The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-23
CALL upon M'KINLEY
TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY DE-
MANDS THE REPUTATION OF
GEN. MERRIAM
ELSE THEY WILL NOT PARADE

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tended by His Excellency Unless
He Comes to the Relief of the
| Miners at Wardner, Idaho,
Promptly and Effectively.
| UNLESS President Mckinley promptly
| takes a firm position in behalf of organ
| lied labor at Wardner, Idaho" resolved
| the st. Paul trades and labor assembly
| at its meeting last night, I'VE request all
the members OF organized labor and their
| friends to refuse to participate in any
reception reunion, or public assembly
which said Mckinley shall attend"
The preamble and resolutions passed
| last night are in full as follows:
Whereas The union miners at Wardner,
Idaho, and the vicinity. have been on
strike against unjust conditions; and
! Whereas. President Mckinley has per-
mitted the regular army under the COM
mand Of Gen. Merriam to interfere and
| override the rights of the workingmen:
| l. BY martial law beng proclaimed Dy
| Gen. Merriam.
q BY the wholesale arrest of the union
| miners at Wardner and vicinity. and tie
| combining them in a bull pen at Wardner.
! 8. By permitting the colored soldiers
under his command to plpnder and out
rage the homes of the miners confined
| 4. By refusal to give trial to the men
| arrested and confined.
5. By refusal to stop the outrages per
| petrated upon the women of the miners
| by laWlesS soldiers
| 6. BY refusal to allow persons who are
! not under arrest to go to work Unless
they make a written application to Gen.
Merriam and secure permit from him
| to work; that in said application they
| have to swear to abandon any labor Or
| ganization to which they may belong.
nd a1c NO fn jnin Ia ~
ganiZatiOn in the future.
In view of these terrible and criminal
conditions we demand:
That President Mckinley as CON-
mander-in-c chief of the army. revoke the
proclamation of martial law by Gen.
Merriam and order the release of all
prisoners held by him in the bull pen at
Wardner
The arrest and trial of Gen Merriam
and all soldiers who have stolen any
property or outraged any women: and
upon their conviction prompt dismissal
from the army.
The return Of all property taken from
the miners.
President Mckinley by responsible per
sons and he has declined to act, be it
Resolved SO! d, That these resolutions oe
given out to the press for publication.
Resolved, That if President Mckinley
refuses prompt action on these resoln-
lions we request all the members of
organlzed labor and their friends to re-
fuse to participate in any reception. re-
union OF. public assembly which said Nc
Kinley shall attend.
The following were also passed:
Whereas, The Creator of all mankind
the rich and the poor, the master and
slave, the benevolent and the selfish. the
the ernploye-in His infinite wisdom has
seen fit to visit the neighboring city of
Minneapolis and from among it's residents
has called to his eternal home the Hon.
C. A. PiilSburV. and
Whereas, Recognizing in Mr.. Pillsbury
one of Natures noblemen, who endeared
his many benevolent acts, and to his en-
ployes bv the establishment of a sys-
tenn Of profit-sharing which caused them
to take an exceptional interest in his
business welfare as well as to improve
then own financial condition: therefore,
Resolved. That in the death of c. A.
Fillsbury, the. state loses most valuable
citizen, the city CT Minneapolis an enter
prislng and upright business man, and
his former employees a most valuable
friend and just employer.
Resolved further, That q copy of these
resolutions be spread upon the minutes Of
the st. Paul Trades and Labor assembly,
as & slight testimonial to Mr.. Pillsburys
forwarded to the family of the deceased
and the press be requested to publish the
same.
The assembly received credentials from
Theo. Klein and N. Rasmussen, of the
cabinetmakers' union; VIM. Bari, Of the
coopers union; j. Doyle, of the iron
molders' union, and E. ]. Smith, fraternal
delegate from the Minneapolis trades
and labor council The report of the
Labor day committee showed receipts
from the picnic to be S735.80; expenses,
S555.23; profits, S1SO.57. A communication
was received from the American Fedora
ton of Labor announcing that the boy
colt against the Pabst Brewing company,
Of Milwaukee, had been removed and the
assembly, in line with the action Of the
Federation, also raised the boycott which
1t placed against the product of the COM
pany some months ago.
e. B. Lott, delegate from the book
binders union, and R. M. Abel, from the
ccopers' union, were elected to repre-
sent the assembly at the meeting of the
associated charities to be held TeXt
month. j. F. krieger of the crgani a.
ton committee, reported that the core
makers had formed a temporary organ
ization and expected to make it perma-
nent Saturday evening Delegate Win
KEEL, of the horseshoers' union, was ap-
pointed to fill a vacancy on the executive
board caused by the resignation of ]. ].
O'Rourke, of the pressmen's union. J.
D. Underwood, of the BARRIERS union
and member of the grievance commit
tee, has left the city and J. L. Gieske, OF
the same union, was appointed. A vote
of thanks was rendered Manager Has
son. of the Plymouth clothing house. for
the cash prizes offered by him as an
inducement to make the Labor day
parade a success and a committee, con-
sisting of Delegates G. C. Collins, j. S.
McCoo1 and ]. 3. Daniels appointed to
draft suitable resolutions expressing the
thanks of the assembly.