Denver labor bulletin., 1918-04-13

this so-called labor paper.
with all good wishes, am,
FRANK j. HAYES,
president"
1t will be noticed that President
Hayes attempts to convey the infor-
nation that The Bulletin has been
criticising the miners movement
when in fact he knows if he has read
The Bulletin that its criticism has
been leveled at the election crooks
in the Mine Workers Union who are
upon the pay roll and working under
the direction of President Hayes. He
states that the particular people
dawson and Doyle) whom this So
called labor paper (The Denver Labor
Bulletin) supports have but few fol-
lowers in the state of Colorado" 1t
is evident that Hayes himself does not
believe this statement to be true and
is only making the assertion for the
purpose of deceiving Mine Workers
of Missouri, for if he did believe it,
why was it necessary for the Inter
national Union to create paper To-
GALS" that is, to issue charters for
camps where no membership existed,
in order to pad the election returns
approximately 5000 votes to defeat
these particular people?"
His letter also states that the In
ternational Union has built the union
in Colorado from a few hundred men,
bers to more than eight thousand. This
statement is not in accord with the
figures as shown by the International
records, and Mr.. Hayes, who presided
over the International convention in
indianapolis cannot help but know
that he is misrepresenting the facts
in this statement, for the auditors
report, as made to that convention,
shows that there were 1921 members
when the charter for District Is was
revoked, and that at the close of the
fiscal year there were only 5,316 men,
bers. However, President Hayes evil
IDENTIFY has a purpose in making these
statements and we believe that he is
doing so, taking a chance upon the
| figures being checked up rather than
| face the question of how more votes
We're cast in the district election than
there were members in the union and
in order to protect the election crooks
who stole the district election in send
! ing in as they did over 1000 votes
from the state of Utah, where the In
| ternational records show there are
only 20 members, and 1,543 votes
from the state of New Mexico, where
these same records show there are
only 800 members.
This is in line with repeated state
ments by James F. Moran and other
organizers that there were from 5000
to 5000 members in District 10, and
it is now evident to all that their pur-
pose was to create The impression in
the minds of the Colorado miners that
there existed thousands of members
in good standing in the adjoining
states, so that they could send in
votes for this fictitious membership in
order to control the election.
Hayes tries to leave the impression
in his letter that justice could have
been had for the Colorado miners by
filing a contest, when the facts are
that the International representatives
conducting the election denied candi-
dates the right to contest, referring
them to the constitution which allows
ten days after the election in which
to make a contest, providing it is done
by some reputable member in local
whose vote is being contested. They
well knew that it would be impossi
BILE to find such member in paper
local union," to say nothing of the
fact that this committee deliberately
postponed the counting of the votes
until thirty-seven days after the cleo
tion for the purpose of defeating the
intent of the law which allows con-
test to be filed within ten days after
the election.
He speaks of wiring Colorado min
ers that the courts of the organiza-
tion were open for an appeal and
that there was no excuse for seces-
sion. The following is the wire he
refers to and was sent from Indian
apolis, Ind, at 3:45 p. m, February
20, after the convention had ad-
journed: ;,
Message received; train several
hours late causinp DELAY in answer
| ing. Sincerely trust that the Mine
Workers of Colorado will remain loyal
to the organization. If there are any
grievances or complaints concerning
recent election, they should be taken
up in proper way and in harmony with
the laws of the organization"
| Hayes secretary acknowledged the
miners wire the morning of the 9th
and said he would arrive that after
noon in the following wire:
"Message received; President Hayes
now en- route to Indianapolis from the
East and will arrive this afternoon;
your telegram will be given his atten-
ton Immediately upon his arrival"
1t is interesting to note Hayes ref
erence to his train being several hours
late as causing the delay in answering
the miners ultimatum. The facts are
that Hayes had arrived in indianapolis
on the 9th of February and refrained
I from wiring the miners in Colorado
until he knew their convention had ad-
journed. Hence, his wire can only be
taken as intending to play safe in the
matter, but he evidently forgot that
he had given out statement to the
Associated Press at Indianapolis on
the afternoon of February 9th, or
about twenty-four hours before he
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