Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-12 | Page 3 | Fear Violence While Giving Aid to Widows

FEAR VIOLENCE WHILE GIVING AID TO WIDOWS TiENVER. lo.. Feb. 1 1. Stale Labor Commissioner Brake left today for J rl-mero rl-mero in response to a telepram from three officers of the United Mine "Workers "Work-ers of America, who said they feared harm would be done them while they were distributing cash for the re of of the families of miners killed In the recent re-cent disaster. The national organization of the miners donated $inno for the relief of the bereaved be-reaved families, and sent three ox Its offleials to rrlniero to make the distribution. distri-bution. It Is alleged that. the. trio encountered en-countered the old-time opposition of the Colorado Fuel and Iron .company to the appea-ancc of organizers or otficm of unions in their camp and that thej ff-'nel vlolenco at the hands of the company's com-pany's agenls.