The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-08-31
LABOR LEADERS
Gathering at St. Louis to Attend the
United Conference
Petty JeaIousies May BE Pot Aside and .
Grand AmaIgamariOn Formed Mr.. Sow
ereign Thinks the Miners Strike is
Nearer Won Than Many Believe.

ST.. LOUIS, Aug. SO.-The attendance
Of labor leaders upon Mondays united
labor convention was Sunday night
considerable of a disappoiD tnent to the
local committee on arrangements. but
they hope that Mondays arrivals will
materially increase the list of those eX-
pected The most important arrivals
of the day were j. r Sovereign,
grand master wOrkmen of the Knights
of Labor; w c. Pearce, secretary and
teaSurer of the United Mine Workers
of America, Columbus. O.; L. Askew,
secretary of the National Mineral
Miners association, Isphening, Mich,
and Sylvester Kelliher formerly secre-
tary of the A. X. IT, and at present
publisher of the Social Democrat. Chi
cago- Mr.. Sovereign fought shy of re-
pOrterS until nearly ii o'clock Sunday
night, when he was cornered in the
La Clede and submitted to an inter
view
1T is simply impossible 10 forecast
what this conference will do" said Mr.
Sovereign Nobody can tell what it's
outcome will be 1t seems to me, how.
ever" he continued, that all labor or
CARNATIONS realize that the time has
come for them to put aside
all petty jealousieS and form one
grand amalganatiOn. Whether this
organization will be effected here, |
can not even surmise. Organized Ia
Dor has been working for some time
on the line of securing legislation
which will benefit the working classes
but IL has brought us 40 benefit. We
will now get to work in an endeavOr to
remove the cause Of.our failure in leg
islativc circles and hope for better re-
Suits"
Branching off into the miners strike,
Mr.. Sovereign said:
''ThiS Miners strike is nearer wop
than many people believe. If ever
there was a real grievance and just
cause for striking, it was in this strike
and l believe they will yet win.
If" said Mr.. Sovereign in conclu-
sion, they don't win, it is the hast
strike l will ever GO into on these
lines" What new plan of action Mr.
Sovereign had he declined to say.
The other arrivals of the day were G.
c. Clemens, of Topeka, Kas., who bears
credentials from Chairman Briedenthal
the state chairman of the popuhst state
COMM ttee of Kansas; A. II. Clai horne
of Springfield, Mo-; e. B. Webster, ma
tional treasurer of the Patriots o.
America, Chicago: Frank Stephens, the
noted single tax advocate of PhiladeI
| phia; LIS Dieckey treasurer of the Ma
tional Single Tax league, of Chicago
and j. r. Finn, also of Chicago. Jas
M. Carson, president of the United
Mine Workers of Illinois, has been her,
since Friday.
The object of Mondays conferenc,
as far as can be aScertained from tn,
various opinions given out by the loca
committee are to devise some mean.
for the relief of the striking miners o
| the coun try and oprotect against gov
eminent by Injunction" or in the
words of the call itself, 1.-The object O
the convention will be not merely t.
protest against the usurpatiOn anC
tyranny of.the courts but to formulate
plans to compel return to the princi
pies of free government, and put saiC
plans into practical operation"
Secretary II. w. Steinbiss, of the
Building Trades Council of ST. Louis
who has the work of preparing for the
convention, said Sunday night:
The object of the meeting is to set
tie the miners strike. We want jus
tice, and we are going to have it, but not
in defiance of the principles of Amer
lean liberty. We are patriotic and we
want what is for the best interests OF
the entire country. received the call
which was issued by President Ratch.
ford and Secretary Pearce. 1t was in
dorsed by Samuel Gompcrs president
| of the American Federation of Labor;
j. r. Sovereign, general master work
man Knights of Labor and Eugene V.
Debs. 1t was sent by Mr.. Pcarcc, who
asked Inc to help Mr.. Carson, VINO was
coming here to arrange for the CON
ventiOn