Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-23
w ANT EXACT JUSTICE
DONE TO LA w SON,
DOYLE AND THE
DIGGERS.
Walsh. Howat and Frampton Named
as Committee to Investigate, Thus
Putting Matter Squarely Up to
International Officers; The
Bulletin. Commended for
Exposing Fraud.
Especial csrre-pondense.)

PlIISBO ktI, Kan, March 2O.-lt
is now squarely up to President Frank
j. Hayes and other officers of the
United Mine Workers of America 70
determine the future attitude Of union
miners in the West toward the indie
pendent Union of Mine Workers Of
America, recently organized at n con-
vention Of protesting miners OF Colo
RADIO. held at Pueblo. President Hayes
must purge District Is of the frauds
and forgerics committed by Moran,
Pippin, McLennan and their gang of
"organizers." or there will soon be
n landslide to the new Independent
Union. This much was made clear
Mt the seventeenth consecutive and
third biennial convention of District
IL. which closed its sessions in this
city Monday.
Turning Of the Tide.
The visit here Of John r. Lawson
and +. L. Doyle, victims of the auto
cratic machine methods Of the U. NJ.
W. Of A. in Colorado, and their ad-
dresses before the convention marked
an epoch in the labor movement of the
West, and turning Of the tide Of SEN
timcnt strongly against the White
Frank J. Hayes style Of conducting
union affairs.
Lawson and Doyle each spoke for
over two hours, and were cheered to
the echo again and again rs they told
the true and convincing story OF the
union election frauds and other
crooked acts of the gang of invaders
acting as temporary officers OF Dis
trict 10.
Demand an Investigation.
This resulted in the convention. by
unanimous vote, adopting resolution
Mt Saturdays session demanding that
the charges of fraud in the Colorado
district election be investigated by n
committee. The resolution named the
committee, as follows: President
Alexander Howat of District IA. Kan
sas: President d. A. Frampton of
District %. Missouri; Frank p. Walsh
of Kansas City and two men to be
appointed by International President
Frank J. Hayes. The resolution calls
for complete report Of the investi-
cation TO be furnished every local OF
the United Mine Workers of America.
the national organization to pay the
expense.
Kansas Miners Mean business.
The resolution providing for this
investigation is as follows:
"Whereas, Fraud has been said to
have been committed by the interna-
tional officers and organizers of the
United Mine Workers of America in
the special district election of District
No. is. U. NJ. w. Of A., and in the
regular election of the Colorado State
Federation; and
"Whcreas. The right OF contest by
candidates in the district election has
been denied by those conducting the
election; and
"Whereas. This condition of affairs
has resulted in the Mine Workers of
Colorado withdrawing from the inter
national organization and forming n
new union; and
Whereas, We know from the strug-
giles of the miners of Colorado in the
past that they are as loyal to the
principle of real unionism as any men
to be found in this country; and
"Whercas, We view with great con-
Germ the condition brought about in
the United Mine Workers of America
by what has taken place in Colorado;
therefore, be it
"Resolved, That this convention Sc
lcct President Howat Of District Ii
and President Frampton Of District 25
and by wire request international
President Hayes to appoint two other
Hon. Frank p. Walsh Of Kansas City
as the fifth member apd chairman, to
form n committee to investigate the
district election Of District 15 and all
the causes of internal dissension in
that district; and be It further
"Resolved, That the international
organization be asked to pay the ex-
pense of said investigation and that
report Of the findings Of the COM
mittee be printed in the United Mine
Workers Journal and copy of the
report be sent to each local union un-
der the jurisdiction Of the U. M. W.
Of A.; and be It further.