Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-31

Jay 10 tue support OF our struggling
orothers, the miners, anu Rppesl to
every union MN aud every friend OF
labor Il r0ugh0ut the UniteJ States t.
| DO likew lac.
GALL A CONVENTION.
"Resolved, (2), That II the strike Of
ths miners Is ini settled by the 20.b OF
September, 1897, and IN Announce.
ment made 10 that effect by tue presl.
dent OF this United Mine Worker, u
general convention tie held at Chicago,
on Monday, september ", 1897, by
he representatives, Of ali unIons,
| sectiou-, bran chee, lodges and kindred
| urgsniziti OF laboring men aud
| friends Of their cause, for the purpose
OF cODsiaering iufther measures In lhe
interests Of the striking miners and
| labef in general.
BALLOT THE WEAPON.
"Rtsoived, (3) That we consider the
use OF the b,liot as he be.t anu cal Il
means for the BmslI0tation OF the
faruships under which the laboring
| clsptes suffer.
ABOUT RAILROADS.
"Resolve 40 fhsuthe public owner.
shi p OF all ra lroaus Is one OF tue most
necessary reforms OF our body polite.
DOWN WITH INJUNouoNs.
"Resolved, (5) rnul We most EN-
phatlcaliy protest against government /
bS Injunction, which plays havoc
with even such political liberty rs
workingme have saved from tue
| steady enur1acnment of capital an;
and be II nnsIIy
PEOPLE MUST ARM
"Resolved, (0) rhst no nation In
which tho peop . are totally disar m I'd
can long remain FREQ nation, anu
therefore We urge upon all nber y.
loving citiz ,ns to remember and obey
article 2 Of the Constitution OF the
Uniled SJstes, which reads as follows;
"The right, OF the people to keen
and bear arms shall not be infringeu."
THE TALKING BEGINS.
AS soon as tue platform was before
tho q, invention u dozen delegates were
on Their feet clamUring for reoOgni-
lion. One delegate wanted to change
the date OF the Chicago conferences TO
DC obsr 10, Claiming the day pro-
posed was loo early.
Amendment was laid on the table to
be- taken w later.
Delegate OsboIn OF Alabama, U.s.,
offered resolution TO this feet that u
WAS the sense OF the meeting that oil
unemployed men 10 III United States
should apply for aumas on 10 the poor
house OF their respective oountief. No
action was taken ON THIS resoiutiou AM
the convention went of into uesul.
tory manner regarding the debate.
Mr.. Mahou Of Detroit moved the
limiting OF debate tU five minutee. He
said: slam lifed oil this tning of tax.
ing and talking and the ADVANCE
ment OF political ideas through labor
conventions"
Mr.. MshOn's motion WAS amended
to Iead ten minutes BY Mr.. RitchfOrd
and was agreed TO. Mr.. O,b,rn made
an amendment to the effect that as
the country should taRe care of its uu.
employed, the striking minors and
other lsbJrers OF the country apply to
the auth critics OF their respective
counties fer admission to the pojr-
house, amt again oratory was INDUCED
IN. There wac no particular attention
paid to the motion bei0re the CONVEX.
don, and the dele gates turned them
selves Loose.
DOWN TO THE RIDICULOUS.
Mr.. Clemens OF Kansas, u me mber
OF the committee on resolutions an
who was expected to bring in = minor
lily report, enlIvened the proceedings
by witty speech.
"phis Ia the tamest aggregation of
wild animals i EVER saw t0gether,O
was his opening remark.
He expressed classification at the
mild mensutes presented Tor the relief
OF the labor troubles In general ana
said he was ashamed to go home anu
tell his people what they were trying
to do or what they had done.
"Give mo liberty" said Mr.. Glenn
meos, with much gravity, "or Iii take
up collection"
Mr.. Psie O'Neill OF Missouri said he
inferred from the talk that tn are were
Two resolutions. One was "Resolved.
That tue miners should be aupere,"
and the other. "Resolved, That the
miners were paupers."
Mr.. Ratchiofd took The convention
70 task for getting oil the subjso,. He
said the miners did not ask for al -
that was not the object Of the oonvsn.
lion. He protested against M. o..
born's resolution ana SAID the confer.
ence should try to ssttle the para.
mount question OF government by
Injunction,
Mr. Osborn's amendment was lost
and the attempt to change the date OF
the convention Tor the striking miners
from Septemtor 3r1 to 10Th WAS de-
feated.
Mr.. Claiborne OF Spring field, NO.,
moved TO strike out the second resolu.
ton OF the platform calling q mass
convention IN Chicago.
Mr.. IL. IL. Williams Of 81. Louis
presented a substitute for Mr.. Clsi.
OOIne's motion to strike out the plank
caIling for the Chicago convention
and providing for a convention ana
labor congress at 81. Louis, September
20.
Without action the convention took
Iecess.
neresf0ra Promoted,