The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-11
.COEUR D'ALENE TROUBLES
Mr.. Boyce Says the Mine Owners
Are Entirely at Fault.
SEEKING FOR SYMPATHY
They Are Accused of Destroying Their
Own Property Themselves to Turn
Public Sentiment Their Way.
Dan McDonald's Address.

erence to the annual address delivered
by President Dan Mcdonald of Butte
Inc Salt Lake papers have the follow
| ing synopsis of the address so far as it
relates to matters which the conven-
ton was willing to make public:
In compliance with the action of the
executive board and the usual custom,
l herewith submit for your calm, seri-
Gus and earnest and favorable consid-
Grafton, partial report of the work
| performed during the year just expired,
| together with such suggestions and
| recommendations that limited expert
| ence in administering the affairs of this
| union have suggested to my mind, as
being worthy of your careful consid-
| GRAFTON and immediate attention After
| year has elapsed, we meet in conven-
| ton to-day, with a membership that
fully vindicates the action of the con-
ference held in this city a year ago,
when definitely and absolutely demon
strated the necessity of the organizing
of this union. The action of the Salt
Lake conference has been generally in
dorsed and accepted by every active
man in the labor movement in the
| west, as being a prudential and bene-
nclal move to the working people Of
the rockies, 1t is the means of getting
| the laboring and Industrial classes of
| the west in closer touch with each
other. Establishing a quicker and bet
ter system OF communication between
the labor organizations of the West,
| the tendency ta 70
| Vate and develop more friendly rela-
t1on in the future, and create a deeper
| ana keener sympathy among the toilers
| OF the Western country, and establish a
| more perfect and thorough organiza-
ton of the laboring and industrial peo-
pie of the Vests interests.
The marvellous and almost unver-
| sal success of the cooperative societies
| OF Great Britain and other countries
| points out the probable way. 1t should
| at least lead to an investigation of this
method OF organization as means for
| the emancipation of labor. 1t is neither
| necessary at this time, nor advisable,
to enter into detailed account of these
| associations and their successes and
| failures. There is scarcely branch of
| industry they have not entered in
Great Britain. These societies have
grown to membership representing
ene-seventh of the British population,
with wholesale and retail stores in
| nearly every large city, with a bank of
their own with $16.000000 of deposits,
and doing business of 5000, 900
year, with large manufacturing estab-
lishments at home and ships on every
sea. The story of their establishment,
| their failures and successes, reads like
a romance. They have become captains
of industry, indeed. One example will
suffice: At one point they have a boot
and shoe factory, clothing factory, a
| corset factory, a builders association.
store and farm; in addition ITO max
ing a success of these, they pay full
union wages, with 5 per cent. bonus.
sOf late years in the United States we
| have read and seen much in the fed
eral courts about government by in
Junction SO very much, indeed, that we
do not feel that it is necessary to dwell
on the subject at great length here.
First, let US inquire what is an in
junction in law? Webster's dictionary
defines injunction 0aw), "a writ or pro-
cess granted by a court of equity and.
| in some cases, under statutes, by
court of law, whereby a party is re-
quired to do or to refrain from doing
certain acts according to the exigency
of the writ Bouvier's law dictionary,
VOL l, page 634, injunction, remedies,
chancery practice, says: An injunc-
ton is prohibitory writ, specially
prayed for by bill, in which the plain
tffs title is set forth, restraining a
person from committing or doing an
act (other than criminal acts) which
appear to be against equity and con-
science OF late years the judges of the
| federal courts have made much law on
| the subject of injunction. To be brief,
under our system of laws. this writ is
nearly always supposed to be invoked
in an equity suit, where facts sufficient
to show the judge that the petitioners
have no adequate or speedy remedy at
law.
of late years this writ has been
most shamefully abused by the federal
courts. Railroads, mine and mill own
ers sue out this writ. against their en-
pioyes on the slightest occasion, until
it has grown into an abuse which cries
to heaven for correction. We believe
that all Workingmen will agree with me
in this What is the remedy? How
can we apply the corrective? I will
tell you. In our form of government
all of those federal judges come down
to US, and do not come up. from the
people. They labor to show contempt
for the masses and try to court favor
with the plutocrats of the United
States. Hence, in gross abuse of this
ancient writ of injunction, those federal
j
and always side with the employers
| against the working men and women
of this nation. The peaceful remedy is
to amend the constitution and make all
federal judges electable by the people,
The following delegates from Montana
are attending the convention of the
Western Labor union:
Butte--Laundry Workers No. 4, T. D.
Caseby; Bakers No. {, p. F. Kane;
Clerks No. u. NJ. ]. Geiger: Hotel
and Restaurant Employees No. ., E. P.
Weldon: Butchers No. II. w. P Bur
rows; BARRIERS No. p, c. H. Wilkes;
Painters and Decorators No. so, l.. S,
Bannan: Street Car Men No. 36, c. l..
Bates: Building Laborers and Smelter
Men No. "a, c. c. Botson: Working
mans union No. 5. Daniel Mcdonald,
Tom Redmond; Silver Bow Trades and
Labor assembly, A. j. Thompson;
Transfers union No Is, A. B. HARDER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Walters. H.
M, Campbell; BARRIERS No. &c. j. c.
Price.