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Show YOUNG ROCKEFELLER "SIDESTEPS" 1 1 B QRESTION OF "OWIOWIZIflG" MINES ' I DRNVDIl, Colo, flept 27. John t). llockefeller, Jr. told two women reprenentlng the Justice league today thai he wa doing even thing In hl power to Improve Induatrlal condition condi-tion and prevent another tragedy like the battle of Ludlow The only account ac-count of the conferenre- wan given by Mr. Lee Champion, one of the delegation, dele-gation, llockefeller declining to make public hi vendon of the affair. According to Mr. Champion, llockefeller, llock-efeller, when offered evidence relating relat-ing to tho battle of Ludlow, declined to accept It. Haying that he felt no pereonal reponnlblllty for tragedle growing out of the coal mlnera' trlke of 1H3.H. Mr. Champion aald that Rhe naked llockefeller "If John II. liwron Is utility or murder through cotmplracy Bre you not equally guilty?" guil-ty?" Phc said llockefeller made no direct reply to the question. Inferring Infer-ring to the several hundred Indictment Indict-ment pending against former strikers, strik-ers, Mrs. Champion quoted llockefeller llockefel-ler as raying thnt he would like to see nil the case disposed of, but thai ho could not Interfere with the work of the officer of the law Mrs. Champion stated that llockefeller llock-efeller told her "that ho would recog-nle recog-nle tho union." Tressed for n definite def-inite statement as to whether he meant that he would sign a contract with the United Mine Workers of merlra. or merely referred to nn extension ex-tension of the mediation scheme already al-ready In effect, she said she win uncertain un-certain on thl point. When llockefeller llock-efeller later vva asked whether the question of recognUIng the United Mine Worker of Amerlcn had been raised during the Interview, he replied that It had not. During the Interview, according to Mrs. Champion, the women told llockefeller thnt they had Information that Itobert Mitchell, n Walsenburg editor who was fatally shot Sunday night, had been gathering affidavits for the Justice league regarding nt-leged nt-leged condition In the Walsenburg Jail. He had carried nn this work, they declared, up to shortly before hi death. According to Walsenburg reports, re-ports, Mitchell wns shot by n burglar. Itcwuiiic Denver Conference. DKNVKU. Colo.. Hept. S. A series of conference with officer of the Cidorndo 1'uel and Iron company oc cupied the time of John D. llockefet- (, H ler, Jr . today. Deglnnlng early In the V, H morning, llockefeller continued in rS jH consultation with President J. K. Wet- ' S? - born nnd other of his business atmo- Jl' H y h The mass of Information and per- Wjft H sonal observations collected dutlng the? jM H Insertion trip Inst week was laid be- W ' H fore the .company officers, nnd nu- T&, H merou plan were discussed, not only mu H with regard to tho Industrial situ- EF H tlon, but also In regard to the varloti rW 'H phase of the corporation's buslncs mi H |