Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-06-05 | Page 7 | Labor Men Elect Officers

LABOR MEN ELECT OFFICERS I Western Federation Selects Daniel 1 McDonald for President Denver Cob June 4The Western Labor union today clecied officers as follows President Daniel McDonald Butte MOnt vicepresident J C Mc Lemore Lead S D secretarytreas urer Clarence Smith Wallace Ida executive board Roady Konehan Denver F J PclleUcr Butte F W Walton Wallace Ida F W Cronin Butte Reese Davis Red Lodge Mont It was deckled to hold next years mooting In Denver the date to be agreed upon later The Western Federation of Miners I spent the day In listening to repOrts from the delegates on conditions in I I the various districts represented All reported prosperous conditions except those from British Columbia where It was said Japanese Immigration threatens threat-ens to demoralize wages The miners adopted by a nearly unanimous vote the resolutions sent over from the Western Labor union convention In favor of organizing apolitical a-political labor party It was determined that the federation federa-tion should have an attorney retained by the year and his appointment wan I left lo the executive board It was I also decided that the members of the executive board could act as an auditIng audit-Ing committee and examine whatever bills they liked Speeches were made favoring Denver as the headquarters of the federation on the ground property here would fast rise in value and the Investment would be profllablo Salt Lake City Is Denvers only competitor for the headquarters head-quarters which are to be removed from Butte The two conventions will hold a joint session tomorrow morning and in the afternoon the federation will conclude Its work by the election of ofllcors for the coming year