Show PRESIDENT MOVER MOYER RETAINS OFFICE Western Fed Federation of Miners Declines to Elect His Hs i I I Successor BELIEVE HIM INNO INNOCENT CENT Slums Shows s Like Confidence in III aal 1 Miners lIncI s Make lake Application for COl Membership Denver Colo June Junc 1 That 1 12 T That al thc they arc absolutely satisfied of or the Inno lone Innocence innocence cence o of their theft leaders who arc are confined con con- toted fined In n an lit Idaho Jail fall trial trio on tins charge of or having plotted thic thi th c cow t u assassination P of former r Govi Gov- Gov S Ste l Idaho wn i o o of r va a m nil tit n n I A 1 t lt i yh lt yf ky UJ JI V I i r ru 1 Iel of Miners l today t when het the question of rc electing for fot the coming year eal came up The Thu constitution con cat expressly provides that no nc noman man mU shall be elected an a of or the OI organization unless ho ha J Is present on the tho loot floor of or the convention and this fact fu l had Karl been I. I counted upon by I. I y certain cola tain enemies of or President 1001 1 Sec Sec- treasurer retort William lIliam D D. Haywood and district executive boat board d mom member bel belI I. I L L. J. J to bar them from froth orlice of- of lice Ilce but hut the members of the or organization organization delegated dolc to carry out tho iho will x of tho the locals decided l that they must emphatically show shots their absolute confidence in the utter alter Innocence of or their accused and so It was tuns decided that no nominations should be made for Sot the vacant places of oC the themen men who are now in the Idaho Jail When hen the latter took toole the obligation of or office on one year scar ago ugo they that agreed to serve ser until their thell successors had been elected and qualified and I. I by y tho action action ac ac- tion of or the Federation today tho iho three nu n named above will hold until the next convention Elected The officers elected or whose title tile was confirmed tt were were- cro as follows President Chat Charles II Moyer l o of oC Denver Denver Den Den- ver vcr vice president C C. E. E 1 Mill dull and Smelters Smelters' union secretary secretary- h treasurer William D D. Haywood of or Datt Denver cr executive board district number number num num- ber hel one ono At Arizona Izotta New Mexico l and California tattoo Marlon Moore 1 Dore of McCabe Arl Ariz elected re District 1 No 0 2 Idaho Idaho Idaho Ida Ida- ho Oregon and Washington ton L. L J J. J Simpkins of oC Gardner Idaho reelected elect re-elect- ed cd District No o 3 J Montana 1 and Wyoming C Low Lowne ncy of Minors Minors' Union No 1 1 0 of or Butte District No 4 1 Colorado and ancl Utah Frank Flank zor zar of or re-elected re District No Ao 5 b South Dakota Minnesota l Wisconsin and lichi 1 Michigan an James Kor- Kor wan tvan of IelI Terry S S. 1 elected re-elected DI District Dis No G British Columbia Ernest Mills lulls of oC Greenwood B B. C C. re cried District No j 7 to be he elected later I Ea Coal ConI Miners Great Greal Interest centered in the Vestern Western West Vest ern Federation of o Minors acts Those These men are arc now members o of or the United Mine 1 MineWorkers Workers of or America most of them thorn being being heIng be he- ing employed In ht the tho bituminous re ru regions 10 gions Ions of lenn Pennsylvania and Ohio al nl although although al- al though a few Cow of or them como somo front n the tho anthracite dish districts and all made mado In Individual applications to bo ho enrolled as llOS members of 0 tho iho Western estern Federation This ThiN is s done to emphasize their disapproval dis approval al of the policy pellet of President John Mitchell and tho iho United Mine Une MineWorkers Workers Volkers who have fatted failed to secure tho iho victories s when the negotiations otla- otla tt were cre be begun un with the operators hundred thousand thousand thousand months a ago o. o Over ono and Individual applications fur for membership mom mom- bet shiP in the tho Western estern Federation were received at toda today's s 's sc session slon and mul wore were referred to bo acted upon by bytho bytho tho iho executive committee If It the men then arc are taken Into membership it will give glue the tho Western Federation locals In territory terri tory lory Inlo into n which some of or officers have hate w wanted to go gu for fur some time |