Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-27
CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL.


Cincinnati oct 90 An eu, NOUS
meeting was hgd tonight ut Music
hall tho officers of which were meme
beers OF the Central Labor Council VI
Cincinnati and the speakers Samuel
Oumpcrr. president OF the American
Federation Of Labor and Edward
Royce of Butte Mont, president Of the
WoHOrn Federation VI Miners Fully
COCO men remained during the two long
speeches The announced purpose 0f
the meeting was IN protest ngainHi thr
treatment OF prisoners held in the bull
pen In the Occur d'Aicnc region. ne.
fore the speaking began the rcsoIu-
tons were read.
The inst was demand upon the
President u the United states TO cn-
force the Constitution. especially IN
tho sixth section which they claim
has been violated.
The second resolution demanded OF
the President the withdrawal OF the
United states troops from shoshonc
county
The next resolution demanded a
courl-martial VI Gen. Merriam ana bis
subordinate officers,
The last resolution was that an the
federal. military and civil oficcra rr.
Hponslhlc Tor the altered illegal acts
committed By them should be held 90
tho stflctost accountability
President Gompvrs said the present
time afforded "a great opportunity Tor
lnbornE people. This enormous att
tendance and the passage of these rrsu-
lutiunH would have "a fnr-runchiug gf-
feet and would do much 10 relieve the
Oppressed Ga Idaho and 20 bring their
HHH. tn
pers said that he was In the mountain
region near the scene of tho uprising
In Shoshuuc county but few days be-
fore d occurred. iiy conversation with
men who knew about the situation De
learned the condition OF aruifH at
Warduer Bunker llill and sullivan
mine,
IIc ychemcntly denied that labor or
sarizltlous hnd anything whatever 70
do with the uprising, The labor unions
had been locked out By the operators.
who went outside and brought In In
ferior and dangerous nun-uniun men
and set them 90 work In the mines
These Ignorant miners, unused 30 the
ways OF the union, demanded union
prices and were denied. lif related n
story of what followed Including the
dynnmitinr uf the property. Some one
in the audience shouted "Good'
Mr Gompora responded NO not
good organized labor cannot stand
Tor such acts ~ violence. organized
labor o. the grent CONSERVATION OF
pcuue" He described the hull-pcn and
SAID u utterly Ignored the sanitary
wants OF those corullod In d and that
70 Htintcl them No food and exposed
them TO the weather. u would go down
IN history na the black hole and the
Andeuonvillc or Idaho,
lie said the charge 90 tho operators
that the violence was the work OF ln-
hur organizations was mallclouHiy false.
The operators were compelled TO make
that charge TO screen themselves from
being tho cause ~ the vinloncea by
bringing ignorant unn-unlon drfprra-
does Co take the place 81 union mon.
The case Of Idaho, he said, n but o.
symptom of milltarylam aud dospotlHm
which met with prevalent favor on tho
part OF the capitalists and the great
money powers
lie asked tho question. How can We
preserve the liberty ~ this countryT'
/ A voice in The audience nai1. "flcct
Jones" The voice was promptly
: aquelchdd
After Mr. uompers' speech Edward
/ Boyco, president NJ the Western FEEDER
alton VI Miners gave n plain, straight.
| forward exhaustive history ~ the trou-
hlos. covering seventeen nr eighteen
years among the miners ln Shoshouu
| county. After his speech, which was
/ finished very late resolutions were
/ adopted with a roaring aye and then
| with u standing vote