The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-07-31
MANIFESTO OF MINERS
CONFERENCE Committee ISSUES
An APPEAL FOR AID.
DeplorabIe Condition of the strikers
Fully Set Forth ana sympathy
Requested.

Wheeling, w Va. July 20.-The full .
text of the manifesto as issued from the I
conference committee of labor leaders is
as follows:
"A wall of anguish mingled with des-
peration. arises from the bowels Of the
earth and the miners cry for relief fn
some degree of Justice, touches the re-
sponsive chord in the hearts and con
sciences of the whole people Drudging
at wages, when employed, which are in
adequate and portend misery, starvation
and slavery, the miners are confronted
with a condition by which their scant
earnings are denied them, except through
the company Pluck Me-Stores, which
out shylock the worst features of the ne
falous system; which is Il stigma ON the
escutcheon of our country and a blot on
our civilization. We, the representa-
+ tives of trades unions and all organized
labor of the United States, in convention
assembled to consider the pending 9trug-
Ole of miners for wages sufficient to en-
able them to live and to enjoy at least
some degree of the necessities of life, are
determined to forever put a stop TO the
state Of starvation in which they ne
now cnguted.
Miners DepIorahie Condition.
The deporable condition OF the min
eis is we'll known to all our people. They
live in novels. unable to buy sufficient
bread to ward off staryation; in many
cases not sufficiently clothed to cover
their nakedness and their children unfit
to attend school because Of "A lack of food
and clothing, making them danger to
the future stability Of our republic We
feel assured that all men and women
who love their families or who have one
spark OF humane sympathy for their feel
lows can not fail to give all the aid il
their power to enable the miners to win
their present battle.
Restrained by Injunction.
The representatives Of the miner
have been restrained by iniunctions whoi
exercising their fundamental right OF pub
lie assembly and free speech. to presen
to the world their grievances. We. II
American citizens. resent this interior
encc with the rights guaranteed to us un
der the constitution. In the ordinary AT
9 fairs Of life all enjoy privileges and right
= which constitutions neither confer no
deny, but the guarantee Of the right 9
! public assembly and free speech was il
I tended to give opportunity to the people
n or any portion of them, to present tn
q grievances from which they suffer an
II which they aim to redress. We denounc
the issuance of the injunction by tn
j. Judges of West Virginia, Pennsylvani
e and other states as wholly uniustifieC
v unwalanted and unprecedented, more %
d pecially in the absence of any eXhbitio
d or manifestation of force on the part {
the miners. We call on the governor {
West Virginia and upon the governor
Of all other states and all public oflicia
. for full and ample protection in the exc
i else OF our rights of speech and public a
> sembage.
Protection Demanded.
I'VE have no desire to treSpass upC
= the rights of any one. and we demar
! protection in the exercise OF those RICH
- handed down to us by the founders
- the republic. We recommend that indi