Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-16
WITH THE
LABOR MEN
DAN MCDONALD MAKES HIS
ANNUAL REPORT AS
ORGANIZER.
PROGRESS MADE BY STATES
= TRADE AND LABOR COUNCIL.
Miners Union Delegation Shut Out
Only Allowed Eight Dele
gates.

Dan McDonald's brief career as a dele
gate to. the State Labor convention at
Helena resulted in his taking a place in
the same category to which belongs the
vase containing the roses-"You may
break, you may shatter the vase, if you
will; but the scent of the roses will hang
round it STILL"
That's Daniel, exactly. The State La
Dor convention will go down into history
as the greatest collection of human
vases filled with verbal red and Greek
fire ever known in Montana, and among
them all Dan was the most richly orna-
mented piece of ~bric-a-brac on exhibit
tion. The convention finally broke up,
leaving many of the vases broke" also;
but Dan now makes a report as state
organizer at the annual convention of
the State Trades and Labor council
which for pure velocity and enthusiasm
of language shows that the scent of
Greek fire still clings to his garments.
in compliance with a precedent al
ready established" reads the introduce
tory paragraph, ut becomes my pleas
ant duty for the second time to have the
distinguished honor and unbounded
pleasure Of submitting to this seventh
annual convention my official report as
organizer, in a condensed and brief form,
showing the work performed since our
last convention, and l leave it to the
good judgment of unionists If We have
gained or lost in the struggle for the
amelioration of the condition of the toll
ers, and whether or not the progress we
nave made warrants our further con-
sideration or ~justifies us in renewing our
active efforts in this work"
This report was read shortly after the
meeting was called to order this morn
ing at $3.50 o'clock by President Walsh.
In his report the president said that the
council is at the present time in a
healthy and prosperous condition, with
several important acquisitions in the
way of unions.
Then McDonald's report was sprung
upon the council. After care
fully pruning away the beautiful
underground of language surrounding
the facts, the said facts stand out in bold
relief as follows:
AT no time during the past year was the
situation deemed favorable to take up
the work of organizing the mill and smell
terTnel of Anaconda.
The organization of the lumbermen of
FIathead county has not yet been ac-
complished, but it is believed that condi-
tions are favorable for the formation of
a good union in Kalispell within the next
few months.
Correspondence has been carried on
With a number o. union men at Helena
With regard 10 organizing a bakers union
in that city. Bakers in Helena are Jew
in number, but the hope is expressed that
they will organize in the near future. A
hotel and restaurant employees union was
organized at Helena a few days ago.
After tackling the weighty proposition
of getting rid Of the Standard Oil conn
pany's oil in Montana the committee,
composed of Mcdonald, Ed Boyce and
William Walsh, decided that it was 'aN
against a hard proposition. Action in
this matter was taken at the request of a
number of Missoula county unions and
Mcdonald correspondent with some east
erp Oil companies concerning the matter.
The general expression from them was
that the proposition was too large" but
that they would consider it. And there
the proposition stands.
Since the last convention the following
named unions nave been organized under
THE banner of the Western Labor union:
Red Lodge Labor union, No. 10; Butte
.Blacksmiths and Blacksmiths' Helpers
Mnion, Mo-. II; Butte Machinists' union,
No. 10; Butte Brewers union, No. 80;
Florence LumDer1nenS' union, NO. Sa;
Great Falls Orchestral Protective union,
No. 50; Hamilton Lalbo union No. SO;
Missoula Musicians union, No. 9S;. Lum-
lbermens' union, No. 1903: Cold Creek
Lumbermens union, No. 109; Great Falls
Bakers union, No. 1875; Helena Hotel and
Restaurant Employees union, No. 1876;
Butte B~artenders' Protective union, No.
127. The formation of these unions has
added to the number of union men in
the state about i.039.
In addition, the Western Federation
of Miners has organized the following
unions: Gebo Miners union, Marysvillc
Miners union. Bridger Miners union,
Norris Miners union, MayHower Miners
union, Judith Mountain Miners union.
These accretions swell the list by 1,052
union men, making a total of 2,091 new
union men.
The matter of proxies was taken up
on the report of the committee on cre-
dentials yesterday afternoon, and after
a lengthy debate it was decided by a
vote of 66 to IS not to recognize proxies.
The Butte Miners union is entitled to a
delegation of 43 members, but as only
eight were present, that union can cast
but eight votes in the determination OF
any question of policy.
An adjournment was taken at noon to-
day until 2 p. m., after a prolonged and
heated debate as to whether or not the
The question was not decided at this