The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-09
The New York Tribune Still Run
ming in Violation Of
Union Rules.
Working Injustice to Other Or
fees That Are Square In
All Things
stormy Meeting Of "Big SIx"--The Min
neapolis Com mrnittee Re Repudiated by
Large Majority.

NEW YORK. July b. S.-TypoQraphical union
No. 6 10 still badly split up over the action
of the committee OF five. headed bv Presi-
dent John A. Kenney. who went to the
Minneapolis convention and helped IL engi-
ueer the nomination of Whitelaw Reid for
the vice presidency on the republican ticket.
Between 800 and 700 members Of 'Big Six''
met at Clarendon hall, 144 East Thirteenth
street, Sunday. to hear the report Of Presi-
dent Kenney as to his action at the Mime
arolis convention.
The Sunday following the nomination of
Harrison and Reid about 1000 members of
big Six" met at Clarendon hall and passed
resolutions condemning and repudating
the action of President Kenney and his
colleagues for the reputed pledges they had
made binding the union to support the re-
publican ticket.
President Kenney was i'll at the time, but
promised to make full report OF his action
at Minneapolis at tho meeting Sunday.
This meeting was behind closed doors. Mr..
Kenney, it is said, declared that the COM
mittee as individuals only assured the re-
publican representatives that the union had
no war to make on the republican party,
contrary, as individuals they favored Mr..
ksid's nomination for vice president. Rep
resentinR the union, the committee simply
wished to enlist the services of the republi-
can convention to prevail on the Tribune's
proprietor to make 1t q union Office in all
its mechanical departments.
When asked by republican delegates If
big Six" would support the republican
ticket, it is said that President Kenney re-
piled: my union always endorses what its
officers say and do"
When President Kenney had finished, q
resolution was offered by James E. Duncan
declaring the unions confidence in the in-
teg rity OF the committee, so far as its efforts
had been made to make the Tribune a
union office. but repudiating its action in
speaking for big Six" politically.
The resolution was passed by vote of
500 to twenty. A number of speeches were
made, several of the speakers roundly de-
nouncinR the part the Minneapolis commit
tee had taken in aiding and abetting the
nomination of MIR. Reid.
After the vote indorsinR the integrity of
the committee several Of the members
withdrew. ''This," said ono of them, "is a
packed meeting to whitewaah Kennay and
his friends who went with him to Mime
apolis. l am going home because it 10 not
meeting of Big Six in q true sense. but
Harrison and Reid hurrah. am not q
proposed to turn the union into political
machine and its arch enemy gloritied I
think it is time to onll halt.
"Whitelaw Reid has no more love for the
union now than he had when his pluto
cratic father -in-law bought the parer and
gave it to him and when he TO ced the men
who were earning living for themselves
and families out of the Office. This whole
thing is political trick. and there will be
no such thing as harmony in Big Six for
long time to come.'
After the meeting adjourned President
Kenney said he would like to have his re-
port published, but under the rules Of the
union such thing was forbidden.
The next regular meeting of the union
will be on Aug. B. In the meantime the
president. Vice. President William Murphy,
and Secretary William Ferguson will con-
tinue their work of unionizing the Tribune
force.
Ex. President Brennan, the new foreman
OF the Tribune, stated that he had been
able to add several union men to the Iri-
bune force, one of whom was his Immediate
assistant, six others being in the proof
room. Mr.. Brennan admitted. however,
that, although he had had charge of the
office two weeks he was not yet paying the
union scale of wages for the hand compost
tion required to be done. 1t was the con-
sensus of opinion at the meeting that this
was not only in violation of union rules,
but worked injustice to other office which
used machines.