Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-16
THE MINERS
RESOLUTIONS
They Will Aid the Men Under
Arrest at Wardner.
BUTTE IS HEADQUARTERS
President BOyce Was Reelected As
Were Most OF the Other Off.
cers-T The Men In Charge.

Salt Lake. Utah, May 15.-At the meet
ing of the Federation of Miners today. by
unanimous vote it was decided that Butte
should be the Headquarters of the assoc
ciasion for the ensuing year, and the
Pueblo Courier was named as the official
organ for the coming year. The following
officers We're elected this a%fternoon: Ed
ward Boyce. president; j. F.. Mcdonald,
vice-pres ident: James Maher. secretary.
Il following were named as the eXecu-
tive board: j. F. Furey. Butte: Charles
Foley. Rosslard, Is. c.; William Walsh,
Butte; Charles MAYER, Deadwood. :. d.,
AMI q. P. MCKINLEY. Altman. Col. The
following resolution was adopted this at
ternoor:
Whereas, The county was startled
upon the 29th day of April with the blow
ing up of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mills at Waydner. Idaho, and the fact
that organized labor and more particu-
larry the Miners union of that district,
have been charged by the military au-
thoflties ard the public press with the
commission of the crime, and the public
in genera! are led to believe hat such
were the facts, and many of our brothers
members have been placed under arrest
and thrown into a dirty pen, under many
indictments in connection with the occa-
sion, and
Whereas, None of the employees of the
Bunker Hin and Sullivan Mining COM
pany We're members of organized labor,
and We deprecate destruction of property
ard physical force. and,
"Whereas, The federal authorities of
the United States. through the interview
tNnn of Gov Sfp11 aolonyo of TIM Ctota ~
Idaho, has declared the county Of Shes
hone. state Of Idaho, 20 be in a state Of
instruction and that said county is plac-
ed under martial law, and
Whereas, The military commander,
Gen. Merriam, in charge of the United
States military forces sent to and having
charge CT affairs in the Occur d'Alene dis
trict, having issued a manifesto to the
mine owners of that district, declaring
the several miners unions of the Western
Federation of Miners, located in said dis
trict, Illegally constituted bodies without
the authority Of constitutional law in the
premises, and further ordering and for
bidding the said mine owners of the said
Occur d'Alene district from employing
any member of said unions, and
Whereas, Hundreds of citizens of
Shoshone county have been arrested
without due process of law and against
whom no crime can be proved. and
IAtO q hiAlolS p4 isCAl. III Sdl1
only be duplicated by the tyranny of the
despotic car of Russia in his Internal
Siberian prisons, which have mortified
civilization in modern times, all Of which
is contrary to the constitutional rights
guaranteed to the citizens Of these United
States; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the industrial condi-
tons are bad enough when 1t is necessary
for men who are wiling to labor to ask
permission of those who have means FOR
employment, to have the privilege to
work to maintain their families, but
when it becomes necessary to obtain per-
mission from the military authorities be-
fore the right to work is secured. we be-
lieve we have arrived at a condition of
despCtism that augurs i'll for the future
welfare of the people and we denounce
in the strongest terms at our command
such assumption of power and dlctation
as Gen. Merriam and his co-workers have
a~rrogated to themselves. Further
"Hesolved. That we appeal to the or
ganized wage earners of the west 10
stand firm under the present crisis, for
the protection of their homes. our child
rem and our independence against the OPP
preston OF organized capital and greed,
for if such things are to be allowed to go
unchecked liberty will soon be lost for
ever.
dissolved, Further. That we assure
our brother unionists who have been
arr ested hat we will aid them to our
fullest power in securing their relief from
charges which we believe have been UNI
justly made against them.
"ResolvGd, Further. That the evident
intention Of the proclamations issued to
cover the conditions in the Occur d'Alenes
is to disrupt and destroy the labor unions
in that district and organized labor in
general, we call the attention of members
Of organized labor to the fact that free
gatherings and speech are guaranteed by
the constitution Of the United States. and
ere w will allow the right to be obliter-
ated by the simple order of the military
powers we will contend to the fullest ex-
tent Of our ability.
"Resolved. Tina we s~tigrnatize the or
der Of Gen. Merriam and the civil authori-
ties that men seeking employment in the
mines of this district must renounce
membership in the miners union to be
worthy Of notice by citizens of America;
and that the miners union had nothing
wins tever to do with the destruction Of
the Bunker Hill mill and will defend their
right OF organization.
Resolved, BY the seventh annual
convention of the Western Federation of
Miners, that we pledge the full strength,
financial aid ard moral aid of the West
ern Federation of Miners of America,
backed by the Western Labor union and
every national and subordinate labor or
ganiZation on the continent. to support,
maintain and defend our fellow citizens
and brother miners now in prison and be-
ing Illegally and urjustly coe:ced by the
inquisition of arrogated military author