The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-23
CREED OF MINERS
The Western Federation Arrayed
Against Old Parties.
THEIR GRIEVANCES SET FORTH
Senator Boyce of Idaho VIII Start at
Once TO Organize Unions in the
Western States.

Denver, May 19.-The convention of
the Western Federation of Miners con-
cluded its session today. Senator Ed
ward Boyce of Idaho, was made organ
izer for the body, and as soon as the
executive committee maps out a plan
of work for him. he will start on his la
bors. 1t is claimed that on the second
Monday of next May, when the fedora
ton is to meet here again, that the min
ing districts will have been so thor
oughly banded in union that the conven-
tion will be the largest labor gathering
ever held in this city. p. p. Clifford was
made delegate to any labor conventions
in the country to which the federation
may see fit to send a representative.
He will attend such meetings as the
executive committee may choose.
George e. Pettibone of this city was
made an honorary member of the organ
iZation on account of his sacrifices and
services for union causes in Idaho. The
election of officers resulted as follows:
President, Samuel Roberts, Butte,
Montana; vice presidents, James Leon
ard of Cripple Greek, and John Bevin
of Granite Mountain, Montana; secreta-
ry-treasurer, W. II. Eddy; executive
committee, Thomas Graham, James
Maher and Richard Thomas, all of
Montana, and Charles Alexander of
South Dakota. 1t was decided that
Butte, Montana, should retain the head
quarters of the federation.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The resolutions adopted by the feder-
alton are as follows:
1--WE hold these truths to be self-evi-
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they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights; that among
these are life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness; that to secure these rights
governments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed; that whenever any
government becomes destructive to
those ends it is the right of the people
to alter or abolish it and to institute a
new government laying its foundations
upon such principles and organizing it's
powers in such form as to them may
seem most likely to effect their safety
and happiness.
Whereas, Recent events have shown
that the policy of the dominant political
parties has reduced the industrial
wealth-producing masses of the nation
ing commercial catastrophe, industrial
stagnation, desolated homes and de-
serted squares, perennial agitation, uni
versal discomfort, persecution of toilers
by the military arm of the government,
strikes, lock-outs, class hatred and ILL
WILL bearing bitter fruit, year after
year, by class legislation, demonetizing
silver, contracting half the circulating
medium of the nation, placing the ma
ton on single gold standard basis, the
issuing of gold single bearing bonds in
time of peace, thereby leaving the people
at the mercy of foreign bondholders;
therefore, be it,
Resolved, That we will not support
either of the dominant parties which
have, by unjust legislation, brought uni
versal stagnation upon the industries
of the nation and reduced the toiling
masses to abject slavery but will give
our undivided support to the party ad-
vocating the principles contained in the
Omaha platform"