Montana labor news., 1937-05-27
STORY OF THE STRIKE
AT KELLOGG, IDAHO


woman beaten from head to foot,
blood from the hair of her head to
the tip of her toes, screaming hys-
~terically and holding onto her hus-
band, who was pleading and fight
ing for a chance to go out and kill
the man who had beaten her. The
woman's story is that the man who
did it was a scab from the tri-state
and she had made the mistake Of
recognizing him. Trouble is looked
for in the Occur d'Alenes. We saw
that a couple of days before the
Wagner Act decision was passed in
the tri-state a company melted mob
of 5000 blue card men armed with
pick handles demolished two c. |. o.
offices and at the third, they were
stopped by gun fire. Twelve men
of the International Union of Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers are I'M
der indictment for murder, because
they stopped this mob when they
would have been murdered if they
hadn't stopped them.
Governor and Attorney General
Share Sympathy
The Federal Mining and Smelling
Company owned something like nine
mines in that area. We have no
reason to believe that the Federal
Mining and Smelling Company
would be any different in the Occur
d'Alene area than they have shown
themselves to be in the tri-state
area. The Governor of the state of
Idaho, Barzilla Clark and Attorney
General j. w. Taylor, the Commits
sion of of Law Enforcement ]. A.
Balderston have guaranteed the Null
Ian and Kellogg miners protection
This we believe has kept this COM
pany from many acts of violence at
the present time.
Due to the rotten conditions, bad
air, filth, and speed up in the Morn
ming Mine, full 80 per cent of the
men on holiday drew their pay
Tuesday, May 25th. This places
these men and their families in a
position where they must be fed and
housed. The Governor has prom
ised some relief but the machinery
is too slow and it becomes necessary
for the union to take care of these
men and their families. The COM
mittee appointed to raise funds, John
w. Thompson, chairman of the
Workers Club of Mullan, Idaho, a
member of Local No. 8, Martin
Coyne, recording secretary of Miners
Local No. Is, Kellogg, Idaho, Scott
Erwin, first district vice president
of the Idaho State Federation OF
Labor and secretary of Wallace
Trades and Labor Council, were
delegated to make all miners locals
in the state of Montana. Response
a this time has been very crafty
ing. We find that the miners in
Montana know and understand the
unbearable conditions and the mag
nitude of the job we have under
taken to make the Occur d'Alene
district safe for union men and wom-
en- and they are whole heartedly
giving their moral and financial
support.
Funds are being mailed to Thomas
F. MCGUIRE, International organ
izer at the Kellogg office of the
Miners Union. We wish to say that
the boys are hanging on and with
the support of our Montana friends,
they are not going back until the
matter is settled to the satisfaction
of everyone. We are considering
sending the King back to Butte
where the boys will know how to
handle him. All miners locals are
requested to refuse admission Of
miners from the Federal Mining
company of the Occur d'Alene dis
trict who can't show holiday guard
cards with punch marks showing
that they have stood their guard
duty.
Scott Erwin, Martin Coyne.
The miners of Kellogg are strik-
ing for recognition of the union. APP
proximately 1000 men are on strike
About 5000 men are employed by
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