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Subscribe for The NEWS MONTANA NEW" Pfvy Your Local DULS VOL III. HELENA, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1905. Reuidells Defense on U. M. W. A., Coi mention! NO. ft, The controversy at the United Mine Workers' national convention at Indianapolis, wherein John Mitchell was "vindicated" in regard to his actions in the Colorado-Utah coal strike, and the writer of this article expelled from the United Mine Workers of America for the crime of "Iese majesty" against "the little tin lahor god," John Mitch- ell, began on the afternoon of January 18, when a resolution was read from Local Union No. 728, Mt. Olive, Illinois, asking that "Our National President or any one affiliated with the U . M . W . of A . sever all connection with the Civic Federation." Patrick Dolan, of Pittburg, "who boasts of never having read a book on political economy and proves it bv his ignorance," made the surprising assertion that outside of the "labor leaders" the moving spirits of the Civic Federation are "philanthropists." To enlighten Mr. Donlan 1 said, "Outside of the 'labor leaders' the most promin- ent members of the Civic Federation are men like Grover Cleveland, 'Scab Hero' Fliot, Frank Robbins, president of the Pittsburg Cam company, who has made millions out of the pauperized miners of America, and Andrew Carnegie, whose lands are red with the blood of the Homestead strikers." A bomb thrown into the convention would not have caused more commotion. John Mitchell sprang to his feet and said that he h;id beard of "this man Randell from Wyoming;" said that I had said in the Dietz, Wyoming, local union that he (Mitchell) had sold out th 'e Colorado strike, and defied me to make such sacreligious state- ments in his holy presence. My letters, papers and documents being then in the hands of a typewriter, who was typewriting the speech I had prepared on the Colorado-Utah coal strike. I sat as still and quiet as a little mouse the remainder of the afternoon session. John Mitchell was happy in the belief that he had annihilated, crushed and paralyzed me. The delegates that evening were talking among themselves about the "delegate from Diet/." who had tried to make a "bad man" of himself in the wilds of Wyoming, but when he arrived in Indianapolis and stood in the august presence of the "greatest labor leader the world has ever known," his tongue clove to the roof of his mouth, and his "knees trembled and smote one an- other." When the convention was called to order at 9 o'clock the next morning by John Mitchell,I asked for the floor and gave the delegates the address as published in the Daily People of Sunday, February 5, and the Weekly People of February ll< MITCHELL'S DEFENSE OF THE CIVIC FEDERATION. Refore reviewing the national officers' attempt to tear my argu- ments to pieces, let me review John Mitchell's defense of the Civic Federation. He said that Frank Robbins had given $5,000 to the anthracite strikers. If so, it was because he was getting from $2 to $4 more ftt ton for his bituminous coal while the anthracite mines were closed. If Frank Robbins' miners would go on strike to-day. would Frank Robbins show his friendship to organized labor by donating $5,000 to the United Mine Workers? In the Pittsburg Dispatch, of June 7. 1904, is the following, referring to a banquet given by Frank Robbins to Mitchell and Dodds: "The banquet was in honor of John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, and District Secretary William Dodds, Io wish the two Godspeed on a European tour they are about to make- in the interest of their organization. Even Mitchell joined in the tribute to Robbins, which was taken up by others. * * * * * Mitchell and Doods were presented with diamond mementoes of the esteem of the operators and miners." Mitchell said that Andrew Carnegie is not a prominent member of the Civic Federation." If not. why was Je>hn Mitchell on a com- mittee a short time ago begging Andrew Carnegie to accept the presi- dency of the Civic Federation ? In the United Mine Workers' Journal—the official organ of the U. M . W . of A.—of Thursday. December 22, 1904, is a three column portrait of August Relmont. president of the Civic Federation. And who is August Relmont—plutocrat banker, and American representa- tive of the Rothchilds. who, with J. P. Morgan, made $80,000,000 out of one of Grover Cleveland's gold bond issues; member of New York's most aristocratic clubs, labor crusher, lives in a palace on Fifth avenue, and wants the wealth producers to live in the back alley tenements. In Harper's Weekly of December II. 1904, is a full page picture of the banquet given bv the Civic Federation at the Park Avenue Hotel New York. The discerning eye gazing upon the picture of. that sumptuous feast may be able to discover the countenance of Marcus M. Marks, who will be long remembered for his fight against the garment workers' union; O. M. Fidlitz, ditto, New York Build- ing Trades; George A. Fuller, ditto, bridge and structural iron workers- Secretary Faslev. who sacrifices himself to "maintain friendly relations between capital and labor," for $10,000 a year: August Relmont. the newly elected president; H . H . V reeland. the newly elected chairman of the welfare department-H H. \ ree- land with the union-smashing record; Frank Robbins chairman Of tie trade agreement committee-Frank Robbins. who told the m.nprs , the joint scale committee in Indianapolis one short year ago that if his union miners struck he had enough non-union miners to fill s_Frank Robbins, who gave John Mitche 1 the ' diamond mementoes ," and President Fliot, who thrice pubhely declared the 11. his contracts Scata^hero" ew y elected, "on motion of Gompers." chairman of the departn ;nt of industrial economics. Andrew Carnegie sen a ELtattM-saying he was unwell -probablv worrying over the strike |?fL^7yU«rtm and Girard, Ohio, against a reduction of W No S wonder John Mitchell is a little ^^J^t^SS^iofhiC -dglnen't « 'JtS^A ^ 3 ^ ^ ^ SPSS WB* MS ' NOT ANSWER. As soon as I had finished my address John Mitchell turned all his heavy Zllrry al his "machine guns" and even his little rapid fire heavy art, lery. au\*. Wyoming, upon my argument*, nTfotr/day^nd-talf thundered aTmy" tive, distorted facts. mlSQUOtnthyS, ^^^^Jf^^£JSk statements. Let us see the result of their one and a half days terrmc b °Th b e ar f d our C dVrect charges made by me against John Mitchell in the ''iS^^^^^ through John Mitchell, played the unorganized miners of Southern Colorado false in promising them "import of the union miners of Northern Colorado, and then forcing Northern Miners, against their wishes, to return to work and defeat the Southern miners. Second—That in forcing the Northern miners to return to work, by threat Of withdrawing support, he violated the principles and consti- tution of our organization and proved himself to be an autocrat and dictator. . Third—That in promising the Southern miners ample support in the strike call of Nov. 9, 1003. And telling them to "Strike, strike, and strike until you win. if it takes five vears." and then in refusing them sufficient support and finally in stopping it altogether, you placed a shameful blot upon our organization and proved yourself to be a greater enemy to the miners of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah than the inhuman coal companies themselves. Fourth—That in entering into an unholy deal with the Northern Coal company, at the behest of the Denver Citizens' Alliance, and in dining with the Denver Citizens' Alliance and the Peabody Law and Order League at the Chamber of Commerce in Denver, December 5, 19x14, you proved yourself a traitor to the working class. SILENCE NO DENIAL OF JUDAS CONDUCT. (I.) ()n the first charge—treason to the Southern miners—ab- solutely nothing was said by John Mitchell or any national officer. It can not be successfullv denied, that when John Mitchell forced the Northern Colorado miners te> return to work to win the smiles of the Northern Coal company, and the Denver Citizens' Alliance, he played the part of a Judas to the Southern miners. It is a blot upon the U . M. \ Y . o f A . that all the applause for John Mitchell can never wipe out. (2.) Nothing was said about ihe second charge—of John Mitchell forcing the Northern miners to return to work by the threat of withdrawing support and cutting them off from the organization. I challenged John Mitchell to prove that it was the miners, the local or district officers, the National Executive Roard member of even his "\\n national organizer that induced him to force the Northern Colo- rado strike committee into a conference with the Northern Coal com- pany. I asserted that it was the Northern Coal company, backed bv Denver Citizens' Alliance and the Southern Colorado Coal com- panies. He did not answer it. The only answer he can give is to admit that it was the Northern Coal company and its allies. Nothing was said about forcing the Northern miners to take the four (4) referendum votes on the question of returning to work. Nothing was said about John P. Reams visiting the local unions and inducing them to gei on record, one at a time, as favoring a settle- ment—a thing they had refused to do in a body. And nothing wrill ever be said about it. Nothing was said of sending word, indirectly, to the Northern min- ers, that unless they returned to work, their support would be cut off. except the vague hint that it was the work of the National Exe- cutive- Hoard and MM of John Mitchell. As the National Executive Board was not in session at that time, the attempt of Mitchell *o throw it upon them is peculiar. It appears to me that the National Executive Board Of the U . M . W. Of V must he a patient lot of asses. It will be remembered that during the anthracite strike, when there was some honor to be divided. John Mitchell was perfectly willing to grab it. but in the Colorado-Utah strike he shuffles all the blame on the National Executive Roard. < )n tin* second charge, Je>hn Mitchell has yet to prove that he did not violate the principles and constitution of our organization md proved himself an autocrat and a dictator. FOR MITCHELL'S MONUMENT—"63 CENTS PER WEEK." ft.) John Mitchell denied that he had said "Strike, strike, and strike until you win. if it takes fivt years," William Price. Sub-District N< . 5. "I believe in following the words of John Mitchell: 'Strike, until von win. if it takes five years.*" — Proceedings of the 4th Annual Convention oi District 15. page 52. At Scofield. Utah, handbills were distributed around town promis- ing the miner*. support for three years, is necessary. How well the organization has kept its promise can be seen from the following cir- cular letter in the issue of the Salt Lake. Utah. "Crisis," of Jan- uary 13. ic>05: "APPEAL FOR AID: SUB-DISTRICT NO. 3. OF DISTRICT NO. 15, U . M . W . O F AMERICA. "To the Public—The struggle between the mine workers and the Utah Fuel company, of Carbon county. Utah, is known to almost every person in the country, the arrogant position of the company, the privation and hardship endured by the mine workers and their families since November. 1903, is matter of historv, and we are still on the battlefield. "The fact of our ability to continue this strike in Carbon county is owing to the generous response on the part of our brothers else- where to our appeal for aid. "We- are forced to again make an appeal to you. and you will not regret complying with it, if von who are enjoying the benefits of working where organization exists will enable us to again be able to say we are working under the emblem of justice—the emblem gj the United Mine Workers of America. "All we ask is bread to live on. and we will attend to the rest. "To return to work now unrecognized as an organization, means to return to a worse condition of slaven than existed before the strike. "To leave the camps means to lose all our homes, and allow the company to collect the rents from them. And all this after fourteen months' fight and suffering the most cruel hardships and privations. "Help us, brothers! Do not let the Utah Fuel company make good their boast that they will have no de-alings with organized labor. "W'e will with a victory have ;.nd hold the noble and just emblem of the U. M. W. of America. "With your aid and assistance we can get most of those that are working to quit. "The product of the mines is only a third of what it was before the strike. "The mines are in the worst possible condition. "With help from you. brother 1 ., we will vet win a victory. This appeal is signed by the officer*- of our union in behalf of 134 men, seventy-four women and 171 children, who have suffered, and are still suffering, untold miseries because of our loyalty to the prin- ciples of unionism. "Send all funds to Celeste Delpiaz, Helped. Utah. CELESTE DELPIAZ, President. "CARLO CIACOMO. Secretary." These people have had no assitance from the United Mine Work ers since July 1, uyo^. If John Mitchell was not dead to every sense of justice he would aid these people until a victory is won. John Mitchell and the national officers spent nearly a day and a half trying to make it appear that the strikers were well supported, but the facts—compiled from official records—are as follows: Dur- ing the winter months of November and December. 1903, and Janu- ary, 1904, 19,000 men, women and children, who had been ejected from their homes by the soldiers and deputies and had in many cases lost their furniture, clothing and bedding, were living on 63 cents per week. Out of this sum thev were compelled to pav rent or buy tents, buy food, clothing and fuel. The coal miners of the West will some day erect a monument to fohn Mitchell and have carved thereupon: "63 CENTS PER WEEK." All the encomiums heaped upon John Mitchell bv capitalistic newspapers, eminent divines. Frank Robbins, "Scab Hero" Fliot, \ndrew Carnegie and the strenuous strenuositv in the White- House cannot prevent the fact going down in the historv of the Western coal miners that Mitchell proved himself a greater enemy to them than are even the inhuman coal companies. ONE (BLOOD) WAS ENOUGH. (4.) John Mitchell denied that he dine ! with the Denver Citizens' Alliance at a banquet given bv the Chamber of Commerce in Denver, December 5. 1003, but admitted that there "might have been I few member! of the alliance present." lames H. Wood, attorney for the Denver Citizens' Mli.mcc. has been very successful in settling strikes in Colorado the past few years. On April 17, 1903, the miners of Northern Colorado held a mass meeting at Louisville, and voted that, after the first o f M a y , they would rmly work eight hours. In the conferences that followed between the Northern Colorado Sub-District Hoard and the Northern Coal Operators, James H. Blood ttpresented the Northern Coal com- pany. How successful he was in "settling" the strike can be seen from the following, taken verbatim from the annual address of John C. Sullivan, President of the Colorado State Federation of Labor, to the convention of the State Federation of Labor, 1903: COAL MINERS NORTHERN FIELD. "About the middle of April the coal miners of the Northern field notified the ce>al operators that on the first day of May an eight- hour day would be demanded. Some of the operators (nearly half) were- willing to adopt an eight-hour day without question, but the adoption of an eight-hour day was opposed by some of the com- panies, and with the assistance of the managers of the Citizens' Alli- ance the unions were persuaded to withdraw their demands, so the benefits of an eight-hour day in the Northern coal field are not to be enjoyed by the coal miners for the present at least." I was a member of the Sub-District Board, representing the Su- perior Local Union at that time, and attended the conferences where- in James H. Blood "persuaded" us to withdraw our demands and I know that the statements made by John C. Sullivan are true. James H. Blood acted as the representative of the Denver Citizens' Alliance during the great sympathetic strike of all the trades in Den- ver, in May. iejo}, and with the able assistance of M. Grant Hamilton and Max Morris, of the American Federation of Labor, succeeded in making a "settlement" that practically destroyed the usefulness of the unions. In Idaho Springs. Telluride. Cripple Creek and the Southern coal fields, the Citizens' Alliance used six shooters, Gatling guns and Krag-Jorgensons. In Denver and the Northern coal fields, the Citi- zens' Alliance used flattery, hypocrisy, and ways that are dark and devious.. PROOF THAT COAL FAMINE WAS IMMINENT.- Having reviewed the four main charges against John Mitchell and decided upon what organization I represented. John Mitchell claimed mentl made by him and other national officers. I distinctly stated that I spoke only as a Colorado miner—ore from the rank and file—and did not claim to represent them officially, or the Socialist party, or the Western Federation of Miners. It ap- pears to me that the national officers should have held a caucus and decided upon what organization I represnted. John Mitchell claimed I represented the Colorado State Federation of Labor, Secretary Wilson the Socialist party. Levi, and Reams the W. F. M.. "Com- rade" Jones the anarchist club ai Diet/.. Wyoming, and I certainly expected that I 'at Dolan would claim that I represented the A. P. A. John Mitchell and others denied that there was anv danger of a coal famine before the Northern miners returned to work and assert- ed that "the miner*, of Northern Colorado onlv worked half time after they returned to work." This is absolutely untrue. I was one of the miners forced by John Mitchell to go to work in Northern Colorado, ;md anv Northern miner will bear me out in the statement that for six nrtCKS after we returned to work—until the market was relieved—we worked every da) SHd never before was there such an enormous output in Northern Colorado. Mitchell said that the Northern lignite coal cannot be used for -team purposes—an absurd and ridiculous statement. Mitchell asserted, as a crushing argument, that there could have he -en no coal famine in Co' irado; that all the coal necessarv could be shipped from Kansas and Missouri. True, but Kansas and Mis* souri coal cannot be retailed to the consumer in Denver at less than $10 per ton. and in the metaliferous mining and smelting district.;, Creed, Ouray, Cripple Creek. Leadville. Grand Junction, Idaho Springs. Boulder, etc.. at less than $11 to $14 per ton. Denver Post, November 18, 1903: "Many of the dealers agree that the coal (Kansas and Missouri coal) would cost the consumer at least $io.5ei a ton" (in Denver). Denver Post. November 25, IQ03: "The coal scalper is selling the poor people coal at $10 .75 per ton" (in 100 pound quantities). Denver Post. November 18. IQOJ: "It is asserted this morning that the Denver Gas and Electric company has but two days' supply of coal and every effort to get a full supply has failed. Unless the com- puny can get fuel within the next two davs. Denver will be in dark- ness Saturday night." Denver News, November 26, 1903: "Coal has actually advanced to $10 per ton." "Denver, Colo., Nov. 19, 1903. "Mr. Robert Randell, Superior, Colorado: "Dear Sir and Brother:—Can you send me by mail an envelope full of coal? A m all out at my house. Have- had an order in for coal for two weeks. They have been promising to deliver every day. but thev don't make gooel. Yours fraternally. "HARRY B. WATERS." (Extract from letter from Harrv B, W aters. Secretar\ Treasurer of the Colorado State Pederation of Labor.) "EXPENDITURES" THAT A R E IN T H E TREASURY. The fact remains that, had not John Mitchell forced the Northern miners to return to we>rk, the Southern Colorado miners would have won a victory ; a victory that would have been a victory for them- selves and all the western miners. On page 2H of Secretary-Treasurer Wilson's Annual Report in the "Miscellaneous Resources" is this item: "September 15, Aid Re- funded District 15, $30,000." While it is perfectly proper fe>r Mr. Wilson to put the $30,000 under "Miscellaneous Resources," yet the national officers of the U M . W of A. should not boast, as they are doing, that $30,000 was expended in Colorado that is to-day in the national treasury! Mitchell attempts to deny that he had tried to prevent the local unions of the Past from giving assistance to either the coal or met- aliferous miners of the West. He cannot successfully do so Will he show when or where he ever by word of action encouraged the eastern local unions to contribute' But in spite of all the underhanded work of John Mitchell, main of the local unions of the east were generous to both the coal and metaliferous miners of the west. And then generosity will never bt forgotten by the western miners. John Mitchell took offense because 1 said he had made me "scab" in Northern Colorado. The Northern miners being forced to return to work, dug the coal that filled the markets of their Southern brothers and defeated them. I believe that, when I dug ceial to defeat the Southern miners. I "scabbed"—even if I did have the consent of John Mitchell, the "greatest labor leader the world has ever known." WHY DOESN'T JOHN MITCHELL PROSECUTE HOWELLS, SIMPSON AND GEHR? John Mitchell went out of his wa\ to attack the- character of Ex President William Howclls, and Fx-National Executive Hoard mem her John L. Gehr, of District 15. John Mitchell, 111 older to covet his own infamous actions in the Colorado -Ut ill strike, has spread broad- cast throughout the country bv his organizers and national hoard members the ste>ry that William Howells, John Simpson ami John L. Gehr misappropriated thousands of dollars sent to the strikers. If so, Toll ti Mitchell owes it to his organization to pn s, cute- these (.Continued on pajte four'
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Reuidells Defense on U. M. W. A., Coi mention! NO. ft,
T h e c o n t r o v e r s y at the U n i t e d M i n e W o r k e r s ' n a t i o n a l c o n v e n t i o n at I n d i a n a p o l i s , w h e r e i n J o h n M i t c h e l l w a s " v i n d i c a t e d " i n r e g a r d to h i s a c t i ons i n the C o l o r a d o - U t a h coa l s t r i k e , a n d the w r i t e r of t h i s a r t i c l e expe l l ed f r o m the U n i t e d M i n e W o r k e r s of A m e r i c a f o r the c r i m e o f "Iese m a j e s t y " aga ins t " the l i t t l e t i n l a h o r g o d , " J o h n M i t c h e l l , began on the a f t e r n o o n o f J a n u a r y 18, w h e n a r e s o l u t i o n was r ead f r o m L o c a l U n i o n N o . 728, M t . O l i v e , I l l i n o i s , a s k i n g that " O u r N a t i o n a l P r e s id en t o r a n y o n e a f f i l i a t ed w i t h the U . M . W . o f A . seve r a l l c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the C i v i c F e d e r a t i o n . "
P a t r i c k D o l a n , o f P i t t b u r g , " w h o boasts o f n e v e r h a v i n g read a b o o k on p o l i t i c a l e c o n o m y a n d p r o v e s it b v h i s i g n o r a n c e , " made the s u r p r i s i n g a s se r t ion that o u t s i d e o f the " l a b o r l e a d e r s " the m o v i n g s p i r i t s of the C i v i c F e d e r a t i o n are " p h i l a n t h r o p i s t s . " T o e n l i g h t e n M r . D o n l a n 1 s a i d , " O u t s i d e o f the ' l abo r leaders ' the mos t p r o m i n ent m e m b e r s o f the C i v i c F e d e r a t i o n are men l i k e G r o v e r C l e v e l a n d , ' S c a b H e r o ' F l i o t , F r a n k R o b b i n s , pres ident of the P i t t s b u r g Cam c o m p a n y , w h o has made m i l l i o n s out o f the p a u p e r i z e d m i n e r s of A m e r i c a , a n d A n d r e w C a r n e g i e , whose l ands are r ed w i t h the b l o o d of the H o m e s t e a d s t r i k e r s . "
A b o m b t h r o w n i n t o the c o n v e n t i o n w o u l d not h a v e caused m o r e c o m m o t i o n . J o h n M i t c h e l l s p r a n g t o h i s feet a n d sa id that he h; id b e a r d of " th i s m a n R a n d e l l f r o m W y o m i n g ; " s a id that I h a d sa id i n the D i e t z , W y o m i n g , l o c a l u n i o n that he ( M i t c h e l l ) had s o l d ou t th'e C o l o r a d o s t r i k e , and def ied me to m a k e s u c h s a c r e l i g i o u s statem e n t s i n h i s h o l y presence .
M y le t ters , p ape r s a n d d o c u m e n t s b e i n g then i n the hands of a t y p e w r i t e r , w h o w a s t y p e w r i t i n g the speech I h a d p repa red o n the C o l o r a d o - U t a h c o a l s t r i k e . I sat as s t i l l and qu ie t as a l i t t l e m o u s e the r e m a i n d e r of the a f t e r n o o n sess ion.
J o h n M i t c h e l l w a s h a p p y i n the be l ief that he had a n n i h i l a t e d , c r u s h e d a n d p a r a l y z e d me. T h e delegates that e v e n i n g were t a l k i n g a m o n g t h e m s e l v e s abou t the "delegate f r o m D i e t / . " w h o had t r i ed to m a k e a "bad m a n " of h i m s e l f in the w i l d s of W y o m i n g , but w h e n he a r r i v e d in I n d i a n a p o l i s a n d s tood i n the a u g u s t presence o f the "greates t l abor l eader the w o r l d has ever k n o w n , " h i s t ongue clove to the roof of h i s m o u t h , a n d h i s "knees t r e m b l e d a n d smote one ano t h e r . "
W h e n the c o n v e n t i o n w a s c a l l e d to o rde r at 9 o ' c lock the next m o r n i n g b y J o h n M i t c h e l l , I a s k e d f o r the floor a n d g a v e the de legates the address as p u b l i s h e d i n the D a i l y P e o p l e of S u n d a y , F e b r u a r y 5, a n d the W e e k l y P e o p l e of F e b r u a r y ll<
M I T C H E L L ' S D E F E N S E O F T H E C I V I C F E D E R A T I O N . R e f o r e r e v i e w i n g the n a t i o n a l o f f i ce r s ' a t t empt to tear m y a r g u
m e n t s to p ieces , let me r e v i e w J o h n M i t c h e l l ' s de fense of the C i v i c F e d e r a t i o n .
H e sa id that F r a n k R o b b i n s had g i v e n $5,000 t o the an th rac i t e s t r i k e r s . If so, it w a s because he w a s g e t t i n g f r o m $2 to $4 m o r e f t t t o n f o r h i s b i t u m i n o u s coa l w h i l e the a n t h r a c i t e m i n e s were c lo sed . I f F r a n k R o b b i n s ' m i n e r s w o u l d g o on s t r i k e t o -day . w o u l d F r a n k R o b b i n s s h o w h i s f r i e n d s h i p t o o r g a n i z e d l abo r b y d o n a t i n g $5,000 to the U n i t e d M i n e W o r k e r s ? In the P i t t s b u r g D i s p a t c h , of J u n e 7. 1904, is the f o l l o w i n g , r e f e r r i n g to a banque t g i v e n b y F r a n k R o b b i n s t o M i t c h e l l and D o d d s :
" T h e banque t w a s i n h o n o r of J o h n M i t c h e l l , p res iden t o f the U n i t e d M i n e W o r k e r s , a n d D i s t r i c t S e c r e t a r y W i l l i a m D o d d s , Io w i s h the t w o G o d s p e e d o n a E u r o p e a n t o u r t h e y are about to make-i n the in teres t o f t h e i r o r g a n i z a t i o n . E v e n M i t c h e l l j o ined i n the t r i b u t e t o R o b b i n s , w h i c h w a s t aken up b y o the r s . * * * * * M i t c h e l l and D o o d s were p resen ted w i t h d i a m o n d m e m e n t o e s of the es teem of the o p e r a t o r s a n d m i n e r s . "
M i t c h e l l sa id tha t A n d r e w C a r n e g i e is not a p r o m i n e n t m e m b e r of the C i v i c F e d e r a t i o n . " If no t . w h y w a s Je>hn M i t c h e l l o n a c o m mi t t ee a shor t t i m e a g o b e g g i n g A n d r e w C a r n e g i e t o accept the p res i d e n c y of the C i v i c F e d e r a t i o n ?
In the U n i t e d M i n e W o r k e r s ' J o u r n a l — t h e o f f i c i a l o r g a n o f the U . M . W . of A . — o f T h u r s d a y . D e c e m b e r 22, 1904, i s a three c o l u m n p o r t r a i t o f A u g u s t R e l m o n t . p res iden t of the C i v i c F e d e r a t i o n . A n d w h o is A u g u s t R e l m o n t — p l u t o c r a t banke r , a n d A m e r i c a n represen ta t i v e of the R o t h c h i l d s . w h o , w i t h J . P . M o r g a n , m a d e $80,000,000 out o f one of G r o v e r C l e v e l a n d ' s g o l d b o n d i s s u e s ; m e m b e r of N e w Y o r k ' s mos t a r i s t o c r a t i c c l u b s , l abo r c r u s h e r , l i v e s i n a pa lace o n F i f t h avenue , a n d w a n t s the w e a l t h p r o d u c e r s t o l i v e i n the back a l l ey t enements .
In H a r p e r ' s W e e k l y of D e c e m b e r I I . 1904, i s a f u l l page p i c t u r e of the banque t g i v e n b v the C i v i c F e d e r a t i o n at the P a r k A v e n u e H o t e l N e w Y o r k . T h e d i s c e r n i n g eye g a z i n g u p o n the p i c t u r e of . that s u m p t u o u s feast m a y be able to d i s c o v e r the c o u n t e n a n c e of M a r c u s M . M a r k s , w h o w i l l be l o n g r e m e m b e r e d f o r h i s fight aga ins t the ga rmen t w o r k e r s ' u n i o n ; O . M . F i d l i t z , d i t t o , N e w Y o r k B u i l d i n g T r a d e s ; G e o r g e A . F u l l e r , d i t to , b r i d g e a n d s t r u c t u r a l i r o n w o r k e r s - S e c r e t a r y F a s l e v . w h o sac r i f i ces h i m s e l f to " m a i n t a i n f r i e n d l y r e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n c a p i t a l and l a b o r , " f o r $10,000 a y e a r : A u g u s t R e l m o n t . the n e w l y e lec ted p r e s i d e n t ; H . H . V r e e l a n d . the n e w l y e lec ted c h a i r m a n of the w e l f a r e d e p a r t m e n t - H H . \ reel a n d w i t h the u n i o n - s m a s h i n g r e c o r d ; F r a n k R o b b i n s c h a i r m a n Of t i e t rade ag reemen t c o m m i t t e e - F r a n k R o b b i n s . w h o t o l d the m . n p r s
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S e c o n d — T h a t i n f o r c i n g the N o r t h e r n m i n e r s to r e t u r n to w o r k , b y threat Of w i t h d r a w i n g s u p p o r t , he v io l a t ed the p r i n c i p l e s and c o n s t i t u t i o n of ou r o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d p r o v e d h i m s e l f to be an au toc ra t a n d d ic ta to r . .
T h i r d — T h a t i n p r o m i s i n g the S o u t h e r n m i n e r s a m p l e s u p p o r t i n the s t r i k e c a l l o f N o v . 9, 1003. And t e l l i n g t h e m to " S t r i k e , s t r i k e , and s t r i k e u n t i l y o u w i n . if it takes five vears . " and then i n r e f u s i n g t h e m su f f i c i en t suppor t and finally i n s t o p p i n g it a l t oge the r , y o u p laced a s h a m e f u l blot u p o n o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n and p r o v e d y o u r s e l f to be a grea ter e n e m y to the m i n e r s of C o l o r a d o , N e w M e x i c o a n d U t a h
than the i n h u m a n coa l c o m p a n i e s themse lves . F o u r t h — T h a t i n e n t e r i n g i n t o an u n h o l y deal w i t h the N o r t h e r n
Coal c o m p a n y , at the behest of the Denver C i t i z e n s ' A l l i a n c e , a n d i n d i n i n g w i t h the D e n v e r C i t i z e n s ' A l l i a n c e a n d the P e a b o d y L a w a n d O r d e r L e a g u e at the C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e in D e n v e r , D e c e m b e r 5, 19x14, y o u p r o v e d y o u r s e l f a t r a i t o r to the w o r k i n g c lass .
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s o l u t e l y n o t h i n g w a s sa id by J o h n M i t c h e l l o r a n y n a t i o n a l o f f i c e r . I t can not be s u c c e s s f u l l v den ied , that w h e n J o h n M i t c h e l l f o r c e d the N o r t h e r n C o l o r a d o m i n e r s te> r e t u r n to w o r k to w i n the s m i l e s of the N o r t h e r n C o a l c o m p a n y , and the D e n v e r C i t i z e n s ' A l l i a n c e , he p l a y e d the part of a J u d a s to the S o u t h e r n miners . It is a b lo t u p o n the U . M . \ Y . of A . that a l l the app lause for J o h n M i t c h e l l can n e v e r w i p e out .
(2.) N o t h i n g w a s sa id about i he second c h a r g e — o f J o h n M i t c h e l l f o r c i n g the N o r t h e r n m i n e r s to re turn to w o r k b y the th rea t of w i t h d r a w i n g suppor t and c u t t i n g them of f f r o m the o r g a n i z a t i o n . I c h a l l e n g e d J o h n M i t c h e l l to prove that it w a s the mine r s , the l o c a l or d i s t r i c t officers, the N a t i o n a l Executive R o a r d m e m b e r of e v e n h i s " \ \ n n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z e r that i n d u c e d him to f o rce the N o r t h e r n C o l o rado s t r i k e c o m m i t t e e i n to a conference w i t h the N o r t h e r n C o a l c o m pany . I asser ted that it was the Northern C o a l c o m p a n y , b a c k e d b v D e n v e r C i t i z e n s ' A l l i a n c e a n d the S o u t h e r n C o l o r a d o C o a l c o m panies . H e d i d not a n s w e r i t . T h e o n l y a n s w e r he can g i v e i s t o a d m i t that it was the N o r t h e r n C o a l c o m p a n y a n d i ts a l l i e s .
Nothing was s a id about f o r c i n g the N o r t h e r n m i n e r s to t ake the f o u r (4) r e f e r e n d u m votes o n the q u e s t i o n o f r e t u r n i n g to w o r k . N o t h i n g was sa id about J o h n P . R e a m s v i s i t i n g the l oca l u n i o n s a n d i n d u c i n g t h e m to gei on r e c o r d , one at a t i m e , as f a v o r i n g a set t lem e n t — a t h i n g they had r e f u s e d to do i n a b o d y . A n d nothing wrill ever be said about it.
N o t h i n g was sa id of s e n d i n g w o r d , i n d i r e c t l y , to the N o r t h e r n m i n ers, that un less they r e t u r n e d to work, the i r suppor t w o u l d be c u t o f f . excep t the v a g u e h in t that it was the w o r k of the N a t i o n a l E x e cutive- H o a r d a n d MM of J o h n Mitchell. A s the N a t i o n a l E x e c u t i v e Board w a s not i n sess ion at that t ime, the a t t empt of M i t c h e l l *o t h r o w it u p o n t h e m is pecu l i a r . It appears to me that the N a t i o n a l Executive Board Of the U . M . W. Of V mus t he a pat ient lot o f asses. It w i l l be r e m e m b e r e d that d u r i n g the a n t h r a c i t e s t r ike , w h e n there was s o m e h o n o r to be d i v i d e d . J o h n M i t c h e l l was p e r f e c t l y w i l l i n g to g r a b i t . but i n the C o l o r a d o - U t a h s t r ike he shu f f l e s a l l the b l a m e on the N a t i o n a l E x e c u t i v e R o a r d . < )n tin* second cha rge , Je>hn M i t c h e l l has yet to p r o v e tha t he d id not v io l a t e the p r i n c i p l e s a n d c o n s t i t u t i o n of o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n m d p r o v e d h i m s e l f an au tocra t a n d a d i c t a t o r . F O R M I T C H E L L ' S M O N U M E N T — " 6 3 C E N T S P E R W E E K . "
f t . ) J o h n M i t c h e l l den ied that he had sa id " S t r i k e , s t r i k e , a n d s t r i k e u n t i l y o u w i n . i f it t akes fivt years,"
W i l l i a m P r i c e . S u b - D i s t r i c t N< . 5. " I be l i eve in f o l l o w i n g the w o r d s o f John M i t c h e l l : ' S t r i k e , u n t i l von w i n . if it takes five yea r s .*" — P r o c e e d i n g s of the 4 th A n n u a l Convention oi D i s t r i c t 15. page 52.
A t S c o f i e l d . U t a h , h a n d b i l l s we re d i s t r i b u t e d a r o u n d t o w n p r o m i s i n g the miner*. suppor t f o r three years, is necessary . H o w w e l l the o r g a n i z a t i o n has kept i ts p r o m i s e can be seen f r o m the f o l l o w i n g c i r c u l a r le t ter i n the issue of the Sal t L a k e . U t a h . " C r i s i s , " o f J a n u a r y 13. ic>05: " A P P E A L F O R A I D : S U B - D I S T R I C T N O . 3. O F D I S T R I C T
N O . 15, U . M . W . O F A M E R I C A . " T o the P u b l i c — T h e s t rugg le b e t w e e n the m i n e w o r k e r s a n d the
U t a h F u e l c o m p a n y , o f C a r b o n c o u n t y . U t a h , is k n o w n to a lmos t e v e r y pe r son in the c o u n t r y , the a r r o g a n t p o s i t i o n of the c o m p a n y , the p r i v a t i o n and h a r d s h i p endured b y the m i n e w o r k e r s a n d t he i r f a m i l i e s s ince N o v e m b e r . 1903, is m a t t e r of h i s t o r v , and w e are s t i l l o n the b a t t l e f i e l d .
" T h e fac t o f o u r a b i l i t y t o c o n t i n u e t h i s s t r i k e i n C a r b o n c o u n t y is o w i n g to the gene rous response o n the par t o f o u r b ro the r s elsew h e r e t o o u r appea l f o r a id .
"We- are f o r c e d to a g a i n make an appea l t o y o u . a n d y o u w i l l not regret c o m p l y i n g w i t h i t , i f von w h o are e n j o y i n g the benef i t s of w o r k i n g w h e r e o r g a n i z a t i o n ex i s t s w i l l enable us to aga in be able to say w e are w o r k i n g unde r the e m b l e m of jus t i ce—the e m b l e m g j the U n i t e d M i n e W o r k e r s o f A m e r i c a .
" A l l w e ask is b r e a d to l i v e on . a n d w e w i l l a t t end to the res t . " T o r e t u r n to w o r k n o w u n r e c o g n i z e d as an o r g a n i z a t i o n , means
t o r e t u r n to a w o r s e c o n d i t i o n of s l a v e n than ex i s ted b e f o r e the s t r i k e .
" T o leave the c a m p s means to lose a l l o u r homes , and a l l o w the c o m p a n y to co l l ec t the ren ts f r o m t h e m . A n d a l l th i s a f t e r f o u r t e e n m o n t h s ' fight and s u f f e r i n g the most c r u e l h a r d s h i p s a n d p r i v a t i o n s .
" H e l p us, b r o t h e r s ! D o not let the U t a h F u e l c o m p a n y m a k e g o o d the i r boast that t h e y w i l l have no de-alings w i t h o r g a n i z e d l abo r .
" W ' e w i l l w i t h a v i c t o r y have ; .nd h o l d the nob le a n d jus t e m b l e m of the U . M . W . of A m e r i c a .
" W i t h y o u r a i d a n d ass is tance w e c a n get most of those tha t are w o r k i n g to qu i t .
" T h e product of the mines is o n l y a t h i r d of wha t it w a s b e f o r e the s t r i k e .
" T h e m i n e s are i n the wors t poss ib le c o n d i t i o n . " W i t h h e l p f r o m y o u . brother 1 . , w e w i l l vet w i n a v i c t o r y . T h i s
appea l i s s i g n e d b y the officer*- of o u r u n i o n i n beha l f of 134 m e n , s e v e n t y - f o u r w o m e n a n d 171 c h i l d r e n , w h o h a v e s u f f e r e d , a n d are s t i l l s u f f e r i n g , u n t o l d mise r ies because o f o u r l o y a l t y to t he p r i n c i p l e s o f u n i o n i s m .
" S e n d a l l f u n d s t o Ce l e s t e D e l p i a z , H e l p e d . U t a h . C E L E S T E D E L P I A Z , P r e s i d e n t .
" C A R L O C I A C O M O . S e c r e t a r y . " T h e s e people have had n o ass i tance f r o m the U n i t e d M i n e W o r k
ers s i nce J u l y 1, uyo^. If J o h n M i t c h e l l was not dead to e v e r y sense o f j u s t i c e he w o u l d a i d these people u n t i l a v i c t o r y is w o n .
J o h n M i t c h e l l a n d the na t iona l o f f i c e r s spent n e a r l y a d a y a n d a h a l f t r y i n g to m a k e it appear that the s t r i k e r s were w e l l s u p p o r t e d , bu t the f a c t s — c o m p i l e d f r o m o f f i c i a l r e co rds—are as f o l l o w s : D u r i n g the w i n t e r m o n t h s of N o v e m b e r a n d D e c e m b e r . 1903, a n d J a n u a r y , 1904, 19,000 m e n , w o m e n and c h i l d r e n , w h o had been e j ec t ed f r o m t h e i r h o m e s b y the so ld i e r s and depu t i e s and had i n m a n y cases lost t h e i r f u r n i t u r e , c l o t h i n g and b e d d i n g , we re l i v i n g o n 63 cen t s per week . O u t of t h i s s u m t h e v were c o m p e l l e d to pav rent o r b u y tents , b u y f o o d , c l o t h i n g a n d f u e l .
T h e c o a l m i n e r s of the W e s t w i l l s o m e day erect a m o n u m e n t to f o h n M i t c h e l l a n d h a v e ca rved t h e r e u p o n : "63 CENTS P E R W E E K . "
A l l the e n c o m i u m s heaped u p o n J o h n M i t c h e l l bv c a p i t a l i s t i c n e w s p a p e r s , eminen t d i v i n e s . F r a n k R o b b i n s , " S c a b H e r o " F l i o t , \ n d r e w C a r n e g i e a n d the s t r enuous s t r e n u o s i t v in the Whi te - H o u s e
c a n n o t prevent the fact g o i n g d o w n i n the h i s t o r v of the W e s t e r n c o a l m i n e r s that M i t c h e l l p r o v e d h i m s e l f a greater enemy to them than are even the i n h u m a n coal c o m p a n i e s .
O N E ( B L O O D ) W A S E N O U G H . (4.) J o h n M i t c h e l l den ied that he d i n e ! w i t h the D e n v e r C i t i z e n s '
A l l i a n c e at a banquet g i v e n bv the C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e i n D e n v e r , D e c e m b e r 5. 1003, but a d m i t t e d that the re " m i g h t have been I f e w member! of the a l l i a n c e present ."
l a m e s H . W o o d , a t t o rney for the D e n v e r C i t i z e n s ' M l i . m c c . has been v e r y s u c c e s s f u l i n s e t t l i n g s t r i k e s in C o l o r a d o the past f ew
years . O n A p r i l 17, 1903, the m i n e r s of N o r t h e r n C o l o r a d o h e l d a mass m e e t i n g at L o u i s v i l l e , and voted that, a f t e r the first of M a y , t hey w o u l d r m l y w o r k e ight hou r s . I n the confe rences that f o l l o w e d b e t w e e n the N o r t h e r n C o l o r a d o S u b - D i s t r i c t H o a r d a n d the N o r t h e r n C o a l O p e r a t o r s , J ames H . B l o o d t t p r e sen t ed the N o r t h e r n C o a l c o m pany . H o w s u c c e s s f u l he w a s i n " s e t t l i n g " the s t r i k e can be seen f r o m the f o l l o w i n g , t aken v e r b a t i m f r o m the a n n u a l address o f J o h n C. S u l l i v a n , P r e s id en t o f the C o l o r a d o Sta te F e d e r a t i o n of L a b o r , to the c o n v e n t i o n of the S ta te F e d e r a t i o n of L a b o r , 1903:
C O A L M I N E R S N O R T H E R N F I E L D . " A b o u t the m i d d l e of A p r i l the coa l m i n e r s of the N o r t h e r n field
n o t i f i e d the ce>al ope ra to r s that on the first d a y of M a y an e igh t -h o u r day w o u l d be d e m a n d e d . S o m e of the ope ra to r s (nea r ly h a l f ) were- w i l l i n g to adopt an e i g h t - h o u r d a y w i t h o u t q u e s t i o n , b u t the a d o p t i o n of a n e i g h t - h o u r d a y was opposed b y some o f the c o m panies , and w i t h the ass i s tance of the m a n a g e r s of the C i t i z e n s ' A l l i ance the u n i o n s were pe r suaded to w i t h d r a w the i r demands , so the benef i t s of an e i g h t - h o u r day in the N o r t h e r n coa l field are not to be e n j o y e d by the coa l m i n e r s f o r the present at leas t ."
I was a m e m b e r of the S u b - D i s t r i c t B o a r d , r e p r e s e n t i n g the S u p e r i o r L o c a l U n i o n at that t ime , and a t t ended the confe rences w h e r e i n J ames H . B l o o d " p e r s u a d e d " us to w i t h d r a w o u r d e m a n d s and I k n o w that the s ta tements made b y J o h n C . S u l l i v a n are t rue .
J a m e s H . B l o o d ac ted as the represen ta t ive o f the D e n v e r C i t i z e n s ' A l l i a n c e d u r i n g the great s y m p a t h e t i c s t r i ke o f a l l the t rades i n D e n ver , i n M a y . iejo}, and w i t h the able ass i s tance o f M . G r a n t H a m i l t o n a n d M a x M o r r i s , of the A m e r i c a n F e d e r a t i o n of L a b o r , succeeded in m a k i n g a " se t t l emen t " that p r a c t i c a l l y d e s t r o y e d the u s e f u l n e s s of the un ions .
In Idaho S p r i n g s . T e l l u r i d e . C r i p p l e C r e e k a n d the S o u t h e r n coa l fields, the C i t i z e n s ' A l l i a n c e used s i x shooters , G a t l i n g g u n s a n d K r a g - J o r g e n s o n s . In D e n v e r and the N o r t h e r n coa l fields, the C i t i zens ' A l l i a n c e used flattery, h y p o c r i s y , a n d w a y s that are d a r k a n d dev ious . .
P R O O F T H A T C O A L F A M I N E W A S I M M I N E N T . -H a v i n g reviewed the f o u r m a i n charges aga ins t J o h n M i t c h e l l a n d
dec ided upon w h a t o r g a n i z a t i o n I represented . J o h n M i t c h e l l c l a i m e d mentl made b y h i m and o the r n a t i o n a l o f f i ce r s .
I distinctly s ta ted tha t I spoke o n l y as a C o l o r a d o m i n e r — o r e f r o m the rank and file—and d i d not c l a i m to represent t h e m o f f i c i a l l y , o r the Soc i a l i s t pa r ty , o r the Western Federation of M i n e r s . It appears to me that the n a t i o n a l officers s h o u l d h a v e h e l d a c a u c u s a n d dec ided upon what o r g a n i z a t i o n I represn ted . J o h n M i t c h e l l c l a i m e d I represented the Colorado State Federation of L a b o r , S e c r e t a r y W i l s o n the Socialist p a r t y . L e v i , and R e a m s the W. F. M . . " C o m rade" Jones the ana r ch i s t c l u b ai Die t / . . W y o m i n g , and I c e r t a i n l y expec ted that I'at D o l a n w o u l d c l a i m that I represented the A . P . A .
J o h n M i t c h e l l a n d o the r s den ied that there was anv danger of a coa l f amine be fo re the N o r t h e r n miners r e t u r n e d to w o r k and asserted that "the miner*, of N o r t h e r n C o l o r a d o o n l v w o r k e d h a l f time a f t e r they returned to w o r k . " T h i s is a b s o l u t e l y un t rue . I was one of the m i n e r s fo r ced b y J o h n M i t c h e l l to g o to w o r k i n N o r t h e r n C o l o r a d o , ;md anv N o r t h e r n m i n e r w i l l bear m e out i n the s ta tement that f o r six nrtCKS af te r we r e tu rned to w o r k — u n t i l the m a r k e t was r e l i e v e d — w e w o r k e d every da) SHd never b e f o r e w a s there such an e n o r m o u s o u t p u t in N o r t h e r n C o l o r a d o .
M i t c h e l l s a id that the N o r t h e r n l i g n i t e c o a l canno t be used f o r - t e a m purposes—an a b s u r d and r i d i c u l o u s s ta tement .
M i t c h e l l asser ted , as a c r u s h i n g a r g u m e n t , that there c o u l d have he-en no coa l f a m i n e i n C o ' i r a d o ; that a l l the coa l necessarv c o u l d be sh ipped f r o m K a n s a s a n d Missouri. T r u e , but K a n s a s a n d Mis* s o u r i coa l canno t be r e t a i l ed to the c o n s u m e r in D e n v e r at less than $10 per ton . a n d i n the m e t a l i f e r o u s m i n i n g a n d s m e l t i n g d is t r ic t . ; , C r e e d , O u r a y , C r i p p l e C r e e k . L e a d v i l l e . G r a n d J u n c t i o n , Idaho S p r i n g s . B o u l d e r , etc.. at less t han $11 to $14 per t on .
D e n v e r P o s t , N o v e m b e r 18, 1903: " M a n y of the dea le rs agree that the coal ( K a n s a s and M i s s o u r i coa l ) would cost the c o n s u m e r at least $io.5ei a t o n " ( in D e n v e r ) .
D e n v e r P o s t . N o v e m b e r 25, IQ03: " T h e c o a l sca lper is s e l l i n g the poo r people c o a l at $10.75 per t o n " ( in 100 p o u n d q u a n t i t i e s ) .
D e n v e r P o s t . N o v e m b e r 18. IQOJ: " I t is asser ted th i s m o r n i n g tha t the D e n v e r G a s a n d E l e c t r i c c o m p a n y has bu t t w o d a y s ' s u p p l y of coa l and e v e r y e f fo r t t o get a f u l l s u p p l y has f a i l e d . U n l e s s the c o m -puny can get f u e l w i t h i n the next t w o davs . D e n v e r w i l l be i n da rk ness S a t u r d a y n i g h t . "
D e n v e r N e w s , N o v e m b e r 26, 1903: " C o a l has a c t u a l l y a d v a n c e d to $10 per t o n . "
" D e n v e r , C o l o . , N o v . 19, 1903. " M r . R o b e r t R a n d e l l , S u p e r i o r , C o l o r a d o :
" D e a r S i r a n d B r o t h e r : — C a n y o u send me b y m a i l an enve lope f u l l of c o a l ? A m a l l out at m y house . Have- had an o rde r i n f o r coa l f o r t w o weeks . They have been p r o m i s i n g to d e l i v e r every day . bu t thev don ' t make gooel. Y o u r s f r a t e r n a l l y .
" H A R R Y B . WATERS." (Extract f r o m let ter f r o m H a r r v B, W aters. Sec re ta r \ T r e a s u r e r of the C o l o r a d o Sta te P e d e r a t i o n of L a b o r . )
" E X P E N D I T U R E S " T H A T A R E I N T H E T R E A S U R Y . T h e fact r e m a i n s that , h a d not J o h n M i t c h e l l f o r c e d the N o r t h e r n
m i n e r s to r e t u r n to we>rk, the S o u t h e r n C o l o r a d o m i n e r s would have w o n a victory ; a v i c t o r y that would have been a victory f o r t h e m selves and a l l the wes te rn m in e r s .
O n page 2H of S e c r e t a r y - T r e a s u r e r W i l s o n ' s A n n u a l R e p o r t in the " M i s c e l l a n e o u s R e s o u r c e s " is th is i t e m : " S e p t e m b e r 15, A i d Ref u n d e d D i s t r i c t 15, $30,000." W h i l e it is p e r f e c t l y p r o p e r fe>r M r . W i l s o n to pu t the $30,000 u n d e r " M i s c e l l a n e o u s R e s o u r c e s , " yet the n a t i o n a l o f f i ce r s of the U M . W of A . s h o u l d not boast , as t hey are d o i n g , that $30,000 w a s e x p e n d e d i n C o l o r a d o that is to-day in the na t i ona l t r e a s u r y !
M i t c h e l l a t t e m p t s to deny that he had t r i e d to prevent the local un ions of the Pas t f r o m g i v i n g ass is tance to e i ther the coa l or met-a l i f e r o u s m i n e r s o f the W e s t . H e cannot s u c c e s s f u l l y do so W i l l he show w h e n o r where he ever by word o f a c t i o n e n c o u r a g e d the eastern loca l un ions to c o n t r i b u t e '
B u t in sp i te of a l l the u n d e r h a n d e d w o r k of J o h n M i t c h e l l , m a i n of the local u n i o n s o f the east were generous to bo th the coa l and me ta l i f e rous m i n e r s o f the west . A n d then gene ros i t y w i l l neve r bt fo rgo t t en by the wes t e rn m i n e r s .
J o h n M i t c h e l l took o f f ense because 1 sa id he had made me " s c a b " in N o r t h e r n C o l o r a d o . T h e N o r t h e r n m i n e r s b e i n g f o r c e d to r e tu rn to w o r k , d u g the coa l that filled the m a r k e t s o f the i r S o u t h e r n b ro thers and defea ted t h e m . I be l ieve that, w h e n I d u g ceial to defeat the S o u t h e r n mine r s . I " s c a b b e d " — e v e n if I d i d have the consent of J o h n M i t c h e l l , the "greatest l abor leader the w o r l d has ever k n o w n . " W H Y D O E S N ' T J O H N M I T C H E L L P R O S E C U T E H O W E L L S ,
S I M P S O N A N D G E H R ?
J o h n M i t c h e l l went out of h i s w a \ to a t tack the- charac te r of Ex Pres ident W i l l i a m Howclls, and F x - N a t i o n a l Executive H o a r d mem her J o h n L . G e h r , of D i s t r i c t 15. J o h n Mitchell, 111 o l d e r to covet his o w n i n f a m o u s ac t ions in the Colorado-Ut ill s t r ike , has spread b road cast t h r o u g h o u t the c o u n t r y bv h i s o r g a n i z e r s and n a t i o n a l hoa rd m e m b e r s the ste>ry that W i l l i a m H o w e l l s , J o h n S i m p s o n a m i J o h n L . G e h r m i s a p p r o p r i a t e d thousands of d o l l a r s sent to the strikers. If so, Tollti M i t c h e l l o w e s it to h is o r g a n i z a t i o n to pn s, cute- these
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Socialism is coming every dav.
T h e city elections of Montana will be held Monday, Apri l 5.
Miss Gompers. daughter of the noted 'labor faker.*' lias made her debut into stage ringing society.
Helena. Anaconda and Unite so far are the cities of Montana that have placed Socialist tickets in the field and adopted platforms.
neons, while here a babel of <!: VCTM languages and traditions di< vides the workers; capitalist corruption is here more firmly cstab-lished and reduced to a finer system than anywhere else in the world; and, finally, you have nowhere in the West so large a body of absolutely uneducated, chronically overworked and underfed, hopeless and spiritless sweatshop slaves and slum dwellers as capitalism has here produced. Go ahead, comrades of Montana—and everywhere else: the first man you send to Washington will be our man as well as yours, and the first man we send to Albany will be vou man as well as ours.—New York Worker.
"Pure and simpledom" appear-to be pretty well exemplified in the conflict of strike authority in New Y o r k citv among the street railway strikers.
Gov. Toole vetoed the bill passed bv the legislature providing for local meat and milk inspection : and also the measure regarding trespass bv live stock.
In another column will be found the platform and ticke: named in Spokane bv the Social-ists. The platform rings o f about the right kind of metal for a municipal Socialist platform.
Few reports are received bv the czar of Russia these days that would bear much pleasure or encouragement. Good! Give it to him. He is reaping the whirlwind, the same as all heads of autocracy must reap.
So far Cot>] O i l Rocky has not said a word that would indicate thai he i>- at hast worried about the trttSl bttStCTS of Kansas Of other places. It's all bluff. Run bv old part \ itex to (ool the people ami especially the working mules.
Now that nearlv everv union in Helena has endorsed the Socialist citv ticket ami platform, it is up to the workers to show that thev are no t fakers bv voting the ticket on election dav. If your union voted for this endorsement, and vou. individually, scab on the union act and a fellow worker at, the polls, vou are a worse scab than the fellow who scabs during a strike.
Space forbids this week, or we would publish the municipal platform adopted in Bast St. Louis bv the S. L P.. for the benefit of onr readers. It strikes the editor oi the News that thev have shaved very close to the Herger-Wiscon-sin-Piourgeois platform. They have taken much space to tell that thev were for revolution, and incidentally sandwitched in T few immediate demands.
A Montana comrade write-"Motnana is going to send a sound, clear, class-conscious Socialist to the United States House of Representatives and another t« the Senate before the New Yorkers get 1 delegation worth •peak ing of in their legislature or their citv Council." A l l we have to say on that point is: Go ahead, com rades. and do it if you can. No one will be better pleased with your success than we New Yorkers. W e are doing our best ban and making verv satisfactory progress; if you can go ahead faster, so much the better for all of us. Ar.d, for that matter, you in the West ought to be able to go ahead faster than we, for the aver age workingman in the West is younger and physically more vigorous than the average working man of New Y o r k ; your proletariat is comparatively homofce-
Marx. and you might use more for his teachings.
However, if the editor of the Xews gets ready to go to the S. L . P., he will go, and lie will still, at least, be aligned with a work-ingman's party, won't he? A n d let the News give you a hunch that the party that grows "radical" from now on, and further sway from the bourgeois, will be the party that the workers will join.
Y O U A R E O U T O F O R D E R . The following editorial is taken
from the Social-Democrat Herald of Milwaukee:
"If a Socialist admires the narrow tactics ami the sectarianism of the S. L P. he should join that party and be where he belongs. T o remain in the Socialist party, which has broader tactics and which stands for Socialism as a political party and not as a sect and to be a disturbing am' disrupting element in it, is neither honest nor brave. It is our belief that the editor of the Montana News is dissatisfied with the pat-tv because in his his callowness he doesn't know what political Socialism really is. But the fact that he is dissatisfied with it and that there is a party which just tits men of his narrow ideas, clearly points out his duty in the premises. If he is honest he will go to the DeLeon camp—and he ought to do it before the DeLeon party goes to smash and he loses the chance."
The editor of the above paper is entirely out of order in suggesting that the editor of the Montana News should do thus and so, and that he does not know wha* "political Socialism really is." ( Hit of order for the reason that the platforms of that place do not show that the authors understand the Marxian teachings, bit* a.e better qualified followers to fall in line with Prvan-Hearst-Watson, et. al.
However, it is a ten to one bet that the editor of the Xews has got the edge over the author of the above; he would probably be admitted to the S. L . I'. on application, and the editor of the Herald would be rejected.
liefore you suggest. Mr. Herald, where any one should go Of what to do. "if honest," the Kewi" would suggest that you Spend your time studying the proletarian nioyement. and getting ready to get in line, if y our are not a high priced, bourgeois salaried editor, for the time is not far distant when this revolutionary MO re ment ix going to take on a phase that will make some tremble, am! the Opportunist Germany condition is going to go up like smoke.
\ \ ban you talk of a "disturbing and disrupting element'' in the party, you appear to forget the tone of many of your other editorials to the capitalists; in fad . the capitalists send up the same howl about those who desire to express themselves and be heard in making demands. So never mind about being "honest," the editor of the Xews is a working man and draws no salary of so much per. A n d whenever it is deemed necessary bv the editor of the Xews to take a course in bourgcoisism. not Socialism, he will come to Milwaukee or go to Wichita. Kansas, but until sucn time he will attend to his business IS to what party he aligns with, and would suggest to you that you hire a man ; the man might spend his time in reading Karl Marx to you with great effect. The Xews would suggest that you take up the study of the proletariat and show the people that yon are first capable of beating the I'.rvan-l learst-Watson bourgeois in adopting a "radical" platform before you offer any MOTS suggestions as to wwhat to do or where to go.
The assertion that someone else "doesn't know what political Socialism is" smacks of too much egotism to come from one of the proletarian ranks, but clanks out with the clear distinct ring of the bourgeois. Y o u are such a wiseacre, whv didn't you explain what it means for we ignorant workers, assuming there are more than the editor of the News in the I nlted States? Y o u have no right to make charges of this kind to we who are ignorant, unless you are a faker. Y o u should take this heavv load of responsibility upon your delicate shoulders, along with the other multiplicities of daily life, and elucidated in a Marxian manner the teaching you so desire we ignorant to understand. Y o u used some space one
I time to tell how to spell " K a r l "
T H E S P R I N G E L E C T I O N S . B y John M . Work .
E v e r y local that has a spring election on its hand ought to remember one thing.
It is this. T h e systematic, house to house
distribution of literature is the most effective method of propaganda yet devised.
Milwaukee was one oi the pioneers in the use of this method.
Milwaukee has achieved results. A word to the wise is sufficient. Last fall we adopted this
method in Des Moines. W e more than trebled our vote. O u r county had been the third
county in the state in the number of Socialist votes. At one leap we sprang up to first place. Li t erature did the business. L do not mean that it did all of it.. But it did most of it.
These distributions should be made once a week from now until election.
A single distribution will (ID little good.
It is the follow-up system that counts.
E v e r y successful advertiser will tell you that it is persistent advertising that brings results. Thf same idea applies here. The distribution should be made once a week for a series of weeks Then they will reach the spot.
A t each distribution the literature should be placed in every house in town.
Don't toss it up on the lav. n. That would be a waste of time,
monev and effort. Put it in the mail box. or behind
the screen, or under the door, or in any place where it will be sure to be found and where the wind will not carry it ayvav.
T h e literature should be carefully selected. It may consist of papers, leaflets or pamphlets. These can be secured in large-quantities at very low rates.
(live them something that wjll take hold.
It would be difficult to ovei-state the importance of these distributions.
Thev accomplish two verv desirable results.
T h e y make new Socialists. Thev put old Socialists to work.
T h e following news note, that appeared in a local paper, C f t f f i u • suggestion or two with it when viewed from a socialist standpoint : "Barring mishap, the Helena Improvement society will this spring carry out its plan of planting an avenue of trees leading to the state fair grounds, and it hopes to get the proposed citv para well under way before the close of the summer. In addition to its new work the society wiil continue to care for the school grounds already parked) and will, if possible, get floyyers, grass and trnSS started on other school grounds that are now bare ar.d uninviting. These plans were di--cussed at the regular monthly meeting of the society, which yvas one of the most enthusiastic the body has held in many months. At this meeting a request was made by a number of citizens of the east side that the society take up the matter of putting in a drinking fountain and watering trough at the spring on the corner of Davis and 11ohack streets." In •pending, so much time and work on "the school grounds" in grass, trees and flowers, would it not be well for the committee on this work to study the Socialist platform, that also provides for meals and proper clothing as well as medical assistance. Beautiful yards, trees, grasses, parks, etc., are desired, but it is also as necessary that other material needs be given those who unfortunal<l\ are in demand of the same; this is especially true of many poor school children. The children of today are the men and women of tomorrow, and the real standard of the country then will be measured bv the intellectual advancement of now. Give the children all the education they are capable of receiving. Hut to do this it is necessary that more than beautiful yards and lawns be provided them. The Xews would suggest that the above mentioned ROCItty make a study of the So ( ialist demands. It would furnish them light on the yvork they are undertaking and probably lead them from any fake moves that practically mean nothing.
Anaconda Names Socialist Ticket
Anaconda, March 9.—In accordance with the call of the Socialist city central committee the convention of that party met last evening at the city hall and nominated a full city ticket. Candidates for aldermen in each ward were also selected except in the SsCOttd, and this yvas left to the citv central committee.
When the convention was called to order J . H . Schwend was unanimously selected as temporary chairman and 1'. A . T o b i n was selected in the same manner as temporary secretary. C o m mittees were appointed as follows :
Rules or order—Schev. Peto-vitch and Job.
Platform—McHugfa, M . T o b i n and Jebe.
( Hganization—JscobSQW, T o b i n and Ibrown.
Frinke for Mayor. When the convention again as
sembled the temporary officers were made permanent and from there on the work of the conven-
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tion was rushed along. Every ward in the city yvas represented, but nearly all the delegates seemed to be of one mind as to the right persons to nominate. John W . Prinks was nominated for mayor, and there being no other nominations M r . Frinke was declared to be the unanimous choice of the convention for that (M)sition. His name yvas received with cheers
C . C . M c l l u g h yvas made the nominee of the party for police magistrate in the same manner and the same service was performed for M . I'. Tobin for the office of treasurer.
Harrv A . Dennv is the nominee for alderman of the hirst ward. The Second ward yvas left for the
city central committee to fill. W illiam Retovitch. Third yvard: \ . Hanson. Fourth yvard; James Devlin. Fifth yvard; J . EL Schwend, Sixth ward.
Ci ty central committee—H. A . Denny. Wil l iam Retovitch. J. L . Brown, O. L . Jebe. J . J . Sladich, 6. T . Schwend, C . C . IfcHugfa and J . II. Schwend.
P L A T F O R M . W e , the representatives of the
Socialist Party of the city of A n aconda, in mass convention assembled, submit to the voters the following declaration of principles :
F i r s t — W e believe that government should be so constituted and administered as to insure equal opportunities for all. W i t h out equality of opportunity there can be no perfect freedom.
Second—We believe the inevitable division of the people under our present form of government, into classes with_ conflicting interests, is inimical to the public welfare and not in consonance with the true spirit of human progress.
T h i r d — W e believe that the many ills which afflict the bodv politic is but the result of a failure on the pail of the people to readjust the structure of government to conform to the rapid evolution of our industrial environments.
F o u r t h — W e believe that the great combinations of capital in private hands made possible bv the evolution of industry, instead of it being a menace to the pub-lie yvelfare would, under a sane sy stem wherein the public owned what the public must use, constitute the greatest advantage in the attainment of the ultimate goa l for which humanity is con-t ending.
Fifth—We believe that the continued exercise of the insatiate greet! for profits, which characterizes our so-called "captains of industry," in whom is vested the private ownership of the
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means of life, unrestrained and even encouraged as at present, will result in a complete industrial and political servitude for the masses, from which there can be no hope of escape except by a revolution, peaceful or otherwise.
In accordance with these beliefs we pledge ourselves anew to the principles of the International Socialist Party, as the only party in existence with a program in harmony with the signs which point the way of our emancipation.
A s to our policy in local matters, the Socialist Party makes the answer to this question its guiding rule of conduct : W i l l this legislation advance the interests of the working class or will it aid them in instituting thf co-operative commonwealth? If it docs, then we are for it; if it does not, we are against it.
As a guarantee for the future, we point to the present adminis-tration, whose record is one that commends itself to our citizens generally, and which constitutes the one bright page in the municipal history of Anaconda; a chronicle of a period under a Socialist executive when for the first time in our history every department was above even the re-mot est suspicion of graft.
W e appeal to the workers who yet blindly adhere to the democratic and republican parties to studv industrial and economic conditions, to investigate the pro
gram and policies of the different parties and to determine for themselves which party offers most practical and common sense method for loosening the chains that bind labor in industrial slavery. When slavish submission on the part of the masses to political creeds formulated and enforced for the benefit of the few to the detriment of the many shall give way to independence of thought and action, then max w e
hope for the dawning of that better day which shall usher in the co-operative commo n w e a 1 1 h, wherein there shall be none too lowly to receive the full reward of honest endeavor and none too exalted to escape the punishment due the perpetration of a wrong. T o the working class Socialism comes with its message. U p o n that class rests the burden of its own emancipation.
"Workingmen of the world, unite. Y o u have nothing to lose but your chains, you have a world to gain."
C . C . M ' H U G H . O. L. [F.RK. P. A. T O W N .
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CORRESPONDENCE
Milwaukee, Wis., March 4, 1905. Editor Montana News:
You recently Rave space in your paper to the assertion that the Social-Democratic aldermen of Milwaukee had introduced a measure to lessen the cost of ^as to manufacturers. Since the article appeared the New York People, with malevolent intent, has repeated the story and evinced especial satisfaction inasmuch as the story emanated from a Social-Democratic source. This charge against the Milwaukee aldermen of our party will douhtless he echoed and re-echoed by the poll parrots of the S. L . P.. as part of the general collection of like charges against our party and its members, which the scandal-mongers of the S. L . P. have been industriouslv circulating these several vears. Permit me, therefore, to brand the storv as a fabrication, pure and simple, and to sav that the Social-Democratic aldermen never have, never intended to and never even dreamed of initiating or supporting legislation in the interests of cheap gas for capitalists or manufacturers. I assume that you possess a sufficient sense of fairness to make such amends for the publication of this falsehood as will tend to reach those to whom it may have been carried.
Very truly. FREDERIC H E A T H .
Socialist Alderman. Tenth Ward, M ilwaukee. The article referred to was one
by Comrade I.vnch. and as Comrade Lynch was one of the editors of this paper at one time, the matter has been referred to him for an answer, as the Montana News al-wavs desires to be correct on all of these matters. The management of the News always "pos-MMfeg sufficient fairness" to attempt to quote all Socialists cor-rectlv. but our views as measured from a proletarian standpoint mav
differ on the revolutionary line as compared with the "more conservative, get - things - by - peace-meal" tactics of some.
However, Comrade Heath, if what you say in that letter is true, i. e., "That the Social-Democratic aldermen never have, never intended to and never dreamed of initiating or supporting legislation in the interests of cheap gas for capitalists or manufacturers," is it not a fact that you are not standing squarely on that bourgeois platform that you adopted some time ago and upon which you were elected?
If the News is not mistaken you were elected upon a platform that declared for that old grind of Rerger's—$12 per month pensions, issuing bonds to buy over our stolen goods, etc., etc., without end. Cheap gas, that Comrade Lynch writes about, would be in harmony with that platform. Let us be logical and fair. Don't waste any time about the "wicked S. L. P, for the time is not far distant when the workers—workers in the real sense of the word— will oust all the DeLeons, Berg-ers, ct al. No fake A. F. of L . . "borers from within" can last much longer, for a new line-up is coming.
Considering these facts, which you well know, the News will ask you to get out that bourgeois platform of Wisconsin and see if you stand squarely upon the same, and if you do, if it would not be in order for you to support the gas proposition referred to. While you are doing this, and saving yourself the trouble of offering suggestions wdiat the News should do etc., your letter will be referred to Comrade Lvnch, who made the charge.
Missoula, Feb. 28, 1905. J. H . Walsh, Editor Montana
News, Helena: Will you print the following in
regard to what has been said about co-operative stores as to good and bad points. My liberated reasoning compels me to connet a crank idea (as it may be called).. The facts follow:
I am capable of holding five shares, at the same time under obligations to transact the same amount of trade as the one who has two hundred shares. It naturally follows that [, with onlv five shares, but the same amount of trade as the one with two hundred shares, directlv contributes to the dividends of shareholders of two hundred shares as a result through the transaction.
Limit the shares equal to all in view from co-operative standpoint. Equalize the dividends. Make it what the name indicates. Bttt we rather go ahead and inco-operate a system that will equalize the needs and rights of everv-bodv. Then I will reason with you. J. A. J O H N S O N .
Mi—Oll l l . March 4, ICJM. Comrade Walsh: I received
your letter long ago and it is not because I am not interested or
that I wish to pass up the ptoposi-tion that 1 have not answered sooner, bitthavo' been trying to interest the local in some movement for permanent good to the News without incurring too much expense myself. I am probably as poor as the proverbial church mouse, but not for the same reason. I am devoting mv time to building up the N. P. railway and they do not pay as good salaries as the old government does to its tools or make places as readily for its henchmen. It is more of a class corporation, taking as nearly all as is possible and allow enough for a snide living, but I am going to do something along the line suggested by Comrade Brook. I have a victim in view and I think he will read the paper as a premium proposition there are s o many cheap sheets that they appeal strongly to the proletariat class. By being within range of their ability to purchase I hope to be able to contribute something each month from now on—it will be small, but if everyone will do as much you will be able to push the paper along. We surely need a paper in the state and it is poor policy on the part of the Socialists to not give it support. Wishing you success I am, yours for the emancipation of the American serfs.
T . P. C R U M L E Y .
Socialist News From
State Headquarters. Local Anaconda sends $10, and
Local Missoula $2.00 to help the Russian Social-Democracy.
father Hagerty will commence his lecture tour of Montana at Missoula March 8.
Locals Bozeman, Butte and Anaconda have tickets nomniated for city election.
Pram reports it would seem that the present campaign is going to give the Socialists an opportunity to build up a class-conscious movement in Helena. Whether the Socialists of Helena will be equal to the occasion time will tell.
The Socialists of Bozeman are more active at present than they ever were in any previous campaign.
Billings and Havre are getting back to their old time activity.
Butte is still on the firing line and if some of the Socialists in other parts of the state would get one-tenth of the action on them that some of our Butte comrades have there would be a better movement in Montana.
Comrade Walsh goes to Ravalli county for a week and it is likely that there will be one or two more locals in that countv before he leaves that district. All locals wishing a date from C°Ui-rade Walsh should make application for same as soon as possible, before voting is completed.
No reports from Flathead. Fergus or Sweet Grass counties.
No report from fireat Falls. Organize. Educate. Hold
meetings regularly and prepare for rammer work.
The work that is done now will givi results in 1906.
J. D. G R A H A M .
Butte Socialists
Put Up a Ticket Butte. March 9.—The Socialist
citv convention in session in the looms of the Butte business college last night, named the following ticket for the approaching election:
For mayor—Charles M. I'arr. For city treasurer—L. A. Yan
H< inu-. lor police magistrate—Pat
rick Moran. f or aldermen—First and Sec
ond wards, left to city central committee: Third ward, John T. Donovan; Fourth ward, Sam W. Tea^arden; Fifth ward, Herman Quandt : Sixth ward, Jesse Bromley ; Seventh ward, George H . Ambrose; Eighth ward. W. H . Pierce.
When L. A. Van Home, chairman of the city central committee, called the convention to order sharply after 8 o'clock, the hall of the Butte Busine-s college V r l l crowded with delegates and spec tator-. After the reading of the call. L . A. Yan Home. H . L Maury, G. H . Ambrose and John P. Harington were placed in nomination for temporary chairman without any speech-making. Yan Home and Harrington declined to nm. The ballot resulted : Ambrose jtf: Maury, 14. Mr. Ambrose gave thanks for his election as chairman, because he believed the Socialist Party the greatest on earth. N. L. Peterson was cho-cn temporary secretary by acclamation. Committees were named as follows: Credentials, N. L . Peterson, L . A. Van Home and J. F. Fox; permanent organization and order of business, Michael McCormick, H . L Maury and C. M. Parr; platform and resolutions, Henry Schmitt, S. A Winscott, J. P. Harrington. "Paddv" McMahon and H . A. Sa^re The convention then took a rec e ss of 10 minutes to allow the committees time to work.
The committee on credentials reported the delegates entitled to seats.
The committee on permanent organization and order of business reported in favor of making the temporary- organization permanent : that the nominations be made in the following order: Mayor, treasurer, police magistrate and one alderman from each ward ; the selection of a citv central committee of one from each ward: the report of the committee on platform and resolutions. The reports were both adopted,
lmt before the nominations were
A Revival of the Quaint Poke Bonnet Promised.
I length. The waist has the same shirred treatment at the hunt line. Around
I a chemisette of inoiisseline "re a inoua-! sellne trimmed collar and small revere. 1 The buttona 00 the stole piece are of 1 dull sliver The deep cuffs a nd the* 1 little turnover on the moussellne chok
er are of lace.
F A R A SOLS ARF DIAPHANOUS.
• • w S y r i a * Casts W i l l Hare P r r t t r L i t t l e Walateoats — Eatbroldr rlea F o r H a m m e r P r i x - k i — CJreen, Bloc ami Brown Favored For Trlmnilna;*
The L830 poke bonnet will lead to millinery It In made up In the airiest materials. Including chiffon, mousse-line de note, nillan straw anil horsehair braid, with long rlowiiiic strings
M O D E S A N D F A B R I C S . Oreen, blue and brown are the pre
dominating colors In trimmings, and the new est embroideries show the faintest line of gold thread through them.
The tailored sleeves of the spring will be very full at the top and narrow down gradually at the wrist. For mora elaborate frocks the bagging sleeve will bold its own, with a double puff effect gathering Into a deep cuff In the lead.
Chiffon Merge Is a lovely dresa material which Is both serviceable and Inexpensive. Many of the new walking skirts are gored at the top and have a aide plaited flounce from the knee.
Fashion authorities My tt.af. trimming upon trimming will be a characteristic of the spring atyles In dress. It seems hardly possible that vhe adornment a n M of the winter can be carried to a greater extent.
Mother-of-pearl effects represent the latest fad in foulard silks.
Valenciennes lace la to be uaed as a trimming on the new organdies, which
WHITE C'HirFON BAT. of chiffon and dainty wreaths of button roses inside the crown resting against the hair.
The colonial or modified Napoleon is to be a favorite shape, also English turbans, and the flat aallor will hold its own.
Ready to wear bats are mostly of Chip. A French chip plateau trimmed With roses In mahogany shades Is one • f the attractive models to l>e seen.
An odd lingerie hat Is In directoire •tyle, with the stiff lines softened by the material It Is made of. which is nothing but the tiniest of frills of airy pink lace. It is trimmed with stiff White camellias
Irish crochet lace will make many of the summer hats to be worn with thin dresses.
The parasols that have made their appearance are diaphanous affairs, looking as though a breath would blow them away.
China silk petticoata to be worn uu der lawns and dimities are made very pretty with shirred ruffles, hand embroidered In large dots
The charming lingerie bat in the cut Is of white chiffon, the brim laid In folds of this airy fabric. About the top Is a very full niching of lace trimmed chiffon. Well toward the front Is a chou of ribbon loops
C O A T S A N D W A I S T C O A T S . The new spring coats will have chlo
little waistcoats, which will make them Individual and smart.
With the close fitting Jacket waist seat* of linen, pique and duck are very
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OOWN OF BLUK TOH.X. are very aheer in texture and lovely la desigu. The lace Is dyed to match the dominant color In the organdie. Ribbon of a contrasting color Is combined
1 with the val for trimming. The picture shows an attractive gown
of cornflower blue voile. The skirt at the waist Is slightly gathered, and a second skirt hangs full from a scalloped heading Scallops also trim the bottom of the skirt above a band of deep blue velvet The waist Is plaited about the flgure into a horizontally plaited yoke of the voile, trimmed with guipure lace of the same cornflower hue.
L A C E P R E F E R E N C E S . The lac* to be used on summer frock*
will be of thin makes. In place of last year's Irish, cluny guipure and Venetian, the thinnest kind of inalines and brus sels will be employed. These laces are manufactures! to look so much like the "real" that It Is hardly worth while paying the very great difference In price between them and the imitation even when money is no object.
Chan till* and a new silk Spanish lace Which comes in a combination of two colors for instance, bronze and white or ecru ami white or with gold threads arc to be the favorite laces of the season.
Tulle lace with plastic cabochon beads on It and hollow metal capsules In the shape of half a ball in gold, silver, steel or jet is the latest of fashion's creations.
This Is to lie a great silk season, and fortunately the silks all come In wido
KOHX C A H H M K l t B r H O C K .
mannish ami tailor-like. Most women, though, prefer the soft lingerie shirt waist worn under the coat.
The new tweeds aud cheviots come In very litfbt shades. Champagne and mole barred off with Inv is ib le checks are favorite designs.
Etamiue later 011 will take the place In coat and skirt gowns of the heavier tweeds.
For all coats reaching below the waist Hue the tight fitting models will be used In preference to loose sack coats.
Embroideries for summer frocks are more alluring than ever and, unfortunately, very expensive. All the mod lab thin frocks will have about them somewhere lace aud embroidery, and often both will be In evidence.
Irish crochet lace Is handsomer than ever. The design most fancied haa part of the crochet pattern raised and separate from the groundwork.
The costume sketched la of rose cashmere. The full skirt Is shirred with a heading in groups of three lines at the knee and a foot higher up the skirt
D K A I ' K l t a V K N t S l l H n P t c ' t
widths. The bouffant skirts have made this extra width a necessity They have also made a silk dress pattern number at least eighteen yards where formerly fifteen were sullicicnt
The draped evening 1)0(111* shown In the Illustration Is of y e l l o w taffeta. This wnlst needs careful titling over a boned lining. About the decollete neck are two fitted velvet rutlles overlaid with ruffles of brussels lace. The bod-Ice fastens at one side with large cabochoua of silk. The puffed elbow sleeves finish with ruffles of lace and Silk. JUDIC C H O L L B T
M O N T A N A N E W S , H E L E N A . M O N T A N A
Handell's Defense on U. M. W. A., Convention (Continued from page one)
men in the courts. I respectfully ask John Mitchel l to either be^in prosecution in the
courts against these ex-officers of Dis t r ic t 15, or publicly retract his infamous charges.
John Mi tche l l would never have made such charges had the ex-district officers been present in the convention.
H i s attack on them was the act of a coward, and can be expected f r o m one who is t rying to shift the blame of a lost strike upon district officers, who have always fcught fa i thful ly for the best interest of the organization. I w i l l add that, had the policy of the district officers not been overruled by John Mi tche l l in the intolerant and bigoted manner of an autocrat, there is little doubt but that the strike would have been won.
A D D I N G I N S U L T T O M I N E R S ' I N J U R Y . John Mi tche l l boasted of his reception when vis i t ing the s t r iking
miners of Southern Colorado—he spent two whole days in the strike districts dur ing the str ike! That was shortly after the strike was called and before they realized they had been betrayed. John Mitchell does not dare to show himself in a min ing camp of Southern Colorado or Utah to-day.
John Mitchel l and other officers said that the "miners lost the strike because they were not true to the union," that they wanted "turkey dur ing the strike," that they would not "put up their tents unless paid for it ." and other gratuitous insults. It is bitter enough for the Western coal miners to lose their hard fought strike without the national officers of Uni ted Mine Workers , in the moment of defeat, heaping insults upon these brave men who struggled eleven months for justice.
I venture the prediction that the Western coal miners w i l l never again ral ly under the standard of the U . M . W of A . while John Mi tche l l is president. The language used in the national convention •will drive the Western coal miners into the Western Federation of Miners . If so, let the members of the U . M . W . of A . always remember that there is no one to blame but John Mi tcne l l .
J O H N W A L K E R A N D " C O M R A D E " J O N E S . Much has been said concerning John Walker , "floor leader of the
Socilaists," as heralded by the capitalistic press. John W a l k e r could not produce his Socialist due card, and I doubt very much if he is a party member in good standing. He allowed himself to be made a tool by Mi tche l l , who is utterly opposed to Socialism, to throw it upon the Socialist Party. John Walke r drew $1,113.18 last year f rom John Mi tche l l and was only his tool in that convention,
In regard to "Comrade' 1 Jones of my local union who went out of his way to insult the miners of Aldr idge, Montana, and was so readv and anxious to bob up to attack me whenever his master, John M i t c h ell , nodded his head, this much should be said:
The coal miners of Aldr idge , Montana, have always been loyal members of the Western Federation of Miners—the organization of the metal miners, mi l l and smeltermen of the West . A class-conscious labor organization, bel ieving in sympathetic strike, founded upon the class struggle and pledged to the principles of Socialism, whose leaders never discuss the labor quetion over the banquet board wi th labor exploiters, the miners of Aldridge have been on strike since Ju ly 1, 1904. for $ 3 / 0 for eight hours. There has not been a break in their ranks, anil not a pound of coal is being taken out of the mine. Yet , "Comrade" Jones, because they wi l l not join the U . M . W . of A . , vents his spleen upon them by cal l ing them scabs. These "scabs" sent money to the anthracite strikers and gave $1,707 to the Cripple Creek and Telluride miners. "Comrade" Jones was always bobbing B p on the floor of the CO ment ion to defend John Mi tche l l in order to retain the good wis lus of his "boss" and keep his $4 a day job as organizer. "Comrade" Jones has a special grudge against Socialists. A n d why, oh w h y ! Eighteen months ago he was one of the organizers of a Socialist local at Dietz, W y o m i n g . H e signed the application blanks thai all must sign to become members and gave his word of honor that he would not support a capitalist party. Hut last fal l he was offered the nomination for State representative on the Democratic ticket and he promptly forgot his Socialist principles—if he ever had any to forget! The Socialists at Dietz worked to defeat h im and I am happy to say he was defeated. "Comrade" Jones is sore and should go to bed and nurse his sore spots. He still claims to be "go per cent. Socialist." The woods are fu l l of "Social ists" of the Jones kind who are afflicted with a peculiar form of disease, known as political hydrophobia, who arc always ready to immolate themselves upon the altar to their country for tiie " long green." A labor skate who is "90 per cent. Socialist" and 10 per cent, "graf t" is the most dangerous conglomeration that the Socialist party can be dosed with. "Comrade" Jones is a petty larceny political scab of the peanut variety.
The resolution, to expel me from the U . M . W . of A . , was introduced by John Walke r , of I l l inois, and was not carried "almost unanimously," as reported.
M A N L Y C O N D U C T O F M I N E R S ' D E L E G A T E S . . It is not true as the capitalist press stated that I could not have
continued my speed " i f it had not been for Mi t che l l . " I was frequently applauded by the delegates, and those who believed that I was doing wrong were w i l l i n g to hear me, with very few exceptions. T wi l l always have the highest respect and kindly feeling for the great majori ty of the delegates to the convention.
Wha t I said in the convention was said deliberately and with forethought. The "fierv tirade" hurled at Mi tche l l was prepared by the light of the midnight lamp, at Dietz, Wyoming . The attempt of Mi tche l l and others to make it appear that in making the point that Mi tche l l was the aggressor when his ruffled majesty attacked me on the C i v i c Federation question, I said that I had not come prepared to speak on the Colorado strike is absurd. If 1 gave any of the delegates that impression it was not intentionally.
I did what I believe was right. Wha t w i l l prevent Mi tche l l f rom betraying other districts in the manner he betrayed the Colorado-Utah distr ict ; what wi l l awaken the rank and file of the Uni ted Mine Workers to the fact that they must immediately devise means to wrest control of the organization from the machine John Mi tche l l has built up with his salaried officers ; what wi l l be a benefit to my fel low miners and mv class?
Although John Mitchell 's machine expells me f rom the U . M . W . of A . and preventl me f rom earning a l i v ing at my trade under the jurisdiction of the U . M . W . of A . , it cannot prevent me from standing in the rank', with my fel low miners and being a soldier in the proleterian revolution for the overthrow of industrial slavery and the emancipation of the disinherited masses.
I w i l l be helping to fight the battle of my class when John Mitche l l is l iv ing in luxury and ease off the money he has faked f rom the miners of America.
There was paid out last year, according to Secretary Wilson 's report, for salaries, railroad fare and hotel bills for officers and organizers, the enormous sum of $i99,72.s.«o. Besides the national board members who act as organizers, there are 65 men constantly employed for organizing purposes. The value of their services can be seen by the fact that on December 1, 1904, there were 24,000 less members in the I ' . M . W . of A . than on December I, 1903. These organizers depend for their jobs on the good wi l l of John Mi t che l l— despite all statements to the contrary—and he has been able to build up a machine more perfect than any machine ever built by Tweed, Clay or Croker.
A Y E A R O F D E F E A T F O R M I N E R S T O C O N S I D E R . Dur ing last year, the miners of Iowa, Kansas, Indian Terr i tory,
Missour i , Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, the bituminous districts of Pennsylvania and part of Ohio, were forced by the coal operators anil, John Mitchel l to accept reductions of 5.55 per cent. ; in Eastern Ohio they have accepted a ".till greater reduction; at Leiter . Illinois, Joe Leiter stands Intrenched behind injunctions ami Cat l ing guns: ;it Red I.o 'lge, Montana, the union has been destroyed bv John Mitchell 's breach of faith over a checkweighman matter; in the Meversdale district of Pennsylvania, the miners have bravely stni . ; gled for over a vear against a reduction of 10 per cent. and. to quote from Mitchell 's Annual Report, "were it not for the fact that the output of the Meyersdalc district enters into close competition with coal mined in central Pennsylvania, the importance of maintaining
Socialist Ticket
Named in Spokane Spokane, March 9.—The So
cialists of Spokane held their city convention last night at Central Labor hall and nominated a fu l l ticket and adopted a municipal platform. The ticket is as fo l lows :
Fo r mayor, ex-Counci lman C H . B u n g a y ; for treasurer, R . F . Hogar th ; for comptroller, George M i l l e r ; councilmen. F i r s t ward, A . D . H u l l and John D . I l l i rch ; Second ward, W . H . Carlsten and Charles M o l i n e ; T h i r d ward. Charles Montague and Edward R e i l l y ; Four th ward, C . F . Fence and H . L . Hughes ; F i f t h ward. W . L . M c N e i l and F . F . Neipzel .
The P l a t f o r m Adopted. The convention, after reiterat
ing its allegiance to the principles of international socialism, adopted the fo l lowing municipal p la t fo rm:
" W e , the members of the working class, who are organized polit ically in to the Socialist party of the ci ty of Spokane, in mass convention assembled, hereby affirm our allegiance to the principles at international socialism. Today the tools of production are owned by the capitalist c lass; they are operated by the work ing class, but only when their operation wi l l make profits for the owning class. Ownership of the machines, mines, factories and railroads gives the capitalist class control over the lives of the work ing class through the wage system.
"The owning class can give or withhold employment at w i l l . A s a result of this absolute power the workers must humiliate themselves bv begging for jobs of a class who perform no useful labor —are mere parasites on the social body. If this permission is denied them the workers and their fami l ies must starve.
"The wage system is the cause of starvation, disease, crime, prost i t u t i o n , rWW l - ' l > o r . vtnnt«»(l bud ies and warped minds for the workers, while it gives the capitalists palaces for homes, the pick of the world 's markets for food, the finest raiment, education, travel and al l that makes life worth l i t >*•£
"The history of all governments has proven that the holders of economic power are the ones who control political power, and that such power is and alwavs has ben used solely in the interest of the propertied classes—the interests of the wealthy or aristocratic class always receiving first consideration in the making and execution of the laws, to the neglect of al l other interests.
"The capitalist mode of production tends in an ever increasing ratio to the concentration of wealth and population into the cities and towns, and as ever in creasing distresed debasement and impoverishment of the toi l ers ; and, on the otherhand. to an ever increasing degenracy of the capitalist class, resulting in 3 state of society before which the wor ld stands confessedly helpless and unable or unwi l l ing to offer any solution except to weakly fight the effects of their blind universal greed, but not daring to attack the cause.
"The trust principle of production has been proven sound, but its private ownership is the cause of all its evils, and we therefore declare the principal issue to be: 'Shal l the trusts own the workers, or shall the workers own the trusts? '
" A s a majori ty party we would put our principles as a whole into operation ; but as a minority party we favor al l measures of benefit to the w o r k i n g class as a whole, and such as w i l l lead to the establishment of the co-operative com
monwealth. " W e therefore favor the fo l low
ing measures: Municipal Ownership.
"Public ownership of street railways, l ight ing plants, water works, ice houses, coal and wood yards and such other industries as are necessary to the life of our citizens.
"The establishment of a free city hospital.
"The establishment of free bath and free laundries.
"The establishment of public plav grounds.
'•The erection of a labor temple as headquarters and meeting place and educational center for workers, with lodging and boarding house in connection for unem-pfc >ved.
" The establishment of a l l useful works and extension of public functions so as to give work to the unemployed.
"The abolition of contract labor on city work.
" R i g i d enforcement of all labor ami factory inspection laws, and laws for trie protection of women and minors.
" The public now furnishes text books free to school children. It should also furnish free clothing and free meals. Proper nourishment and protection f rom the weather are as necessary to the education of our children as text bo< >ks.
"Equa l c i v i l and political right for men and women.
"The socialist, when in office, shall always and everywhere, until the present system of wage slavery is utterly abolished, make the answer to this question his guiding rule of conduct: W i l l this legislation advance the interests of the work ing class and aid the workers in their class struggle against capitalism? If it does, the socialist party is for i t ; if it does not, the socialist party is ab-s<>lutel\ opposed to it.
"Hut in advocating these measures we warn the work ing class against the so-called public ownership parties and of such planks in old party platforms as an attempt of the capitalist class to get a stronger hold upon the reins of government, and thereby increase their power to draw profits out of labor in other industries.
" W e denounce the citv officials in their open collusion with law-breaking, graft and favor i t i sm; for reckless squandering of moneys far creating jobs for favorites in payment of polit ical debts; for open violation of charter restrictions and crimes of omission and commision too manv to enumerate.
" W e denounce the methods of the clergy and reformers in their tirades against crime and prostitution, the natural and inevitable results of the present system. They know, or should know, that the department stores, telephone offices and other large employers of female labor do not pay sufficient wages to pay the board and room rent of their employes—are, in fact, kindergartens of prostitution ; they know that economic conditions are the cause of much of the prostitution, yet thev arc too servile and hpyocri t ical before Mammon to protest against economic slavery, thus making themselves greater sinners than the unfortunate gnats at whom they strain, tail and denounce with so much vigor, while swal lowing the camel of capitalism with all its accomplishments of poverty, mis ery and crime, wi th easy con science and apparent relish.
" W e call upon every member of our class to join with us in cap tur ing the powers of government that we may put our principles into practice for the benefit of the workers.
"Workers , un i te ; you have nothing to lose, you have a world to gain!"
Butte Socialists Put Up Ticket (.Continued from page three)
taken up the platform was called for. It was handed in by "Paddy" M c M a h o n and read by Secretary I'eterson. It was adopted unanimously.
Nominat ions for a candidate for mayor were called for. L . A . V a n Horne nominated Charles M . Par r . R. C . Scott nominated Herman Quandt. N . L . Peterson nominated Michael McCormick . The ballot resulted: Parr, %&; M c C o r m i c k , 9; Quandt, 3. The nomination of M r . Parr was made unanimous. M r . Parr returned his thanks to the convention.
For treasurer the fo l lowing were placed in nomination : Dr . Calder. Oscar Stenberg, L . A . V a n Horne . David Keefe, Dan Staten, J . P. Harr ington. M i k e M c C o r m i c k , J . F . Fox , H . A . Sager. M a x Handricks , Wa t son Van E t ten . "Paddy" M c M a h o n . Albert Vanderheiden, R . C. Scott and H u g h Wr igh t . A l l declined to run except W r i g h t . V a n Horne. V a n Etten and M c M a h o n . Af t e r several ballots V a n Horne was nominated bv acclamation.
Next came the nomination for police magistrate. Pat Moran and H a r v e y A . Smith were placed in nomination. Moran was nominated, getting 32 votes to 16 for Smi th .
W h e n the nominations for aldermen wer called for, the Fi rs t and Second wards had not found anv one who was wi l l ing to run. and the matter of finding candi-lates for those wards was left to
the ci ty centra! committee. The nominations for the other wards were an easy matter, though some of those named did not show anv great anxietv to run. For the T h i r d ward John H . Donovan was named; Four th . Sam W . Teagarden; F i f t h , Her man Quand t : S ix th . Jesse Rrom-ey ; Seventh, G. H . A m b r o s e :
E igh th . W . H . Pierce. T h e c i ty central committee was
named as fo l lows : First ward, E . W . Tro t t e r : Second ward. Michae l M c C o r m i c k : T h i r d ward. G. R . M c D o n a l d : Four th ward. Oscar Stenburg; F i f t h ward. Or-ren Stone: Sixth ward. H . L . M a u r y ; Seventh ward. Thomas P a r r y : E i g h t h ward. Harvev A . Smith .
Socialist Elec t ion Judges. Chai rman Ambrose called at
tention to the fact that the c i ty council had decided to al low the Socialist Par tv a judge in each ward and suggested that the names for the positions be agreed upon and handed into the council by Wednesday night next.
PILES »a»e •ufNr.d with ptlaa for thlrtf t i l »e
I M l April I beaaa tab 1 n 1 Caefa iga. I n la* eoaraa of • »«A I soli
scale rates there would not be so vital to the welfare of our organization in other fields and the wisdom of continuing the contest would he open to serious question ;" in Alabama, 10,000 miners have been making a determined fight to preserve their organization since Ju ly 1, r004; in Tennessee, part of the miners accepted a reduction of 7 per cent.; out in the Coa l Creek district they are s t r ik ing against a reduction of 15 per cent.; at Mor r i s Run , Pa., they are fighting against I heavy reduction, and, in the Cabin Creek district of West V i r g i n i a , for the preservation of the un ion ; in Colorado and New Mexico the miners have been completely defeated; in Sunnyside, Scofield an J Castle Gate, U tah , the miners have heroically battled for fifteen months, despite the fact that for nine months they have received no aid f rom the U . M . W . of A .
W i l l John Mi t che l l search the history of his organization for the 1P st eighteen months and point out one single victory that has been achieved by the U . M . W . of A . under the generalship of the "greatest labor leader on earth ?"
In closing, I appeal to the members of the U . M . W . of A . *o careful ly consider what has been said on the Colorado-Utah strike j to Study the history and policy of your organization since the anthracite s t r ike; to investigate your boasted contracts and agree ments—which forces you to produce coal to fill the orders of your fel low miners on strike in other districts and defeat them—to protest against the U . M . W . of A . being made an adjunct of the C i v i c Fed (•ration ; to take the control of your organization out of the hands of lobn Mitchel l ' s $200,000 machine; to incorporate again the principle of the sympathetic strike into your organizat ion; and to reorganize the U M W of A . upon the class solidarity of industrial unionism.
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