The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-08-26
MlSSoULA MEN ARE SCORED BY
PARSONS OF UNFAIR,
COMMITTEE.
LOCALS RUSH TO DEFEND
accusation 10 Cause Of Hot Answers
from Convention. Town Delegates to
State Federation Of .Labor-Meetiro
Adjourns to Welcome and Hear Pres.
ident Gompsrs Of A. r. Of [.

Yesterdays morning session of tho
Mohthna Federation of Labor was
characterized by violent attack upou
Missouiais union men. Delegate T.. A.
farsons OF Great Falls. who IL chair
man OF the committee appointed 10 in-
vestigate the Unfair" houses OF Mis-
souia' In his report on the existant
conditions. scored the Missoula men
neaViiy. There are about two men
IN Missoula.' said Mr.. Parsons, "who
understand the union principles and
what union stands for. An organic
er Is needed as badly In Missoula as In
any place have ever visited The
only thing that IL the matter with the
motel is that the local union of bar
tenders would not live up to its agree-
ment made In black and white with
the Mfssoula County Central Trades
and Labor council Why did the bar
tenders refuse to live up to their
agreement? Simply because Of one
man who scabbed on them and whom
they would not take into their union.
II they had understood the true princi-
pies OF unionism. they would havo
taken In the man and attempted to
make something better than scab
out OF him. think that the fault lies
with the union men and not with tho
proprietor of the hotel
In regard to the restaurant. think
that IL the right kind of proposition
We're put up to the person in charge
Of that house 1t could be unionized
without difficulty. There IL no walt
ers' union In the city for the walters
to join. but think that II the unions
would do their part. the owner OF tifo
restaurant would follow"
Louis Dino OF Great Falls took tho
floor and said that the walters would
never organize In a town tho size
OF Missoula unless they went In with
the cooks. In the large cities. where
there are many good union men among
the walters" said Mr. Dino. "the watt
ers can support Z. separate union. hut
1t can't be doEe In the small town.
because have seen 1t worked out In
Great Falls"
BY this time the Missoula delegation
was slowly recovering from the sud-
denness OF the attack by Parsons and
Delegate Tom Scott took the floor.
you get out here and say that we
should take In the man that caused all
the trouble" said Mr.. Scott. You
don't know what kind of man he is
and II you had taken the pains to dig
down little deeper into that agree
ment you are talking about. you would
have found that according to the rules
OF our international union we were
not compelled to take In that man by
the agreement and what Is more, We
won't take him In"
osmond Nibley. Mr.. Scotts coll
league. then Got up and seconded Mr..
Scotts remarks. making them little
stronger In regard to the man In ques-
ton. I'VE investigated his record"
said Mr.. Nibley. "and found that this
was not the first time that he had
scabbed. He Is scab at heart and I
never will be In favor OF admitting
him to the union while | am In that
| organization"
Mr. Parsons rose again and remind-
ed the Missoula delegation that union-
ism was a give -and-take affair and
that II they had had his experience
they would have been willing to accept
the man. He cited an experience of q