The sun., 1895-02-15

An Alleged Cs-e s,irs ~ the Mipers' Con-
venttOn.

NfhNons
CoLuMBrs. o.. Feb. 14-At the opening ses-
sion this morning OF tho Miners Convention
Mark Wild Of this city and district organizer
of the American Railway Union got the
privilege OF tie floor. lie was Chairman
OF the a. Il. L. Grievance Committee
Of the Columbus Hooking Valley and Toledo
Railroad strike last summer, and is well known
in labor circles. lie said that about four
days after tho settlement of the A. X. L.
Hooking Valley Railroad strike he met
John Mcbride, the unions leader. in
the Office Of the United Mine Workers and had
conversation with him. Mcbride urged him to
keep his mouth shut in regard to the manner in
which the strike was settled and handed him n
package, which Mcbride told him a certain coal
operator requested should be given TO wild as a
present.
wild says he took the package and put it
in his pocket, and the conversation continued
for n few moments, when they separated. Wild
said he was not positive as to the name of the
operator mentioned by Mcbride, but believed it
was Ryan. Wild opened the package ION
his arrival at his home, and found that it
contained roll of bills amounting to 5000. HI
President Adams in obtaining evidence to con-
yict Mcbride of corruption. lie wanted TO
show, up 2 traitor who sold out tho A. r. L.
strike" and thought he had collected sufficient
evidence to accomplish that purpose.
Wild's statement caused great excitement,
notify Mcbride OF what Wild had said and 10 in. NJ
vite him to the convention hall torepy. Mcbride
he wss aboTns @ Under eHc,emen Ma' e sdmttnd and
that what Wild had said was true, and that he
gave him the, $500. This admission was fol-
lowed by explanatory remarks. Ho read a
Hooking Valley advising them not to Join the A.
Hooking Valley and Tolefo Railroad Company
In that letter Mr.. Mcbride set forth his
railroad men and President Waite of
the Hooking Valley Railroad Company. Me-
Bride said in the letter that wild had proved
himself incapable Of handling the strike. Wild
had refused to agree TO President Waite's prupo-
sitlon to submit the grievance Of the strikers to
Waite tom to make the Proposition mt to Wild e''u0H'
delegate asked Mcbride to name the opera
make this disclosure. in open convention. He
said he would furnish any information to the
committee. should one be appointed for that pur
Wild followed, in a general denial of the
statements made by Mcbride, .concerning
strike. Wild said Mcbride told him that
two or three operators had made up purse
to a years salary. The operators feared that
Wild would bring about another strike. and
sny h da 1Gs TO suSh and th y
When wild had finished. great confusion en-
sued. Delegate after delegate tried to get the
floor. Finally Editor John Kane offered the
following:
-" Resolrcd, That committee OF one from each
district be appointed, and that II the committee
are satisfied, upon hearing. all the evidence
that the money was received for charita-
BILE purposes. they withhold the names
of the donors. but that If the commit
tee be satisfied that it used for
purposes of bribery and corruption the com
mittee report the Same to the Convention, and
that the Convention have the right to say. after
hearing the report. whether 1t was for the pur-
poses OF bribery or not"
During the discussion Mr.. Mcbride, eS;Presi.
dent of the Mine Workers and now President of
the American Federation of Labor. snt silent.
The roll call resulted in 20 votes for and 81
against the resolution. 1t was declared adopted. |
A committee was then appointed.
The conference committee of the seeding
miners from the General Assembly Of the |
knights OF Labor. after all night ses-
sion. issued an address 10 the members. setting |
forth their reasons for secession. covering
the New Orleans convention, aud commenting
in general terms upon the mismanagcment of
the affairs of the association during the past
year. The miners will organize under the name
Independent Knights.