The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-17
MINERS ExoNERATE M'BRI0E.
THE CHARGE or oORRUPTIOs DE-
CLARED DIsPROVEN.


The Author of the Charges Expelled
From the COnvention-The Ma
tionaI officers Also Ex0nerated
From the Charges Made by the
President of the Ohio gIiners-Tha
Convention in n Rage over News
paper Article.
Columbus, o.. Feb. 16.-The miners con-
vendon. at its session this morning. de-
olared ex-President John Mcbride to bs
an honest man, denounced Mark Wild.
who made the charges OF bribery. as n
demagogue and unfit to enter a conventiou
Of honest men. and as a climax, resoiu-
tion was adopted expellng Mr.. Wild fronI
the convention.
Secretary Lewis Of the investigating
committee submitted the following reports
Resolved. That your committee. after q
fun investigation OF the charges preferred
by Mark wild against John Mcbride. ind
Mr.. Mcbride not guilty.
Among the witnesses examined by tha
committee were John Mcbride. Marld
Wild A. A. Adams, Edward Thomas and
Secretary Bishop OF the state board oe
arbitration.
A resolution was also uuopAeu eAoHtIdt@
ing the national officials from the charges
of alleged corruption made against them
by President A. A. Adams of the Ohio
miners, IN the settlement OF the minersF
strike and expressing the utmost conh<
dence in them.
After these matters had been disposed of
the convention entered upon the work or
electing officers for the ensuing year.
President Adams ana other candidates
withdrew their names.
There were thirteen candidate for pres-
ident, but all declined except Phil IT. Pens
ma, Charles Neal and Chris Evans of
Ohio. Mr. Penna was elected on the hrse
ballot the vote standing: Penna. 2S6f
Neal IL; Evans 40.
Mr.. Penna acknowledged the honor paid
him and said az this time the expression
OF confidence was particularly pleasngs
but he entered upon the Office with mis-
glvings. The outlook for tho future raa
serious. The coal trade Is depressed. min-
ers idle and their families destitute.
There were thirteen candidates for vica
president. Cameron Miller OF Ohio was
elected on the first ballot.
Patrick Mcbride was reelected scores
tary. but w. c. Pearse OF Ohio ran him
close race
The greater part OF to-days sessions
was taken up with the effort TO elect mems
bers Of tho national executive board for
the ensuing year There were 1866 candid
ates for the six positions. Before the ball
lotng began the list Of names was read
| Several whose names were announced
/ Withdrew.
The bafoting occupied four hours. dur
ing which four clerks were kept busy re-
| cording the votes.
Before the balloting began Presidents
Penna announced that the six leading can-
didates receiving a majority Of all thS
votes cast would be declared elected.
At $50 o'clock, when the convention adj
I 10 he.
had not been completed, but the indica-
tions at that time were that the follow
ing have been successful: w. c. Webb of
Kentucky, J. A. Crawford of Illinois, +
w. Reynolds OF Iowa, John Fahy of the
anthracite district OF Pennsylvania, Fred
Dileher Of Ohio and r. A. Bradley OF
Pennsylvania.
The only ones regarded at all as in
doubt were Messrs Dilcher and Bradley.
Near the close OF the days session
newsboys appeared In the hall with the
evening papers, and soon thereafter a
resolution was introduced denouncins ths
managing editor OF the Post-Press as an
unmiugated liar, and declaring that the
representatives OF that paper should be
excluded from this and all future miners
conventions unless an apology was made
for headlines which declared uiat the
charges against Mcbride were white
washed, and for an editorial which said5
1T begins TO look as II all the labor
ORGANIZATIONS IN tflS country were dD0uE
to disntegrate and new order be formed.
with Mr.. Debs as the chief. Debs never
sells out, and no taint Of bribery has
ever soiled his name"
The resolution was referred to the com-
mittee to be couched in proper lnnguages
and viii be adopted Monday.
The Ohio miners are not at all pleased
with the way affairs have been conducted
at this convention, and the Ohio delegates
openly charge that the convention was
packed for the purpose Of generating
the national officers, who were resting
under serious charges.
According to the secretary's reports
Standing in ths nited Mine Workers.
together Yet Ohio was not given po>
stlon on the credentials committee
The Hooking Valley delegates are en-
tering the most vigorous protests. They
claim that the Ohio delegates have noe
been given an Office they want. but have
had one thrust upon them by votes from
other states. They are also dissatisfied
with the knights Of Labor revolt, and
declare that at the state convention In
April they will introduce and push q.
resolution calling upon the Ohio miners
to secede from the United Mine Workers
Union. II Is the general opinion that such
a resolution will pass and that the Ohio
miners Will withdraw. They refuse to
say what they viii do or say with whom
they will affiliate themselves with, but
they are known TO be friendly to th9
American Railway Union.
SMALLPOX AT MADISON.