Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-12
From Fridays Dahl

From Fridays Daily.
The joint committee in charge of
! raising funds to entertain the dele.
gates to the coming state convention
OF miners has been hard at work for
the past week forming new plans, and
has about decided upon banquet
with a musical program. Another
feature will be concert given by the
miners themselves, ending with an
other banquet; also visit to all of
Ottumwa's leading manufacturing in
situations, an oyster supper and a
pubic entertainment at the Turner
opera house, in which many promi-
nent labor leaders will be invited to
participate and to make addresses. 1t
s is practically decided that the famous
glee club of Pekay will be engaged as
one of the features. Many other rea-
lures will be added if the funds are
sufficient to provide for them. 1t is
the desire of the committee to enter
tain these delegates in such a mannr
that they will never forget Ottumwa' s
place on the map.
The funds so far provided by the
trades unions and the business men
are not sufficient in any manner to
carry out the program that the com.
mittee has decided upon, and those
who have the future welfare of OF
tumwa at heart should quickly re-
spond SO that the funds will be suf-
ficient. Every entertainment will be
OF a moral and elevating character,
and each delegate, when he leaves
this city for his home, will go home
speaking highly of the hospitality OF
Ottumwa. AS has been previously
state, this convention will be the larg.
est ever held by the miners in this
state.
The conservative element of the
United Mine Workers has closed the
mouths of those who were not mem.
bers of the organization, but who an.
nually write articles tending to dis.
rupt the harmony existing between
the miner and the operator, for the
carelessly advocating strike.
Trades and Labor Assembly.
The label committee of the trades
and labor assembly has discovered
Z that there are numerous counterfeit
union labels in this field, and they
have begun an investigation as tc
who is responsible for them. The
matter will be settled at least by the
time the miners convention meets
and as a great many of the interna
tional officers of the unions using {
label will be at that convention
doubtless somebody will have tx
sweat for it.
Miners Union.
4bo ooloa@;A, 80
4 and D. McNabb as delegates to the
state convention local miners unio1
No. 152 showed judgment, as these
Z two gentlemen are conservative ant
understand the workings of the U. NJ
w. A. 1t can be said that No. Is:
& will be we'll represented. Also. il
the selection of Tom Faulds, loca
union 613 named man to represen
it in the convention who is not afrait
to speak his sentiments, and will fol
low the instructions of his local t,
4 the end.
Political Platform of the A. F. Of l..
Local members of the trades ant
labor organizations are well pleased
with the reports which have com,
from the recent convention of tn,
American Federation of Labor hell
at Louisville, KY, in the matter of tn,
political platform. It was decided b.
vote of nearly six to one that not tt
consider the endorsing of any politi
cal party or tits principles as whole
Those who advocated pledging thu
American Federation of Labor to
political program were turned down
This was especially hard on thos,
who advocated united Political action
The substitute for the resolution wal
passed by vote of 4,169 to 685, ant
expressed the sentiment of the con
vention as follows:
"We cheerfully accept and desire
all the assistance and usefulness
z which may or can be given the trades
union movement by all reform forces