Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-24
ORGANIZED LABOR
The Western Federation of Miners Advocates One
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rNlTY OF POLITICAL ACTION
]. Bryan is Regarded With the Highest Favor by all Leaders of the Labor Unions Through
 out the Union.


 tons into one grand body was the spirit that prevailed yesterdays ses- son of the Western Federation of liners, saws the Denver News of May l.. The far-reaching importance of rfccting a single federation of ali wage yurners throughout the country is ntSed on reasons set forth in the fol- owing resolution introduced by Dele gate Whitley of the Mill and Shelter men's union No. n, which. although reported adversely by the committee on good and welfare, was unanimously adopted by the conventions:
 Whereas, There are about 10000 0uu wage earners in the nited States representing various crafts. callngs and occupations; and
 Whereas, The members that are or ganized are divided into numerous or ganizations of trades assemblies. thereby limiting, if not absolutely de- stroying the very purpose of their ex- Istence; and
 Whereas, The principle of organ lzing each trade and calling has ten dency to create an aristocracy of la Dor, and divisions between various crafts and callings; and
 HEAVY EXPENSE ON woRKMEN.
 Whereas. It is estimated that the expenses of attending the national conventions of the industrial bodies above referred to, and keeping up same, amounts to more than s2, 1000, 900 per year, which now comes directly from the toiling masses; and
 Whereas, If the industrial forces of tte United States were organized into one general body comprising within its folds the followers of every branch of productive industry; the men who till the soil, the men who delve in mines, the men who reduce the ores produced therefrom, the men employed in the factories, mills and workshops, and the men who toll upon our great commercial highways, would all meet upon common fraternal footing where equal protection would be ac- corded to all. The expense of holding national general conventions of the above description would not exceed slO0,OOO thereby leaving in the pock- cts of the producing masses sl ,900, 900: therefore be it
 Resolved, That the present session of the Western Federation of Miners discuss the advisability of submitting to the various locals attached thereto, for the purpose of securing their ap- proval, the plan of granting to the in coming executive officers full power and authority to extend an invitation to all industrial organizations and to all branches of honorable toil, an invi- tation calling convention as soon as expedient. at some convenient center, for the purpose of combining all the present organizations into one, and adding thereto all the organized work CTS of the United States"
 This resolution entailed consider able discussion in and out of conven- ton and is regarded as the most sig nifcant step so far taken by the con- yention with reference to combining labor for ali purposes, political fran cial and social.
 PRESIDENTS IDEAS INDoRsED. The report of the committee to which was referred the report of the president was presented to the con- vention. By this report substantially all of the facts set forth in the presi' dents address are recommended to De embodied m a declaration of prin ciples of the federation defining its at titude with reference to the troubles which have recently shocked the worle of labor principally the Occur d Aient affair. the importation of Oriental Ia bor and the obnoxious exercises O martial law.
 The stand of the Colorado Fedora ton of Labor on political utilization vas also indorsed. The method o nominating candidates by referendum vote was commended as well as thu principle that man must be unioi man if he is to be placed on ticket.