Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-21
APPEAL FOR HELP.
Ortspzd Labor Called TO Join in a
Great Strike,
THE SITUATION Is A CRISIS,
pltlsburg Operators will Arbirate,
hut the Min'rs Will Trent With
All or None.

COLUMBUS, o., August 20-Thl
national executive board OF tho Min,
Wotkets aJJournet today after having
,,sued the call for TITO meeting of o..
ron-zsd labor to be hell In s.. LIui,
August aOth'
rhe board rejected the propagation
y, The Pltsburg operators for COZ
laramie to atbitrate the wage dieput.
in that district. claiming that such
action would be prejudiciaI to the IL
tettsls Of tue miners at large. The
hoard IL ready to consider overtures
for tho arbitration OF the Issues OF the
otpat strike only when these overtures
come from all lhe operators In tue dii :
tttets which irclude OAio, Indiana,
Imnois, West Virginia anu Penney :
vania.
The board has decided not TO deviate
from the established policy until the
rtsult OF the 81. Louis conference is
known.
The aggressive work Ia the field
will be % d tinued ana the eff rts to
spreai the strike in the West Virginia
ulslrlct will be renewed.
Too success or failure OF the strike
hangs upon the result Of the confer
encr, tho call for which has bsen In.
dorsed by Samuel Gomprrs, pres dent
OF toe American Federation Of LABOR.
anu J. II. Sovereign, grand master
workman Of the knights of Labor.
They maintain that the fight now be-
ing wnged by tho miners IL one OF
common Interest TO common labor
thrOug hout the country. At the s..
Louis conference all labor orRantzi-
lions will be- asked to JOIN issues win
the mineTs. the failure to secure n
general suspension In IVES. Virginia
has greatly Interfered with the pros.
pects OF succFss, as the clal supplied
from that ana the few isolated die.
lricls Is meeting the limited demund.
The ouly hope oil cutting of this sup.
ply appears 10 lie In tue refusal OF
OTgat ICED labor In the ordinary chan
nsls OF trsf lic and BUSH mesa TO refuse to
hAouIe OF u,e this coal.
IL the object OF the st. Louis confer.
enee is acc mplisbeu the strike Will be
EXTENDED to nearly every branch OF
labor In the country.
THE CALL,
The following lie the call for the cou.
ference;
10 organized labor, its various divisions
and subdivisions, and TO ali reform,
social, educational and scientific bodies,
who condemn government by Injunction
and the use Of force to coerce the people
aud deprive hem of their rights AS
American citizens:
COLUMBUS. Ohio,
August 20, 1897.
To the organized labor OF the country,
greeting: ...
The great miners strike has gone be-
yond struggle 10 Lying wages. A crisis
in the affairs OF the nation has arrived in
which all patriotic people must deter
mine Nhether they Will accept and con-
sent to live under The rule OF an oliyarcby
OF wealth, or whether the institutions OF
iree government, the rights of FREQ
speech and peacenble public assembling
are to bo preserved. The pre-, ent struggle
has assumed contest for The preserva-
ton OF civil liberty and constitutional
rights.
Iho tyrannical and un-American in
Juuc1iOns OF the federal aud state courts
are revolutionary, against the first prin-
oiples OF free government and derogaiory ,
To the lnheren, rights OF the masses, en-
dlngerlng the pubic peace and Destroy
ing the personal society and individual
liberty OF the common peop.e.
The courts have desucrated the tenn
pie OF Justice and now stand for the |
defiant bulwark OF oonfedeTated capital. |
Their arbitrary rulings have set one
standard OF rights for the rich and |
another for the poor.
lhey decree that capital Is always |
right, aS LABOR il always wrong.
lhey have mado II unlawful for starry |
ing working people to appeal against |
NTahnloal treatment. present grievances,
or propose Just and peaceaole terms for |
mo redress OF insuilorable wrongs
inc present great minors strike IL an |
expression Of discomfort that originated |
IN poverty and starvation. 1t was born |
In the sorrow and destitulion OF hungry |
Wonen aud children.
IL was the last protest OF Impoverished |
ana ensaved labor and 1t presents to the 1
word u cause rs righteous and human 1
As ever inspired the souls OF Christian
people.
The philanl hropic heart of this great
nSloh has responded IN sympathy with |
lne miners' appeal Tor tho right to re-
celVe RESP eotable living for the most
hrduous and hazardous labor in the |
world.
Their appeal for small share OF the
wealth ihey cfeate and for Tho right to
ENJOY lhe fruits of advanced civilization
uhus responsive chord everywhere in
.ne commonali,y OF mankind, and If IL
were struggle between miners and
nlhe"owners ouly. liberty would tn
uhph over oppression, industry over
greed aud right over wrong, without tho
necessity OF this call.
nut II Is more than a mere struggle ho-
twsen omploye and employer. Tue
JUDICIARY has assumed the indefensible
y'A,hs OF the operators, and the struggle
whole people,
me courts. although under oath 10
,elVe Me rich and poor alike. have vol
W! to defend The sordid interests
y, tne rich, as against the God-given
Igh's OF the poor, and now threaten the
sa.llng guns and the Wincheslers OF
VI mlnms and thugs against all who dare
w. protest against their despicable re.
,,uaihlng orders. The judiciary in pros
iba unhg TO oppressive capital, has placed
NV rights OF properly above the rights
n, " Persons er1 has discriminated against
'1T many IN she interests OF he few.
tnal $50 900 misets Should be con-
leMned TO li'es * drudRocy and starva-
on ny the arbitrary rulings of the
''uurs, ~ an insult TO a benetiolent Crea-
NJ an outrage upon freo COVE nment,
iuu disgrace to the Christian Civiliza- ,
''Vn under which We live.
ue recent injunctions and their OK
!, ne application against the lawful
, ,snh OF tue poor, the arrest and incsr-
,,auoh OF hundreds OF innocent, in
,nlIVe people, The employment OF
~"led hugs TO overawe, harass and
'LLe'ee The mineIs, have so eNasperated
la l.. IL NJ sod