Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1915-09-03 | Page 7 | Oil King Blamed for Miners' Strike

OIL KING BLAMED FOR flERS' STRIKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR COLORAD I TROUBLE PLACED ON THE SHOULDERS OF OPERATORS. Member of Industrial Relations Commission Com-mission Declared John D. Rockefeller,, Rockefel-ler,, Jr., Approved Measures That Led to Civil War. Chicago. The responsibility for the strike of coal miners in Colorado in 1913 and 1914 and for the disorder and suffering that followed is placed squarely on the shoulders ot the operators, oper-ators, ,in a report by eorge P. West, made public on F'riday by the commission com-mission on industrial relations. The Colorado Fuel & Iron company, controlled by John D. Rockereller, is declared to have been the leader in formulating and carrying out strike policies. Mr. Rockefeller and his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., are charged,' first, with the selection of incompetent incompe-tent and reactionary agents to serve as executive officials in this company, and second with giving their heartiest indorsement and support to these officials offi-cials after they had taken action that precipitated the worst of the troubles. Mr. Rockefeller, Jr., is charged with having approved measures to coerce the state government of Colorado and w-ith having flouted the will of the president of the United States.