Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-07
F RAUD CHARGES
IN MOONEY CASE
ORDERED PROBED
Secretary of LABOR Wilson
Urges Labor Unions Not to
Call a Strike, As Protest
Against MONEYS Sentence


san Francisco, Dec Modification
that he had been appointed a special
representative of the department OF
labor to investigate charges of ire
gularities in the prosecution of the
Thomas j. Mooney and other cases
here, was received today by William
Denman, local attorney here. from
Secretary Of Labor Wilson Secretary
Wilson also notified Mayor James
Rolph that he had sent telegram
to Governor w. ID. Stephens an
nouncing Mr. Denman's appointment,
and directing Mr.. Denman to coop
crate in the investigation with the at
torney generals office here.
Mr.. Denman was former chairman
of the United States shipping board,
y. B, Power, assistant state attorney
general, already has been named to
direct the investigation Of the charges
before the county grand jury.
The Oregon state Federation of La
Dor was asked by Mr.. Wilson today 10
use its influence to suppress all strike
action on Moneys behalf Execu-
lives of the California, State Federa-
ton OF Labor and the International
Workers Defense League here an
nounced they had received no similar
mssage. The federation has taken no
action on the Mooney case, and the
league has asked all unions through
out the country contemplating strike
action TO postpone them until a pro-
posed labor congress to meet in Chi
cago January IA shall have acted.
Pleads Against Strike.
Washington, Dec. 6.-An appeal to
the workers of the country not to en-
gage in a nation wide strike as a pro-
test in the case of Thomas j. Mooney,
convicted Of murder In connection
with the preparedness day bomb eX-
plosion in San Francisco, was issued
today by Secretary of Labor Wilson.
In a telegram to Otto A. Hartwig,
president of the oregon state Fedora
tion of Labor, the secretary said that
If the evidence now available is suf-
ficient to convince jury that there
has been conspiracy TO convict
Mooney there is every probability
that he will secure a new trial and
have his guilt or innocense determined
by jury i'm the light of the facts
that are now known to exist"
The secretary added that the only
effect of a strike would be to bring
INTO disrepute and tend to destroy the
jury system of trial which is the re-
suit of a thousand years struggle on
the part of the masses to protect
themselves and against criminals on
the one hand and profiteering on the
other
Many labor unions over the country
have voted to strike December as a
protest in the Mooney case Their ac-
tion was taken before Governor Ste
phens commuted Moneys death SEN
tence to life imprisonment, but Off
cias of the American Federation of
Labor have publicly announced that
the governors action did not meet the
demands of labor in the case.
IF Mooney has been guilty of this
crime" said Mr.. Wilson's. telegram,
labor is not interested in protecting
him. If he is innocent all of our peo-
pie are interested in his acquittal No
strike of the workers of the country
can facilitate these processes 1t can
not produce a particle of evidence
that would be helpful In securing JUS
tice. A strike can neither give fair
trial to nor secure a fair trial for
Mooney and | sincerely hope that no
strike will take place."