Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1902-01-24
Officers Of United Mine
Workers Are | unanimous
~ Endorsed.
THE CHARGES REFUTEij
Special Committee Appointed tn IN
yestigate Miss Meredith's Com
plant Exonerate Officials.
BY d Rising Vote the Representatives
Of 100000 Toilers Then Ratifiy
the Report.

Indianapolis Jan. 2i-The special
committee appointed by the national
convention OF the United Mine Work
ers of America TO investigate charges
against President John Mitchell and
SecretaryTreasurer Wilson, made by
Miss Moilie Meredith, an ex-employe
OF the United Mine Workers head
quarters. In this city. has reported tc
the convention. completely clearing
the two officers and holding the char
ges TO be without foundation
The charges were. in substance, that
Mitchell and Wilson had misrepresent-
ed to the miners convention in this
city year ago. the extent of the finan-
cial errors Of x-Secretary-T Treasurer
w. c. Pearce. and by stateme hts made
IN secret circular had misled the
miners organization at large by pro
tecting Pearce and withholding the
facts from the members OF the organ
ization.
The full report of the investigating
committee follows: We find there
was no foundation in fact for the
charges preferred by Miss Meredith.
and beg leave to submit the following
resolution:
Whereas, One Miss Mollie Mere
dith has issued circular letters con
tanning statements and making allie
cations derogatory to the personal and
official honor of the president. the sec
rotary and other officers CT the United
Mine Workers OF Amerie;- and.
Whereas. We believe that such
statements. coming from any source
whatever are liable to irreparably
damage our organization. and should
be and are hereby condemned; if any
person or persons feel or know that
officers or members of the United Mine
Workers of America are derelict in
their duty. charges must be preferred
in the proper manner and have the
guilty parties properly punished. and
Whereas. Said statements were in
tended to and calculated to injure the
president. the secretary and other Of
ficers of the United Mine Workers of
AmeTica. and,
Whereas, We believe and know
that the national officers of our or
ganization did all that honorable men
should do to protect our organization
and it's funds at the time Mr. Pearce
was removed from office, and.
Whereas. we have every confidence
In the honor. integrity and faithfulness
of our officers. therefore. be it
Resolved. That this convention by
rising vote indorse in every particular
the action of its officers in the Pearce
matter"
At the conclusion of the reading of
the above report Acting President Van
Horn called on the convention to vote
on the report. and the convention
seemed to rise as a body in favor of
the report. When the call for all those
who declined TO concur in the report
TO stand was made. not one man arose
and the acting president declared the
report unanimously adopted Presi
dent Mitchell and Secretary Wilson
were then called upon and each re
sponded briefly and feelingly. express
ing their thanks to the miners for
this unanimous declaration of conf
dence in their officers The time of
the convention today is being taken ~
in hearing reports of various commit
tees