The weekly tribune., 1894-05-04
A Lie Out of Whole Cloth.

A Lie Out of Whole Cloth.
A special to the Independent from
Great Falls dated April %, contains the
most deliberately garbled and untrue
statement ever wired from this city.
The following are the remarks made
in this special regarding the meeting OF
the board of trade last Wednesday.
GREAT FALLS. April 25.-An hour OF
wranplipg at the board OF trade this
afternoon produced the following resoiu-
tions on the strike situation:
"Whereas, There is now in existence
strike of employees of the Great North
ern, which has completely stopped the
movement Of all trains, mails, passeng-
ers and freight, and
"Whereas, The city of Great Falls is
suffering grevious injury from paralysis
of business and industries resulting
from this condition; therefore, be it -.
"Resolved, BY the board OF trade OF
said city Of Great Falls that both the
Great Northern railway and the striking
employees be requested to lift this blight
| from our city by submitting their dif1er-
ences to arbitration"
The action of the secretary and presi.
dent, advised by President Hills local
friends, in locking out from the meeting
last week members who intended to in
troduce resolutions criticising the man
apement's action and upholding the
strikers. has caused the dissolution OF
the organization. A new board is form.
ing. which absorbs all it's useful mem
bers. and includes prominent merchants
who have always fought shy OF the old
board.
Supt. Dickinson of the Boston & Great
Falls Electric Light and Power company
in a speech frankly acknowledged that
last weeks lockout was a deliberate
scheme on the part Of himself and the
svmpathizing with the strikers. This
speech was followed by much excitement
and numerous designations"
A more mischievous statement could
not have been concocted. The writer OF
it knows full we'll that Mr.. Dickinson
prefaced his introduction of the resolu-
tions by the statement that the board OF
trade never was organized to take sides
in fight, that it's object was to develop
the industries of the city, and that the
only feasible method apparent was to
terminate the present trouble by arbi
tration. True, he assumed part of the
responsibility about the door being
locked the previous week and stated the
reasons why, and that was because the
policy Of the board Of trade should bt
non committal, which the board assenteo
to by only one dissenting voice on thu
passage of the resolutions.
After that speech not single resigna
ton was rendered, but one was given il
previous to the speech, and was the onl!
one at the meeting No excitemen
J whatever disturbed the proceedings o
! the board.
/ The writer of the dispatch also say
that the proceedings caused the dissolu
, ton of the board. That is deliberat
falsehood. 1t may be Of interest to tn
, public to know that the following sub
. stantial men, among many others tha
, have stood and will continue to STAN
, by the board in its efforts to build u
. the city, comprise such gentlemen a
. Messrs. Mcknight, Kingsbury, Fore
. Dunn, SWEET, Paris Gibson, Collins, G. N
3 Webster, Dickinson, Crutcher, F. N
: Webster, Phelps, Scott, King, Myer'
8 Maclay, Vaughn, etc, comprising som
' of the heaviest taxpayers in the city.
Now, The TRIBUNE is a journal ind'
pendent and fearless in its remarks o
any organization, but when dispatc
(unsigned) is sent out Of this city an
broadcast to the world, untrue in il
statements and Indignantly intended
. SOW discord in our useful board OF trad
l this newspaper will raise its voice in I
silent manner to refute these statement
The meeting was one OF the largest
the history of the board, ard the only o.
lection which was made by single mer
'' ber was that he wanted the word "mail
: excluded from the resolutions. The
;. ;. resolutions consumed very few minut
:. of the proceededs, the time being occ
pied with discussion Of transportati'
. and other matters of vast Importance
;, the city.