Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-20
WHITE AGAIN
NAMED HEAD OF.
Mine WORKERS
1owan Elected by Vote of
Nearly Two to One Over
Former President, Ac-
cording to Count. 4 =.
SOCIALIST PLAN
is TURNED DOWN

Party Rejected by Vote
of SIS to 155.
Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 18.-John P
White of Oskaloosa, Iowa, was re
elected president of the United Mine
Workers by a majority of - 45,42414
over his opponent, Thomas l.. Lewis
of Bridgeport, o., according to the re
port of the tellers made to the conven
tior this afternoon.
White received 104,O151avotes tc
Lewis 59,591. Frank j. Hayes was re
elected vice president by majority
! of 64,824 over Samuel Dascoe of Illi
nois. Secretary-Treasurer Edwin Perry
was not opposed for reelection.
Delegates, elected for the American
Federation of Labor convention as an
nounced this afternoon were as fol
lows:
John Mitchell, New York; John r
White, Iowa; Thomas L. Lewis, Ohio;
Frank J. Hayes, John H. Walker and
Duncan Mcdonald, Illinois, and Will
liam Green, Ohio.
| Socialists Plan Defeated. ...
BY vote of SIS to 155 the conven'
tion refused to adopt a resolu'
tion committing the organization
to the socialist party, and ap'
proved the sub-measure OF the
resolutions committee, declaring, lit
would be we'll if workers would unite
on the political as well as the indus.
| trial field" The resolutions commit
tee had reported that it would be un-
constitutional for the United Mine
| Workers to endorse any political party.
! Stormy debate on this question oc-
cupied the afternoon session yesterday
and the question went over until today.
A resolution providing for secession
from the American Federation Of La
Dor and charging that Samuel Comp
ers. John Mitchell and other leaders
We're Gin the grasp of the capitalist
class through the influence of the Ma
tional Civic Federation was defeated.
Socialists Drop Fight.
Socialist delegates after succeeding
yesterday in putting the convention on
record as favoring government own
ership of all industries" had deter
mined over night that it would be pre-
judicial to the cause to press today
the resolution indorsing the socialist
party as the political party Of the Ia
boring class"
1--WE decided" said John w. Walk
er, president of the Illinois Miners,
and a socialist leader, that it would
be impclitic at this time for the con-
vention to attempt to bind the 100000
miners of the United Mine Workers
union to the socialist party. Repub-
lican and democratic delegates eX-
pressed resentment against our cam
paign and We do not purpose to an
tagonize them.
1--WE have succeeded in showing By
the demonstration proving the social
ist orators that the movement has
gained enormously in the ranks OF
the United Mine Workers in the last
year. This will show at the polls at
coming elections" H.. r..
A bill providing for old age PEN
sions for men and wome npast 90
years introduced in congress by Rep
resentative Victor L. Berger was en-
dorsed and an invitation to Mr.. Berger
to come to Indianapolis to address the
convention was extended.
Five hundred dollars was appro-
priated for the fund Of the striking
button workers at Muscatine, Iowa.
Because the constitution Of the
United Mine Workers stipulates that it
shall be nonpolitical the resolution
committee reported it nonconcurred
in the resolution committing the organ
ization to the socialist party and Of
fered a substitute declaring only, lit
would be we'll if workers would unite
on the political as well as the indus
trial field" s.,. ....
John Walker, president of the Illi-
nois miners. speaking for the socialists
intimated that if necessary an effort
would be made to amend the constitu-
ton so that the national union could
indorse the socialist party. In fiery
speech he said: IF you will not listen
to our pleading you will pay the cost"
The capitalistic parties, he said, pos.
sessed the power to enforce injunctions
to kill if necessary, and he urged that
the working class should seek political
power so that eff there is need to use
the injunction and the bayonet they
will be used in defense of your fire.
sides.''
Missouri Head Protests,
: Protesting against the campaign of
the socialists in the convention James
Mooney, president of the Missouri
miners declared the delegates, could
not pledge the mine workers of Ameri-
ca to any political party"
RESISTS HOLD-UP
MINI. NAV nTE