The San Francisco call., 1899-05-14
VIEW COMBINES
WITH NEW ALARM
Strong Stand of Western
Labor Union.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SALT LAKE, Utah, May 13.-The
Western Labor Union has practically
completed labors in the convention held
during the past week. To-day the Off
GERS for the ensuing term were elected.
and nearly all other business except the
final adoption OF the constitution was
disposed Of The president and vice
president were elected by reclamation
and without division. For the other Off
GERS there was a spirited but friendly
contest.
The election of officers took place this
morning. The present president, Dan
Mcdonald of Butte, was reelected
president for the ensuing term by ac-
clamation and without the division
Vice President John Troxel of Cripple
Creek was elected in the same way. NJ
j. Geeger Of Butte was elected secre-
tary and treasurer.
1t was decided TO hold the next con-
vention in one year from now at Den
Yer. The vote for the place of the next
annual meeting stood: Denver 33,
Wallace Is, Butte IA.
The executive committee is composed
Of Delegates Nash of Spokane; FAX
man OF Wallace, Idaho: Lane of Grip
pie Creek; Farrar of Alberta, Canada.
and McPhee of Cripple Creek. The
president and vice president are ex-
officiO members Of the same committee
On the subject of the Couer d'Alene
mining troubles the following preamble
and resolution was adopted:
Whereas. It has come TO the knowledge
OF this convention that the Governor of
Idaho has so far forgotten his oath of
office and honor as a man as to turn the
executive branch Of the government of
the State over TO the owner Of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mines. who through his
ATTORNEYS Of hA
regular army, has established conditions
in the Occur d'Alene mining region far
worse than ever existed in Russian ST.
beria or on Cuban soil during the Spanish
reign of terror; and
Whereas, 1t is a fact that American
liberty and the constitution Of our coun-
try have been supplanted by a military
despotism In its worst form, wherein the
owners of silver 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 including
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 strug-
gle for the very existence of their organi-
zation. have also been denied the right of
counsel and the actual necessities of life;
and
Whereas, The Western Labor Union
believes this state of affairs to be men
ace. strike at the very Institution OF
American liberty. that priceless Jewel
gained by our forefathers after so much
suffering, privation and the shedding of
their blood on the field of battle that we
might be free; therefore be it
Resolved. By the Western Labor Union
in convention assembled that we CON
denim every public official responsible for
the abrogation of civil law in Idaho, from
President Mckinley through his Secre-
tary of War down to Governor Steunen-
berg and Coroner France; and be it fur
ther
upon organized labor of the American
continent 10 enter their mighty protest
and condemnation at such unwarranted
tyranny. and the effort now being made
to reduce the standard of labor TO the
level of serfdom: and be ii further
Resolved. That this organization hereby
pledges it's assistance, both moral and
financial. to the Western Federation OF
Miners in their fight for justice.