The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-11
ANACONDA NEWS.
BROKE UP CONVENTION
Peace Officers Disturbed the
\ Gathering of the Hoboes.
AND ARRESTED SEVERAL
Session of the Amalgamated Order OF
Associated Hoboes at Deer Lodge
Wound Up With Six Dele
gates in Jail.

Deer Lodge on Sunday was the scene
of convention Of the Amalgamateo
Order of Associated Hoboes. About 10
delegates were present. They repre-
scented themselves and the principles for
which the order stands.
President George Edwards called the
gathering to order in the rear of the
brewery.
1--WE are assembled here today,
brother hoboes," said he lin the shade
of this magnificent building, the free
sky of heaven above our heads and the
delicious odor of the beverage which
has made us what we are in our nos
trilsSs We come together not at the call
IAN servile committee as many con-
ventions do, but we assemble as free
men, according to our rules and regu-
lations, in the vicinity of brewery
to. deliberate upon ourfconditions and to
discuss topics that may arise under the
head of the good of the order.
"A canvass has shown that we pos
sess the qualification made necessary
by article 466 of our bylaws for the
converting of a convention That rule,
as you probably remember, reads as
follows:
"A convention of this order may be
called at any time in the vicinity of a
brewery, whenever there are gathered
together more than 10 brothers, pro-
vided that there is among the brothers
so assembled sufficient money to pur-
chase or sufficient talent to secure
otherwise one-half keg of beer. The
brother contributing the largest amount
to the fund or showing the greatest in
genuity in securing without price the
said half key of beer, shall be desig--
mated president of the convention, and
as such shall preside at the delibera-
TONS
Il will now designate Brothers Martin
and Regain as a committee to bring
hither the beer, and VIII entrust to
them the fund for its purchase. j will
also appoint Brothers Howard and Stu
art a guard of honor to see that moth
ing happens to the fund or to the beer
in transit If there are no objections,
the convention will take a recess for 10
minutes. ] hear no objections, and the
convention stands in recess"
The beer was procured and upon each
brothers tomato can being filled, the
convention reassembled and, the GUS
tomary toast: ITO HI With work"
was drunk, standing. Va
Then followed the singing of the or
der's anthem in rag-time: &H. ~
Beer! Beer. Glorious Beer
Up with the sale of 1t,
Down with a pail of it,.
:. Glorious, glorious beer" vNg9 E+Ft
The usual oath to @Never'swork, al
ways shrk and graft all we can" was
repeated in unison. .a ts,p, ,...- ..a.
Having completed the formalities of
opening the convention I'VE have now
arrived at the heading. sin our order of
business, of the good Of tffe order Has
any brother anything to offer?" said
the president
Brother McGuffin. one of the fathers
If the order and man who has ridden
a greater mileage on brake beams than
any other, arose
Il want t offer a resolushun," said
he. "All youse broders O. course knows
about de trust evil wot Is engulfin' de
country. Now l got no objections to
trusts as a rule. If a few guys wants
to do all de work why l says let 'em.
But, broders, l sees by de nuzpapers
dat de brewers are tryin' to organize a
trust. Dis is something dat strikes at de
foundations of our order. Any propo-
sichun dat aims to reduce de output
of beer I'm opposed to- See? Now I
offer dis resolushun
Resolved dat we view wild alarm
de advance of de trust evil upon de
nation, an dat in de proposed organiza-
shun of brewery trust our honnerble
order is tretened in its very life, an
g Resolved, dat we are entirely OPP
posed to any such organizashun an de-
nounce it as unnecessary, unwise an
dangerous to de institushuns of de
nashun. An be it furder
Resolved, dat a copy of dis reso-
lushun be sent, to de main guys of de
brewery biZness.'
The resolution was unanimously