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Show MUST BE NO MORE STRIKES, SAYS JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER - .. , Hopes For Peace and Better Conditions Throughout Coal Fields DENVER, Colo., Oct. 8. "I Iinvc told tho officers of the Colo-rndo Colo-rndo I uel nnd Iron company and the miners employed by tho corporation cor-poration that there is one thing which must never- happen attain this is a strike. A strike is wantonly wasteful of human life nnd property. No party is benefited, but all parties are harmed, in-clutlinif in-clutlinif the public nnd the state." This was the statement of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in an address before the Denver Chamber of commerce today. Rockefeller was the Kucst of honor nt the wock-luncheon wock-luncheon of the organization. Referring to the many expressions of friendship he had received during his three weeks in Colorado, Rockefeller said: "These I have accepted as intended partially for myself, but mostly for my fnther, whose representative I am. Mv father has been for mnny yenrs a good friend of the state of Colorado. IIIh confidence in the future of the state has been shown by his plnclnp: of considerable sums of money in the Colorado Fuel and Iron company. com-pany. On the common stock of that company he never has received re-ceived one cent in dividends, but he has not lost faith in the future of Colorado." Younger Man Honors His Father. Rockefeller declared his father was the tendercst, the most democratic of men, nnd related several incldnts of the dealings of the elder Rockefeller with his workmen. "Criticised, maligned and condemned these mnny years, not only for his business hucccss but jiIho because of his philanthropic endeavors, there i still not the slightest trace of bitterness in his chnracter and he holds nothing no-thing but good will for all men. Whntevcr I am or mny be, I owe to my sainted mother and my honored father." The speaker then referred to his testimony in 19M before the congressional committee which investigated the Colorado coal miners' strike. "My sUttcment," he snid, "that I believed in the freedom of every American worklngmnn to work for whom he pleased, upon such terms as he pleased, frequently has been misrepresented. mis-represented. The inference sometimes drawn from it that father and 1 are fighting organized lnlxir is untrue." Rockefeller rend extracts from his testimony before the federal fed-eral commission on industrial relations, in which ho declared his belief in labor unions, provided they were so organized as to leave "every worker free to associate himself with such groups or to work independently." The extracts concluded with a statement that the interests of lx)th labor and capital must be conserved or both would suffer. Talks of Labor and Capital. "It Is upon that last declaration that the industrial plan accepted ac-cepted by our company and its employes has been developed," Rockefeller added. "In contrast with the spirit of co-operation which animates that plan is the spirit which too often is seen in the most common forms of organized labor with which wo are most familiar. There lalwr and capital arc enemies and success lo one comes only through harm to the other. We cannot hope to prosper until labor and capital join hands. A spirit of democracy underlies our industrial plan, as contrasted with the plan which is in common usage among other organizations of labor, where only those who elect lo join the organization are entitled to its benefits. We shall try to so administer this plan that there may never come n day in which may be repeated the industrial disorders which have too often "come into the affairs of this and other companies." First Majorities Cut Down Some. With the announcement of the complete returns from the referendum ref-erendum vote of the conl miners employed by the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, officers of the company declared the Rockefeller Rockefel-ler industrial plan ndoptcd. The total vote for the plan was 22C3 ; opposed, -183. About 75 per cent of the miners cast ballots in the lefercndum. More than a majority of the total men employed voted for tho Rockefeller plan. The latest returns received, those from Fremont county, cut down the majority in favor of the plan. Most of the miners in Fremont county belong to the United Mino Workers of America. One Fremont county camp Rockvale voted against the plnn, the voto there being eighty-one to 150. The other two Fremont county camps, however, accepted tho plan, although both are strongly unionized. Lawson Expects Complete Vindication. TRINIDAD, Colo., Oct. 8. News of his relense through tho action of the supreme court was received by John R. Lawson in jail here, by long distance telephone. There were traces of tears na he talked to E. P. Costlgan, his counsel, nt Denver. "I am naturally much gratified," he said, "and I do not doubt thnt time will bring out my complete vindication. The first thing I will do when I get out of hero will be to catch tho first train to meet my wife and family in Denver." Lawson said his treatment during his several months' incarceration incar-ceration waa of tho best. "I will walk out of hero elated, of course," he said, "but my heart will turn back to the poor unfor-tunntes unfor-tunntes whom I will leave on the other side of that iron door." DENVER, Colo., Oct. 8. The more than one thousand persons mndo defendants In cases growing out of the recent conl Btriko in Colorado, must go to trial. Hope held out strongly during tho past week that Gov. George A. Carlson would order a sweeping dismissal of tho cases pending, flickered out nt midnight Inst night, when the chief executive, after several hours deliberation, refused to interfere in the prosecutions. This dclslon was the culmination of n series of conferences between Governor Cnrlson, labor leaders, stato officials, advisers nnd prominent citizens of the state. Among those who were understood to have favored dismissal waa John D. Rockefeller, Jr., now in Colorado on a tour of investigation of the various mining camps of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company. Tho decision of Governor Carlson, which waa a surprise to oven those in circles close to the administration, camo only a few hours after the announcement of action of tho supreme court, ordering the release on bail of John R. Lawson, Inbor leader, and one of the foremost figures In the conduct of the recent strike, who has been confined In a Trinidad jail since his conviction several months ago of first degree murder, in connection with strike disorders. Approximately seventy-five criminal and civil suits were filed nnd more than one thousand persons were made defendants, as a result of tho recent Colorado coal strike. Strikers, sympathizers, local, district nnd international officials of tho United Min. Workers Work-ers of America were indicted. Actions were brought In federal court, state nnd district courts. Of the civil suits, the Colorado Fuel nnd Iron company ngainst tho United Mino Worl-ers of America, Amer-ica, charging conspiracy in restraint of trade, and naking damages in the sum of ?f,000,000 waa tho most prominent. Of the criminnl cases, that of John R. Inwson was the most noteworthy. I H'.'" Recent check of the criminnl cases on the docket showed the B, ? following: Las Animns County (Trinidnd) Murder, 2; assault , to murder, 10; nrson, 11; larceny, 1. Number of defendants, G08. Jf4 M Fremont County Murder, 2; nssault to murder, 1; assault to I I rob, 1; conspiracy to commit grand larceny, 1. Number of dc- h m fendnnts, 2C0. f . Boulder County Murder, 7 ; nssault to murder, 7 ; conspiracy f to kill, 1. Number of defendants, 1G7. f m Huerfano County Murder, 17; nrson, 9. Number of enses, ' 137. M John It. Lawson Furnishes Rig liond. P B TRINIDAD, Colo., Oct. 8. John R. Uwson, Inbor leader, con- I B vlcted of first degree murder on charges growing out of the re- i- MM cent coal strike, was released from the county jail hero tonight on E H $35,000 bonds. The bonds were signed by Thomas M. Patterson, 9 MU former United Stntcs senntor, nnd Vomer Z. Reed, cnpitnlist, of K iH Denver. V v4B Lnwson's release was effected through a recent order of tho w H supremo court granting binl. Lawson emerged smilingly from the ft Mm "bull pen" where, with thirty other prisoners, he hns spent the last ft' three months. m 1 "Hello, John, I'm glad to ec you," he Bald with trembling voice D Jmm as he greeted John McLonnnn, president of the Stnte Federation W mm of l.nbor, who arrived early tonight from Denver with his bond. m H After donning a new suit npd clean linen, Iawson stepped outside W jH antl gaxed for a moment nt the clear sky. B "Thank God I" he murmured. ft Bfl From a downtown hotel Lawson immediately telephoned his K mm wife In Denver. He Is to stnrt late tonight for Denver. W Judges Disagree In Hillycr Matter. W mm DENVER, Colo., Oct. 8. A dissenting opinion by Judges Wil- K Ham II. Gnbbcrt and Jnmes A. Gnrrigues from the recent ruling M . of tho court, which in effect bars Judge Granby A. Hillycr from m, Mm presiding in future strike cases, was filed today by Judge Gabbcrt. m M The opinion, which is brief, declares that neither statutes nor the m H stale constitution gives the court right to interfere. m H Tho action ngainst Judge Hillycr was brought on charges of m H prejudice following tho conviction in his court last summer of B- H John R. Lawson, labor leader, on a charge of murder, who tonight B H was released on bail. K pH "Mother" Jones Goes to Chicago. I IB H CI I ICAGO, Oct. 8. "Mother" Jones, noted Inbor advocate, tele- M graphed union lenders here today that she would arrlvo in Chicago K H next Mondny to take an -active part in the strike of garment work- RJ H ers. The message, tinted New York, was read to strikers and their W sympathizers nt a number of mass meetings during the day. I bM H |