The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-03-09
Unanimously Decided to Renew
the Fight.
Another Effort to be Made to Organ.
lie the Mines There-Today's
Session.
OPERATORS DUE WEDNESDAY

The most important thing done since
the miners convention opened here
Thursday was this morning when o
vote was taken to renew the fight to
unionize Hopkins county, where there
are $500 or more non-union miners em-
ployed in the st. Bernard mines.
This county has in the past been the
scene Of sanguinary conflicts, ana
while no definite time is fixed for tho
beginning of another effort to union
ize, it is expected to be as soon as pos
sible.
The first work taken up today was
the election of the five additional dis
trict bosrd members, three having
been selected Saturday evening. The
men elected this morning to serve as
district board members were as fol-
lows: E. 7. Render Of Ohio county.
John Maine, Ohio county; W. @.
Dyer, Union county; L. d. Smith,
Hopkins county, and Dennis Young
of Muhlenberg county. This ended
the election of bdard members.
The next election was for delegates
for the state Federation of Labor at
Frankfort in 1904 was the next thing
taken up. with the following result:
J. ID. Wood of Central City, on the
first ballot; George Baker, of Sturgis
on the second ballot. Mr.. Baker
was elected to the office of secretary
treasurer Saturday; ". ]. Campbell,
colored, of Central City who is the
present secretary. treasurer, was elect.
ed delegate on the fourth ballot; ..
Barnaby, of Sturgis, the present pres
jdent Of the Twenty-third district, was
elected ON the third ballot; and O. W.
Wells of Islant Station who was elect
ed president for 1903, Saturday was
the fifth man elected. This ended the
election Of officers for the convention.
On the motion Of National Board
Member Wood committee Of three
was appointed 10 recognize sho cour
tesy Of the international committee
from Central Labor union of Paducah
and to select present for the local
body. Those selected for the commit
tee were Charles Plsckmon, Morgan
Davis and Henry Render.
The most interesting happening Of
the day was when Mr.. Wood made q
motion that the fight to unionize the
mines in Hopkins county be reopened
and pushed to a winning finish at an
early date.
President Barnsby moved that this
motion be deferred He said he had
reasons for deferring that action.
Mr.. Wood then made short but
telling speech why the motion should
be passed. ~ want the operators ard
the public to know that we will reopen
the fight in Hopkins and win the hat
tie. want the northern miners and
tie Kentucky citizens to know that we
are determined and shall organize
Hopkins county as a solid union dis
trict."
]. II. Kennedy said; 1.-THE miners of
Hopkins have bled and died for the
cause and we should fight and we
should make this fight fight TO tho
very end"
Secretary Campbell talked in favor
of the motion. The convention should
and must go on record to the effect
that the fight in Hopkins he continued
President Barnaby stated that as the
motion did not specify any special
time for the fight to be reopened, but
only showed the spirit and sympathy
Of the convention he was for it.
The motion was carried unanimous
ly and was followed by deafening
cheers.
Adjournment was then taken until
1 80 this afternoon.
The three district board members
chosen Saturday were: G. H. Pack
mon, John Peters and 8. y. Day.
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
The district miners opened the fourth
day Of the sixth annual convention
with q rus h this morning with the re.