OCR Text |
Show OLD GLORY WINS AT MINERS' MEET Cripple Creek, Colo., July 17. By an almost unanimous yoto, the Western West-ern Federation of Miners, in convention conven-tion at Victor today, decided that local lo-cal unions could mako long-time contracts. con-tracts. There wero but two dissenting dissent-ing votes to the motion, which was In tho form of an amendment to tho constitution. The action was precipitated by a discussion of tho Butto. Mont,, union making a three-year wago contract. Tho debate on the amendmont took up the bettor part of the afternoon session. A committee from the United Unit-ed Mino Workers of America explained ex-plained to tho delegates the methods they used In organizing coal camps. They suggested consolidating tho fodoratlon and tho Workers, but no official proposition was offered. The flag question, which caused a heated debate yesterday, was settled today when the American flag that waived over the bull pen In the strike of 1D04 was purchased and drapod over the president's chair. |