Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-09

tAA tlAI AsAAAg pdptASs bul llDA d single
representative of labor in Denver ap-
peared to thus discredit themselves or
the labor movement. with the single
exception of Frank Spiegl of the Mu-
sicians Union.
This blanket of frost considerably
chilled the gathering. which had been
called for the stated purpose of adopt
ing a new constitution and to educate
the district officers fraudulentlv
counted in as to their respective du-
ties, meaning to punish all coal dig
gers who demanded honest methods
OF unionism, the right to select their
own ofhcers and to give abject ODE
dlence to the will of International
President Frank J. Hayes, in the
scheme to drive Lawson and DOYLE
from the labor movement of Colorado.
Bounced the Insurgents"
Early in the convention hostilities
! began by depriving James Jordan.
Adam Flockhart and Lewis Webb of
seats, because they were "suspicionedv
of being friendly to Lawson and Doyle.
Others were given similar treatment
whenever opposition was shown to the
Moran-Pippin-Mc -McLennan program.
| John McLennan and Frank Mancini
constituted the applause committee
and led in the noise when a delegate
was ousted for the crime of being
J a friend of Lawson and Doyle. Like
! wise they roared whenever Moran or
Pippin referred to The Denver Labor
Bulletin as that scabby sheet" which
was often. No higher compliment
was ever paid The Denver Labor Bull
letin than that of being so designated
by these fraud perpetrators and
forgers.
| The Denver Labor Bulletin was con-
demned by President Moran in his re-
port TO the convention and, upon his
Recommendation, Frank Mancini's Ital-
ian paper. II Risveglio. was endorsed
as the official organ" of the afore-
said fraud perpetrators and forgers.
Everybody Condemned.
When in action. most time of the
convention was devoted to condemn
/ ing individuals and organizations who
have opposed the methods brought to
/ Colorado by the invaders from Iowa
and Kansas. Nothing looked good to
/ them. except the bootleg whisky they
were able to ferret out while in the
city. Moran, however. did admit that
] his program of organizing the miners
| of Colorado had been a failure, but
| charged this to divers and sundry per
| sons who have refused to cooperate in
/ ms OlSnoneSl methodS.
Want Lawson Deposed.
One of the silly acts of the conven-
/ ton was the sending of telegram to
| Samuel GomperS, president of the
] American Federation of Labor, urg-
/ ing him to prevent John r. Lawson
from presiding at the great patriotic
mass meeting in the city Auditorium
| Thursday night. when the British labor
mission visited Denver OF course.
/ GomperS ignored this insult. and it
only served to still further show the
. reprehenSlhle character of the men in
| charge of District Is. If Moran, Pip
pin and McLennan were among the
1000 in the Auditorium Thursday
night when John K. Lawson was
cheered to the echo. they got suffi-
cient evidence of how organized labor
and the public in general regard John
r. Lawson.
Morgan" Ryan" or Moran.
Moran made a speech Thursday
morning attacking the daily papers
for "miSrepreSenting" him and his
convention in the abbreviated space
allotted to the motley gathering His
chief grief was that his name appeared
variously in print as Morgan" and
Ryan One of the papers quoted
him as indorsing the Colorado indus
trial commission, which has been
unanimously condemned by organized
labor of this state.
The convention. owing to delays oc-
casioned by so many delegates of the
"insurgent forces" being present who
had to be thrown out by the bouncer,
did not adjourn until Friday after
noon.