The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-18
MINE RS IN
CONVEN I ION
Lewis to Press Cam
paign for Government
Bureau of Mines

indianapolis, Jan. 1S-'T hopo to
see an employers liability act that
VIII provide that all injuries to en-
ployes. under whatever conditions of
contrlbutory negligence, shall be paid
Tor by the corporations" said Gov
ernor Thomas R Marshall today in
Tomlinson Hall. in a speech of wei
come to the delegates to the Twenty.
first annual convention OF the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America
Il believe 1t better that the cor.
poretions should pay set price for
on employees injury or death than
10 be as they are now. at the mercy
Of the ambulance chasers." continued
the governor
In scml-humorous address, sam
uel Lewis Shank, mayor of Indianap-
oils, warned the miners. that II they
expected to take a drink" on next
Sunday. in Indianapolis, they must
buy II on Saturday
He had been elected 10 administer
the laws and he purposed TO do so,
he said. and turning to the governor.
he added.
And If Governor Marshall would
enforce the laws now on the statute
books. there could not be I'm Indnana
n disaster in any degree proportion.
ate to that at Cherry, Ills
Representatives OF the commercial
and labor organizations OF the city
and ministers of several churches al.
so welcomed the delegates.
Thomas l.. L5wis. president OF the
miners union, responded TO the ad-
| dress of welcome
The annual convention Of the Unit
| ed Mine Workers OF North America,
| which was opened at Tomlinson hall
| in this city today practically is de-
! voted to the interests OF the thous-
ands of men that labor In the i'm
mense bituminous coal fields of the
country which stretch from West VIr-
ginia ana Central Pennsylvania north
west TO British Columbia and south
west TO Texas and Oklahoma
The anthracite miners of PennSyl-
yania are SparSely represented In
the convention because they have no
wage scale to negotiate with the mine
| owners at this time. but all the bi
luminous miners are deeply concern
ed in proposed deal Tor the Increase
| OF their wages.
[ 1t Is improbable that the convention
Will continue longer than eleven
days because a joint conference be.
tween tho miners representatives and
the operators OF Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana. to consider the new
| wage contract is scheduled for Feb
ruary 1st at Toledo The miners and
the operators organizations OF the
other safes Will hold individual con-
| ferenceS
The disaster at Cherry. Ills, has
given new impetus to the movement
', for the federal regulation OF mines
and this matter will only be second In
importance TO the question of wages
In the convention President Lewis
will vigorously press his campaign
for the institution of a government
bureau of mines and mining
1t Is generally conceded that the
report Of the tellers of the recent bal
loting for officers will show the re-
election of Mr.. Lewis as president
over A. NJ Green. of Ohio, his oppon-
ent. Edwin Perry. the secretary
treasurer had no rival for the office
E. s. Mccullough. the vlce-president.
II was presumed today, had been de
feated by Frank J. Hayes OF Illinois
The socialists steadily have gained
ground in the organization and are
expected to be active In tho conven-
ton. In last years assembly they
succeeded In putting through a reso-
, mtlon for government ownership OF
public utilities. This faction. led by
John Walker. OF Illinois, Is bitterly op-
| posed TO the conservative policy OF
! President Lewis and his supporters