The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-06-28

ment of organized labor and also 70
a statement of where the council stood
This led to a debate which grew acri
monious at times Charges ant
counter charges rejecting on the aim
and leadership of the new union wer
banded across the floor, and support
ers of the new union charged tn,
council and the Montana Federation
o, Labor with failure to organize tn,
miners.
Must Be Regular.
NJ. NJ. Donoghue, president of th'
state federation, took the floor ant
answered his critics and stated thai
the organized labor movement of the
state stood ready to assist end to lead
in any organization of miners who
came into the labor movement in the
regular way The radicals openly
accused the state labor leaders of not
taking any steps now to line up the
miners in an organization, but Dom
oghue said an effort had been made
for some time and that organizers
of the recognized labor movement
were on their way to Butte to get the
miners into an organization which To-
cal officials of the American Fedora
ton could work with. Members say 1t
was evident a fight on the regular
labor leaders of the state and city is
under way and that 1t is being led by
the men who are most sympathetic
with the strikers.
The council, while it did not turn
down by record vote the new min
ers' organization, pointed out that be-
fore the metal mine workers are re-
cognized 1t must align itself with the
American Federation of Labor. In
refusing to recognize the new union,
the council voted to appoint COM
mittee to act in conjunction with sim
liar committees from the building and
metal trades and the Montana Fedora
ton of Labor to work with the miners
committee in an effort to get them to
come into the movement regularly.
Affiliate With !. w. w.
! The electrical workers of Butte,
through their committee named on
Monday night, yesterday virtually
threw discretion to the winds, paid
no heed to The obligations of their
International union and Its instruc-
tons, and took up the cause of the
l. w. w. Last night it was stated
this action did not have the sanction
of many of the well known members
of electrical workers union, No. S.
and that the action of the radicals
might result in the expulsion of the
Butte organization from the interna-
tional union.
A committee consisting of Messrs
Dunn, Glen Burkhart and Ira Steck
called upon John Gillie, general man
ager of mines Of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining company, yesterday morn
ing. These men told him they rep
resented the electrical workers en-
ployed by the company on the hill
and that they had a number of de-
mands to make.
They said they wanted the mining
companies to bring pressure to bear
upon the Montana Power company to
grant the demands made by the con-
struction men in the first walkout OF
that branch. They also wanted the
company to grant all demands of the
new miners union.
Mr.. Gillie asked them to put theil
demand in writing. They did so and
presented it in the following form
Not Considered for Moment.
UNLESS the mining companies bring
pressure to bear to have the Montana
Power company grant their demands
and also grant the demands recently
made by the miners, the members OF
No. 65, employed by the mining COM
panies will be pulled off,"
Mr.. Gillie Immediately informed the
committee that the companies would
not consider their demands for a mo-
ment. He said that the demands OF
the miners, under the radical leader
ship of the /. w. w. element. were
entirely out of the question and could
not be considered. This ended the
interview.
The same committee waited on Pau
Cow, manager of the Tuolumne com
3any. Mr.. Cow put the question d.
rect to the committee as to whether
or not it was acting under the direc-
ton and instruction of the interna-
tional of which it is part, or whether
this action and these demands are
purely some passed by the local union
The committee attempted to dodge
this direct question, but finally &C
knowledged that they represented only
the local organization.
All the managers Of companies tc
whom the demands were presented
took the same stand and refused te
consider them. They maintain thai
the electrical workers organization
which Is a part Of the International
had no right to take up the demand.
made by an organization that is no
in any way affiliated with regular or
ganized labor
A Crisis.
The calling out of the electrician
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