The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-30
MOTION TABLED
AF TER DEBATE
Effort to Amalgamate Three
Unions in Butte Discussed
by the Miners.
RESOLUTION ASKING
AID FOR MEN IN JAIL
Executive Committee Instruct
ed to Push Organization in
Utah and Colorado.
nv Associated Presr.

BY Associated Press
BUTTE. Mont, July 29.-The West
ern Federation of Miners convention
today took action unfavorable to the
movement looking to the amnlgamation
of the unions of the Butte smeltermen
and engineers on substitute for the
original motion. The substitute mo-
tion was presented by Vice President
Mahoney. 1t was as follows:
s'Whereas, section III of article
provides that no charley shall be is-
sued. the effect of which is to segTe-
gate the crafts engaged in the mining
Industry, and whereas section V OF ar
ticle 4 Of the bylaws provides for
.ocal matchmaking in localities wheR
more than one local exists in the min
ing industry, therefore be 1t
"Resolved by the nineteenth annual
convention, Western Federation OF
Miners, that the three locals in Butte
namely, Nos /, "a and S3-are here
by requested TO take referendum vote
on the question of amalgamation mt as
early date as they deem opportune -
Warm Discussion.
Delegate McAuliffe contended that
the miners union had no right to vote
other two Butte locals, The speaker
declared, in his opinion, the smelter.
mems and engineers union should
alone have a voice in the matter as
to whether they should be crushed out
Of existence.
In the midst Of n warm discussion
Delegate c.. Rutledge Of Arizona made
motion to lay the whole matter on
the table The motion being not de-
L L. Aa1 ,,,f Nd
ried.
The following resolution was passed
by unanimous vote:
"Whereas, there are at the present
time nine members of tho working class
languishing in the jails of Victoria,
B. c., having been sentenced to terms
of from six months to three years by
a court whose verdict was merely a
commodity purchase by the employing
interests of Prince Rupert, and
"Whereas, the only crime committed
by those nine men, all of whom are
Slavonians, was to stand on their feet
like men and give battle to the en-
ploying interests for the right to or
ganize with those Of their class on the
industrial field in the protection of the
rights Of the workers, and
s'Whereas, number Of those men
were members Of the Western Fedora.
tlon of Miners who had been involved
in the strike on Douglas island and
have gone elsewhere that they might
become self~supporting and relieve the
general organization of the burden of
continuing them on relief, therefore
be it
Relief Asked.
"Resolved, by the nineteenth an.
nual convention of the Western FEEDER
alton of Miners that the incoming ex
ecutive board give to our imprisoned
brothers all possible assistance to the
end that right may be made to prevail
and our incarccrated brothers liber
ated'
c. E. Mahoney moved to strike the
following clause from the constitution
1t was referred to the constitutions
committee:
"Section 4. No local union o,
unions of the Western Federation OF
Miners shall enter into any signed con
tract or verbal agreement for any
specified length of tine with their EN-
| ployers.'
Guy +. Miller presented a resolution
favoring the enactment of Legislation
against the hiring and use Of "detec
tives and armed thugs by the capital
istic class in carrying out it's pur
poses. -
The resolution was adopted. A mo
tion that the incoming executive boarG
| be instructed to push with the utmost
vigor possible organization in Utah apt
| Colorado was carried