Official Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Convention, Western Federation of Miners

Download or read book Official Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Convention, Western Federation of Miners written by Western Federation of Miners and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Official Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Convention, Western Federation of Miners: Held in Odd Fellows' Hall at Denver, Colorado, on July 12 to August 3, 1909 The delegates Of the Seventeenth Annual Convention were called to order by President Charles H. Moyer at a. 111. George A. Hally, president Of the Colorado State Federation Of Labor, was then introduced and rendered an address Of welcome to the delegates assembled and explained the form Of organization that exists among the various craft organizations in Denver, which was received with applause. W. A. Alger, president Of the Trades and Labor Assembly, was introduced to the delegates in behalf of the Trades and Labor Assembly, and urged harmony and solidarity among the delegates in their deliberations and was met with unanimous applause. Edwin V. Brake, State Labor Commissioner Of Colorado, was then intro duced, and also delivered a lengthy address Of welcome to the assembled delegates, amid applause, and in well chosen words stated his position regarding labor and his efforts in behalf of the Western Federation of Miners in having the state Of Colorado restitute or compensate the Federation for the wrongs inflicted On the organization during the reign of Peabody in Colorado; also stated his efforts in behalf Of making the mines as safe 'as possible and preventing the carelessness of the mine owners in slaughtering men in the southern coal fields by enforcing the labor laws that are upon the statute books of the state Of Colorado, especially the factory act, to better the conditions Of those who labor. He was greeted with renewed applause. Wm. H. Leonard, who represented the Socialist party of the state of Colo rado, was then introduced, and in behalf Of the Socialist party delivered an address of welcome, which was received by applause from the assembled delegates. President Moyer thanked the speakers in behalf of the delegates in a short address, which was received with applause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.