The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-10-17
THE UNITED MINE WnRKERs.
District No. I in Convention Demands
Pledges From Candidates.

The quarterly session Of District no. /,
United Mine Workers, covering Schuylkill
and parts of Luzcne, Northumberland,
Dauphiu and Carbon counties was held at
pottsyillc yesterday There were about fifty
delegates present, with District President
John Fahcy i'm the chair. The morning
session was taken up with routine work.
The afternoon session was am important
one pledge was sent to each Legislative
candidate, iu which the auti-comuauy store
bill introduced by Hon. Joseph Wyatt, who
!. a candidate for reelection, was endorsed,
as was also Hon. Elias Davis scmi.mouthly
wy law. The candidates are asked TO favor
AN mining legislation endorsed by the T..
VI. W.
The convention strongly condemned the
company store as "a great and burdeusomc
evil, and calls upon business men to join with
them I'm opposition to the evil.
A resolution was adopted iavoriug the
election of one inspector to each ten collieries,
and when the term of the present Inspector
expires that he be elected by the people in
the district
The following resolutions were adopted
WHEREAS. The recent terrible calamity that
occurred ut the Twin shaft ColliCry, Pittston,
where iS lives were sacrificed through the care
less ncgi ECnCc and stupidity Of officials who
receive prnccly salaries from the state To see
that the mine laws now upon our statute book
Othat have been enacted to preserve life and
limb are properly enforced therefore, be it
Resolved, That we the delegates In conven-
ton assembled do heartily dcplore the mnec-
ce-ary loss Of life in and around the anthracite
coal regions Of Pennsylvania, believing and
knowing we do that if the mine inspectors
were more diligcnt in compelling the corpora
tious and mine owners in enforcing the mine
laws it would lessen fatal and nou-fatal accidents
10 a minimum compared with the present
] W WhtIpsllg
! Resolved That evidence is i'm abundance at
| every cullicry iu the anthracite region known
| 10 almost every cmploye that the mine inspcc-
] tors, suprriutCudcnts and mine bosses pcrNcrt
! the intent and ohstruot the enforcement of the
| mine laws to the great detriment OF the miners
| and labOrCr-.
laborcrs Of the anthracite region to join with us
| in extending this organization into Localities
where no such bodies now exist, bcloNgg that
| as do unite they can better secure ana more
| readily enforce an observance of the laws
! intended for their protection.
The present Miners Examining Law was
strongly condemned, claiming it to be only
farce. Emanuel Jeukyn, candidate for Re
cordcr and cN-Trcasurcr of the L. NJ w.,
WAS heartily endorsed. A committee Of one
from each legislative district was appointed
to oaain pledge from candidates to support
legislation favorable to mine workers, and
that committee Of five be also appointed to
watch legislation at Harrisburg. The bill
introduced by Hon. Elias Davis, when a
member Of the Legislature, known as the
Semi-Monthly Pay law, was commended as a
great benefit
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