Show OTHER 1 r TO CONTRIBUTE CON i Resolution of Condolence C e For Park Park City Victims 4 UNIONS GIVE BOUNTIFULLY WORKING MEN MENTO TO GIVE GI TENTER TEN ER RENT OF OP T THEIR SALARIES f p T I IND ND July 13 The I convention of the United Mine MineWorkers MineWorkers ine Workers adjourned a at 1 this afternoon after declaring deel against a general generl strike providing for the rais mis raising rl ing of or a fund with I h which to aid the striking anthracite miners and Issuing an appeal to the American people for support support The recommendations brought by the special committee during the te executive executive tive session of at yesterday and which are practically identical with wih those suggested by President Mitchell lItchel on the first day of the convention and unanimously unanimously unanimously adopted by the convention are areas area areas as a follows First That the national treasurer be authorized and directed to Immediate ly Iy appropriate 00 from the funds of the national treasury and place it at the disposal of ot the the th officers of ot dis Nos Ios 1 7 and 9 these are the anthracite districts Second That all al districts district and local unions be appealed to toto toto toto to donate from the surplus In their treasury treasur as aa large an amount as they theP can afford aford theY Third That an assessment of at 10 per percent percEnt percent cent cEnt be levied on the tle tie gross earnings earning of at atal all al members of local unions In districts dIstrict I Nos 6 8 12 1 19 23 an am 25 2 and ad an as assessment a assessment ment of ot 1 per week upon all aU mem mein hers bers ber of ot local unions In districts Nos 2 5 11 1 13 14 1 15 1 iff 16 i 26 2 and nd 21 2 The Te Th mem bers hers of districts now on strike which may resume work before this resme assess asses assessment ment has as been removed shall be as assessed a assessed either eIber 10 per er cent of their gross earnings or 1 per week week which ever the te district may decide from tram the time timework timework timework work Is i resumed Fourth The assessment shall be paid direct from the local unions u lons to the We national secretary and the te local unions will wi be held responsible for tor the pay payment payment payment ment of ot the the same ame Fifth An assessment of ot 25 5 per cent Will tl be levied upon the wages salary salar or percentage received from the or organization organization by all al national district and officers and organizers orga lers Sixth The assessment shall begin I with wih the te of ot July 1902 1002 10 2 Seventh All contributions made from the national office to the Hie anthracite anthracite anthracite cite region will wi be divided pro rata to each anthracite district in accordance with wih the number of miners and mine laborers in each of them as shown by bythe bythe bythe the most recent coal reports To Secure Work For Tor Strikers Ste It I was voted also that each local union In the tha regions that are ae at work J select a committee which shall secure work for as many of ot the men on strike as possible in the locality where the local loca union is situated and that the same reports be made of the local union for American Federation of Labor and ad also that committees be appointed by local unions to canvass the business men and other citizens of ot their localities for subscriptions t In accordance with the tons of ot the special sp committee it i was voted to issue an address to the pub public lie lic lc This address as a reported by the committee says When we look upon the enormous fortunes that our labor has made pos possible possible possible sible with the Innumerable comforts and luxuries that it I brings to the pee peo people peo pie at large and then examine the paltry pittance we receive for labor we have to perform the dangers we un undergo undergo undergo dergo the dampness We must endure foul air we must breathe br aUie and the pe peculiar peculiar culiar cular rheumatic and lung troubles su by these which we must mut bear we only feel that w are being unjustly dealt with in Ia the small smal amount of this worlds goods which we ne receive in return for so much la Ia labor labor bor her and so fO o many sacrifices The great geat combinations of capital which control the coal industry have become bec so powerful that no miner can hope ne through his individual efforts efort to secure a Just share of ot the wealth which his labor has produced The history of industrial developments in inthe Inthe Inthe the past has hI shown that when capital combines the workers worker must associate else they will wf fall fal one by one an n un pitied pl d sacrifice in the struggle for ex existence te For many years the coal miners miner of America have been Imbued Imbu d with the truth of ot the position Overbearing Petty etty Bosses The extremely e low wage paid to an anthracite anthracite miners the te refusal of the coa coal companies to have the coal properly weighed or permit the miners to em employ employ employ ploy men at their own expense to see seethe seethe the he coal coal they have hae mined weighed measured or Dr credited the great num number number number ber of hours the miner must work cv ev every ery cry day In the most unsanitary condi conditions conditions conditions the cruel cel unjust manner in which they have been ben treated by petty bosses boss clothed with wih a little brief au nu authority the arbitrary assumption by bythe bythe bythe the employers employer that tat neither the miners nor the public have any anO rights that arc are entitled to consideration by them has hns forced us to organize not for the purpose of or tai ng from the operators that which belongs belong to them but for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of securing better beter treat treatment treatment treatment ment than we have received in the pas pat past and fair recompense for our labor We Ye have sought to accomplish this end by conciliatory methods by sub sitting disputed points point to arbitration and and by a n refusal to work upon th the I terms offered us commonly spoken o oas of ofa ofas i as a a strike when all aU other means mean o of adjusting the th grievances complained o ot of othave have failed As A proof prof of ot our sincerity we point to the Joint convention cony ton 8 em of adjusting the te wages and condi condl Lions ton of ot employment from year to year yea which we have by our persistent efforts introduced and firmly established in Ina a great majority of ot the bituminous fields field felds of the United States For five fe years we have have annually made contracts in this manner maer wIth wit many of ot the bituminous eoal coal operators and notwithstanding the allegations allegation that are persistently made that tat we ar aran are arean arean an Irresponsible body we feel fel proud of the fact that that while w It may have hav been een to our financial interests on man many occasions to cast cst them aside and w E were under no legal obligations to an anone any anyone anyone one we have filled fled actually to the let spirit of contract w every ever we have made nor shall we violate them now no All AU A Attempts railed Failed One hundred and ad fifty thousand o of our craftsmen in IJ the the anthracite re regions r gions glons of ot Pennsylvania have sought t to procure gons better beter wages oges and relief from fron i many man galling conditions under which they have been ben compelled to labor I Ithe in inthe inthe the past pat They have tried by ever every honorable means known kown to civilized civilize men to o adjust adust the grievances with their thel employers employer without resorting to a strike In this they the have failed because th the employers have assumed td to t be the only I parties parte interested in all al the question I involving the te opinion of ot the miner a I position that has ha not been sustained b by bythe i the conditions hat existing since a stop stoppage stoppage page of work has ha ha taken place pla Some of at the te coal cal operators have hav i been quoted as saying that tat the ques question i Won tion ton is not one of wag wages or other con cn I o tOt of mp e but i lh that a t they elleve bc lev It t to be time Uc to t detroy the t union union Whether they tb h have J made nade this it statement or not not thel teI ae a aton ton ons indicate that their purpose p rp se e is i Is to destroy destry our organization aton It it I Is the purpose of the thea tC to t destroy our union then upon I the le principle that hat is the first fr fl law of t nature we VC e would woud d Joe e fully Ully taking tnt drastic dt incas ea urea ures res to prevent prent the t e accomplishment I of f their designs We Ve believe bleve ne te e have hae within our reach means by which that purpose can an 1 b be e No legal power lower can cn compel us us to work U tf i we desire to t remain idle t I tWe Ie We e believe belleve beleve that our our Interests In in the I of or which we e are area a part and our ur obligations to the operators with Ith I whom we have agreements require that we ve shall s al not t inaugurate augurt a general g sue sus SUI I pension of or work In Ia the th coal trade They I nay may destroy detroy our our union bu but they can canot cn cannot not ot make mae us violate our contracts Power of Public c Opinion The struggle in the te anthracite re region glen gion ion will wi be b continued until oUr de do demands demands mands luand mands have been ben granted or a compe competent competent tent nt board of ot arbitration has declared that hat we are wrong No o class of men realize more than we do cas the great geat power ower of public opinion Its It influence influenceR Is R potent for good or evil evl In accord accordance accor ance nee with wIh the manner in which it i is used sed used No Xo right can cn ca be secured and secure maintained without its Is It support and no r n wrong can long exist that meets with wih Its ts concentrated opposition Realizing this fact fact we appeal to the he people at large to bring all aU possible ble bie le pressure on the officers and stock stockholders stockholders holders of the te anthracite coal carry cr Ing ng railroads and other anthracite coal Interests Inters to t treat teat considerately the ap appeals appeals peals eals of ot their employed for ion tion ton The care of ot men and ad their families amities in a protracted struggle such as this is likely to t be will wU require the te expenditure e of a large larg sum of ot money in the the th purchase f food Our own wn resources are limited We have made a large la e on those of tose members member who are r at work to assist us In n caring for those who ho are ar on strike We W need more money for that pur purpose purpose pose and ad we appeal to the trade union and trade unionist and an to every citi zen en whose s interest Is involved and to o over very ver lover of ot fair play to to assist asit us In n raising 1000 per month from outside sources as af long ad as the strike may last lat I We believe that with thi this amount of money together with wih the amount received from our own members we can cn continue the t th struggle le until f justice has miners ms been secured for tor the te anthracite Decision Applauded The reading of ot the report of the com corn committee committee and ad the appeal to the public was wa listened ned to In I absolute silence alence but butas butas butas as the te voice of p Secretary Wilson eased ceased there came a a tremendous cheer from the delegates that that fore foreshadowed fOreshadowed foreshadowed shadowed unanimous adoption which followed a few minutes minUteS later The miners miner of Illinois announced that they hey had appropriated from theIr heir treasury for the te support of the te anthracite strike Ohi Ohio gave and Iowa and ad Illinois promised contri contributions contI to be made later President Mitchell declared that there here was wa approximately in inthe inthe the treasuries of the various local unions and that his construction of the clause directing the unions to con contribute tribute what they could afford aford was wason on ha f of this money The T convention was Ws adjourned by bythe bythe y the singing of ot America Aeria te Immediately after the adjournment nt resIdent President Mitchell called caled the meeting me to o order again agIn to hear the belated re report report port ort from a committee appointed early earlyn In n the week week to prepare resolutions of condolence upon the recent mine dis die disasters disaster asters aster In Pennsylvania and Utah The report censures sharply District Mine Inspector I Koberick Roberick Roberick of o Pennsyl vanla ifor work w r to be hb 1 com commenced t ina fr a mine before all al the t e corpses had lad been ben removed remo d President Mitchell Mitchel requested that the report be held until the matter mater could be Investigated personally by bY the officers of cers of ot the union and the report was te referred to them for future action acton Th convention then adjourned for forthe forthe the he second time |