Hellraisers Journal: Denver United Labor Bulletin: “Why, Governor Ammons?-Poem by Mrs. Lizabeth A. Williams of Englewood

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Hellraisers Journal – Tuesday March 10, 1914
“Why, Governor Ammons?” by Mrs. Lizabeth A. Williams

From the Denver United Labor Bulletin of March 7, 1914:

WHY, GOVERNOR AMMONS?
-by Mrs. Lizabeth A. Williams

Oh, what has become of your once fair name,
That is doomed to die in disgrace and shame,
Governor Ammons?
Why cease the whir of our industry’s wheel, 
Why end the output of iron and steel, 
Why call for arms, so that labor should kneel,
Governor Ammons?

[…..]

Your victims are tortured, hungry and cold, 
Truth has been crushed, our rights have been sold,
Governor Ammons.
A white-haired mother, in her eighty-one,
Long a victim of your bayonet and gun,
What would your soul do if you were her son,
Governor Ammons?

Your reign of injustice will soon be o’er,
Your cossacks will ride on their raids no more,
Governor Ammons. 
Our martyred ballots took our rights away,
Your blood-stained power we have felt each day,
Before the Judge of All what will you say,
Governor Ammons?

From the Seattle Union Record of February 21, 1914:

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SOURCES & IMAGES

Quote Mother Jones re CO Gov Ammons, wont stop talking,
Day Book p11, Sept 27, 1913
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1913-09-27/ed-2/seq-11/

United Labor Bulletin
(Denver, Colorado)
-Mar 7, 1914
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91052295/1914-03-07/ed-1/seq-3/

Mother Jones Silence by Gen Chase and Colorado Gov Ammons,
Seattle Union Record p3, Feb 21, 1914
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1009545923/

See also:

Hellraisers Journal – Thursday October 23, 1913
Trinidad, Colorado – Mother Jones Leads Mass Parade to Confront Governor Ammons

Hellraisers Journal – Wednesday October 29, 1913
Denver, Colorado – Governor Declares Martial Law in Southern Coalfields

Hellraisers Journal – Monday February 23, 1914
Trinidad, Colorado – Mother Jones Gagged and Silenced by Ammons and Chase

Search: “lizabeth a williams” colorado
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=Colorado&dateFilterType=yearRange&date1=1756&date2=1963&language=&ortext=&andtext=&phrasetext=lizabeth+a+williams&proxtext=&proxdistance=5&rows=50&searchType=advanced&sort=date

Militarism in Colorado :
Report of the Committee Appointed at the Suggestion of the Governor of Colorado to Investigate the Conduct of the Colorado National Guard During the Coal strike of 1913-1914.
-Prepared by Committee Appointed by John McLennan,
Pres. Colorado State Federation of Labor 
-Report sent to Governor Ammons on Jan 20, 1914
https://more.ppld.org/specialCollections/Index/ArticleOrders/LudlowDocuments/MilitarisminColorado.pdf
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031359725&seq=3
-Members of the Committee as appointed by John McLennan,
Pres. CO C. F. of L.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015031359725&seq=8

United Labor Bulletin
(Denver, Colorado)
-January 24, 1914
-CO FofL Committee’s Report on Investigation of Militia Outrages
Signed by The Committee: John R. Lawson, Eli M. Gross,
James H. Brewster, Frank T. Miner, James Kirwan.
Note: Gov. Ammons received the report on “Militarism in Colorado,”
however, he refused to remove Gen Chase or Lt Linderfelt
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91052295/1914-01-24/ed-1/seq-1/
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91052295/1914-01-24/ed-1/seq-3/

“Transcripts of Statements of Witness Appearing Before the Investigating Committee Appointed by John McLennan, President State Federation of Labor, Investigating Conduct of State Militia in the Southern Colorado Coal Fields”
Note: Sadly, these transcripts cannot yet be found online. They can be found in the John R Lawson Collection, Box 1, Files 12-18, Denver Public Library’s Western History Department.
https://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/archival_objects/625289

Tag: Colorado Federation of Labor Investigating Committee 1913
https://weneverforget.org/tag/colorado-federation-of-labor-investigating-committee-1913/

Tag: Military Despotism Colorado 1914
https://weneverforget.org/tag/military-despotism-colorado-1914/

Tag: Colorado Coalfield Strike of 1913-1914
https://weneverforget.org/tag/colorado-coalfield-strike-of-1913-1914/

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