The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-09-01
LABOR LEADERS OF THE
NATION MEET.
TO AID THE COAL MINERS
An organized right Is to Be Made On
Government by Injunction Move
mruts OF Great Significance Not
Yet Made rubtic Supposed
to sc Under way--John
X. sovereign's Views

Sr LoUIs, Mo. Aug The at
tendance OF labor leaders for to-days
united labor convention Is consider
able Of disappointment to the local
committee on arrangements. The
most important arrivals OF the day
were J. Il. Sovereign, grand master
workman OF the knights of Labor; w.
e. Pearce, secretary and treasurer Of
the United Mine Workers Of America,
Columbus, Ohio; K. Askew, secretary
of the National Mineral Miners Asso-
citation. Ishpeming, Mich. and Syl-
vester Kelliher formerly secretary Of
the A. H. T.. and at present publisher
of the Social Democrat. Chicago.
la an interview Mr. Sovereign said:
ut is simply impossible to forecast
what this conference will do Nobody
can tell what its outcome will be- 1t
seems to me, however" he con tinued,
that all labor organizations realize
that the time has come for them to put
aside all petty jealousies and form one
grand amalgamation. Whether this
organization will be effected here, !
cannot even surmise Organized
labor has been working on a line to
secure legislation which will benefit
the working classes, but it has brought
us no benefit IL will now get to
work in an endeavor to remove the
cause OF our failure in legislative cir
clcs aud hope for better results
Branching off into the miners strike
Mr. Sovereign said This miners
strike is nearer won than many people
believe. II ever there was real
grievance aud just cause for strik-
ing, IL was in this strike, and believe
they will yet win
"if, said Mr.. Sovereign in conclu-
sion, they don't win, it is the last
strike will ever go into on these
lines
What new plan OF action Mr. Sover-
elgn had, he declined to say.
The other arrivals were &. c. Glenn
ems of Topeka, Kan, who bears cre-
dentials from Chairman Riddle, the
chairman Of the Populist state com.
mittee Of Kansas. A. II. Claiborne OF
Springfield, Mo; f. b. Webster, ma
tional treasurer OF the Patriots cf
America, Chicago; Frank Stephens,
the noted single tax agitator, OF Phil
adelphia; L. ). Dieclsy, treasurer OF
Che National Single Tax League, of
Chicago, and J. r. Finn, also of Chi
cago. James NJ. Carson, president Of
the United Mine Workers of Illinois,
has been here since Friday.
The object of the conference, as far
as can be ascertained from the various
opinions given out by the local com
mittee. are to devise some means for
the relief of the striking miners of the
country and to protest against gov
ernment by injunction, or, in the
words OF the call itself, "the object of
the convention will be not merely to
protest against the usurpation and
tyranny of the courts, but to formu
late plans TO compel return to the
principles of free government, and put
these plans in practical operation.
Grant Luce, chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements, said tonight
that he had been advised that Messrs.
Ratchford and Gompers and one or
two others had met in Columbus and
arranged plan OF action for the con.
ference which they will present TO the
conference.
Secretary II. W. Steinbess, of the
Building Trades Council OF st. Louis,
who has the work OF preparing for
the convention, said: The object OF
the meeting is to settle the miners
strike. We want Justice, and we are
going to have il, but not In defiance
of the principles of American liberty.
We are patriotic. and we want what
is for the best interests of the entire
country think the greatest result
of this meeting will be the uniting OF
all the labor organizations in thi,
country in one common cause.
ut will, without any question, lead
TO the union of all the labor organiza.
tions in one central body, in which
united action can be taken in the in.
terests Of labor on every question
that may affect their interest. know
that all represent Ia tives of labor in St
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