Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-19

resOlutlOnS III the afternoon ATTY, a. j,
Weber Atty, William Newton. and ID.
i, Elton spoke in strong language
against the plot to nun der the as
ISOLATION officials" The document as
adopted is AS follows:
Whereas the state officials OF the
state of Idaho IN conjunction with the
state officials of Colorado. have taken
from their homes I'm Colorado. Presi-
dent Meyer, Secy, Haywood and others
of the Western Federation OF Miners
without granting them the privileges
guaranteed every citizen In this Unit
ed States Therefore, be II
Resolved, that we, the members OF
the Utah Federation of Labor, here as
sembled, do condemn the course pur-
sued by the above named state officials
and consider by their actions that they
are men devoid Of principle and Unfit
for the high official positions they now
hold In their respective common
wealths. And be II further
Resolved. that this organization
pledges its support to assist the Off
cials OF the Western Federation of
Miners In procuring a fair trial. And
be It further
Resolved, that this Utah Federation
Of Labor ask each affiliated union TO
pledge also their support to the same
NduSS anu Dt IL IuIkutI
Resolved that one copy of these res
olutions be given to the press. one sent
70 the Western Federation of Miners
and one to Gov. Gooding of idaho
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS ACT.
The resolutions passed I'm the even
ing were by the Industrial Workers of
the World, movement inaugurated by
the Western Federation of Miners. in
the belief that the Federation of La
bors organization was ineffective and
along unsuccessful lines. Nationally
the two organizations are hardly in
harmony. The resolutions read:
Whereas: The official lackeys of the
capitalist class have ruthlessly over
thrown every safeguard which the law
provides and by brute force have kid
mapped and imprisoned Charles ii,
Meyer William d. Haywood and VIM
cent st. John, officials, and K. A. Petit
bone, a member of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners, and,
Whereas: The daily press, with few
honorable exceptions, is doing its ut
most to prejudice and inhame the
minds of the people against our COM
rades by holding them up as criminals
and assassins for the purpose of rail-
reading them to the gallows, and,
Whereas: The Mine owners assoca-
ton and the STANDARD Oil company for
years have vainly endeavoTed to de-
stroy the Western Federation OF MIN
ers by means of bull pens, deportations,
manufactured confessions" and brute
force OF every kind, and have been met
and defeated by peaceful, legal appeals
TO the courts and ballot, and,
Whereas: In every case where a
n ftN "a n hl. h.a nd p al
had. the members of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners have been accult-
ted
Resolved: That we, as members OF
the working class in mass meeting as
sembled, declare our belief in the inno-
cenCe of our imprisoned comrades and
In the Industrial Workers of the World,
of which the Western Federation of
Miners is an integral part, as law abld-
ing labor organizations and denounce
this attempt of the law-breaklng
Standard Oil company and Mine own
ers' association to murder our brothers,
and we warn the tools and lackeys Of
capitalism that we will not stand by
and submit to this outrage on Ameri-
can citizenship.
Resolved: That we denounce the un-
fair and vicious course of the prostitut-
ed press and we call on the working
class Of Salt Lake to repudiate these
organs Of putocracy and to support The
Crisis and all other papers in sympathy
with unionism.
Resolved: We declare that the private
ownership of the means of production
by the plutocrats is the real cause of
this and all other outrages and crimes
against the people and we call on the
working class to join the Industrial
Workers of the World and the Socialist
party Of Utah. and to legally and ac-
tually take possession Of the minesrail
ways, factories and trusts In the name
OF the American people and thus put
an end TO the usurpation and desDot-
ism OF the trust-ownlng plutocracy
which has debauched our institutions,
impoverished our people and is seeking
TO murder the labor leaders who can
not be bribed to betray their class.
Mr.. Corbett then rendered the .ar-
sellaise' and song on the freedom
of labor, the audience Joining In the
chorus, and the proceedings terminat-
ed.