The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
Colorado Miners Vote
To Continue Strike
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after miners had held meeting at
the monument of Ludlow, where the
children and women of the men who
fought in 1884 were ruthlessly
massacred by Pat Hamrock's butch
ers.
AS the result Of this demonstration
Byron Kitto was arrested with %
more I. w. WIS and charged with
four separate counts, in order to COM
pei the miners to raise bail from
$1,000 to $500. Fellow-wOrker Mil
ka Sablich was also arrested in Trim
idad when she attempted to ask some
information from the sheriff's office.
She, too, was put under exorbitant
bond.
Peaceful Strike.
At a final conference between Gov.
Adams emissaries and Francezon, a
platonic demand was made by the
colonel in charge. After practically
limiting that it was a mere formality,
both parties agreed that the strike
had been conducted in the most peace
full way, that there was no need of
the militia in the affected area.
Vote to Stay Out.
Rousing meetings were held at
Trinidad. Aguilar and Walsenburg,
where the men decided unanimously
to stand pat until the final settle
ment was made between the COM
panies and the miners.
In spite of all intiuidations the
men and women on strike are look
ing humorously upon the present stu
ation; as Notwithstanding the fact
that the strike had been declared
Illegal and the boss class had declared
they considered the I. ". W. out
Iawed. the mines are s5 present at a
standstill, and even the threat of
sending the militia would not relieve
the boss situation as coal mines can
not be worked by bayonets.
No Fuel for Steel Plarta.
The bosses are desperate and the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
which had < contract with thu Santa
| re Railroad with their stee! mills at
Pueblo have been forced 70 closa up
their plants for lack Of fGaI,
The pride Of Johu d. Is badly hurt
as he canrct understand that hts COM
rany unions bava not been in q posi-
! ton to keep bis slaves from organic
| ing with the I. w. W. However illegal
the I. ". w. may seem to The Stand
ard Oil interests, the necessity for
fuel is so crest in the state Of Colo
RADIO tbat they viii be forced to come
to terms before long.
Governor Talks fifth F'rarce7on.
On the long distance telephone Gov
Adams assured Roger Francozon that
he never intended to interfere with
the right Of individuals or organiza-
tons TO strike: that he was only
anxious to see the law abidad by the
letter. The conversation was very
cordial and the governor was very
careful not TO make any damaging
statement that could have been con
strued as being in favor of the strik.
ing miners.
Tie Denver Post pretends that
II. w. w. leaders capitulated before
the warning of the governor. How.
ever, reporters present admitted that
Francezon did not give up an inch
and the colonel in charge admitted
that the I. W. w. leader was too gooc
a lawyer for him and gave up good
naturally.
New Mexico Governor Gets Civi
Liberties Protest.
The sending of troops into Colfaz
county by Governor Dillon of New
Mexico to prevent /. w. w. organizers
from entering the coal fields was
characterized as "uncalled for" anc
''autocratic" by Edward D. Tittmann
prominent attorney of New Mexico
and national committeeman of the
American Civil Liberties Union in q
telegram to the governor today. 'It
is much more important to maintain
the constitutional guarantees of free
speech and free assembly as the bull
warks Of the people than to inter-
fere one-sidedly in an industrial dis
pute." Mr.. Tittmann stated in his pro-
test.