Montana labor news., 1939-07-20
Sheep Shearers Ad
To Join The Butcher
Workers Organization

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of North America went into session
Monday, July II, at the Carpenters
Union hall in Butte. Mr.. A. A.
Evans, president, secretary and
treasurer, presided. Patrick E. Cor
man of Chicago, international presi-
dent of the Amalgamated Meat Cut
tiers and Butcher Workmen of Amer
lea, Edward Walsh of New York,
vice president of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Work
men Of America, and W. R. Williams
of San Antonio, Texas, general rep
r%esentative of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, explained to the dele
gates the details of the proposed
amalgamation between the Sheep
Shearers Union of North America
and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen of America.
Later on in the day, the delegates
overwhelmingly voted in favor of
the Sheep Shearers Union amalga-
mating with the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workmen, and
the Sheep Shearers Union is now a
department of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmeh
Of America. This action is of course
subject to the approval of the execu-
tive board of the American Fedora
ton of Labor which will begin its
summer session on August 7 at which
time this amalgamation will be con-
sidered by them.
Another matter of Importance
taken care of by the delegates was
the removal from the unfair list Of
lamb and mutton. The delegates to
show their cooperation with the in
dustry which employs them will put
on a large lamb chop banquet Fri
day evening at the Rocky Mountain
Cafe at Meaderville.
A 15-month strike called in April.
1888, by members of the Sheep
Union relative to labelling
sacks of clipped wool was called off
by a vote of the representatives.
On Monday, Floyd Fluent, Butte
city attorney, welcomed the dele
gates to the city in behalf of Mayor
Hauswirth of the city of Butte.
James D. Graham, president of the
State Federation of Labor, also adj
dressed the convention as did also
John H. Driscoll, vice president of
the same Federation.
The invocation was given by
George w. Stranger. The list of
delegates who had registered on
Monday included:
H. C. Woody, Jerome, Idaho; Pat
Dempsey, Riggim, Idaho; w. T.
Littleton, Hull, Idaho; Ray Reed,
Gillette, Wyo.; w. S. Patterson, Mil
ton, Ore; Vernon Jenkins, Corvallis,
Mont; John Edgemond, Enterprise,
Ore; Joe Potter, Bull, Idaho; Harry
G. Potter, Butte; K. G. Barigar,
Willows, Calf; Walter F. Davis,
Kaycee, Wyo.; c. R. Thomas, Butte;
w. E. Freshman, Sonora, Calf; Roy
Williams, Corning, Calf; Dallas
Peterson, Chester, Utah; Oscar Han
son, Goshin, Utah; Carl Peterson,
Utah; Henry Sartuche, Lee
more, Calf, and Ed Blackham,
Ephriam, Utah.
Officers and members of the
executive board of the Sheep Shear
ers Union are A. A. Evans, president,
Nelson WILDER, vice president,
San Angelo, Texas; Alma Nelson,
chairman Of the board, Ephriam,
Utah; N. c. Gillette, Grass Valley,
Ray Johnson, Bellfourche,
S. D., and H. ]. johnson, Spanish
Fork, Utah, members of the board.
John Payne, Ashland, Ore, is a long
term member.
Some regret was expressed by
unionists that the amalgamation of
the Sheep Shearers international
with the Butchers would necessarily
cause the removal of the title, at
any rate of the international office
of the Sheep Shearers from the city
of Butte. This union was the only
union in the United States which
had its national offices here. The
present plans would seem to indi-
cate though that the general office
of the Sheep Shearers would remain