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Hall of Local No. 644 United Mine Workers
Hillsboro, Illinois, January 2 1915.
At regular meeting, was adopted the
following Resolution:
Where as: We have information that
compels us to doubt the truth of the charges
against Joe Hill, or the fairness of his
trial at Salt Lake City, Utah.

We believe that Joe Hill is innocent of
murder, either directly or indirectly;
that the trial jury was prejudiced; that
the convicting evidence was false, and
that the defendant's evidence was largely
omitted. So often in the recent past, have
Judicial proceedings been fraudulently
based on false accusation and false
testimony, that we have lost faith in the
efficacy of submissive protest.
Therefore be it resolved:
We demand a new and fair trial for Joe Hill
We demand that the Governor and Attorney General of Utah,
act promptly in securing a new and
fair trial for Joe Hill. Financial Secretary Harry Brown
President Walter Abrams, Presiding
Vice President F. H. Haley
Treasurer C. J. Greer
Frank Gib
[Commissioner] Herman Vonderlack
[Commissioner] lahao Carter

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