| Show LABOR LEADERS OF WEST MEET IN DENVER Executive Board of Western Federation Miners H WILL STAND BY STRIKERS Pledge TwentyFive Thousand Dollars if Needed Recent Trouble at Colorado City Will Come Up for Consideration at Another Conference Denver May ISThe executive board of the Western Federation of Miners preparatory to the annual convention con-vention of the body in Denver next week met this morning at the general headquarters and discussed the local J strike situation In all Us phases The federation had through President Moyer and SecretaryTreasurer Hay I I wood agreed to stand by labor here In 4 its trouble and the board today con s I firmed that pledge l It Is I said to the extent ex-tent of 25000 It needed BIG TREASURY FUND The Federation now numbers 70000 members all In the Rocky mountain States and British Columbia It is said I til that 1 per cent of the members wages may be collected for a federation treasury fund thus giving an estimated I esti-mated income of 120000 monthly It WHO ARE PRESENT The following members of the committee com-mittee are present Phil Bbwder of Helena J T Lewis of Globe Ariz John Simpkins of Waidner Ida Thomas McKean of Terry S D D C Copley of Independence Colo and J A Baker representing British Columbia Colum-bia biaWILL OPEN RESTAURANT A restaurant will be opened by the committee wherein to feed tho delegates I during the stay herre because the few 1 1tnurtits n 9 X open aro conducted ivHli 3hbi unfon employees I WILL NOT BUILD The committee also determined not to j erect a large ofllce building In Denver as was decided on last year because of the unsettled condition of the Western West-ern labor situation It Is said that the federation now has In its treasury the big sum of 1500000 COLORADO CITY TROUBLES The failure of Manager MacNcIll of the Colorado City Ore Reduction com Ijjj pany to reinstate the striking employees em-ployees May iSth today under the agreement reached some weeks ago has not yet been taken up by the board It is likely this matter will be considered con-sidered tomorrow and some recommendation recommen-dation be made to the convention when It meets here next week LABOR UNION TO MEET The executive board of the American Labor union will meet In Denver Uj Wednesday preparatory to the annual i I convention In this city next Monday I These two conventions will bring representatives of the American Fede rationof Labor to Denver to confer on a plan which has for Its purpose the complete settlement of the differences between the A L U and the A F of L which have existed for nearly two AS M years |
