The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-02
TIL LABOR VOTE,

tions Of Helena. The visitors are all
resident IN Helena and the object of
their visit was to aid if possible the
cause Of Helena with their fellow-work-
men in Great Falls. That they are JUS
titled in using any legitimate effort to
help the city Of their homes goes with
out saying, but it is equally true that it
required considerable nerve for a band
Of laborers to attempt to secure the
votes Of other laborers for a city that is
so hostile to labor as is Helena.
What methods the gentlemen pursued
or what success they met with is not
known. but it is safe to say that their
missionary work was as barren of results
as was the trip of the capitalists Of Hell
ena who came a week previous.
Why any workingman should support
Helena is a mystery. Primarily it is the
stronghold Of the Chinese in Montana.
1t has a resident Chinese population of
about 1000, and naturally all Of them
make a living to the exclusion of white
men and In the next place
wages in that city are lower relatively
than in any other center, thirdly there
is a marked and distinctive line drawn
between what Helena is pleased to call
it's social circles and the workingman
and his family. These facts are fully
appreciated throughout the state. In a
| city the size of Helena, there must be
some mechanics, and they have organ
lied unions. but it is a fair question, for
the Great Falls men, to ask their Hell
ena brothers, the number of members in
each OF h Helena unions. This is a
fair question and a fair test. Then let
the number Of union men in Helena be
compared with the number of union
men in Great Falls, Butte and Anacon-
da, and it can be readily ascertained
which city is best for the %workingmen.
i, While the labor representative Of Hell
elena are here it may not be amiss to
call attention to several items which
have a bearing on the subject, all of
which speak for themselves:
CARPENTERS.
BILLINGS, Mont, Aug. p, 1894,
j. IL. SCHwALRN, Helena:
Dear Sir: l write you a line to ask you
and the brothers of the union what
chances there are in Helena this fall for
carpenter work. l would like to hear
from you at once. Yours truly,
JOHN Power,
Box 304, Billings, Mont.
HELENA, Mont, Sept. 16, 1894.
JOHN Power, Billings, Mont:
Sir: In regard to wages and work will
say that all the work there is here is on
| INlrf i 1n Of 80 M nr 80 asvkS
hours. The streets are full of idle men.
Yours truly, j. L. CARRUTHE,
Rec. Sec. Carpenters Union, $50.
sToNECUTTERs.
HELENA, Sept. G.. 1894.
All union stonecutters are hereby
warned to keep away from the fort now
being built near Helena, as the regular
scale of wages which has been in effect
for three years in Helena and through
out the state is not being paid. The
wages are the lowest ever paid in the
state.
By order of the Helena branch, Stone
cutters union.
ALEXANDER FINNIE, President.
OF LABOR.
The following is only a portion of the
resolutions, but they are all that are
material:
P~HILIPsBURG, Oct. %, 1894.
At a regular meeting of the knights
of Labor, l.. a, 2,1O9 of Philipsburg, the
following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, One Michael j. Corbett of
Helena visited this assembly for the
purpose of prejudicing the members of
the said assembly against w. r.. Morley
l.. A. Bill of Anaconda, by proclaiming
an alleged action of the w. X. Morley
3,711 assembly in favor of Anaconda for
the capital, and calling on the Knights
of Labor throughout the state to endorse
said action.
Resolved, That this assembly warn all
local assemblies against said M. j. Cor
bett, who is trying to create dissension
among labor organizations.
X WOMEN.
The Woman's Protective Assembly X.
of L. of Butte, at a meeting held Octo-
Der DC, adopted resolutions from which
the following extracts are taken:
Whereas, A communication has been
received from an organization calling
itself "The Women's Capital Club of
Helena" asking the voters of Montana
to support that town and requesting the
women of this community to wear Hell
ena badges and offer prayers for the suc
cess of Helena in this contest; and
Whereas, the working women Of Hell
ena are required to sell their toll in com
petition with Chinese labor, thereby
driving women's wages to an unsupport-
able basis, and
Whereas, The citizens of Anaconda
have CO. operated in aiding the working
women and workingmen Of Kidding that
community Of the celestials, and thereby
favoring white help and a decent rate OF
wages for all branches Of toll. Now,
therefore, be it further
Resolved, That all the voters OF Mon.
tana and all the women who believe in
better opportunity for the workingmen
and women, be earnestly requested tc
use their influence in behalf Of Ana,
conda as against Helena in this contest
and thereby show unto the snobbery that
would drive wages to a minimum basis
that working people are capable OF
recognizing their friends and shifting
their enemies.
MARY f. HUGHES, M. w.
ELIZABETH LAPIER, r. S.