Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-13
In Celebration of the Twenty
First Anniversary Of the
Butte Miners Union.
SOME PERTINENT NOTICES
Exercises at the Opera HOuse--Ad-
dress By President BOyce Of the
Western Federation of Miners
and Others.

! Twenty one years ago today was organ
! lied the Butte Miners Union, the most
successful and the strongest individual
trades union in existence. and the attain
ment of it's majority was observed today
by it's members and friends and SYM
pathizers, thousands turning out to do it
honor.
/ The big feature of the day was the
parade in which fully 5000 men, men,
bers of the various labor organizations
of the city, participated. OF this num-
ber fully half We're members Of the
Miners Union, and next in numerical
strength came the Mill and Smeltermen's
union with nearly 1000 men in line.
Features of the parade We're the mot
! toes carried by various organizations, eX-
pressing union sentiment towards those
in authority at Wardner Idaho, whose
! official acts have been antagonistic to the
interests of organized labor. Prominent
among these was a huge transparency
on a wagon, on which was depicted a
iscene representing union contempt of
militarism in union affairs. The picture
/ was that of an epauletted soldier, pros
! trate, the features of whom were not un-
like those of General Merriam. Above
the PROSTATE figure of the soldier stood
Uncle Sam and the cartoon bore the
legend: "Military Stripes Must Not Con-
troll Free People," Another motto read,
'Truculent Governors Go Hand in Hand
With Military Autocrats," while a sturdy
miner bore aloft canvass which was
adorned with the picture of a ruralist
! with a pipeful of whiskers on his chin
and which was labeled Governor Steuen-
enberg, the Hog Statesman, From the
Sagebrush Plains of Caldwell" And
| there We're others expressing sentiments
| of a similar nature.
The procession moved west on Wool
i Miners Union hall with Marshal Demp-
| sey at the head OF the column, and the or
| der of the procession was as follows: Pa-
| toon of police, under Captain Leyden and
Sergeant McGrath; Boston and Montana
band, Clerks assembly, Trades and La
Dor assembly, International Builders and
LaborerS union. International Horse
shoers union, Butte Butchers union in red
and white uniform, Butte Bakers union,
Laundry Workers union, Bricklayers'
union, Plasterers' International union,
Hotel and Restaurant Employees union,
Copper Hill band, Mill and Smeltermens'
|
band and the Miners union.
The procession moved north on Wool
man street to Montana. south on Mon
tana to Broadway, east on Broadway to
Main. south on Main to Park, west on
Park to Washington, south on Washing
ton to Silver, east on Silver to Montana.
north on Montana to Park, east on Park
TO Main. north on Main to Broadway and
west on Broadway to the Grand Opera
I, tl,>1 u: \
the opera house was speedily filled with
a vast crowd eager to hear the addresses
of the labor leaders.
The exercises began with selections by
the Alice and Boston & Montana bands,
both splendidly rendered and which were
applauded 20 the echo. Michael Dempsey
president of the Miners Union, called
the meeting to ORDER and in we'll chosen
words. welcomed the assemblage He
then introduced Daniel Mcdonald, presi- i,
dent of the Western Labor union who |
spoke briefly of the good that had been
accomplished by the Butte Miners union |
in particular and the various labor |
unions of Butte in general.
The orator Of the day, Edward Boyce |
president of the Western Federation of |
Miners. was then introduced by Chairman
Dempsey President Boyce spoke as fol-
lows:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN, Ladies and Gentlemen:
IT affords me great pleasure to meet you
on this occasion in honor of the men who
assembled in this town q years ago and
organized the first union of workingmen
in Montana.
I am put down as orator of the day;
the word was badly chosen, for however
great the oration-were it delivered with
the eloluence of a Henry and filled with
the logic of a Jefferson--it could add
to the honor already attained by
those far seeing men. The wisdom Of
their labor has been clearly demonstrated
upon every succeeding anniversary until
today we see one of the grandest demon
strations Of laboring men ever held in
this city.
This demonstration is not confined to
the members of the Miners Union, for in
the procession could be seen the banners
Of every other union in the city and