Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-16

charter to VIM. Green and donate what
money they have left in the treasury,
| if any, to the Red Cross, and then
join the new union. May it and its
new leaders, John R. Lawson's and E.
l.. Doyle's efforts be crowned with sue
cess. l hope to live to see the day
that all there is left of the U. M. w.
of A. in District Is will be the dis
| trict officers and organizers, who will
see then how long the national will
/ keep them on the payroll.
In regard to what came out in the
Post Wednesday evening that l had
been thrown out of the convention,
charged with being a Baldwin-Felts
detective, l will say if anything was
said or came up about that, 1T came
up after / left the hall, which could
| be expected from that kind of bunch.
They put in a great deal of time stab
bing lawson and Doyle in the back,
also a great many of the speakers did
the same thing, so why not attack me
after / was gone. | have been IN
formed since by some of my friends
that Friday mornings News quoted me
as being thrown out because | was
suspected of being in the employ of
a coal company. l suppose if the con-
vention had lasted another day. 1
would have been accused OF working
for the kaiser. As to working for or be
ing domineered over by you, Jim, Tor
in my opinion, there is very little dlf-
ference in you two, at least in one
respect. and that is you both have
great desire to be supreme ruler of
all things and everybody. How
these reports or charges came about
or when they were mentioned or by
whom. | do not know, but | have no
doubt but what / was literally torn
to pieces after ! left the hall, but to
the first charge | deny most emphati,
cally of working for the Baldwin and
Felts agency now or ever at any time
in the past.
After seeing the article in the Post
Wednesday evening, called on sec
retary of State holland and he IN
formed me that the Baldwin and Felts
peoples license and bonds had been
verbally cancelled and they were not
now doing business in Colorado, so 1t
would be impossible for me to be
working for them. Neither am l con-
nected with or working for any other
detective agency, either public or prl.
yate: neither am / in the employ OF
any coal company in the state of Colo
RADIO nor have I been since 1910, wnen
| came out on strike. l was laying
track at the Capital mine, where 1
had to furnish my own tools and carry
NV own ties and rails. That was one
Of the manv good conditions we had
to work under the u. M. W. of A.
Now. for the benefit of the many
neonIe who know me thruout the
northern coal fields, who may have
wondered at some time in the past
how l came by the few worldly goods
that | possess, which is five-room
house and lot and an automobile. The
house and lot l bought from VIM.
Crawford, former secretary-treasureT
of District Is, for $3.50, of when l
owe a good part yet, as anyone may
verify by writing to HIM at oastle
Gate. Utah. The automobile l have
I had to take from man in Lafayette
for money he owed me for labor l
had done for him. Hoping that my
plain and unvarnished statement OF
facts lust as they are will set me right
with at least part of the people VINO
know me in the north, especially so at
LAFAYETTE, where ] have lived Tor
eighteen years, as ! know many OF
them are talking about me at the
present time In fact, number OF
them have asked me why l did not
get up in the convention and explain.
One man has told me he would nave
fought. Yes indeed,i brother, you
would have had to fight if you or /
or anyone else they did not want IN
there had attempted to get on the
floor and explain anything to them.
They did not want any explanation
from anyone they thought was not
with them.
Others have suggested damage suits.
/ say again, brother, lawsuits cost
money and have but very little, not
being so fortunate as Jim moran 20
have the national advance me 81 900
to pay a lawyer, as they have done
for him in his case where Clint Z:
Houston sued him for damage and
libel. / have been mixed up in law
suits before, so know what they are.
They are a great deal like playing
poker, sometimes you win, but more
often you lose, so / say again, i nave
no money to pay a lawyer, but II
did have l would save it and buy war
savings stamps or liberty bonds.
/ would just like to state to the
many readers of this paper that every
word / have written has been written
from memory. I did not take note,
so if / have made any mistakes or
misquoted anything, let me assure you
] did not do SO intentionally. l have
tried to give everything correct and
lust as it happened, because this will
be my report to what was once my
local, in case the delegate, Mr.. Bolton,
does not show up to make report.
Yours for a square deal,