The Daily Missoulian., 1914-08-31
MUCK|E MCDONALD.
ISSUES FORMAL
STATEMENT
AZ REVIEWS LABOR TROUBLES
IN BUTTE AND DENIES
RECENT DyNAMsTlNG.
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who were in sad need of the financial
help.
'.The stool pigeon officers of our
local refused to carry out the results
of our referendum without reason or
right.
The Riot
Later, Moyer held meeting at the
hall on North Main street and the re-
suit was that he or his gunner shot
one of his own members, who held
paid-up card. as he was going up the
stairs to attend the meeting and then
shot one Ernest j. Noy, an innocent
bystander also Wounding several 9TH
ers. Meyer and his gunner then made
their escape down the fire escape in
the rear Of the building. Did the
county authorities then try to enforce
the law and bring these towards to
justice? No The county authorities
were content to arrest few poor old
miners that work in these hell holes
for their mere existence and were in
no way guilty or responsible for Noy's
DEATH Is that law?
A Recent Interview.
"Our mine committee recently inter-
viewed the miners of the Anaconda
mine and found a number who We're
not members of the new union, and
who showed 10 intention of becom-
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gave them "a hours' notice that they
must join or that they would not be
permitted to work. Some of the mines
being closed down caused thousands
of men to be idle and these men vol
unfairly increased the size of the COM
mittee to several hundred
The Deportati,ns.
The following morning we found at
the Anaconda mine, 81 men that had
not Joined the Butte Minsworkers
union. The committee marched these
men to a vacant lot in the center of
the city, where a fair and impartial
trial was held, with the result that "a
on promising to enroll in the union
were permitted to do SO and acquitted.
The other three were walked out of
town. 1t was proved that one was an
Anaconda Copper Mining corporation
stoolpigeon and the other two gun
men, caught with the goods on them.
The following day our committee
found one man out of 46O at the ST.
Lawrence mine, who positively re-
| fused to join the union. The verdict
in his case was that he follow the
other three
Nobody Beaten.
1T has been a policy in the past of
the w. +. M. to abuse and beat up
deported men. This was not done by
the new organization. Our organiza-
ton, realizing the feeling of human
being, treated them without rough
ness and without injury. However.
some of the leading business men of
this city at a meeting took steos to
| make it appear as though the sheriff
was unable to handle, the situation,
doing this merely as an excuse to call
for soldiers, yet nobody but then.
selves can see any need for soldiers
in Butte at the present time. The
same business men never took any
steps at any time to protect or stop
the deportation of any men called un-
desirable citizens in the past by the
Western Federation. 1t has been
| rumored that these same business men
have agitated to deport the leaders of
this new organization.
The Dynamiting.
During the early hours of Sunday
morning, August 80, the rustling card
office at the Parrot mine was slightly
damag ged by dynamite. It is our hon.
est belief that this was done by some
cowardly and underhanded enemy or
enemies of this new union. It was
afterwards found out that the watch
man at that office was about 300
yards away from his place of duty at
the time. 1t was the intention of th!o
union to do away with the rustling
card office, but not in this way
These officials of the Butte Mine
workers union will do all in their
power to prevent any wanton de-
struction Of property in this manner