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Washington. I•*«*. 1 J—Seth l.ow. chairman of tit** Colorado concllla-tion commission. announced today after a conference between the commission and Secretary of Labor Wilson, that the commission would not co to CotorwAiPiit ipveseiiVac**-In « statement Mr. Low said:•'For the moment there seems to be no reason why wr should go to Colorado. We will confer from time to time and will be guided by cirruni-.-tanees as to our policy. The commission lias arranged to have its headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce building. No. Libertystreet. New York.UNION WITNESSES ON STUD110 THEM HIM DOTS£.L. Doyle Tells How He Was Trust Into Cruel Jail. One Robert Young Imagines He Was Elected in Huerfano County and Robbed of the Spoils.Denver, Colo.. December 11- ^ Robert Young, formerly, mint foreman fo/ tin Yictor-Ainerieun Fuel company and cue Colorado Fual and Iron company, was a witness today in the strike investigation conducted !y the federal industrial relations commission, lie testified that union men were not permitted to ‘‘alight it an\ coal camp in which be had been employed, lie said he bad not been a union man for IT years.Young said be ran for county commissioner in Huerfano county at the recent election. He was defeated by DO votes. He claimed election by Hi*7 voles. lie said he had fought me “county Republican machine.''Lefore Young took the stand the commission i.. !d a brief executive session. District Attorney .1. .i. Hendrick of the Third judicial districtwas excused without adding to bis testimony of yesterdayYoung, in iris testimony, said Sber-'f Jeff Farr controlled C “ politics of Huerfano county. il Farrdid not own saloons in Wal sen burg, but dominated them. He asserted that the saloons were mn in the county without licenses until the militia closed them up.He explained that fair workingconditions wore offered hv the operators as a preventative of organization. Four dollars a du for the average miners as stated by tin* operators was a fair average. The witness said inexperienced emigrants placed on the same footing in the mines as experienced men gave rise to dissatisfaction. This had driven Hu* English-speaking nuuer out ofsi l ike notii- • w ou IdColorado.“There was no need of a convention, be said. A printed in the newspapers have been obeyed.E. L Doyle, seeretary-treasurer of District lfi, I nited Mine. Workers of America, related bis arrests on contempt of court charges before District Judge Greeley Whitford of Denver for alleged disobeyanee of an injunction. which, he said. restrained strikers in the northern coal fields in the fall of !!*!« from “doing anything out sleep and eat.With a number of other strikers he was convicted, sentenced to a year in jail and heavily fined on two occasions. In each ease he said the judge released the prisoners before appeals taken were heard by the supreme court. in both instance trial by jury iiad been denied the miners.The commission was developing tiie responsibility for the publicity bulletins and organ of the district union men recess was taken for lunch.
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Trinidad, Colorado, US
Sat, Dec 12, 1914
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