The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14

Sheriff Martin and his associated paid
asSaSsins and the brutal and cowar1ly
murderers of the defenseless and peace
full coalminers at Hazelton, Pa, and
we call on all true and honorable citi-
zens to arise in their might as the SOW
ereign people in defense of the consti-
tuition of. the United States, which
guarantees to each and every one equal
right to life, liberty and the. pursuit of
happiness
Another thing of Importance was the
selection of a place for holding the next
annual convention. As the miners had
chosen Denver as the city Tor its con-
that the union would do the same.
However, the choice was not unani-
nous. The vote stood: Denver, %; Wal
lace, 16; Butte, IA.
Wardner Resolutions.
The full resolution concerning the
Idaho trouble is as follows:
Whereas, 1t has come to the knowl-
edge of this convention that the gov
ernor of Idaho has so far forgotten his
oath of office and his honor as a man
as to turn the executive branch
of the government of the state
over to the owners of the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine, who,
through his attorneys and plant gen.
erai of the regular army, has eStab-
lished conditions in the Occur d'Alene
mining district far worse than ever ex-
listed in Russian Siberia or on Cuban
soil during the Spanish reign of terror;
and
Whereas, It is a fact that American
liberty and the constitution of our
country has been supplanted by a
military despotism in its worst form,
wherein the owners of other mines in
the Occur d'Alene district are denied
the right of employing any man unless
he first makes affidavit that he is a
non union miner: and
Whereas, Many other citizens, in
Guiding prominent business men of the
district, who are guilty of no crime
other than that they have expressed
their sympathy with the miners in their
righteous struggle for the very exist
ence of their organization, have also
been thrown into corral like so many
cattle for the slaughter, and have been
denied the right of counsel and the
actual necessaries of life; and
Whereas. The Western Labor Union
believes this state of affairs to be a
menace, a strike at the very institution
of American liberty, that priceless
Jewel gained by our forefathers after
so much suffering. privation and she'd
ding of so much blood on the field of
bdlIiS that we hight De Tree, lnere-
fore, be it
Resolved, BY the Western Labor
Union, in convention assembled, that
we condemn every public official re-
sponsible for the abrogation of civil law
in Idaho, from President Mckinley,
through his secretary of war; down to
Governor Steunenberg and Coroner
France; and be it further
Resolved, That this convention call
upon the organized labor of the Amer
lean continent to enter its mighty pro-
test and condemnation of such unwar-
ranted tyranny and the effort now be-
ing made to reduce the standard of la
Dor to the level of serfdom; and be it
further
Resolved. That this organization
hereby pledges its assistance, both
moral and financial, to the Western
Federation of Miners in its fight for
justice; and be it further
Resolved, That these resolutions be
given to the Associated Press for gen.
eral publication
Two other resolutions one endorsing
union labels, and another directing that
all printing done for the organization
shall bear the typographical or allied
trades union label, were
passed.
1t is likely that the union will con-
clude its work on Monday and will ad-
iOurn sine die