Denver labor bulletin., 1918-03-02
PUEBLO CONVENTION VOTES TO QUIT
U.M W. OF A. AND FORM NEW UNION

ing, it must not be considered as
dual movement, but as new organlza-
tion standing for the principles of
pure democracy as eXemplified by the
American labor movement, and there
fore the executive board is hereby in
structed to make application for a
charter of affiliation with the American
Federation of Labor"
Elect Executive Council.
The special convention of protest
ing miners completed their work at
Thursdays session, the fourth day,
by electing an Executive Council with
I power to complete the details of or
ganization, as follows:
Routt County-James Jordan, Jc'.n
X. Lawson.
Boulder County-John O'Connor.
Weld Countrywide Henretty, E. L.
Doyle.
Huerfano Countrywide Valdez,
Adam Flockhart, R. W. Henderson.
Las Animas County-A. J. Mcclure,
II. Fawsett, J. w. Morris.
This committee was authorized to
select a president and secretary
vention, will be John r. Lawson, pres
ident, and E. L. Doyle, secretary.
Another Meeting in July.
ne NOIililllltt was 1uTlneT IN
structed to call convention of the
Independent Union of Mine Workers
of America not later than July T.
Initiation fee was fixed at sl5O.
The new union will accept all cards
of unions affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor. Initiation fee
to be divided three ways, so cents to
local union, so cents to general union
| and 80 cents to the American Red
Cross. Dues are to be so cents per
month for the general union, and such
sums for local purposes as may be
deemed necessary.
Publish Book of Crimes.
A resolution was adopted instruct
| ing the Executive Committee to gather
data on the crimes committed against
the union miners of this state which
! Is TO be published in pamphlet form
with photographs Of those who have
prosecuted the Colorado miners This
! pamphlet will be distributed to every
mining camp in the United States in
order that the entire membership Of
the United Mine Workers Of America
may be Informed as to all facts enter
ing into this unusual case.
a resolution was unanimously
| adopted COndemnng John McLennan.
former president of the district, for
'4A 'AAN'AAiAE viz AllhI lIl bEltE AnAl
he might be retained upon the payroll
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea after being defeated for president
The Executive Committee was further
authorized to fill vacancies and appoint
new members in states or parts Of
states. as the occasion may arise.
Resolution on the War.
The following resolution voicing the
new unions attitude in the war for
worldwide democracy was unanimous
ly adopted:
Whereas, Our nation has entered the .
great worlds conflict to make the
world safe for democracy, and that
the common people of all nations shall
say what conditions they shall live
under; and
Whereas, Our union has come into
existence for the same reasons that
our nation has taken up the sword.
namely, that the corrupt autocracy of
the United Mine Workers of America
shall be destroyed by the process of
elimination; therefore, be it
Resolved, That this convention. rep
resenting 1000 miners of the state of
Colorado, pledge our loyalty and de-
votion to the cause of the United
States of America, pledRinR our
financial, moral and physical support
States of America, to the end that
victory may be secured for the great
cause of human liberty and dcmoc-
racy; and be it further
Resolved, That copies Of this rcso-
luton be sent to President Wilson.
and to the members of Congress from
Colorado, also to DIR. Garfield, ma
tional fuel administrator, and Mr. Gal
ligan, fuel administrator Of Colorado.
and also copies to the press
Thanks Voted Bulletin.
Before the convention came to n
close Thursday evening at 4 o'clock. "A
resolution was unanimously adopted
thanking The Denver Labor Bulletin
for exposing the crooked and fraudu-
lent acts of Moran, Pippin and Nc
Lehman.
The convention at all times was a
convention of delegates representing
the rank and file of coal miners.
Neither Lawson or Doyle urged their
views or expressed wish in the mat
ter other than to abide by the decision
of the men of the mines who have
stood loyalty and steadfast with them
during all the recent years of persc-
cution, first from the coal operators,
and then from officials of the United
Mine Workers of America, district and
international.
Moran's Crew to Meet.
meeting of the Moran Pippin- Nc
Lehman crew Of discredted and repu-
dated organizers has been called to
meet in Denver at the Oxford hotel
next Tuesday, March 8. 1t is pre-
sumed this motley aggregation will
take review of the wreck they have
made in District 10, and turn over the
corpse to the officers counted in by