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MURDER BRAND ON
COLORADO MINERS
Gen. Bell Says Unionist Leaders
Aided and Abetted Dyna
st miters in Crime.
Cripple Creek, Col., June .18.Gen-
eral Bell has given out a statement
concerning his action in deporting
strikers. He attributes the recent
troubles growing out of the miners*
Krlke and the strike itself to the so
cialist element in the Western Federa
tion of Miners, who, he says, cap
tured the organization two years ago.
He declares that the federation has
taade unionism a secondary considera
tion and that the organization, root
lnd branch, is being made a vehicle
/or the promotion of socialism. The
leaders, he asserts, have not hesi
tated to cause "weak and willing
members to commit any crime to
Btrike terror to property owners or
workingmen who refuse to abide their
dictates."
The murder of non-union men by
blowing up the Independence station,
he charges, was "perpetrated with the
aid and advice of federation leaders
and by men in their employ."
The only hope for peace and se
curity of life and property was "to
exterminate the federation from the
camp."
After a conference between repre
sentatives of various local unions and
of the mine owners and the citizens'
alliance, at which good feeling was
shown on both sides, the employers
agreed to make a frank statement of
'their attitude toward all organized
labor. A committee is preparing a
draft of the statement which will be
submitted to the central committee for
approval before it is made public to
morrow. Employers say no radical
action will be taken except as to the
Western Federation of Miners and al
lied and kindred organizations. The
statement will declare that the
domination of the Western Federation
of Miners will not be longer tolerated
in the Cripple Creek district.
The walking delegate and the boy
cott also will be declared against in
decisive terms. The district Trades
Assembly as now constituted, employ
ers say, must be abandoned. On the
other hand, the employers of labor
will place themselves on record
against any lowering of the existing
scale of wages and hours.
About 125 men are in the bullpen
at the present time. A list for depor
tation has been made out, to be pre
sented to General Bell. The total
number who v/lU be sent out to-day
to-morrow will be between fifty
and seventy-five, if the l}st which has
been prepared is not amended by Gen
eral Bell.
The destination of the next party
to be deported has not been definitely
announced and will not be until the
train is well out of the district. It
Is understood, however, that the men
will be taken either to New Mexico
o'r Utah.
Lieutenant Cole and a squad have
lee scouting in the neighborhood of
Dunnville to find the men who were
not captured by the military after the
fight last Wednesday. Soldiers who
.have returned say they were shot at
'from ambush but were unable to lo
cate the persons who fired the shots.
HEARST FAILS
TO CARRY STATE
Continued from First Page.
tlonal convention. R. C. Saunders was recom-
fo:- member of the state central commit-
.gemended
polkThe convention indorsed Alex Thompson,
n anti-Hearst leader, as a delegate to the na
tional convention, and he was allowed to choose
ills delegation of twenty. The Hearst sympathi
sers bolted and elected a full delegation, headed
by Nat Campbell.
WasecaNo instructions. James Guigan, who
is a recosaized Hearst leader, was chairman of
the committee to select delegates and indorsed
tor committeeeman.
KandiyohiPatrick Lawler indorsed for com
.Inltteeman. Delegates favor Parker.
ItascaDelegates all favor Hearst.
RedwoodDemocrats held no convention, and
probably will not be represented at Duluth.
MowerConvention will be held next Monday.
No Hearst sentiment.
BeckerXo democratic organization and no
convention called.
WinonaDelegates are uninstrncted, but prac
tically all anti-Parker. H. L. Buck, chairman
of the state committee, desires uninstrncted del
egates to St. Louis, and most of the delegation
Is ready to support him In this, altho on direct
vote Hearst might have some delegates. In
structed for Buck for delegnte-at-large.
MartinDelegation divided in preference.
Frank A. Day indorsed for district delegate.
PipestoneDelegates not Instructed, but said
to favor Hearst.
Mllle LacsNo convention held.
NoblesDelegation Is against Hearst.
BentonDelegation uninstrncted but mostly
tor Hearst. PILOTS AWAIT GOMPERS
Conference With Federation President to
Be Held Soon.
Cleveland, June 13.The advisory board
of the Masters and Pilots' association ex
pect President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor to-morrow or next
day for a conference. The meeting will
also, it is said, be attended by Captain
McGregor of the International Pilots' as
sociation.
No vessels belonging to the Lake Car
riers cleared from this port to-day. Sev
eral boats, however, heretofore reported as
having: cleared to-day remained at the
breakwater, evidently waiting to secure a
full complement of officers.
Liver and Kidneys
It Is highly important that these organs
should properly perform their functions.
When they don't, what lameness of the
side and back, what yellowness of the skin,
-^what constipation, bad taste in the mouth,
.sick headache, pimples and blotches, and
loss of courage, tell the story.
The great alterative and tonic
Hood'sSarsaparilla Gives these organs vigor and tone for the
proper performance of their functions, and
cures all their ordinary ailments. Take it.
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MONDAY EVENING,
800 RUSSIANS DIE $
IN A JAP AMBUSH
Continued from First Page.
"Vladivostok, which they reached at 8
o'clock yesterday morning.
A telegram from St. Petersburg
states that the Kussians have evacu
ated Liao-yang and that General
Kuropatkin has removed his head
quarters from Liao-yang to Mukden,
indicating that the army he com
mands is retiring northward.
But a dispatch from Niu-chuang
dated 7 p. m. to-day states that noth
ing new had occurred there.
RUSSIAN GUNS POINT LANDWARD
Less Than 30,000 in Czar's Forces In
Port Arthur.
Niu-chuang, June 18, 6 a. m.A
Chinaman who was smuggled by the
Japanese into Port Arthur to act as
a spy, escaped from there seven days
ago, was arrested at Niu-chuang last
night. He told a correspondent of the
Associated Press that the Russians
were working a large force of men
day and night repairing the warships.
The work will be completed in a fort
night.
Four cruisers under Golden Hill (at
the entrance of Port Arthur) have
their guns pointed landward to assist
in repulsing a land attack. The chan
nel is partly cleared, but Admiral
Togo's blockade is effective.
The spy estimates the total strength
of the Russian forces, including the
sailors, at less than 80,000 men. There
are many sick and wounded.
There is food sufficient for two
months. All the Chinese foodstuff has
been seized by the authorities.
Two armored trains, on board of
which are mounted guns landed from,
the Russian battleship Retvisan, re
cently ran to a point near the Japanese
lines and opened fire. The Japanese
replied and their shells badly damaged
the train, though it managed to re
turn to the Russian lines.
The Russians at Port Arthur are
gloomy, tho hoping that General
Kuropatkin will send an army south to
assist the garrison of Port Arthur.
Admiral Togo is stopping many native
boats attempting to land foodstuffs
near Port Arthur. Forty-two junks
from Chi-fu have been sent to Tung
chou-foo.
The Chinese guilds are petitioning
Lieutenant General Stoessel, com
mander of the Russian military forces
at Port Arthur, to permit their mem
bers to leave. A flour mill belonging
to Chi-feng-tai, the richest Chinaman
in Port Arthur, is grinding wheat
brought from Seattle in a French ship
which is still at Port Arthur.
An enormous amount of damage
was done to the new town by the
Japanese shells. The Russo-Chinese
bank is totally destroyed. The coal
supply at Port Arthur is low. I is
estimated at only 2,400 tons" of Car
diff and 3,000 tons of Japanese coal.
Chinese who have Just arrived here
from Pi-tse-wo say that the Japanese
stationed there have reloaded all of
their provisions and ammunition for
transportation with the Intention ap
parently of moving them southwards,
down the peninsula. The Japanese
fleet, they also say, is cruising daily
between Talienwan and Kin-chau.
JAPANESE LOSE HEAVILY
Flanking Movement Repulsed with
Loss of Two Battalions.
Hai-cheng, Manchuria, June 13.
A flanking movement of the Japanese
around the Russian* left from Feng
huang-cheng June 9 was repulsed
with a loss of two whole battalions.
A large Japanese force moved *out
in the morning along the Feng
huang-cheng and Hai-cheng road.
The Russians had a force strongly
posted in a ravine thirty miles south
east of Hai-cheng. The Japanese
were preceded by two battalions, who
walked into the Russian ambuscade.
They received a murderous rifle and
artillery flre at close range and were
wiped out, only one or two escaping.
The main Japanese force, which
was greatly superior so the Russian
force, tried to outflank the Russians,
who drew off without losing a man.
The Japanese closing in, found the
ravine vacant, save for their own
dead.
There are three battalions in each
Japanese infantry regiment, except
the bodyguard regiments, which have
two each. A Japanese regiment or
dinarily consists of seven officers, 154
subofficers and 1,440 privates1,664
men in all. Therefore it is probable
that in the two battalions reported
wiped out, there were at least 1,100
men.
PORT ARTHTJR'S FALL JUNE 20
Japs Send Newspaper Men Forward to
Witness Capture.
New York Sun Special Service.
Tokio, June 13.True to his prom
ise that they should sail in the sec
ond week of June to observe the
operations incident to the fall of Port
Arthur, General Fukushima, Saturday
night, gave a dinner in honor of ten
newspaper correspondents and twelve
military attaches of foreign powers,
and yesterday started them for the
front from the Yokosuka naval station
on the Siberian railway steamer Man
churia, captured by the Japanese in
the first week of the war. In his
speech General Fukushima said:
"You are to be the guests of the
navy in a visit to the naval seats. It
is extremely probable that you will
visit Talien-wan bay and the army
bases on the Liao-tung peninsula north
of Port Arthur. The foreign cor
respondents, I hope, will arrive at
Port Arthur in time to be of
service to their newspapers. The
gentlemen who are now to be guests
of the navy no doubt will be able to
do justice to the news that will soon
be within their province to report."
In private conversation General
Fukushima promised that the foreign
correspondents would arrive at Port
Arthur not later than Sunday, June 19.
"You will be a day or two ahead of
time," said Fukushima, "unless the
Russian fleet should capture you."
FEARS FOR CORRESPONDE NT
Indianapolis Man Either In
Arthur or a Prisoner.
Indianapolis, lnd., June 13.A cable
from Chi-fu to-day announces that
fears are entertained for the. safety of
Hector Fuller, the Indianapolis News
staff war correspondent, who left there
recently to make his third attempt to
enter Port Arthur. He was last seen
Friday by Stanley Washburn of the
Chicago News, with whom he had ar
ranged to communicate his move
ments. He was then leaving the
Miau-tao islands, forty-five miles.south
of Port Arthur It is believed he has
effected an entrance into Port Arthur
or has been captured or drowned.
Secretary Hay and the Russian gov
ernment have been notified.
JAPS WIN OUTPOST FIGHTS
Small Skirmishes the Only Break in
Monotony for Knroki..
Kuroki's Headquarters in tne Field,
June 12, via Fu-san, Korea.-Accord
ing to information here the only hos
tilities now occurring at the front are
daily encounters between outposts re
sulting in the lpss' of a man of two
every day.
A few Hussion prisoners are being
brought into Japanese headquarters,
but no Japanese are being captured.
S5SB1
This is taken to show" that the, Jap
anese are getting the best of the en
counters-
Chinese are giving trouble by cut
ting the telegraph wires nightly. They
probably are in the pay of the Rus
sians.
The work of keeping Kuroki's army
in supplies continues to be performed
with excellent results, and is beyond
criticism. The conduct of the Japan
ese soldiers is irreproachable and their
spirits are high.
TAMMANY WILL
SUPPORT PARKER
Continued from First Page."
love feast, but many at this time
look for a hard fight at St. Louis.
W. W. Jermane.
FOES O PARKER MEET TO-DAY
Factions Will Attempt to Pick a
Democratic Winner.
New York Sun Special Servioe,
New York, June lb.The factions
in "the democratic party opposed to
the nomination of Judge Parker as
semble in this city to-day to decide
on a course of action. They have
made a canvass of the situation, with
the purpose of bringing about a boom
for Mayor McClellan, but It is now
privately acknowledged that this Is
a failure. They have now concluded
that Grover Cleveland is the only man
who can defeat Parker.
The claim is made that the requis
ite one-third had been assured. A
recognized spokesman of Tammany
Hall, stipulating that his name should
not be used,:
said:
"Parker is beaten. He may have
a lead in the race, but the men who
are opposing him have clinched and
oopper-riveted a third Of the dele
gates who will never consent to his.
nomination. The Hearst and Bryan
votes, with the Gorman strength.arid
a few scattering votes absolutely op
posed to Parker will do the trick.
A third of the convention can be
counted upon absolutely to oppose
P^rksr
"The fight is absolutely unchanged
from Tammany's standpoint. We
stand just where we stood two weeks
ago, opposed to Parker, because of
Hill, and prepared to go to St. Loiais
and tell the delegates that Parker
cannot carry this state."
This combination expects to con
trol the sixty-eight votes of Pennsyl
vania and the Gorman strength, in
cluding Maryland, West Virginia and
the District of Columbia Virginia,
thru Thomas Ryan Ohio, thru
John R. McLean, and the strength of
William R. Hearst as well as that of
W. J. Bryan. Agents of this com
bine will make representations to the
delegates at St. Louis that Grover
Cleveland is the only man who can
carry New York, New Jersey,
SOLUTION IN BADGER PUZZLE
Eastern Republicans Would Seat Both
Sets of Delegates or Neither.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, June 13.Eastern re
publican opinion is leaning strongly
towards the idea that the national
committee, which meets in Chicago
Wednesday to arrange the temporary
roll call of the national convention,
should proceed in the Wisconsin con
test very carefully.
Many leaders here think the com
mittee should either seat both sets of
delegates-at-large from Wisconsin, or
neither.
For the committee to undertake to
pass upon the merits of the contest
would be to imperil the state for
Roosevelt and stir up the factional
strife anew. Chairman Payne, it is
understood, regards this proposed so
lution as a safe plan.
W. W. Jermane.
Port
NECK BROKEN IN SLIDE "HOME."
Philadelphia, June 13.Charles Binder
broke his neck sliding to the home plate
in a baseball game Saturday, but the
physicians at Jefferson hospital '_ are in
hopes of saving his life. Altho Binder
has remained unconscious ever since the
accident, the results of the operation per
formed by the doctors, who reset the dis
located bones and dressed the injured
spinal column, were satisfactory.
Trial of the perfect
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL
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THREB CONCERNED IN ILLINOIS
Hearst, Harrison and Hopkins Forces,
Battle for Control.^ ,,f
Springfield, 111., June 13.Theques-'
tion of whether or not the Illinois del-,
egation to the democratic national
convention will be instructed for "Wil
liam R. Hearst depends largely.upon
the outcome of a three-cornered fac
tional fight for the control of the
party organization in the state con
vention which meets to-morrow.
The angles to the struggle are made
up of the adherents of John P. Hop
kins, which means the existinir*$'arty
machine the followers of Mayor Har
rison, and those who favor William R.
Hearst for president. Mr. Hearst has
no interest in the fight beyond secur
ing an instructed delegation, but his
chief lieutenants are men who are:!
ousted from control of the party ma
chine two years ago. They are mak
ing a strong battle for Hearst, but
they are striving at the same time to
regain their lost power.
The Harrison men are for an in
dorsement of Congressman Williams
for president and that brings them up
against the Hearst people. They are.
personally opposed to Hopkins and his
control of the state committee, which
leaves no hope of a combination
against Hearst in that direction.
The Hopkins people object to Har
rison for the same reason that he
opposes them. He will get nothing
that they can keep him out of. Hop
kins desires to retain control of the
state committee so ardently, desired
by the Hearst campaign managers and
the fight in this direction is becoming
exciting.
The first struggle will come to-night
when the state committee meets. Its
members claim the right to select a
temporary chairman and Frank J.
Quinn of Peoria is the man talked of
at present.
The Hearst people claim the right
to name the chairman and desire Con
gressman Rainey for. the place.
Harrison may combine with Hearst
against Hopkins for the control of the
organization of the convention.
The struggle for party control has
become so keen that the nomination
of state officers has become a second
ary matter and nobody at present is
paying much attention to the seekers
for office.
CHRISTIAN UNION
URGED AT A LEA
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United Church Deplores the Atti
tude of Norwegian .and
Hauge Synods.
REV. O. LOKENSGAARD,
President of the Lutheran Normal School
at Madison, yMinn.:
Spools! to The Journal,
Albert Lea, Mirih., June 13.Rev.
Jacob Tanner of Brooklyn, N. Y., con
tinued-the reading of the report of
the committee on the president's ad
dress before the United church to-day,
and the following.. resolution was
adopted.
"The United church deplored the
fact that the Norwegian synod and the
Hauge synod are not willing to con
fer with us in order to establish a
Christian union of all the Norwegian
Lutheran churches. But nevertheless
it hopes and prays that the confer
ences may be renewed' at no distant
time the future."
As the deaconess' home in Chicago
can be legally transferred to the
United church, the board Of trustees
was authorized to receive the prop
erty, the net value of which is $40,-
000. The present governing board of
the institution will be continued in
authority till the next annual meeting.
A committee of three will be elected
to draft rules for the government of
the home and report at the next an
nual meeting.
Committees are to be chosen to
draft resolutions because of the res
ignations of Rev. Johan -Olsen of St.
Ansgar, Iowa, and L. Ericksen Weg
dahl, who have served the church
long and faithfully, and upon the
death of Lars Swenson, Professor H.
T. Ytterboe and Rey. A. Skare.
Rev1.
Mr Tanner ats read the re
port of: the committee on rules for
the visits of presiding, elders, which
was' adopted. .i..4'*''r
Division of Districts.
The district of Eau Claire was di
vided and* the new district is named
the Riefe Lake district. The Grand
Foriks district was divided and
new -bher
\4s*
the. will be the Park Rive dis
trict. Presiding elders are to be
elected" in six districts.
As Cahion, S. D and Sioux Falls
laid. .Winona had offered the annual
meeting accommodations for next
year free of charge, it was. decided to
authorize the special committee elect
ed every year to select the place of
next year's meeting.
^,g Resolution.
Tfct^ following resolution caused a
lively discussion and was referred
back to the committee for revision:
"As the saloons and the liquor traf
fic, more than anything else, are a
hindrance to the work of the church
and as the traffic is ah evil protected
by law, and hence privileged, the an
nual meeting exhorts all ministers and
members of the United church to
neglect no opportunity by means of
their example, influence and their
weapon as citizens (the ballot) to
make persistent efforts to eradicate
this evil."
The words objected to Were "more
than anything else."
The committee which was elected
last year to collect historical materials
bearing on the history of the Nor
wegian Lutheran church in America,
is to continue its work the coming
year.
Church Schools.
Rev. N. C. Brun of Lake Mills, Iowa,
secretary of the committee on schools,
presented his report. On account of
poor health, Dr. E. G. Lund has
:^rom
found it necessary to resign. The an
nual meeting will not elect any profes
sor this year, but it authorizes the
board of regents and the faculty of
the theological seminary to secure
whatever teachers are needed. The
board of trustees was instructed to
procure suitable buildings, lighting
and other improvements at the
seminary.
The faculty of St. Olaf college was
requested to pay due attention to such
students as find it impraoticable to
learn Norwegian, and it is authorized
to grant diplomas to them, provided
they have fulfilled the requirements in
other respects. In other words, a
student may be graduated without
taking any Norwegian.
At present, it is not considered ad
visable to establish a professorship
in the Icelandic language at St. Olaf.
Ministers and congregations are re-,
minded of the importance of mission
ary work in the English language,
where the young people do not under
stand Norwegian.
The board of regents was requested
to investigate the feasibility of estab
lishing Waldorf college at Forest City,
Iowa.
Sacred Concert.
In the evening a sacred concert was
given, the soloists being Professors F.
Melius Christiansen, violinist, and Miss
Martha Larson, pianist, both of S
Olaf college, and Miss Amanda Lar
son of Lake Mills, Iowa, vocalist. The
United church octet and Brundin's
Brass band assisted.
Fifteen Ordained.
Representative ministers of the
United church occupied the pulpits of
most of the churches, both in the fore
noon and evening on Sunday. The
chief services were held in Assembly
hall, where 2,000 persons were pres
ent. The following candidates were
ordained by Rev. T. H. Dahl:
Wilhelm Koll, Johannes Erlkson, J. M. Green,
P. J. Johnson, M. J. Llndeland, Otto Mostrom,
David Svenningsen. C. E. Sybelrud. Nils Kleven,
J. J. Bredal, O. O. Soude, J. J. Horvei, Q. 0.
WigdahV A. E. Kvale and Ole Hounes.
Vice President N. J. Ellestad deliv
ered the introductory address, and
ministers assisted. At the close of
the services, a collection was taken for
the benefit of ministers and widows of
ministers who need assistance.
A Temperance Meeting.
At 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon a
meeting was held in the interests of
temperance. Addresses were deliv
ered by N. B. Thvedt of Duluth, J. C.
Roseland, A, J. Hulteng, E. T. Rogne,
who presided, and Professor K.. Lak^
ensgaard, Mr. Gabrielson of Eau
Claire, Wis., and Hans Rund.
Report of Board of Regents.
Profesor J. E. Granrud, secretary ef
the board of regents, presented its
report on permanent- and temporary
appointments at St. Olaf college. The
recommendations were: Prife's'sor P."
M. Glasoe is granted leave of absence
for one year, and Miss Mary B. Stark
is appointed to fill the vacancy Pro
fessor P. J. Schmidt, A. M., is appoint
ed professor of mathematics, with a
salary of $1,000 Professor Edward
Schmidt, at Present at Red Wing sem^
inary, is appointed professor of bi
ology with a salary of $1,100 Profes
sor I. Grose is appointed assistant
professor of English, with a salary
of $1,000. Mr.u Grose is the man who
coached the St. Olaf men and enabled
them to win the Intercollegiate state
oratoricaal contests three years in sue
c&&sion
Professor Olav Lee is appointed as
sistant professor of Latin with a sal
ary of $1,000. Professor F. Melins
Christiansen is appointed director of
music with a salary of $1,000. Rev.
H. B. Kildahl is appointed financial
manager to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Professor Ytterboe. Erik
Hetle is appointed for one year at a
salary $6Q0. Miss Agnes Kittllsby is
appointed preceptress for one year,
salary $600.
v: Madison Normal Appointments.P:JJ
At the normal school, Madison,
Minn., Professor A. K. Feroe is ap
pointed professor of mathematics and
Andrew Hegre is reappointed for next
year.with an increase of salary.
The board of regents and the facul
ty of the Theological seminary recom
mended Rev. Messrs. J. A. Aasgaard
and O. J. U. Siljan as candidates for
the fellowship established at the last
annual meeting.
DEATH^OF JAMES MINOOTE
Wisconsin Man Stricken With Paralysis
While Visiting In Minnesota.
Special to The Journal,
Stillwater, Minn., June 13.James Min
ogue, conductor and roadmaster of the
Spring Valley & Woodvilie railway in Wis
consin, died of paralysis while visiting his
brother Thomas in the town of Grant,
this county. The funeral will be held
to-morrow.
The J. W. Van Sant and towboat took
out two deck loaded rafts of logs for Peter
Musser & Son of Muscatine. This is the
largest log shipment in a long time.
Warden Wolfer has word that Rafael
Ortiz, the Porto Rican formerly confined
in the prison here, sailed for his island
home from New York on Saturday.
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LABOR RALLIES ATNEWULH
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OPENING OF THE FEDERATION'S
ANNUAL CONVENTION.
Four Candidates for the Presidency,
Two .from Each of the Twins
Open-Air Entertainment To-night
In the Park if the Weather Is Pro
pitious.
W. E. McEWEN OF DULUTH,
Secretary-Treasurer, Who Will Probably
Be Re-elected Without Opposition.
Special to The Journal.
New Ulm, June 13.Many delegates
to the twenty-second annual conven
tion of the Minnesota State Federation
of Labor arrived last night. Among
them were the president, M. E. Neary,
and secretary, W. E. McEwen. They
at once established themselves at the
Dakota house, headquarters for the
association, while it is in session in
the city. All official meetings are be
ing held in Turner theater.
The preliminary work of the con
vention occupied the attention of the
delegates this morning. Mayor
Charles Silverson gave them a hearty
welcome. As most of the delegates
will not arrive until this afternoon,
but little work will be accomplished
to-day.
This evening will be given up to
pleasure and the visitors will be enter
tained in the Turner park by the
members of the Turnverein, who have
arranged to hold an athletic exhibi
tion and a series of drills and songs.
The Second Regiment band will fur
nish music.
The real work of the convention will
begin to-morrow when the election of
the officers will be held. Much inter
est centers in this as there are four
candidates for president: M. E. Neary
for re-election, Harry Dix of Minneap
olis, C. E. James and A. H. Garfield
of. St. Paul. All the candidates have
enthusiastic followings and undoubt
edly a hard struggle will precede the
choice.
As a result of the holding of the
convention in New Ulm it is expected
there will be organized in the city a
branch of .the federation and that it
will be a strong factor, as there are
large firms here employing many men,
The, question of organization has been
'disdussed among the men and the sen
timent is against it. This, the mass
meeting to be held to-morrow night, is
expected to change, as it is an open
meeting and an effort to get all the
workingmen of the city to attend will
be made.
Fr ee Employment Bureau.
Two hundred and twenty-five dele
gates, representing most of the unions,
are present. President Neary intro
duced John O'Donnell, commissioner
of labor, who made a long address on
the progress of labor in the state, the
advance the department had made in
the matter of collecting statistics, and
the co-operation the school depart
ment of the state is giving for the
abolition of child labor. He recom
mended a resolution to the effect that
the legislature create a free employ
ment bureau, and gave it as his opin
ion that, such a resolution would be
adopted before the convention ad
journed.
Defends Colorado Miners.
Secretary McEwin grew eloquent
in defense of the miners of Colorado,
stating that despotism reigned from
the governor down to the most un
important militiaman, and praying
that the convention pass a resolution,
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clean cut and decisive, to the effect
that the Minnesota federation was in
sympathy with them and imploring
the United States government to sup
plant the state troops with regular
army men.
Applause and cheers seemed to in-'
dicate that these sentiments met with,
unanimous approval. J!|
Committees. ,&
The committees, as appointed by
President Neary, are as follows:
Credentials!C. W. Douglas of St. Paul,
Ole G. Larson of Duluth and Hugh Jen
nings of Minneapolis.
Rules of Order and Order of Business
J. L. Hughes of St. Paul, Charles Bather
of Minneapolis, George Northfleld of Du
luth, M. .J. Cuddy of Mankato, S. Gardner
of Bralnerd, A. J. Wampach of St. Cloud
and Herman Kurtz of Stillwater.
Constitution and LawJ. O. Watson of
Minneapolis, Phil Carden of Minneapolis,
J. W. Fuller of Bralnerd, Ed Lowe of Du
luth, F. E. Hoffman of St. Paul, Aug. G.
Suffield of St. Paul and Albert Rose of
Mankato.
ResolutionsHenry Pereault of Duluth,
A. E. Kellington of Minneapolis, C. E
James of St. Paul G. E. Morrison of Man
kato, H. P. Stickling of St. Cloud, M. O.
Saltz of Winona and H. B. Miller of
Brainerd.
FinanceJohn H. Klatt of Mankato, O.
A. Weaver of Brainerd. H. V. Koch oi
St. Paul, Joseph McCauley of St. Paul,
Ed Schubenski of Duluth, Charles E,
Burch of Minneapolis and F. W. Bell of
Minneapolis.
OrganizationHarry L. Dix of Minneap
olis, John B. Swift of Minneapolis, Joseph
Shortl of Duluth, S. O. Klrkbon of Little
Falls, F. W. Amman of Mankato, A. H.
Garfield of St. Paul and J. W. Thomas
of St. Paul.
McEwen's Report.
W. E. McEwen of Duluth, secre
tary-treasurer, read a long annual re
port in which he discussed various
phases of the labor movement. He
said in part:
Eight years ago there were about sev
enty unions in the State Federation of
Labor. To-day there are 260, or an in
crease of almost 400 per cent. There
are fully one hundred unions in the state
that have not joined with us. I believe
that in time these can be reached, and
that the federation will some day be to
the state what a trade assembly is to a
city.
The federation can well feel proud of
its work in the field of organization. I
can remember when there were but four
cities in our state movement. At to-day's
meeting I have the pleasure of reporting
that there are now sixteeen cities repre
sented.
If I were asked what is the most im
portant work before this convention, I
would unhesitatingly reply: The discus
sion and introduction of ways and means
to carry on the work of organization.
The value of an understanding between
employer and employee has been recog
nized by many earnest, thinking and in
fluential men on both sides of this ques
tion. This federation should encourage it
at al' times.
Mr. McEwen recommended that a
referendum vote be taken for the pur
pose of securing the concensus among
the unions relating to increasing the
per capita tax from 1 to 2 cents a
month.
LOST IN STEAMER WRECK
Five Go Down on Boat Canada In the St,
Lawrence.
Montreal, June IS.The steamer Can
ada of the Richelieu & Ontario Naviga
tion company collided with the Dominion
Coal company's collier, Cape Breton, on
the St. Lawrence, near Sorel, Saturday.
The Canada went down twenty minutes
later. One hundred and ten persons were
on board, five of whom were lost, as fol
lows:
Alfred Thibeault, ticket agent of the companj
at Quebec, and his two sons, aged 12, and 15..
Purser Bonneterre of the Canada.'
A man named Brunnett, of Sorel.
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