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Show HEAD OF MINERS' UNION CHARGED WITH SELLING OUT IN COLORADO STRIKE -i INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 19. The management man-agement of the Colorado strike was bitterly bit-terly argued today on the floor of the national convention of the United Mine-Workers. Mine-Workers. " , . ',' ' Delegate Robert Randall of Wyoming took the floor and spoke fof "an hour; He charged that President Mitch eft had sold out the miners' Organization In the ' recent Colorado strike and attacked the financial integrity of he president. His speech was filled wRh personal abuse of President Mitchell and was directed -. at him. as Randall took the platform and faced Mr. Mitchell while he made the charges. The deltgatea tried to silence si-lence Randall several times, but Mitchell Mitch-ell rapped for order and insisted that Randall be heard. When Randall was through President Mitchell took the floor. He reviewed the conduct of the Colorado strike and said it was true he had advised a settlement set-tlement and would do so again under the same circumstances. He said early In the strike President Howells of the district asked for $300,000 with which to carry on the strike, which had been refused, re-fused, as President Mitchell said he did not want to trust Howells with that amount. Preslc'-nt Mitchell made the charge that ex-National Board Member J. L. Gears had been ln collusion with others In connection with the stock market, that the miners had refused to put up tents sent them unless paid for It; that the miners had demanded a per diem wage while on strike, and that, finally, after over $600,000 had been poured Into the field the strike had been Irretrievably Irretrieva-bly lost and he had advised a settlement. settle-ment. Vice-President Lewis, Secretary Wilson. Wil-son. Pat.Dolan of Pittsburg and W. R. Fairley of Alabama, who had charge of the strike for President Mitchell, also spoke vigorously defending the president. |