The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-31

the President Of the United States will call
a special session of Congress to act on the
matter Of injunction and find means of re-
lief from the existing troubles in the labor
world. In case of refusal said Mr. Ratch-
cheering had subsiled lit will then be time
to consider more extreme measures. l am
in favor. if the President refuses to call
Congress together, Of complete paralysis
OF business. l believe then in a sympa-
thetic strike"
said he represented 1,500 unorganized
picks" favored a labor revolution lie
was a Socialist, he said, and believed IN
the miners taking things in their hands II
necessary. His fiery harangue pleased the
audience greatly.
opposed to Mr.. RatChford's plan He be-
leved this would be the last convention TO
be held under present conditions; that the
crucial test now confronted organized labor.
Mr.. Mahon of Detroit, said a resolutions
committee was useless. The convention
should vote on Ratchford's proposition and
then go home The power of the Nation,
he said, was in the courts, and if any
body was TO be convened let 1t be the
proposition Mr. Mahon. as did his prede-
cessor. took a fling at Senator Hanna, Mr.
MahOn saying the President would nave 10
get Hanna's consent to the conVenlng or
Congress.
James NJ Carson, president of the nh
nos miners, then recited at great length
the conditions confronting the miners of
his State, and said he believed his men
would be beaten in two weeks.
against government by injunction" were
received from the Populist executive com
mittee of the Sixteenth congressional dis
trict of Ohio the Herman Trades Assem-
bly, of Philadelphia. and the Atlanta FEEDER
alton of Trades. A polite request to quit
monkeying and strike for single tax on land
values" was then read from the Youngs-
town, o. single takers, and the talk went
Mr.. Ratchford took exceptions to. Mr..
Carsons S statement that the Illinois miners
had lost their strike. He said the miners
were winning their strike, and furthermore
his men were not asking this conYenuon
for aid. They wanted this gathering 10
eradicate, if possible, the power or lngunGG-
ton Taking a fling at Miner Pat y Mem:
he said a man who advocated the use Oh
Winchesters had no place in the c0IVen-
ton Down our way" SAID MT tNatCu-
ford miners don't know how to handle
James Hogan formerly of the A. r. u
and now representing the Social Democ11
racv of Chicago; General" Bradley, OF
Comm0nweaI fame and General Hedne-
mann. q Texas Populist kept up the low
Of words until o'clock, when the cOnNen-
ton adjourned until tomorrow morning at
8. when the resolutions committee Is eA-
Tater-The statement of Mr.. Sovereign
that the committee on resolutions had for
mulated a plan of action was controVeTIeu
late tonight by the assertion Oh ahoIiiIeI
member of the committee that no uscislG{Ii as {
had been reached. The committee was III
truth lust getting ready to assemble at lnIu-
night to make another attempt az. s. seLtle
ment THE committee IS bas runnbtns "a 9Tbg tbs
committee land / am afraid the Whole
thing will result in tiasco. Al any ratg
there will be a minority report presence
with the majority. There Is some, Idlh ol
government ownership of mineral. landS,
but nothing has positively been determined
upon" At midnight the committee Went
into session at the Laclede in an endeaVor
to Drepare something tangible to report at
tO-mOrrOW'S meeting.