The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-06-13


CURED in the convention of the West
ern Federation of Miners today waen
| acting President c. E. Mahoney read
his report. 1t presages break be-
tween the Western Federation of Mi.
ners and the Industrial Workers of
the World, and perhans a serious
fight in the ranks of the Federation
itself
Mahoney in his report said resolu-
tiOns had been adopted in the local
meeting of McCabe Union of Butte,
charging him with using funds of the
Federation to help the Industrial
Workers, and also charging Mahoney
with being a traitor. Mahoney denied
the charges and asked that written
charges be filed before the present
convention and that he be given a
chance to defend himself He said if
the charges were proven true he
would ask the convention to expel
him from membership.
The charges are based on the alleged
actions of Mahoney and some other
Federation men at the last confer
e1ce of the Industrial Workers held
in Chicago.
Vincent ST. John, of Goldfield, New,
member Of the executive board of the
Federation and one of the four Fed
Grafton men at the |. w. w. conven-
ton, il his report to the convention
said that the minority in the cOnven-
ton, supported by it's officers, stole
all the offices, refused to make any
report of the condition of funds and
delayed the meetings il order to tire
out the delegates. st. John declared
that the officers employed thugs to
slug those who protested against
these high handed proceedings. He
said that he himself was hit with a
slungshOt. MahOney, St. John charg-
ed, was present when thug was EN-
plOyed and made no protest. He said
also that john McMullen, member
of the w. F. NJ. executive board knew
of the employment of thugs and con
spired with c. O.. Sherman of the
Industrial Workers and others to
steal the offices and run the conven-
tiOn with a high hand. Up to one
o'clock when the convention adjourn
ed for a day in honor of the founda-
tiOn of Butte Union No. l, 10 charges
We're officially filed against Mahoney
or others.
Financial Report w. F. M.
Denver, Colo, June ia total of
ffty-one new locals We're organized
and over 5000 new members admit
ted by initiation for the fiscal year
ending March 81, 1907" said James
acting secretary and treasur-
er of the Western Federation of Min
ers, in his annual report which was
presented today 10 the Federation
convention, lis the reply of the West
ern Federation of Miners to the Mine
Owners Association and their faith
ful allies, the officials of Colorado and
Idaho. in their attempt to disrupt the
organization by kidnapping our Off
GERS and charging them with almost
every known crime in the calendar"
The total membership is given as for
ty thousand The total receipts for
the fiscal year were Spas expendi-
lures $190,096.
Contributions to the Meyer and
Haywood defense fund, sS7 1877. dis
s7S.516.
An office has been established at
Trinidad, Colorado Secretary Kirwan
reports. for the purpose of facilitat-
ing the work of organizing the coal
miners. but he says the "intolerable
conditions under which the mea EN-
ployed in southern Colorado are com
PEELED to work make ii a hard matter
to perfect an organization as the
n embers will not remain in that dis
trict any length of time"