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a CONFERENCE CALLED.
Organized Labor VIII Hold Conven-
ton ia 50. Lonls August 30.

NAOn IN aux
Columbus, o.. Aug. 2i.-The national
executive board Of the United Mine
Workers adjourned Friday, after hav-
ing issued the call for the conference Of
organized labor TO be held In St. Louis
August 30. The following is the call
for the conferences:
ITO organized tabor It's various divisions
and subdivisions. and 10 all reform. So
cial. educational and scientific bodies who
condemn government by injunction and the
use or force TO coerce the people and de-
prive them OF their rights as American citi-
zens, greeting:
THE great miners strike has gone be-
yond struggle for living wages A crisis
In the affairs OF the nation has arrived In
which all patriotic people must determine
whether they VIII accept and consent 40
live under the rule OF an oligarchy or
wealth or whether tho institutions OF free
government. the rights or free speech and
peaceablc public assemblage are to be pre-
served. The present struggle has assumed
a contest for the preservation OF civil lib
erty and constitutional rights.
THE tyrannicai and un-American In
functions OF the federal and state courts
are revolutionary, against the first prin-
clples OF free government and derogatory
20 the inherent rights OF the masses en-
dangerlng the public peace and destroying
the personal security and individual liber-
ties OF the common people.
Tho courts have deserted the temple or
Justice and now stand forth the defiant
bulwark or confcdcrnted capital. Their
arbitrary rulings have set up one stand
ard OF rights for the rich and another
for tho poor. They decree that capital Is
always right and labor always wrong.
They have made II unlawful for starving
working people 20 appeal against tyran-
nical treatment, present grievances or pro-
pose Just and reasonable terms for the re-
dress OF insufferable wrongs
Tho present great miners strike IS an
expression OF discomfort that originated
In poverty and starvation It was born
In the sorrow and restitution or hungry
women ana children; Il was the last pro-
test OF Impoverished and enslayed labor.
and IL presents TO the world n cause as
righteous and humane az ever inspired
tho souls OF Christian people. The
philanthropic heart OF this great nation
has responded In sympathy with the min
ors appeal for the right to receive "A re-
spectacle living for the most arduous and
hazardous labor In the world. Their appeal
for small share OF the wealth they create
and for tho right 10 enjoy some OF the
fruits OF advanced civilization finds re-
sponslve chord everywhere ia the COM
monallty OF mankind. and IL It were
struggle between miners and MAE OPP
orators only, liberty would triumph over
oppression. industry over greed and right
over wrong without the necessity Of this
call.
"But Il is no longer a struggle between
cmplOyc and employer. The judiciary 4.aa
assumed the indefensiblc claims OF the
operators, ana the struggle ~ between
tyranuical courts and the whole people.
The courts, although under oath 10 serve
the rich and poor alike, have volunteered
10 defend the sordid interests OF the rich
as against the God-givcn rights OF the poor.
and now threaten TO turn the Calling guns
and the Wholesalers OF criminals and thugs
against all who dare protest against their
dcspicable restraining orders The judi
ciary is prostltuted 20 the bidding OF op-
pressive capital. has placed the rights or
property above tho rights or persons and
has Disseminated against the many In the
interests Of the few, That 35OvOo miners
and starvation by the arbitrary rulings or
the courts - an Insult TO a benehcent cree
ator, an outrage upon free government ana
n disgrace 10 the Christian civilization I'M
der which we I've.
''rhe recent iniunctions and their ex-
treme application against the lawful rights
Of the poor the arrest and Incarceration
OF hundreds or innocent, inoffensye peo-
pie, the general employment or armed
thugs 10 overawe, harass and coerce the
miners, have 50 eNasperated the people
In localities where applied that we feel
that we can no longer be responsible for
the public peace. To the end that a lust
and equitable settlement or the differ
enCcs between employers and employees
may be effected the public peace. the lib
OF free government preserved. and the
courts estopped from these outrageous per-
versions OF constitutional rights We APP
peal to the higher, more humane ana pa
triotic court-the great. plain pcoplc-who
IN times OF trouble have always proven
the just arhiters OF every difference be-
tween diversified interests and contend
ing elements In the government OF human
society
1--WE appeal TO the liberty-loving people or
this great nation TO send accredited dele
gates 10 81 Louis, Mo, where "A mass con-
vcntlon Will be held Monday, August 80.
1897. The object or the convention VIII not
be 20 merely protest against the usurpn-
iion and tyranny OF the courts, but to
formulate plans to compel a return 70 the
principles OF free government and put said
plans ilto practical operation. our people
have suffered all the evils that arc suffer
able, and we arc LEFT 10 the alternative OF
submitting 20 the inlunctlons OF the courts
and cOwardly entreating our miners 10 re-
turn 20 the novels OF misery or shame or
appealing 10 the patriotic hearts or
verdict I'm accordance with the just claims
OF suffering humanity. We have chosen
the Inter and viii accept the verdict with
that fortitude and resignation becoming
every lberty-loving patriot OF this great
nation"
The call f. signed by the following mem
bers OF the national executive board of tho
United Mine Workers OF America NJ. ID.
Ratchford. president. w. G. Pearse. Sec
Rotary treasurer: II. l.. Davis, j. II Ken
nedy, James M. Carson. Henry Stephen
son, Patrick Dolan. w. Il. Farms. Fred
Dncher II "a Endorsed by Samuel Com
pers, president American Federation OF
Labor. and ]. r. Sovereign, general master
workman Il. OF l..