Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-28 | Page 1 | Miners Take up Moyer Case

'iltS TAIE Is-Held as Military Prisoner, Western Federation Appoints Committee to Take Action for His Release. Report Regarding Affiliation With. American Federation of Labor Not Yet Concluded.' 1 DENVER, Colo., May HI. The committee com-mittee on afllliation of the Western West-ern Federation of Miners with the American Federation of Labor did not report at today's session as was expected. For the first time since the opening of the convention the case of Charles H. Mover, the president of the federation, who is held a prisoner by the military authorities at Tellurlde, was taken Into serious consideration. A committee composed of M. Glllis nnd F. Jj. Rc-ber Rc-ber of Butte, and M. D. Moore of Arl-zona, Arl-zona, was appointed to take such action ac-tion as might be deemed expedient in releasing President Moyer. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the stand taken by the 3000 members of the Chicago Boot and Shoe Workers' union, who were locked out May 1 for refusing to accept the "open shop" rule a3 well as a reduction of wages. In these resolutions the members of the Western Federation of Miners are called upon to refrain from purchasing Chicago-made shoes, it haying come to the knowledge of the convention that such shoes are sold extensively in" sections sec-tions of the country where the Western Federation of Miners are 3trongly organized. or-ganized. The proposition of adding a 'member of tho coal miners union to the executive execu-tive board was freely discussed, but no action was taken. Honorary membership was granted to Freeman Knowles of Deadwood, S. D.. upon request of the miners and millers' union there. Tho abolition of the union transfer cards was another topic discussed today. to-day. At the conclusion of the session the convention voted to renounce the buttonhole but-tonhole carnation, which, ln the language lan-guage of Secretary Haywood, hnd "grown to be the crushers' emblem." Memorial day will be observed In tho convention and the graves of the late Rev. Myron Reed and the late Gov. Davis H. Walte will be decorated. Secretary Haywood says that important impor-tant changes to the constitution and by-laws will be proposed by the committee com-mittee on that subject.