The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-22
MINERS TO MEET
IN OPEN SESSION
President Meyer of Western Fedora
ton Declares End to Secrecy.
EXPECT BETTER RESULTS
EDUCATION THE DOMINANT FAC
TOR IN THE ORDER.

A NEW chapter in the labor cOndi-
"A tons of the west viii be opened
at o'clock this morning when the
Western Federation of Miners Will De
gin their annual convention in this
city at Odd Fellows hall in Market
street, openly and without reserve,
thereby ending for all time the career
Of the spies within the organization and
| laying bare to the world all the DELHI
eratiOns and transactions which have
been heretofore fraUght with 50 Uuch
mystery
From the hour mentioned practically
for the next three weeks the conven-
ton viii be in session
tt was announced by President g H
Meyer last night that tOday's session
viii be open to the public As one OF
the delegates expressed it.
The time has arrived when we
should have no secrets from the public
Heretofore capital has been enabled to
penetrate all our plans by the aid Of
spies 7 might say that the two forces
have been aligned very much as
men are fronted up in battle If the
general on one side was IN possession
of the plans of his adversary of course
he had that much advantage over ms
antagonist Now we want to play talr
and square with every one We have
no particular axe to grind at this time
outside of trying to adjust unfaVorable
conditions i'm certain parts OF the
country. and by having our meetings
open to the public, so that he who runs
may read I believe we will accomplish
more actual good for our cause than
by conducting our sessions in secret,
and Furthermore we will eliminate for
all time. | hope the men who have
managed to get into the order for the
purpose of traffiCinS information to the
employers. The day has come Wnen
all Industrial interests in this country
must be considered from broader
point OF view than they have been IN
the past.
The working forces Of the United
States have come to a point where they
recognize that education Is To be the
dominant factor if this republic Is 20
/ endure The solution of all labor dit
| fereuceS may not be reached in our
/ generation. but the seed of intelligence
through the medium of education mas
/ been sown and the next generation VIII
1 be the gamers thereby. When the
/ wage earUerS of the United States, and
/ for that matter. of all the world VIII
/ comprehend that their success - To be
! measured. not so much by dollars and
! cents as by the solution of economic
| questions through the channels Of edu-
I cation. then We viii be coming closer
! TO that millennium which all the Sdse9
/ in the labor field have been striving to
( gain.
Today's Business.
The first business to b. transacted
at this mornings gathering VIII De the
appointment of committee on credeh-
{ tfaIs. after which there VIII be Tead
! the annual address of President
/ Charles H Meyer and the report oil
/ Secretary ". d. Haywood. Then viii
come the reports from the various
/ committees. At s o'clock i'm the even
/ ing A BANQUET viii be rendered the
/ delegates at Federation hall at which
. Mr.. Mover and AIr. Haywood viii
/ sneak. as well as other delegates and
/ representatives from the various local
J labor unions. The banquet VIII pe
! given by the Utah Federation of La
! Dor. a committee from which COM
prised of J. y. SpaIding- A MutchleT
/ and J. T LaveTy. has been working
/ induStriousIv for several days to make
/ the affair a success
It was COMPUTED last evening that
( there are at least POO delegates in
/ town with their wives and daughters
and at least fifty more delegates Will
: come in on the early trains today from
e
/ gether il 10 expected that the COnveu-
! ton will bring to salt Lake at least
/ zoo visitors. who viii remain here foI
( the next three weeks. On the basis
! that each one of these visitors viii
! spend at least one dollar q day during
{ their stay it was rCCkOned that
/ So 900 would be expended here during
! the next three weeks.
/ Mr.. Meyer said last evening that
/ while il was impossible to state just
u what would be taken UP by the dele
| gates during their convention he could
/ safely say that matters of vital i'm
! pOrtance to the general mining indus
/ tries throughout the country would be
Z considered. not the least important OF
1 which would be a resume of the causes
| which led up to the strike In Colorado
/ d year ago. Personally ne was not pre-
pared to discuss the subject. but was
( willing to have the matter thoroughly
/ Canvassed at the deliberations of tht
/ delegates