Benjamin Franklin Morris II (June 19, 1876 - December 6, 1947) was an American coal miner, labor leader, activist, and mayor.

Morris served as Secretary of the Convention for the Bureau of Labor of West Virginia in 1905 and 1906 where he advocated for safer mining regulation, equipment, and proper ventilation.

The special convention was to express the desires with reference to mining legislation that was held in Charleston, West Virginia on October 17 and 18.

The indictment charged that the persons, in the county of Kanawha and within the jurisdiction of the federal district court engaged in a combination and conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce among the several states.

It is charged that the indicted men have been agents and members of "an unincorporated voluntary organization of individuals and labor unions known as the United Mine Workers of America" and "having many thousands of members unlawfully combined and conspired together with the object and intent of unionizing and making members of said organization, the laborers employed in and around the coal mines in order that and with intent that said organization by regulating the wages to be paid to said laborers for their work could and would fix and control the price at which the coal mined in the state of West Virginia and compete with coal mined in the western part of Pennsylvania and in the state of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois in the markets of the states if the United States outside of West Virginia.

[9] From 1916 to 1931 he was affiliated with the Kanawha Coal Operators Association as Labor Conciliator, Mine Inspector and Assistant Secretary.

In 1919, Morris served as Assistant Secretary at the newly created Kanawha Coal Operators Association that maintained, inspected, and enforced mining regulations.

[10] On May 28, 1936, Morris was mentioned in the Congressional Record, 74th Congress of the United States Senate pertaining to “Works Progress Administration in West Virginia”.