The Anaconda standard., 1895-11-20
LEADERS OF LABOR
Counsel the Ballot as the Means Of
Reform.
AN OPEN MEETING MIGHT
Rousing Rally at Evans Opera
House Under the Auspices OF
the Anaconda Council
Last Evening.

The open meeting Of the local Trades
and Labor Council was attended by a
very large audience made up mainly Of
laboring men, and ladies were con-
spicuous by their absence. On the stage
were President f. II. Mason, Secretary
Edwards, President Ferguson of the
state convention, ex-President Calder
head of the Industrial conference, Sec
retary Caufield, H. M. Beadle. William
Strauss. Timothy Slattery, Jerry Con-
nelly, John Gaebel, M. j. Geiger. John
Connolly, William Hogan and John
Huseby.
President Mason officiated and intro
duced speakers in a very happy man.
ner. The first called upon was ex-
President Calderhead of the Industrial
union, which was combined with the
council on Monday. Mr.. Calderhead
was frequently interrupted by APP
plause and spoke very entertainingly
for about Is minutes. He had always
favored in the past the idea that labor
organizations should not affiliate with
political parties. But under the crises
which have been crowding upon the
people ne had arrived at another con-
clusion, and looking at politics as the
science of government he was most
certainly in favor of union men study
ing politics as the best and surest solu-
tion of the problems which confront
them. The cause of the evils which
now exist he could sum in one word.
Ignorance" The remedy is also in one
word, and that Is education" The
chief factors in troubles to-day are the
granting of special privileges to a few
persons, or to favored corporations.
and the taxation of the people in means
both direct and indirect.
H. NJ. Beadle Of the Helena News.
who always has something of interest
to say to the friends of labor. was the
next man introduced. He told of the
condition of labor at the present time.
when dhe said that all the people spoke
favorably of questions and positions
held by the labor leaders until princi-
piles are at stake and a strike to en-
| force them is ordered. Then the police,
the sheriffs. the militia, and even the
| regular soldiery, are called out to shoot
them down. Then dhe drew comparisons
between the good old times 600 years
| ago and the present time with the
weight in favor of the ancestors. He
| urged organization and recommended
study of mankind and Of the science
| of government.
| Secretary Caufeld was greeted with
| a round of applause. He said he had
been working so hard that he had not
had time to think of anything to say.
| The large attendance was most pleas
| ing to him, and the spirit of unity
which existed augured well for the sue
| cess of the council and the cause of
labor in Montana. Let every man
| stand by his principles, be a .unions in
each individual and we must prosper!
John Gaebel of Butte was the next
speaker. There has been commotion
in the ranks of labor for the past 80
years; like a boy and a hobby horse,
there has been lots Of motion, but very
little progress. Many experiments have
been tried and some of them have be-
come useless; the strike and the boycott
are feeble weapons. This is partly due
to the natural advancement of civiliza-
tion. The labor saving machine Is mas
ter of the man, instead OF the man the
master OF the machine, and this Is one
of the main causes of the present con-
dition of labor.
We must therefore seek to remove
these conditions by the same methods
which brought them upon US. We
must not batter our heads against
stone walls-we must remove the cause
elect legislators and officials who will
remove these conditions in the sources
from which they arose.
Grand Master L. s. Hogan of the
| District K. of L., was received witt
round of applause. Instead of a talk
{ he gave a recitation from John Boyle
; OReilly, which was very effectively
IL M. ]. Geiger made a plea for tn,
clerks early-closing movement. III,
asked all to trade before O'Clock ant
D not come rapping at the door after th'
( closing hours. He then pleaded fol
home industry and asked patronag,
for home enterprises. Should this b,
done 300 cigarmakers would be employ
D | ed and 500 tailors would find work
e | where now there are so many less.
D william Strauss. president of tn,
e Cigarmaker's union of Detroit. whicl
5 Is now on strike. told OF the strik
r and its causes. He said the cigar man
: ufacturers of that city had made
e combine-started annex factories wher
e they employed women and children
2 while In the main shops none but mel
I were employed. Last summer most o
the men were discharged and the child
: rem kept working day and night. TIL
s unions struck. He asked the help O
h his hearers by their patronage for blu
d label cigars. He quoted statistics an
e explained the systems in vogue in shop
where children. Chinese and filth-coy
n cred men work in tenement house.
n making non-union cigars.
4 Addresses were made by VILLA m He
y gan of Butte and by Timothy Slater
Is and others, and the meeting then -ad
v journed.