Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-31
LABOR LEADERS CONFER
General Collection Proposed at st.
Louis Conference for Relief of Suf-
fering Labor in America.
SEPTEMBER 8 NAMED As GOOD FRIDAY
Pending This Proceeding An Agree
ment Probably Consummated at
Pittsburg Whereby the Great
Coal Miners Strike Will
Soon Be Declared Off.

st. Louis, Aug. 31.-In the convention
of the labor leaders this morning, Mr..
Bergen presented the report of the com
mittee on resolutions.
After preamble, reciting the alleged
usurpations of power by the judiciary and
the prostitution of the courts in the en-
slavement of the working classes in the
interest of capitalists, the platform con
cludes with the following resolution:
Resolved, first, That we hereby set
apart Friday, the third day of ptemb Der,
1897, as "Good Friday" for the cause of
suffering labor in America and contribute
the earnings of that day to the support
of our struggling brothers, the miners,
and appeal to every union man and every
friend of labor throughout the land to do
likewise.
Resolved, second, That if the strike of
the miners is not settled by September
20, 1897, and an announcement made to
that effect by the president of the United
Mine Workers. general convention is to
be held in Chicago on Monday, Septem-
ber 81, 1897, of representatives of all
unions, sections, branches, lodges and
kindred organizations of laboring men
and the friends of their cause, for the
purpose of considering further measures
in the interest of the striking miners and
labor in general.
Resolved, thirdly, That we consider the
use of the ballot the best and safest
means for the amelioration of the hard
ships under which the laboring classes
suffer.
Resolved, fourthly, That public own
ership of railroads is one of the most
necessary reforms of our body polite.
Resolved, filthy, That we most en-
phatically protest against government by
injunction, which plays havoc with even
such political liberty as working men
have saved from the steady encroachment
of capitalism; and be it finally
Resolved, sixthly, That no nation in
which the people are totally disarmed
can long remain nation, and therefore
we urge upon all liberty loving citizens
to remember and obey article of the
constitution of the United States, which
reads as follows:
"The right of the people to keep and
bear arms shall not be infringed.'
Delegate Osborn of Atlanta, Ga, offered
resolution to the effect that it was the
sense of the meeting that all the unem-
ployed should apply for admission to the
poorhouses of their respective counties.
President Ratchford said that the min
ers did not ask for aid, that was not the
object of the convention. He said that
the conference should endeavor to settle
the paramount question of government
by injunction.
An attempt to change the date for the
collection for striking miners from Sep
tember 3 to 10 was defeated.
END OF THE GREAT STRIKE.
Colum bus, O., Aug. 3l.--The coal strike
is considered settled here. The plan is
to resume at ga cents and work pending
arbitration. The parties to compromise
an adjustment are President Ratchford
of the United Mine Workers, and the ex-
ecutive committee of the operators.
The direct effect of this decision will
be the opening of the mines and the re-
sumption of work by all striking miners
beginning the coming week.
An operator here says: "The new fig
ure has been accepted by all but one
operator in the Pittsburg district, and ii
is understood that it has been approved
by President Ratchford and the members
of the executive committee of the United
Mine Workers.
at is expected that the single operator
still holding out will be finally induced te
yield and that the great strike will thus be
brought to speedy and peaceful close