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Show . sjiwiJijm - Declares Rockefeller Rocke-feller Missed His Nark Magnate's Colorado Industrial Plan Criticized by American Federation Feder-ation Head Washington, Oct. 4. Samuel Gom-pors, Gom-pors, president and Frank Morrison, secretary of tho Amorlcan Federation of Labor, issued statements today commenting unfavorably upon the Colorado Fuel & Iron company's announced an-nounced plan for dealing with its employees. em-ployees. Mr. Gompers said: "So Mr. Rockefeller has formed a union of his employes of tho Colorado Col-orado Fuel & Iron company, and perhaps per-haps Imagines ho 'has solved tho prob. lenis of Just relations between himself him-self nnd his employees. But with nil his wealth and all his brains and tho brains that ho could buy and suborn, sub-orn, ho lias missed his mark. "The minors employed by tho Col-orado Col-orado Fuol & Iron company of which Mr. Rockefeller Is tho head, have been whipped by means of atrocious brutnllty and hunger into submission back to tho mines, and tho miners huvo been formed Into a union by Mr. Rockefeller's benevolent altruism. altru-ism. But ho has organized them and for that nt nny rate labor Is truly grateful for when men como together to discuss even In tho most cursory way tholr rights and their -Interests and wclfaro, thoro Is afforded a splon. did field for development and opportunity. oppor-tunity. "After what Mr. Rockefeller has done, thnt Is to organlzo a union of miners In Colorado, ho should carry his benevolent and practical purposes Into full execution In all his varied Industries and not wait until another massacre, tho like of which occurred at Ludlow, should break out at one of his other Industrial Institutions. Do not stop at Colorado, Organizer Rockefeller." Secretary Morrison said; "Mr. Rockefeller's wolfaro plan . contains nothing now. I am euro - that tlmo will demonstrate that the plan will prove a full cousin to tho other schemes of llko character inaugurated in-augurated for tho sole purpose of preventing organization of employes that will cnablo them to securo Improved Im-proved conditions." |
