Bisbee daily review., 1902-08-14
SEE US
LABOR ORGANIZATION
 ELECTS OFFICERS
COMPLETES ITS WORK AT PRES COTT-WIlL PARTICIPIATE
 IN POLITICS
Scathing Resolutions Adopted-An- other Meeting to be Held in Phoe- nix August 18th

Seathing Resolutions Adopted-An-
 other Meeting to be Held in Phoe-
 nix August 18th
 Phoenix, Aug. 12-The labor organ ization completed its work at Prescott yesterday. It seems to be the inten- tion of the organization to participate in politics. and it was decided to send three speakers over the territory It was the fond hope Of certain gentle men that the organization would in dorse Colonel Wilson for delegate, but this endorsement was not given.
 The next meeting of the organiza- tion will be held at Phoenix, August 19. In the meantime a committee has been appointed to investigate the leg islative records, and the committee will report at the next meeting An effort will be made to get all of the labor organizations of the territory to come into the organization The fol- lowing resolutions were adopted:
 We, the representative of organ ized labor of the territory Of Arizona, do hereby pledge ourselves and the unions we represent, to work against and vote against any man nominated for office by political party whose past record shows him to be an enemy Of organized labor; and we further pledge ourselves to use every means in our power to defeat candidates for office who, in the past, have voted against or worked against the eight hour bill. mine inspectors bill, freight and fare bill anti-blacklist bill, anti 'pluckme-store' bill and any other bill in the interest of organized labor; be it further
 Resolved, That the Territorial Fed eration of Labor, in pursuance of the action of the last convention of the Western Federation of Miners and the American Labor Unions, declares it. self entirely opposed to the present competitive system as a capitalistic and unjust system of production and distribution. as We well know by years of bitter experience. that the two dominant political parties admit no legislation favorable to the labor ing classes therefore, we advocate the adoption of the initiative and ref erendum in our legislation. We also advocate the public ownership of all means of production and distribution; be it further
 Resolved, That the federation give support wherever possible to candi- dates pledged to the above principles in preference to those seeking office on any other platform.
 Whereas. The pumping plant of the Congress Gold company was d. stroyed, and a quantity of gasoline be- ing near; and whereas. the Arizona Republican. following it's usual form of antagonism. to organized labor. in the absence of any proof whatsoever has covertly insinuated that members of the Congress Miners union are e. sponsible for the outrage, regardless of the fact that the recent strike of several months duration was free from any overt act on the part of the miners who asked the privilege of ex- ercising their constitutional rights; therefore be 1t
 Resolved That the delegates of the Arizona Labor Federation, in conven- ton assembled. emphatiCally protest against the course of the Arizona Re publican as an unjust aspeIS;on upon the characters of the members of the HorUrocc Mfuor,c union "