portugal, Roumania and South
Africa accepted in substance the war
aims put out by British labor in De-
cember They projected an interna-
tional conference, to which represen-
tatives of the working classes among
all belligerents will be invited. They
determined upon an international labor
conference to sit concurrently with
the official peace conference whenever
held. They called for labor repre-
sentative on each delegation to the
official peace conference. And they
voted to send five delegates forthwith
to the United States for the purpose
of comforting with the representatives
of the American democracy on the
war situation.
International Conference.
Notice two things: The workers of
the allied nations that have borne the
brunt of the war are now going to
call another international labor CON
ference, and to invite German and
Austrian workers to attend. They are
sending a delegation to the United
States to discuss the war situation
with "The representatives of Ameri-
can democracy"
Why did they not say that they
would discuss the war situation with
the officers of the American Fedora
tion of Labor?
This weeks New Republic, in an
editorial on Mr.. Gompers, says:
"At the moment when the President
is trying to provoke public parleys
and obtain confidence of the German
socialists, Mr.. Gompers denounces the
public discussion of war aims and
pours out abuse on the German social
lists.
His policy maintains the Fedora
ton as useful instrument of the
American army, but if an American
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09

events are impending. The whole at
titude of American labor, from the last
iumberjack in the woods TO the presi-
dents of the biggest unions in the
country, is rapidly being shifted. Lo-
cal interests give way to world wide
interests. The whole war compels it.
Mr.. Gompers may change his mind
later on; everyone else seems to have
changed it already.
Labor Adjustment Board
Frank p. Walsh and William How
ard Taft have been named by the
spokesmen of labor and capital, re-
spectively, as their members on be-
half of the public" on the new labor
adjustment board which is to try to
reach general agreement as to in
dustrial relations for the period of
the war. Seventy thousand firms, hav-
ing contracts or sub-contracts with the
government for war work, will be af-
fected by the decisions of the board
if it reaches any decisions. There is
a fair chance that the board will sim
ply remain in deadlock on all funda-
mental issues.
Its first argument arose as to
whether the eight-hour day should be
accepted by all the employers for the
period of the war. The employers
side of the board protested. The ses-
sions to be started next week will de-
termine whether there is to be any
surrender by the anti-labor employers
of this country, or not.
The employers on the board wanted
Taft made chairman. The labor mem
bers-Hayes of the Miners, Hutcheson
of the Carpenters, Johnston of the Ma
chinists, Rickert of the United Gar
ment Workers and Agnes Nestor of
the Glove Workers-refused to CON
cede any ground. They held that the
board must remain evenly balanced,
and that there was no need for a
chairman. If Taft presided one day,
Walsh must preside the next day. If
Taft were permitted to call himself
chairman, he would at once be inter
viewed at great length by the anti
labor press, and could misrepresent
the whole spirit of the boards work.
TO BE No Discrimination.
Secretary of Labor Wilson has just
issued ruling that no man shall be
arrested and deported under the i'm
migration laws, for the mere fact of
his belonging to the |. w. w. or any
other organization. The department
will cause the arrest and deportation
of any alien who is thought to be in
citing others to lawlessness. This
will apply to all comers, whether they
belong to the /. w. w. or to the new
form of Citizens Alliance which is
known as the minute men. These min
ute men, who are making great stir
in the state of Washington and else
where in the northwest, are said to
be gathering guns and ammunition and
other munitions of mob violence, in
order to "clean out" the /. w. w. At
the same time, thru Senator Jones Of
Washington and others, they have been
agitating for the creation of an in
ternment camp for /. w. w. mem
bers, somewhere near Puget Sound.
Secretary Wilson knows these min