Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1904 — SOCIALISTIC MOVE SAT UPON [ARTICLE]

SOCIALISTIC MOVE SAT UPON

U. M. W. Convention Declines to Consider It Seriously—Scale Matters Somewhat Mixed. Indianapolis. Jan. 21.—The Leavenworth, Kan., delegation in the U. M. W. convention introduced a socialistic resolution so strong that it was received as a joke. It provided for miners owning coal mines and railroads, forming a political party with the union label under the emblem, and other features of a like kind. It was laughed down. The credentials committee announced that it would not be able to report and the convention adjourned for the day. The delegates seem to have no definite idea as yet as to the terms of the scale they will offer. Tlie recommendations of Illinois. Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania will naturally take precedence. It has developed that a strong demand will be made for a substantial increase for out-door men and for the eagers. track layers, timber men and drivers who work inside the mines.