Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-09-28 | Page 10 | Magnate Disclaims Responsibility for Colorado Tragedies

MAGNATE DISClAIMS RESPONSIBILITY fOR COLORADO TRAGEDIES I Rockefeller Discusses Miners Miners' Strike With Women Representing Representing Representing Justice League D Denver n cr Cob Colo Sept 27 John John D. D Rockefeller Jr told two women representing representing rep rep- resenting the Justice today that he ho was doing everything in his power to improve industrial conditions and prevent another tra tragedy d like the battle I of or Luello Ludlow The only account of ot tho the conference was given b by Mrs Irs Leo Lee Champion one of oC the thc delegation Rockefeller declining to make public his vcr version lon of or tho the af ar- af- af fair According to Mrs Champion Mr Rockefeller when ott offered red evidence e re relating relating ro- ro lating to tho the battle of ot Ludlow declined to accept it it saying that he felt foil no personal personal per per- responsibility for tragedies growing growing grow grow- In ing out of or tho the cO coal coul ll miners miners' strike of ot 1913 Mrs Irs Champion said that sho asked askell Rockefeller Of If lf I John R R. Lawson is guilty of oC murder through conspiracy arc you ou not equally guilty She said Mr Rockefeller made no direct reply to the question Referring to the several hundred in- in pending against former strikers Mrs Champion Champl n quoted Rocke Roche- feller as ns saying that he would like to see all nil tho the cases disposed of or but that ho could not interfere with tho work of oC the officers of oC th law Mrs Champion stated 1 that Mr Ir Rocke Rocko- feller told her that ho would reco reco- reco recognize nize the union Pressed for tor a n definite statement as to whether he meant that ho would sign a 0 contract with tho the United Mine Yorkers Workers of ot America or merely referred to an nn extension of oC the them m mediation scheme already n effect she sho said sh she sho was uncertain on this point When Mr Rockefeller later Inter was asked whether tho the question of ot recognizing tho United Mine iHne Workers Yorkers of or America had boen been raised during the Interview he replied that It had not During the interview according to Mrs Champion the women told Rockefeller Rocke Rocke- feller eller that the they had Information that Robert Mitchell n a editor who ho was fatally shot Sunda Sunday night had been gathering affidavits for tor tho the Justice league regarding regarding- alleged conditIons conditions con con- In the Walsenburg Jail Ho Ic had carried on this work th the declared up to shortly before borore hl his d death ath According to tn reports Mitchell was shot b by a n burglar