The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-08-27

I'VE have got the backing In Butte
and Will show you where you get off.
Go to 1t, boys, and lay that resolution
on the table and there won't be a one
of you working on the hill In 80 days"
The above statement. made by Dele
gate Delaney from the Butte Station
airy engineers. came as climax TO the
jurisdictional fight which was the main
part of the program of yesterday af-
ternoon's session OF the Montana Fed
Grafton of Labor. Resolution No 10
was the one that called forth the ve-
hement remarks of Delegate Delaney
The discussion came after the resolu-
ton that the convention go on record
as favoring the withdrawal of the
charter from local No. 1873 Of the In
ternatlonal Steam Engineers. had been
adopted. Toward the close of the con-
vention Delegate L. X. Torrey of Butte
made u talk against the adoption of
this resolution. His claim was that
1t would stir up strife In Butte labor
circles and would do no one any good
az the organization referred to was
practically out of business anyhow. He
made "a motion to reconsider the ae-
tion of the convention and 1t was car
ried. Then the fight began with
Delegates Torrey of Butte and NJ. II.
Purcell of Stockett debating the ques-
tion with the stationary engineers.
Mr.. Purcell said:
This resolution will cause nothing
but trouble. | think the organization
| IuIn t.IA T..
| this resolution that 1t did with the one
attempting to define the jurisdiction of
the Western Federation of Miners. We
are taking up question that rightly
belongs with the international officers
You are making this convention ridicu-
| lous by asking II to ratify such a reso-
| luton. You are attempting to have
| this state federation go TO an inter-
national body and ask it 10 revoke the
charter of "A local and with that local
In good standing. You people have
| had all the best of 1t. The other or
| ganlzation is practically down and out.
DO you know what the United Mine
Workers would do II a proposition like
yours came up? They would want to
know where your authority was de-
rived and If the thing was put through
anyhow they would walk out. Yes.
and you would do the same thing.
only you aren't broadminded enough
to see both sides of the question. 1t
Is asking that the charter be taken
away from men that are working in
Butte"
"They aren't working at ALL" said
one Of the engineers. They can't get
a job anywhere
",rhat makes you all the more RI
diculous. You know better than | do
that they haven't the ghost OF a show
The whole business Is that you are
nursing a little personal prejudice"
At this time Delegate Delaney made
his outburst as to what the engineers
would do If the resolution Were tabled
This brought Purcell back into the
game with a flourish.
you might think you are running
Butte" he said, but you aren't run.
ming the country. Any time that yor
think that you can pull those bluffs
through, the sooner you start the bet
ter. Go ahead and try 1t and see
: where you finish, II Is the justice oI
the proposition that this convention II
considering"
The discussion continued along a lit
tlo milder lines For some time and thu
motion 10 table the resolution wal
then put before the convention. 1t wa
, carried by a vote of 75 for and 2
against.
More jurisdiction.
3 Resolution No. IL called upon the of
0 fcera and executive board OF tn
I American Federation of Labor for spe