United labor bulletin., 1914-07-25
Favors Merging With the
United Mine Workers
Butte Union Appeals to Convention
for Complete Investigation and
Assistance in Reoreanizine

More than 100 delegates were present
when President Charles II. Meyer called
the twenty-first annual and first bien-
NAL convention Of the Western Fedora
tion Of Miners to order at 10 o'clock
Monday morning in Fraternal Union hall
on Champa street. Brief but wholesome
addresses of welcome were made by
Roady Kenchan. state auditor; Otto
y. Thum, commissioner of property;
John MrLennan. president State FEEDER.
alton of Labor, and Earl r. Hoage, pres
ident Denver Trades and Labor Assem-
bly,. These were responded to by Presi-
dent Meyer, after which he appointed
a committee on chrcdcntials, and the
convention adjourned for the day.
There were no contesting delegates
aud all those presenting duly accredited
credentials were seated, including two
frateTnai delegates from the United
Mine Workers Of America. who are John
Hcssler und William Hynes From
Butte Union No. J., where the I. w. w.
wrcekcrs have caused their latest riots.
. came seven delegates. They are Mike
Conway, Martin Glackin. Peter Maroon,
Dan Regan, Dominiclt Martin. John j.
shechan aud Dan Murray. Butte En-
ginecrs' Union also had two delegates,
John Gilbert and Dean w. Sclfridge.
Among the Colorado delegates were
Sofus jcpson and William brotherhood,
Siivcrton. Tom Owen, Leadyilie; Con-
rad caek. Rico Cha-. Pogorclec, Pueblo.
and John Tuincy. Cripple Creek. Scs-
rions OF the convention were open to the
public Total number of votes in the
convention. 1ps-
A committee to canvas the referendum
vote on election Of officers was chosen
by vote Of the dclegate~ "a followss
n -. - a~.. u1-.a-~
A. Allen, cowgnnda. Il. G.; A. u. Petti-
grew. Great Falls, Mont.
President Lord Condemns /. ". W.
YsasPrc-idcnt James Lord Of the mining
apartment OF the american Federation
Of Labor. addressed the convention for
two hours Wednesday morning, in which
he flaycd the l. w. W. rioters at Butte
in most caustic terms. Lord was there
when the assault was made ON President
Mayer and the Union hall dynamited by
the wonder wrcckcrs- He asserted the
]. w. w. wns being financed by corpor-
ations to disrupt the Federation and II
successful would pursue the same me-
fnrious tactics in other unions ~The
Industrial Workers are either being paid
by capitalists 10 disrupt union labor or
they're scabbing on the men doing the
work." declared Lord. He advised the
delegates TO form plan of united ac-
tion TO prevent further disorganixation
by the l. w. W's. Lord also gave the
convention an interesting account Of his
Investigations into the Colorado coal
strike.
A telegram was presented from Butte
Union No. ! urging that a committee
be appointed 10 proceed to that district
after adjournment TO make an impair.
tia ycatigution Of the trouble and as
-thc work OF reorganization They
afso expressed themselves as being In fa-
vor Of amaigamation with the United
Mine Workers.
President Meyers Report.
In report OF approximately $4,000
words. President Meyer laid before tho
delegates every activity OF the Fedora
ton during the past two years. He
dwcit at length upon the Michigan cop
per strike, Butte affair and proposed
merger with the United Mine Work
crs. In alluding 10 the worldwide un-
rest of the workers. the report said:
"1he labor unrest which has mani
Tested itself throughout the world has
not depended entirely upon the fact that
trade was good and prices high. This
unrest was partially caused by the fact