Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1902 — MINERS IN CONVENTION. [ARTICLE]

MINERS IN CONVENTION.

Nearly; 1,000 Delegatee in Attendance nt Indianapolis, Ind. Nearly 1,000 members of the United Mine Workers of America were present at the thirteenth annual convention when it opened in Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis. Delegates were present from twen-ty-four States, representing every bituminous and anthracite coal field iu the United States. Ben Tillett, the famous British labor leader, who is in this country studying labor conditions, was the guest of President Mitchell and the miners. His address was one of the features of the convention. The convention was to continue until the joint conference with the operators of Ohio, Pennsylvania. Illinois and Indiana should begin. This last conference will probably last for ten days.