The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-12-28
RMIRoAp STRIKE NEWS
nicin! nuIIetln from Joint Board

Crafts on Strike:
s,others, Greetings:
As we are now in the holiday sea-
,on. no doubt every effort will again
he made by officials to weaken the
morale of the strikers in the hopes
of breaking the most effective strike
that ever took place in any industry
or in any country.
While some of the strikers are no
doubt being deprived of some of the
things that they have enjoyed in past
holiday seasons still it should be re-
membered that Christmas Day is
nothing more or less than represen-
tative day of self denial and suffer-
ing so that the people of the earth
might have things better, our strike
Is nothing more or less than the car
wing on of the ideals of Jesus Christ
so that the human family who must
earn their bread by the sweat of
their brow may have happier lot on
this earth, just another link in the
chain which will be continued to be
welded through the ages until the
real brotherhood of man and father
hood of God becomes real and last
ing thing among the human family.
If we are making some sacrifices now
it will no doubt be repaid hundred
fold in years to come; we who endure
TO the end of the strike will always
he repaid by knowing that we did our
bit, so that the children as we'll as
the workers will gain better condi-
tions; so that we will always face our
felow-worker knowing full we'll that
The finger Of scorn cannot be point
d at us; so that we may take our
children wherever we may go, know
ing that none can point the finger of
scorn at them on account of some act
If their father, and finally with the
knowledge that if there were none
who would sacrifice for the better
ment of the human family, there
would have been no Christmas Day,
there would have been no United
States, there would have been no
freedom of the masses at all. There
fore, let us resolve to carry on our
part in the battle to the end so that
the chains of Industrial slavery can
not be welded on the workers of the
present, or on the children who will
be the workers of the future. rA
The struggle of the masses toward
a better day has been a continued
succession of sacrifice; it will con-
tinue on, SLOW but sure, and there is
none that can deny that progress is
being made each day through some
method or other, which is visible
signs of progress ~ 'seii'
In Denver, yesterday, there oc-
CURED what will probably go down
in history of workers as the greatest
achievement that has ever taken
place. The Auditorium was donated
to the striking shopmen so that,tKey
and their families might havse "a
Christmas party There were about
1900 children with their parents,
present; program was rendered
very successfully, but the greatest
thing OF all was the fact that, Gov
ernor-eiect Vim. E. Sweet of Colora-
do' was introduced by the President
OF the State Federation of Labor. and
for the first time that we have any
knowledge of in this state, the Cow
ernor took part in an entertainment
given by and for striking workmen
and their families exclusively. This
IS one OF the visible signs of progress.
Santa Claus after being detained
Dy' hrst' the Daugherty Injunction
wagon, second, by the Rangers, finally
arrived on the scene througb fhe aid
OF the Denver police force and shook
hands with every child. and every
child on leaving the Auditorium was
presented with large sack of candy
ana nuts containing also an apple
and orange.
We of Denver appreciate the splen-
did cooperation of many of the busi-
ness people, we appreciate the act of
the Mayor in donating the Aud;tori.
um for the occasion and we realize
that these are only other vis;h,e SIGNS
OF progress being made. It would be
we'll not to forget to give cred;t 70
the Policemen's Protective associa.
tion who gladly suspended The busi.
ness OF their meeting so that our re-
lief committee might have ths aoor
and who, after few minutes ta,r hv
the committee took action - oncs
and donated $50 dollars sssm;nolv
sorry that their laws probih;tsd
larger donation.
Our men on the line are s+;.r;ro
everywhere, determined IN =. IL