Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-23
FIGURES FLIRT
AUDAUOUSLY IN
PUEBLO OFFICE
TELLERS ISSUE REPORT
THAT SHOWS HOW ELEC-
TON WAS STOLEN.
Unions Organized on Paper and
Voted on Return Sheets in Suffi-
cient Number to Defeat viii
of Bona Eide Union Members.

Two and one-half months after the
election was held and two weeks fol-
lowing a convention which declared
officers elected, there appeared this
week in printed circular form what
purports to be an official report" on
the election returns of District Is,
United Mine Workers of America.
This unique document, which stands
unparalleled for fraud and forgery, is
issued over the signatures of ]. NJ.
Zimmerman, W. D. NanHorn and A.
r. Watkins, a subcommittee of the
National Executive Board, who acted
as tellers in tabulating the returns.
These three men had been appointed
for the purpose of coming to Colo
rado to see that Acting President
James F. Moran of Iowa and Acting
Secretary Warren Pippin of Kansas
gave the coal diggers of this district
an honest election" Yet they did
not give forth any information as to
how the LOB was jimmied" until the
rank and file had insisted again and
again for some figures to show how
they had counted out Lawson and
Doyle and counted in the candidates
Of Moran and Pippin. 1t doesn't take
an expert in figures to see how it was
done.
Five Unions Thrown Out.
For instance, FIVE locals in Colo
RADIO which gave Lawson and Doyle
large majorities, were thrown out
The report does not even say why the
members of these five unions were
deprived of the right to have their
votes counted. They were Walsen-
burg No. 423, Grey Greek No. 1929,
Frederick No. 2753, Tioga No. 1924
and Puritan No. 3109. The aggregate
majorities given by these locals to
Lawson and Doyle was about 400.
However. in the other Colorado To-
Gals whose votes were counted by
the tellers, it is shown that the un-
official returns published in The Bull
letin were correct, giving Lawson and
Doyle majorities of something like
2.20O. But Moran and Pippin found
other points in Colorado to dig up
votes where books of William Green,
international secretary-treasurer at
Indianapolis headquarters, did not
show any locals to exist.
Padding the Returns.
At Cokedale, Colo, with no local
union. 249 votes were found for the
Moran Pippin ticket; at Wooten, no
local; AZ; at Morley, where there are
30 members, according to international
books, l57 votes were found.
1t was in New Mexico, however, that
the real stuff was pulled off. At
Ration, where the charter is held in a
saloon with bartender as president,
which an investigation disclosed to
have only three bona fide miners en-
rolled. 299 votes were counted against
Lawson and Doyle.
Some Stealing in New Mexico.
Five locals combined at Gallup, n.
NJ, before the election and actually
cast 80 votes. When Moran and Pip
pin got thru with fixing these returns
Gallup was credited with Ill votes,
Allison 1876, Heaton 17S, Weaver 179
and Gibson 175, all. of course, for the
Moran Pippin ticket. Gardner. n. NJ,
which is not recorded on the interna-
tional books. is credited with POI
votes. and Madrid, n. NJ, which has
membership of 60. is recorded as
casting 104 votes.
Grabbed EN- in Groups.
Helper. Utah, with a recorded mem
bership of 10 on Secretary Green's
books, is credited in the tellers' re-
port as casting PAS votes, and Sunny
side, Utah. with no local. gives lS4
votes to the Moran-Pippin candidates.
In New Mexico the books of Secre-
tary Green at Indianapolis show a
membership of $50, whereas the total
vote credited in the tellers' report is
l l.54S. In Utah, which Secretary
Green's books show 20 members of
the United Mine Workers actually
enrolled. the total vote recorded by
the tellers is 4SS.
Jeff Farr Put to Shame.
Under this process of writing down
figures where needed there is. Of
course. no surprise that the tellers,
assisting Moran and Pippin in con-
Quoting an '.honest election" found no
difficulty in bringing about the defeat
of John r. Lawson and E. L. Doyle.
This is record Of fraud which stands
unparalleled in the history Of the labor
movement in the United States and
was never equaled by JEFF Farr in his