The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-23
MINERS UPHOLD
JOHN MITCHELL
Old Fight With the Western Fedora
ton Cropped Out at Yester-
days Meeting.
Haywood is DENOUNCED
SOCIALIST PoURs OIL UPON THE
TROUBLED WATERS.

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 22.-The indications,
when the United Mine Workers conven-
ton opened today, were that before night
the convention would be at work on Its
wage demands. A new list OF the de-
nands likely to be submitted by the scale
committee is as follows:
Admission Of the southwestern states to
conference.
Twelve and one-half per cent increase
in wages.
Prohibiting employment Of boys less
than 16 years of age around mines.
Uniform wage scale for all outside DAY
labor
Seven per cent differential between
rick and machine mining.
Straight run Of mine basis for ali
It probably will be decided that in case
an increase of wages is obtained two
year agreement will be signed.
The credentials committee made Its
final report. It seated 1903 Delegates
representing 1900 delegates and having
2,S25 votes.
Attack on Mitchell.
There was a sensational scene in the
convention today, which was an ecno OF
the attack made on John Mitchell by
Robert Randall OF DietZ, WyO.. in last
years convention. Randall charged
Mitchell at that time with having SOLO
out the miners IN the COlOIduV SNi mo
and Mitchell made a reply, branding the
statement as a lie Randall was expelled
from the organization as q result. IOoay
a delegate named A F, Germer, OF
Mount olive m. made the charge that
some of RandalfSs statements We're cor
rect last year He presented q letter
from Secretary Haywood Of the western
Federation of Miners, in which Haywood
denied the statement made in Mitchell
address of Saturday that Western FED
GRAFTON members were taking the places
" oh ri
Mr. Mitchell made reply to this in very
heated statement, denouncing Randall
Epeech last year. branding Heywood
statements as false and citing the places
where Western Federation miners had
taken the strikers places. He named
seeral places in Colorado and cited as
tricts and Il and parts OF Washington
Denounced the Charges.
President Mitchell again referred to the
charge that he had sold out the Colorado
strike, and was strong in his dennncia-
ton of those making the charge. he
was loudly cheered.
with the members OF the Civic Fedora
tion had always been Turned TO the al
vantage of the United Mine Workers or
America He had not committed the or
ganization to anything. The Civic Fed
GRAFTON was composed Of twelve honor
able gentlemen, themselves employers OF
Union Ia bor The cardinal principle OF
the Civic Federation. he said, was to
maintain friendly relations with organ
ICED labor. The Civic Federation had IA
Vored the trade agreement and in recog-
MIXING the trade agreement had recog-
nized organized labor.
True" said he, sit has men like Mr..
Elliott, but II we all thought alike there
would be no organized labor and no mine
workers organization. There would be
no necessity for them"
John H Walker. a Socialist leader. was
recognized by Mr. Mitchell. He said the
argument was tending TO widen the
breach between the nine workers and
the Western Federation Of Miners. He
urged harmony.