David C. Coates
David C. Coates | |
|---|---|
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado | |
| In office January 8, 1901 – January 13, 1903 | |
| Governor | James Bradley Orman |
| Preceded by | Francis Patrick Carney |
| Succeeded by | Warren A. Haggott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 9, 1868 North Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Political party | Socialist Party, Democratic Party, Populist Party, National Party |
| Spouse | Sadie B. Pearce |
David Courtney Coates (August 9, 1868 – January 28, 1933) was an American publisher and printer, labor union leader and socialist politician who served as the
Coates was born in Brandon, County Durham, England.[2] His parents, George and Mary Coates, emigrated to the United States in 1881 and initially settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1882 the family relocated to Pueblo, Colorado, where his father was employed as an engineer at the steelworks. Coates briefly worked in the mines before entering the publishing and printing industry. He worked for several newspapers in Colorado including the Pueblo Evening Star and Rocky Mountain News and founded several others, including the Pueblo Press, Colorado Chronicle and Pueblo Courier. He married Sadie B. Pearce on October 14, 1890, and a daughter, Hazel Marie, was born on February 1, 1893. He served as secretary of the Colorado State Federation of Labor between 1897 and 1899 and president between 1899 and 1901. He testified before the Industrial Commission as part of their investigation into mining on July 14, 1899. Coates was elected Lieutenant Governor of Colorado on a fusion ticket, having received the nominations of the Democratic, Populist and Silver Republican parties.
In 1901, Lieutenant Governor Coates volunteered, and was dispatched by Colorado Governor James Orman, to be part of a commission sent to Telluride to investigate an uprising of miners from the Western Federation of Miners during a strike. A shooting war was triggered when one of the strikers, believed to have been unarmed, had been shot through the throat by a deputized mine guard. In spite of intense pressure from others, Coates helped to persuade the governor not to send the Colorado National Guard. The commission was able to effect a settlement between the miners and the company, negotiating between union leader Vincent St. John and the Smuggler-Union Mine Company's general manager, Arthur L. Collins.[3]
In 1903, Coates was elected vice president of the American Labor Union and became president of the union in 1905 following the resignation of Dan McDonald. In this role he attended the
Coates moved to
References
- ^ The Corpse On Boomerang Road, Telluride's War On Labor 1899–1908, MaryJoy Martin, 2004, page 78.
- ^ Durham, N.W. (1912). History of the City of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Vol. 2. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ The Corpse On Boomerang Road, Telluride's War On Labor 1899–1908, MaryJoy Martin, 2004, pages 78-79, and 85-87.
- ^ Roughneck: The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood, Peter Carlson, 1983, pp. 78.
- ^ Roughneck: The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood, Peter Carlson, 1983, pp. 84.
- ^ William Dudley Haywood, The Autobiography of Big Bill Haywood,1929, pp. 186.
- ISBN 9780252020087. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ National Editorial Association (1933). Official proceedings ... annual convention [of the] National Editorial Association. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- political graveyard section including piece on Coates
- Presidents and Speakers of the Colorado General Assembly: A Biographical Portrait Since 1876. Coates' biography is on page 20 of the pdf file.
