These men, not all of whom were miners, by the way, came here and were at lunch with me, in company with Mr.Carroll D.Wright, Mr.Wayne MacVeagh, and Secretary Cortelyou.

They are as decent a set of men as can be.

They all agreed entirely with me in my denunciation of what had been done in the Court d'Alene country; and it appeared that some of them were on the platform with me when I denounced this type of outrage three years ago in Butte.

There is not one man who was here, who, I believe, was in any way, shape or form responsible for such outrages.

I find that the ultra-Socialistic members of the unions in Butte denounced these men for coming here, in a manner as violent--and I may say as irrational--as the denunciation [by the capitalistic writer] in the article you sent me.
Doubtless the gentleman of whom you speak as your general manager is an admirable man.