Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-25
Session Today Was Held Behind
Closed Doors During Reading
OF Document.
SUPPORT SEATTLE BREWERS
Resolution oil sympathy for Men Was
A Feature Of This Mornings
Work .

The western Federation ol Minora
held two busy sessions today at which
the routine work of opening the biz
and important convention was gound
through In bulk At noon an Informal
session Wls held IN the gallery ofa 10.
cal photographer at which a group pie
lurc ~ most Of the delegates MAS made,
The work today was carried on In cAs
ocullyo session, ana II vs. probable that
the doors win moi be- thrown open 10
the public uulll noYl week THIS
morning tho report NJ Secretary w. n,
Haywood was road. ana This afternoon
individual momhcW of the executive
committee D,No reports
The report NJ Secretary Haywood was
"a lengthy document comprising several
hundred tNpCWution pages II cma
braces the work OF the federation since
the last coUolnyo, ana shows nllair,
90 Ne I'm a healthy state, The present
membership w shown to have coached
tho largo hpuro " 5000 mou During
the year limitations Of new members
have toullod 1900 which " pure
gain 10 the federation, Az tho present
time the report stated that the fedora
ilon embraces 23S local unions eleven
district unions ana three state unions
The net gain IN number NJ local
unions, ~ organizations,
Secretary Haywood IA apparently a
great f0rco IN union AFFAIRS IN con-
NrWution he h affahlo ana kccnly
awake ~ present economic conditions
throughout America and the world,
lie N not y radical man. hut one who
feels the righteousness Of his cause ana
hc iualincs the strike ana STRIFE yio'
lcnoo only on the ground that II N
the only weapon by which loavun may
De forced into the labor situation "a
proyonl the working class from being
paupcn2Cd and onslHvod by united
capital placing moro value ON diNl'
bends than upon the life Of the masses
who I'VE by labor lllHNoporl this
morning was received with u grca'
demonstration IN which every soctiol
of the large T. q, O, Il, han seemed
equally TO join
RESOLUTION on SYMPATHY,
A large number Of resolutions wcr,
presented by Chairman Ernosl MIL
Of the resolutions committee and on
waR submitted on bohalf Of the Mlchl
resolutions was acted upon by tho con,
vontiou II pledges the support OF III,
federation to the locked out brothers
Of seattle, and urges All organized IN,
Dor rogordloss Of national or locn
aniIiatIon 10 pledge moral ana financial
support to the effort of the Seatll,
brewers to prevent a reduction Of
wages
The mll text Of the resolution IL 40
follows
Salt Lake CITY UTAH May % 1905
Whereas There exists IN The city o
Seattle condition of n0uils Of sucl
great magnitude ~ to attract the at
tontion Of all alilliatcd bodies Of organ
tied labor and
Whereas The lockout now IN force II
the city Of Seattle H. of such import
anco ana magnitude that II dryulNc
upon members of All organi2ed labor
irrespective of local or national anita
tione, Ia use their best endonNorN Il
assist our brothers by assuring thon
of oug moral and financial aid and Fup
port ugulnW any reduction OF wages
therefore be n
Resolved, That Wo, the delegates IN
the hUloonlh annual convention w
T. NJ, assembled, do M this time uffc
aud pledge io our locked out bruihp,
IN ne above named city, our mora
support ana financial aid IN lhIa thol
ploacu' struggle FOR existence, nnd sin
coroly hopo that victory win crow
their every effort IN this grCnt BATH
Tor lahor'N cHuso, Und be- II further
Resolved, That copy az these rcso
mtionR ho forwarded lo the RroWor
union of Seattle. md u copy hc fur
nlehol The press for publication
Respectfully submitted
Y, LEONARD
NJ GIIlIg