The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-04
IN ANACONDA, NOV. IS
ALI Labor Unions Invited to Attend
the Industrial Conference.
SOME TALK OF COALESCING
1t Is Hoped to Join the Two Bodies
and Form an Alliance-The
Call of President J. n.
Calderhead.
SOME TALK OF COALESCING

Much interest is manifested In labor
circles over the approaching Industrial
conference which is to meet In Ana
conda on Nov. Is. 1t is expected that
at this time basis of agreement will
be found by which the two great state
labor organizations can be united into
one. Both these bodies will meet in
Anaconda at the same time and the
leaders who arranged this evidently
believe that strength lies in unity and
that the power of labor will be doubled
II 1t Is combined in one great organiza-
ton
One of the organizations which is to
meet in Anaconda on Nov. is is the
Butte Industrial conference. The
other is the Montana Trades & Labor
council. The former organization Is
understood to believe that the evils
which labor COMPLAINS of can only be
righted through political action, and
seeks to attain It's ends through the
medium of the populist party. The
Trades e. Labor council is non-pohtical
and fights shy of letting politics
creep into labor organizations, or of
favoring any one political party. The
Trades & Labor council of the state
met at Helena last spring, but there
were no representatives from Butte.
The rest of the state was represented.
and 1t was considered matter of re-
greet that the state should be divided.
| Adjournment was therefore taken to
| Nov. IS ait Anaconda, at which time
the industrial conference was to meet
at the same place. and there are pros
| poets that the two organizations will
| coalesce, although whether on the basis
of taking active part in politics or
| leaving politics alone cannot be told
| at this time.
| The plan of those who are working
| for the combining of these organiza-
| tons Is to have the various labor or
| CARNATIONS send the same delegates
| to each body. The call for the Indus
| trial conference Is as follows:
1.-The Butte Industrial conference Is
| called to meet at Anaconda Nov. 18th,
1894. to take such action as will tend
to unite more closely the labor organi-
cations of Montana. All labor organi-
cations are requested to send delegates.
Basis of representation will be. one
delegate for the charter and one for
each so members or fraction thereof.
1t is hoped that every labor organiza-
ton in the state will be represented.
~. H. Calderhead. President.
John Gaebel. Secretary"
Many of the organizations of Silver
Bow county have already selected
their delegates. and 1t is understood
that as a rule they are conservative
men, favorable to union. j. II. Cald-
erhead. president of the Industrial
conference. is favorable to union, and
publishes the following appeal in the
Butte Bystander:
'"The notice now appearing in this
paper calling for a meeting of the In
dustrial conference at Anaconda on
Nov. Is. is intended as an invitation
to all labor unions in Montana to send
delegates without further notice. A
meeting of the state Trades & Labor
council has been called for the same
place and time. The object is to effect
a union of the two ORGANIZATIONS. There
is no reason for the existence of two
state organiza lions of this kind. AL
unions favoring such a union can elect
the same delegates to represent them
In both meetings. Do not wait for ar
individual notice. but select delegates
to both meetings and send them there
and they will be given a seat. Let this
be the greatest congregation Of labor
forces ever seen in Montana.
| az H. Calderhead !"