The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-10-13
Labor Unions of the State Of
Montana Will Vote Against
MissouIa Man
CHINESE LABOR MATTER
IS BROUGHT TO A HEAD
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Decides to Work Against Democratic
Candidate for Congress, at Request Of
Missoula laboring Men, Whom Evans
Turned Down on Question OF Firing
His Chinese Help Sometime Ago.

John NJ Evans is boycotted by the labor
unions of the state of Montana. Action
was taken last evening by the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor Assembly, and every
labor union and trades assembly in the
state will follow suit
The action taken against the Clark
congressional candidate from Missoua Is
because of Evans violent antipathy to
organized labor. President McIlvaney o.
the Missoula Trades and Labor Assem-
bly,, came over to Butte Saturday night
and at the meeting of the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor Assembly, asked pei
mission to state a grievance coming from
his assembly. The courtesy was extend.
ed and the Missoula president, in all
able address, set forth the past opposi-
ton Of Evans to organized labor ana
recited at length the reasons why the Mis-
soula workingmcn asked the assistance OF
other unions in opposing the candidacy
of Evans.
It Is an Old Story.
President McIl,a aney related that for
the past four or five years the labor
unions of Missoula had struggled with
Evans and his opposition to white labor.
During the period mentioned, Evans
employed a Chinese servant, regardless OF
repeated requests from the labor unions
and the working women OF the city, to EN-
ploy white servants. At times Evans went
so far as to villify the union men and
women who were fighting in self-protec-
ton against Chinese contract labor and
to tell them that he would hire any and
all OF the Chinese he pleased.
Finally the matter became so notorious
and aroused such storm of angry pro
tests, that Evans made a public assertion
that he was unable to engage white wo-
men as servants and the foxy Southern
sympathizer, according to President Nc
Ilvaney, in his speech Sunday night, had
efrontery to stick to this, notwithstand.
ing the offers to procure him white
help.
Then He Changed His Tactics.
1t was not until he was nominated at
Bozeman for congressman, said the Mis-
soula president, that Evans discharged his
Chinese servants. He quickly procured
white woman and an American, but the
Missoua union men determined not 10
be blinded by the hypocrtical change OF
faith, and it was for this reason that the
assembly sent its president to Butte to
ask assistance.
A full exposition of the manner In
which Evans defed the union men and
women and besmrched their character
was given by President McIlvapcy in his
address to the Butte laborng men.
The simple recital of the facts aroused
the delegates to the assembly and the
matter was discussed at length.
resolution was offered q
Evans and his Chinese and setting forta
the reasons why Clark's candidate should
not be supported by union men.
MiIder Counsel Prevailed.
The delegates were ready to vote for
the resolution and favored even stronger
appeal, but it was pointed out that much
more good could be accomplished through
instructng each delegate to present the
matter to his individual union, which had
more power to act. This also would pre-.
vent any criticism of the assembly in the
line that the assembly was trying to
politically boss the individual workingman
The action of the assembly makes the
request of the Missoula Trades and Labor
unions more far-reaching, as each union in
taking individual action and stamps the
Chinese episode as one worthy of the
united opposition of all laboring men and
further insures strong concerted move
ment against the Clark candidate, which
cannot but result in his defeat.
AS fast as the individual unions meet
the matter will be brought up and action
taken against the man who employs white
labor only when he is running for offics
and is afraid of the great power of or.
ganized labor.