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Show WOULD WELCOME THE RETURN OF STRIKERS t, President of Colorado Fuel 11 & Iron Company Ready for Amnesty. J. D., JR., AT CHURCH Miners Begin Voting on Adoption of Industrial Plan Today. DJ9NVER, Colo., Oct. 3. The Colorado Fuel Iron company would welcome an amnesty regn rd I n g alleged offonsea growing grow-ing out of the coal miliars' strike of 1913-14, according to a statement by J. F. U'olborn, president of the company. Mr. Wolborn Bald the state authorities had been a d vised that the company would not be averae to the dismissal of all oaies against former strikers, except where evidence of guilt Is exceptionally Mrong. "Naturally, we cannot Interfere with the administration of justice," Mr. Wel-born Wel-born explained. "Our company has taken ta-ken no part in the indictment or prosecution prose-cution of former strikers and we have no right to ask the state authorities to change whatever plans they have made for continuing the prosecutions. Would Clean Slate. "It is our desire, however, to see the nlrite cleaned as quickly as possible. We would be glad to see the charges against former strikers dropped, except in any cases where the evidenue of guilt is very fitroiiR." Mr. Wei horn's statement was made In reply to a question as to whether the adoption of the Rockefeller industrial plan would have any effect upon the so-called (strike cases. Church In the morning, an automobile ride in the afternoon and a night spent at the ranch of J. EP. Welborn, made up the Sunday programme for , John I. Rockefeller, Jr. The mine owner attended at-tended the First Baptist church, where he attracted little notice, being. In fact, almost unrecognized. To Motor to Boulder. Tomorrow morning Mr. Rockefeller will motor to Boulder, where he will Inspect a stretch of public highway constructed through the expenditure of a part of the 5100,000 given by the Rockefeller Foundation Foun-dation for the relief of unemployment after the coal miners' strike. He will return to "Denver in time for the meeting meet-ing of Colorado Fuel & Iron company directors, di-rectors, called to act on the Rockefeller Rocke-feller industrial plan, approved at a conference con-ference at Pueblo yesterday. The miners at the eighteen or twenty 'olorndo Fuel & iron company camps Will begin voting tomorrow on the adoption adop-tion of the Industrial plan. It is expected that at least two days will be taken up With this referendum vote. As soon as the result Is known, if It is favorable, 'the officers of tho company will take the necessary steps to put the plan Into full operation. |