Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-09 | Page 1 | Lawson Conviction Subject of Protest

LAWSON CONVICTION SUBJECT OF PROTEST G-ompera and Plnchot Are Among Speakers at Philadelphia Mass Meeting PHILADELPHIA Aug S Samuel Gompers president of the American Fed eratlon of Labor" and. G fford Flnchot were among the speakers at a mass meeting he d tonight on the c ty ha 1 p aza to protest aga net the convict on of John R Lawson the Co orado strike leader of f rst degree murder Reso ut ons denoun Ing the coal om pan es for the r flagrant dominance of the go emment and courts In various pa ts of Co orado and demand ng the remo al fron the bench of Judge Granby Hue wee ntroduced by the Rev Sam upI Zane Bat en represen ng the Fede al Counc 1 of Chur hes of C list In Amer lea her speakers were Wl I am G een, genera secre ary of ti e M ne "Wo kers of Amer ca and Frank Morr eon sec etary of the American Federat on of Labor