You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
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Friday February 4, 1904
Telluride, Colorado - Affidavit of A. A. Pratt, Arrested by Militia for Refusing to Scab
AFFIDAVIT.
State of Colorado, County of San Miguel, ss.
I, the undersigned A. A. Pratt, make the following statement under oath: On or about February 26, 1904, I was in Denver looking for work. A man by the name of Johnson told me I could get work as a miner in Telluride; that the strike was off and there was no martial law; that the soldiers were all withdrawn, and that transportation was furnished free. I concluded to go, and a Mr. Snodgrass gave me a ticket to Telluride.
When I arrived at Telluride, on the evening of the 27th, I was met at the depot and taken to the Victoria hotel to stay all night. The next morning a horse was brought to the hotel for me to ride to the Smuggler-Union mine, about four miles away. On the way to the mine we passed soldiers standing guard. When I got to the mine I made inquires and found out that the strike was on, that the district was under military rule. As the conditions had been misrepresented to me, and I did not want to work under these conditions, I told the boss that I had forgotten something in town and thus obtained a pass to present to the soldiers between the mine and the town.
In Telluride I was arrested on a warrant sworn to by Bulkely Wells, manager of the Smuggler-Union mine and commander of the militia, charging me with obtaining money under false pretenses. He appeared as a witness against me, although there had been no agreement made with him, nor with any one else, that I was to pay anything for fare, hotel or horse hire. These were furnished me without me asking for them, and he admitted that he had no agreement with me. There was no one but myself that knew anything about the matter, so the justice found me not guilty, but it shows to what measures they are willing to resort.
I do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge.
A. A. PRATT.
Sworn and subscribed to before me on the 3rd day of March, 1904
ALBERT HOLMES,
Justice of the Peace.
[paragraphs added]
Guy E Miller, President of the local miners' union of the Western Federation of Miners, gave this statement regarding Pratt's affidavit:
The facts in the Telluride strike show that at all times, Bulkely Wells, manger of the Smuggler-Union Mining Company, and military commander E. E. Howe, attorney for the Tom Boy Gold Mining Company, the sheriff and his deputies, aided by the city administration, [act] as a compulsory employment agency for the Mine Mangers' Association and Citizens' Alliance.
SOURCE
The Cripple Creek Strike
-by Emma F Langdon
(Part I, 1st pub 1904)
NY, 1969
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Wednesday February 4, 1914
From the El Paso Herald: Heated Debate In District Court Over Mother Jones
Mother Jones Causing an "Outbreak of Trouble" in Trinidad
"MOTHER" JONES IS CAUSE OF WRANGLE
Trinidad, Colo., March 4.-After one hour of heated debate between judge advocate Major E. J. Boughton, representing the military authorities, and attorney Horace N. Hawkins, representing the United Mine Workers, in the district court this morning, judge A. W. McHendrie allowed the judge advocate until 3 o'clock this afternoon to present affidavits in court showing cause why "Mother" Jones should not be produced in court in response to the return in habeas corpus.
At the opening of court Major Boughton declared that the producing of the woman strike leader in court under the present conditions would precipitate a possible outbreak of trouble and that it would be a dangerous proceeding. Attorney Hawkins took issue and contended that the unionists would guarantee that there would be no disorder.
And from the Congressional Hearings in Michigan, the
Herald further reports:
MacNAUGHTON WON'T NAME HIS SALARY
Houghton, Mich., March 4.-James MacNaughton today declined on advice of counsel to state before the congressional committee the amount of his salary as general manager of the Calumet & Hecla Mining company. The question put by O. N. Hilton [attorney for the Western Federation of Miners], on cross examination, precipitated a heated discussion during which MacNaughton rose to his feet and shaking his finger at Hilton, exclaimed:
"It is not $100,000; otherwise it's none of your affair and I won't tell you."
Hilton had explained that his reason in asking the question was because it had been reported that MacNaughton's salary was $100,000 a year and if it was true that he was getting such a sum while men were "working for him the mine for a little as 20 cents a week," he thought it ought to be shown.
Congressman Casey asked the witness if he had any objections to telling the committee what his salary was. "Privately, no." replied MacNaughton.
SOURCE
El Paso Herald
(El Paso, Texas)
-of Mar 4, 1914
Photo: Mother Jones Marching In Trinidad
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Larger view of the photo here:
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The sign reads: "Has the Governor any Respect for the State?"
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We Have Fed You All For A Thousand Years - Utah Phillips
We have fed you all for a thousand years
And you hail us still unfed,
Though there's never a dollar of all your wealth
But marks the workers' dead.
We have yielded our best to give you rest
And you lie on crimson wool.
Then if blood be the price of all your wealth,
Good God! We have paid it in full!
by An Unknown Proletarian