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Show lion. Tlio samp rosolution rnlW t'or I si-U'-doti'i-miiiiitimi for Irolun.l and : oilier small nationalities. STRIKE OWED" 8' in in Sympathy and Support Morally Is .Pledged to the Steel Workers. Decision Is Reached to Go Into the Political Arena Next Year. CLEVELAND, Ohio. Scpi. Action upon the demands lor a tiO per cent increase iu avuos, reduction of the working day i'rom the oi'lit hours i now assigned to actual lalw "at tho! J'aco-' ' of tho coal scam l o six hours tindervound, counting time taken to p;o j lrom the shaft mouth and rot urn, and j other features of the mine workers' pro- j yram, was put over until tomorrow by j a roll call forced in the convention of ) the United Mine AVo--Uts of America j today on a que-tiu,-. cr appointment or j lection of." auditors; organizers audi oilier salaried field workers of the union. A proposal backed by the organization or-ganization forces to refer rhe Uestion to a committee to report at tho next biennial convention was carried by a standing vote, but the opposition ailed for a roll call, which occupied the entire afiernoou and evening. j A resolution to extend sympathy audi support to the striking steel workers, but only by such measures as can "le- J yally ' ' be employe.! under the union j agreements with the operators. was ; adopted, the convention thereby dispos- j ir of the proposal introduced Saturday i to call strikes in aid of the steel men wherever coal is miuoa or is boil's used to t ho detriment of the steel strikers strik-ers ' cause. Strikes Forbidden. The Washington nrrement, under which the miners are now working, forbids for-bids strikes during the life of the agreement.- Tho resolution tjavo as a further rron aaint indulin iu any sym-! sym-! nthetie strike at this' time the fact that, the miners' organization is itself facing the possibility of a national coal strike to enforce its demands, which, if called, would tax t ho miners' resources to the utmost. The convention voted to abandon the !ono'-estab!ished political policy of t lie labor movement, as expressed by the American Federation of Labor, and to call a general labor .conference to launch a national labor party, In have as its object the election of straight labor representatives to congress and to the state legislatures. Believing 1 that such a party, co-operating wherever possible with the progressive politiea 1 forces of the organized fanners, could wield a tremendous influence and as-, sure the enactment of legislation for nationaliai ion of coal and other basic industries,'' the convention by its resolution reso-lution o'hvo instructions that representatives represen-tatives of the co-operative movement, the X nnpn rt isa n league ami farmers ' organizations should be invited to the conference, as well as those from the various labor unions with which tho miners are affiliated. The conference is to be held prior to the next convention conven-tion of the American Federation of Labor. Oppose Cummins Bill. Holding that the prohibition of strikes in the railroad industry carried, in the Cummins bill now ponding in the senate would constitute a "condition of involuntary servitude,"' and a denial of an inherent right of labor to strike whenever and wherever its rights are threatened, the convention pledged the1 minors' support to the railway men in fighting this measure. The Cummins, bill was denounced as "the niot vicious piece . of legislation ever submitted sub-mitted to the I'nitod states congress.-'' The anticipate. 1 debate on the question ques-tion of recon izi n g the sov iet form of ; government for Kussia did not ma- j terialize. Instead the convention con- i tented itself with demanding the with- i drawal of American troops from Russia i in order to permit the tlusMan people to 1 choose their own type of administra- |