Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-19
LABOR MEN MEET
TO RAISE MONEY
ror the Defense Of Haywood,
Meyer and Petit
bone.
SOME STRONG LANGUAGE.
onenIy Charged That Capitalists We're
In Plot Against officials 20 Remove
Them and Discredit Organization.

little less than a year ago Secy.
william d. Haywood OF the Western
r.deration OF Miners unfolded a plan
:, their convention In Salt Lake City,
a. new kind of combination among
the working classes. He said Il would
work where the old kind had failed.
with II he succeeded In getting the
convention 10 break away from the
American Federation of Labor. and
launch the movement at Chicago called
the Industrial Workers of the World.
Last night at the Federation OF Labor
hail a Salt Lake branch OF this organ
cation met TO raise money for the de-
iense OF Mr.. Haywood In Idaho. and to
insure him fair and impartial trlal,"
which was the most that was demand
ed A motive for his arrest was sup
nlled and the charge frankly made that
Il was because the capitalist class saw
his new movement working, and saw
II encroaching on them more powerfully
than had the other labor combinations.
Haywood was styled martyr TO the
labor cause, and with Meyer and Petit
hone was treated as the victim Of a
Mot to dscredit labor unionism, by
bringing ignomy upon It's leaders. Gov.
Cooling was not acting right. It was
declared, because he was working up
sentiment against Meyer and Haywood,
BY declaring them guilty and saying
they would be hanged, before they had
been given trial. Orchard, who is
HAYWOOD, and Pettibone were guilty,
was charged with being in the employ
of the Mine Owners association, and
used by them TO throw the appearance
OF guilt upon the union officials.
The outcome, II was anticipated,
would be an effort TO get Orchard freed,
and hang the officials. In this plot"
as Il was termed, the laws were treat
ed as weapons of the capitalist class,
enforced by men who are "capitalistic
hlreings" Back of the whole trans
action the picture was painted of the
growing consciousness OF the gold
greedy trusts and monopolists that tho
labor fight inaugurated by Haywood
last year was on a basis calculated to
bring them to terms.
ADVISED TO LEARN TO SHOOT.
As an outcome the prediction was
made that the present state of unrest
throughout America, which 1t was
charged. Is due to the continued over
riding OF law by the monied classes,
will result In great American revolu-
ton. The working class was advised
10 go home and learn how to fire
straight. and load quick. But this, 1t
was explained, was Just for a precau-
ton. as the real battle field would be
the ballot box, and In the next elections
II was declared class-conscious labor
Ing multitude will sweep the states,
ana even the nation, putting In labor
ticket that will give the only class that
has primary right to existence" It's
snare In the remuneration or It's toll.
The meeting last night was one of n
series being held In the interest of the
union officials all over America, and
participated In even by labor organiza-
tons at war with the Haywood ideas.
An admission fee was charged, the
proilts OF which are to be applied to the
defense of the officials, and contribu-
tons were taken up at the door. An In
terestlng program OF songs, music and
recital was rendered, preceding and fol-
lowing the speeches.
A. j, Allen, financial secretary of the
Industrial Workers in Salt Lake, pre-
sided, and made the opening speech.
lie was followed by Joseph Gilbert ed
iIor OF Crisis, and both speeches were
heartily applauded In manner which
showed that the sympathies OF the au-
dNnce were completely with the impris-
oned leaders.
Mr. Allen took the view that Amer
lea has ceased to be Inhabited by one
people only, declaring that now there
are TWO classes, engaged In uncomprom-
islng Warfere, In which no quarter Is
given, or asked, and In which
,he mighty giant labor is gradually be-
ing awakened to realization of his
power.
CALLED sTEUNENBERG A
TYRANT.
-. Regarding the death OF Former Gov.
steunenberg, he said:
Nol long ago a murder was COM
ni'led, tyrant was passed into the
shnhoWn without ceremony. IL is to
De regretted that this tyrant was taken
away In this way for the reason that
mere are others of his kind who can
40 all the harm that could have been
uohe mad he lived. Presumably IL was
.he result OF cattle feud that has been
raging In Idaho and Montana. How
EYER regardless of the cause. the
So.anaard OIL company and the Mine
o"ners association used the occasion
w. commence further persecution OF the
"eslefh Federation of Miners. They
nope'l mat they might railroad these
iIoh 70 the gallows. II may seem neces-
eory lot them TO take this action be-
eause they had seen the Western Fed
tiation Of Miners extend the hand of
welcome to every labor union In the
mhd In the shape of the Industrial
y wmNers OF The World at Chicago last
S ms forced them to take the
,hspera,e action they have taken and
H. WI not fall to make every effort
' vah 10 convict the men, We only
81, ",St these men be given a fair
Me- Ihat Is all they need. Steunen-
s went out OF the world as the result
w p'oi' ! would rather believe that II
So pot hatched at 36 Broadway-the
~an1ard OH company-than that IL
n, s ~ na,ohed In the minds of the officers
VI the Miners Union"
NO SYMPATHY EXPRESSED
NoWhere In the meeting was tbera
~ sympathy for Stuenenberg mr. re-
a. ~ oppressed that he was gone from
Az ne world. Mr.. Gilbert, who followed
a. a'aleu una the former governors roc.
Nv Nv was not clean from colusion with
"''ne owners, and that he had been