Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
LABOR COUNCIL At Anaconda
secretary Caufield Makes a Report to
the Local Trades and Labor
Council
Respecting the Doings Of the Late
Labor Council Held at Ana
cOnda.

The following is the report Of Secre-
tary Caufield. rendered Friday last to
the local Trades and Labor council, re.
speeding the proceedings of the State
Trades and Labor council which recent.
~ convened in Anaconda, and to which
he was an accredited delegate:
Officers and Members, Trades and Labor
Council, Cascade County:
Brothers: AS your delegate, l beg to
to you a report of the proceed.
iugs OF the State Trades and Labor
council of Montana at their convention
held in the city of Anaconda Nov. 10,
IL and 20. There we're l6 delegates from
Cascade county at said convention. Your
delegates left Sunday morning and ar
rived there sunday evening. The con
vention opeued at 9 p. m. Monday with a
very large attendance of delegates
throughout the state, there being 60
delegates, and IS organizations repre-
sented, taking in every large ~organiza-
ton in the state and those organizations
that were not individually represented
were represented through the county
Trades and Labor councils. The con-
v%ention was attended by many able dele
gates, and many resolutions of vast i'm.
portance were submitted, duly consid-
cred and adopted by the convention.
The laboring men of Anaconda received
the delegates on the arrival of the train,
provided them with accommodation, and
entertained them we'll during their stay
in Anaconda. Resolutions were adopted
indorsing all union made goods and es-
peclally those of Montana. Also resolu-
tons were adopted indorsing the home
products of Montana and asking all
union men to put forward their best en-
deavors to have the same used. The
principles of union men and laboring
organizations were very ably discussed
and put forward in such strong light that
l am sure all delegates who attended the
convention will never forget the addresses
they there heard delivered. l am sure
that every organization represented at
the convention is we'll repaid for the
small expense they may have incurred
by sending the delegates, and if the del
egates will only perform their duties in
a proper manner and report back to their
unions the principles that were adopted
at the convention of the State Trades
and Labor council, every organization
will feel that it has been we'll repaid.
Your humble servant was re elected to
the office of secretary, also brother dele.
gate e. Y. Strong was elected second
vice president, George Herman of Belt
| ~ aIooto1 oornaonf IA t-arnlc and a (snI
vile of Sand Coulee was elected to the
executive board, making four delegates
from this county holding office in the
State Trades and Labor Council o1
Montana.
The Industrial Conference of Butte
held a session at l p. o.. on the 18th O.
November, before the State Trades ant
Labor council convened, and at that con
@vention there were many representative
from the different labor organizations o
the state. After the convention wa
called to order and credentials sub
mitted, President j. A. Ferguson OF tn
State Trades and Labor Council OF Mon
tana submitted and read an invitation t
the said Industrial Conference, inviting
them to become affiliated with the Stat
Trades and Labor Council of Montana
; The invitation was taken up and DIS
, cussed pro and con, and after due dellt
/ Grafton the invitation was accepted an
the Industrial Conference passed a rese
q luton in favor of becoming affiliate
. with the State Trades and Labor CouI
ell of Montana, and then adjourned. y
their adjournment the State Trades an
Labor Council convened in regular SO:
i sion, when credentials were presente
and invitations given to al delegate
] present at the Industrial Conference I
y BECOME delegates and take a seat IN Tn
State Trades and Labor Councllof Nor
tana. The order of business OF til
1 convention was then proceeded wit
and a committee on credentla
appointed, when an adJaurnmeA
s WAS taken to allow the committee G
credentials time TO report. After d
z ADJOURNMENT Of 10 minutes the conVeI
. tlon came to order and the committee c
Il credentials made their report, when oth'
d committees wgrn appointed and bus
. ness proceeded with.
| will not take up the time Of th
t council by referring 10 any lengthy r
Il port vi tue resolutions thDr were adoptc
i or other matters hat were acted IN,
u Won wtll see in the public press the res
~Iutions thaC have been adopted, ana
a short tlme the whole proceedings
y the convention VAL he prIoted and sci
ia to each organization affiliated,
The Butte Byetander was adopted
tba official organ OF tho State Trades ar
Labor Council and all other labor pape
we're endorsed. the Home lndusf
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