Montana labor news., 1938-08-04
COMPENSATION PLAN
NUMBER ONE


So far I have shown how far the
A. C. M. Co. will go to defend against
a claim they would like to call a mo
claim"
Nine A.. C. M. Co. men at the In
dustrial Accident Board hearing, and
six attorneys at the hearing before
the state supreme court.
This last setback lasted from about
Sept. l, 1882, to July 26, 1886, or
almost four years. When with the
aid of sticks | was again able to go.
However, in the interim, | was able
to walk a little, in fact | made a trip
to town. And to comply with DIR.
Persons request that | report for
X-ray. I, accompanied by my wife,
walked to the Murray Hospital that
the picture may be had, about March
2, 1933--my last walk until July 1886.
On Sept. 9, 1886, I attended the
meeting of the Butte Miners Union.
During the time l was discharged
from Galen until this setback, a
period of about Is months, May IL,
1881, to Sept. l, 1882, had tried
many times to see Mr.. w. B. DAILY,
manager of mines for the A. c. M.
Co. at Butte, without success. How
ever, through the contact committee
of the Butte Miners Union, l first
contacted Mr. w. B. DAILY, manager
of mines for A. C. M. Co, at Butte,
on Oct. 7, 1885, or just about seven
years and four months from time of
injury. Present at this meeting were
myself and two members of con-
tact committee, also MIR. DAILY, MIR.
Corrigan, Mr.. Linforth and n W. j.
Mcmahon of the A. c, N. Co. This
latter person seemed to have been
very much amused at what took
place at this meeting. A story of a
man who had laid on his back for
five years. Daily papers say this
party is chairman of the board of
trustees of the st. Patricks Church.
Perhaps that is where he gets his
sense of humor from.
At this meeting I did my own talk
ing, mostly in the language of the
miner. AT this meeting Mr.. DAILY,
when I complained Of the compensa-
ton laws of Montana, remarked
why don't you change them?" He
also at this meeting made a very
pertinent remark, viz: eff YOU" ad-
dressing me, "had not written Sc
many damn dirty letters, we might
have done something for you" TIC
this I replied, "Daly, if you had not
given me and my family such a damn
dirty deal, l would not have had to
write those letters. Furthermore,
DAILY, I wrote you some good clean
letters. Did you receive them?'
Replying in the affirmative, ! re-
piled, "You wasn't big enough tc
make reply and that those letters
were fit to show to the world, Bill
Why don't you publish those letters
in the Post and Standard (society
column"
However, l fell for that old propa-
ganda, keep your mouth shut, anc
use the quiet way in doing things
Lay off this, that and everything
then like a lot of other cripples If
this state, wake up to find l have
been taken, and don't think that
cripples or injured workers not still
being taken Sec. 1852. Ever read it,
l kept mum from June, 1929, til
after my claim was denied in the
state supreme court on Feb. 2, 1891
(opinion by Ralph ]. Anderson), {
period of four years and nine months
1t was not until after the supreme
court decision on Feb, 2, 1882, that
wrote these ~so-called dirty letters
So you will see Mr.. Daily had foul
years and nine months to do some.
thing for me up until that time.
He had seven years and foul
months to do something for me VI
. until the time he made this remark
on Oct. 7, 1886. 1t is now over nine
Years since l met with this injury
and nothing has yet been done fol
me. WILLIAMS.