The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-09-02
MEET AGAIN IN CHICAGO.
Convention of Labor Leaders
at ST. Louis Adjourns to
Reconvene Sept. ~.
Meeting Productive of Many
Resolutionsa and Some Sem
sational Speeches.
No Decisive Action Taken In
Regard to Government
by Injunction"

ST.. LOUIS, Sept. 1.-The conference
of labor leaders of the country, which
has been in session here two days, fin
ished its work during the evening. The
meeting was productive of several sem
sational speeches and many resolutions,
yet no decisive action was taken in the
principal matter for which the gather
ing was summoned-the adjustment of
government by injunction. The con-
yention, which has been announced as
the last one of its kind to be held, while
adjourning sine die, has merely post
poned action on the matters before it
for three weeks, asa call for similar
conference to be held i'll Chicago on
Monday, Sept. 81, was issued. The
convention ordered its chairman, Mr..
Prescott of the International Typo
graphical union, to request President
Mckinley, in the name of the con-
sention, to
Il Call a Special Session of Congress
for the purpose of defining the author
ity Of judges in the matter of injunc-
tons. !" but, as the president will hardly
receive the communication in time to
convene congress in three weeks, even
should he consider the matter favor
ably, the Chicago gathering may take
action. which would render this move
void or decide to act in another manner.
Mr.. Debs and Social Democracy DOM
mated the convention and the famous
labor leader carried the gathering off itS
feet in one of his characteristic
speeches.
A resolution introduced by Mr..
Mahon of Detroit calling upon all min
ers now at work to desert their posts,
terming then enemies of human liberty
SO long as they remained ON duty, was
adopted. Mr.. Mahon had another reso-
luton prepared asking the convention
to call for 100 volunteers to go into the
town of Pocahontas, Va. on Sept. 10
and there hold public meeting lin de-
fiance of the mayor of that city, who
had set himself up in opposition to the
God-given and
Constitutional Righteof Free Speech" :
but at the last moment concluded not
to present it. The resolution will prob
ably come to the front at the Chicago
convention. Mr.. Ratchford, who was
especially pleased with the conventions
instructions rega riding the request for
the converting of congress, hurried
away to Columbus, where he will at
tend conference of mine workers and
operators. Mr.. Debs and, in fact, all
the leaders are gratified at the result of
the conference.
The speech of Mr.. Debs just previous
to the adjournment. of the convention
was enthusiastically received, especially
his denunciation Of plutocracy. ''The
time has not quite come to incite the
populace, said Mr.. Debs, shaking his
fist vehemently 81 serve notice OH the
plutocratic element of this country that
we are on the eve of another meeting
In Chicago which will be attended by
all branches of labor. That convention
will take up these same questions and
will institute agitation and keep it CO.
ing until the public conscience and pub
lie heart are asoused. Then will come
such an uprising as the world has never
seen.
The Resolutions Adopted.
The report of the resolutions COM
mittee, as finally adopted by the con-
vention, Were quite lengthy and devoted
largely to the denunciation of govern
ment by injunction and to statement
regarding the present miners strike.
They conclude as follows:
Resolved, That we consider the use
of the ballot as the best and safest means
for the amelioration of the hardships nm
der which the laboring classes suffer.
Resolved, That the public ownership
of railroads and telegraphs is one of the
most necessary reforms for our body pol
itic.
Resolved, That we most emphatic
ally protest against government by in
junction, which plays havoc with even
such political libarty as workingmen have
saved from the steady encroachment of
capitalism, and be it finally
Resolved, That no nation in which
the people are totally disarmed can long
remain free nation, and therefore, we
urge upon all liberty loving citizens to
remember and obey article two of the
Constitution of the United States, which
reads as follows:
..The right of the people to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed. Z
Marching Miners Held for Trial.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 1.-The five strik-
ing miners arrested by deputies at Plum
Greek in defiance of the injunction is
sued by Judge Collier, were given a
hearing before Alderman Groetzinger
and held for trial on charges Of unlaw-
full assemblage. The men refused bail
and said they preferred to go to Jail.
Strikers and Miners Fight.
WASHINGTON, Ind, SEPT. |. Strikers
and miners had lively fight with fists,
CLUBS and rocks, in which number of
persons, including Superintendent
Strasser, were painfully injured.
First Klondike Mail.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The first let
Ter mail to be dispatched from this
country to the Klondike region under
the new reciprocal relations with Cam
ada, effected by establishing an interna-
tional exchange between Dyea, Alaska,