Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-09-02
STRIKERS CONFER.
They Gather at St. Louis for
 Consultation.
DEBs ON DECK.
A Plan May Be Formulated for Raising Funds for the
 Strikers.l

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 30 The delegates tc } the conference this morning were E V Debs, of Terre Haute; M D Ratchtord of Oolum bus, and W D MshoD, of De tRoit. Dsbs said that while he was no came simply es guest of the confer
 ence under general call. He would not
 venture an opinion on the proba ble out
 come of the conference. Ratchford will
 probably present his plan of calling
 upon every man and woman in the
 of their wages to fund for the relief
 of the striking miners. This he thinks
 will amount 50 $2,OOO per day. None of
 the delegates are willing to forecast | what the conference will do. Chair
 msn Sbeinbies, of the local committee of
 arrangements, called the conference to
 order at 10 o'clock, but only about one
 hundred people were then in the hall,
 and as there seemed to bs some misun-
 derssauding as to the time and place of
 the meeting, recess was taken for one
 hour and 8 committee appointed to I l the delegates.
 ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3O.-Shorbly after | II the conference was again called Go
 order and W. B. PFescott, of Indianapo- lis, Pfesidsnt of the International Typographical Union, was made SScrs
 bary. Alter appointing 8 Committee on Credentials ths conference adjourned until p. m. A wrsDgle ensued upon the motion of a delegate that the Com mitte on Resolutions be appointed and in the midsb of 8 parliamentary wFapgle Delegate Sovereigc shouted: "I am foH action" He moved to amend the motion 50 appoint Com mittse on Ree- olutions to read, ca Resolu sions and Plan Of Action" The whole matter was finally tabled.
 ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3l.-Dslsga gates to the convention of labor leaders were slow in ssssn bling this morning, she resolutions committee not being ready to report, although cootin uously iD ses- sion since o'clock yesterday afternoon. At 10 o'clock, however, the committee filed into the ball snd the report wae read. Tne platform as presented, read:
 "Ths fear of the more watchful faSh- CTS Of she Republic has been instifsd. The judiciary has become supreme. We witness @ political phenomenon sb- solntely new in the history of She world a republic prostrete ab the feet of Judges appointed as administrators of she laws who acknowledge no su- peFior on earth and whose despotic deeds recall MIlton's warning to his | country men, "Who bids man rule over | nim above law, msy bid as well savage beasp." Undep the coming trjunctions shs courts have as- sumed to enact criminal laws Lnd after thus drawing to themselves the power Of Legislation have repealed the bill of righte, and She lusionis. courts have made laws which denied she accused the right of tsiai by JuFy. The exercise of the oommoness rights of free men, the right to ssssm bic, right of free speech, right of trsveling the public highway" have by legislation
  crime and armed forcas disperse ss mobs people daring in company to exercise their rights. At its last term sbe Supreme Court of the Uaited States decided shat the shir5eenth amendment providing Involuntary ser 7itude" was not violated by srresting 8 seaman, imprisoning him till the vessel vas ready to lave poss and than for ,lbly putting him on board to serve oub the time oe his contract. the deoi- 'ion under which all fugitive slave avs may ysb be revived and striking sborers be seizsd and returned to their ervios- master. Having drawn to themselves all the powers of he federal government until con- Iresses and presidents may act only y judicial permission. The Federal udges have begun She subiugasion Of he sovsrigu states so that unless ;hsck is soon put upon the progress of he usuFpasion, in short time there will be no government but absolute lespotism by federal judges will exist my here over any portion of Amsri an sail. The pending strike is by osl miners, starved into faebleness by cant wages for arduous and dangerous oil; tn s4pending strike is for the right 0 food enough u make Ia bor possible nd has been prolific of judicial usurpa- ion, showing ths willingness of the ldicisl despots to resort to the most hAmele6s dstspca of decsncy ae well 8 laws and humanity in order to eu- ble hesrtisss avarice to drive the hun Fy serfs back to the nina to tsin -. ie at tbe drudgery snd there redsaiGs ,dsy not ons guaranteed right of Am ,ican citizens the exercises Of which juuch on is not somewhe made 4 lime started by these subversions os liberty. ~