Moyer’s Story Of
Butte Trouble.
So many jnislpadfepr reports
and deliberate falsehoods have
been sent broadcast relating to
•* President Mpyer of the Western
Federation qf Miners and the
Butte affair clear an$ mi
nute statement from Jas. Lord,
president, of the Mining Depart
ment A. F. pf L., who went to
Butte fron? %e stride district qf
Colorado a few days befor^ the
trouble occurred, throws a flood
p{ lights the situation. Dispat
,cdes from Butte ljave been infor
ming the public the I. W.W.
sympathizers in tie; W. F. of M.
receded because of heavy assess
ments, grafting of ofttmUs, etc.,
and that when the rioting began
jn Miners’ Hall while Moyer was
speaking he was the first to
sneak out of a back door and
start for Helena. jUord shows
that for .days before the annual
celebration pi the miners large
bunches of Imodiums and strange
faces began to arrive in Butte,
as though by pre-a.rysflggmenjt,
and Moyer. Lord ami the other
international officers were inform
ed that an effort would be made
by'the gunmen to "get” them at
the Finlen h,otel. Bjit when
scouts investigated apd found
that the officers were on their
guard, the plan was abandoned.
When the officers went to the
hall a mob of 700 to 1,000 hooted
and howled in the street and po
lice were nowhere iu sight.
Moyer lost no time in taking the
platform and stated that he had
the resignations of all local union
officials against whom objections
were raised, that an impartial
president and also secretary sat-,
isfaetory to all factions would be
appointed temporarily, and that
the books (which th.e rioters
themselves burned that night)
would be audited and a new e
lection held by special committee
men elected by the convention it
self. Nothing mere fair could
have been offered by an angel
from heaven. But the anarchists
wanted blood and the shootjng
began. Being hopelessly outnum
hered, Moyer and Lord left the
hall but only after all eseept a
bout a tjozen had gone before.
* HENRY JOK1,
BARBER
Front Stret, Next to the Mam
moth Clothing Storq
Tney wandered aoout unui aijuui
3 a, m and then left the city.
T£e “heavy” assessments cop-:
plained of are inline with the
rest of the fqoljfih charge*. Lord
shows—ap4 hi* fjgures aye hack
ed up by a tabte corppiled by Sec
retary Jfljlls of the W. F. of M.
—that the total assessment? »n
20 years amounted to $74.50 per
1 capita, a fraction over a penny a
day. The heaviest assessment
was during the Michigan copper
strike, when for seven months
the entire membership paid $2
per month per capita—but about
the only complaint heard was
from the cheapskates of Butte.1
They whined that Moyer perpet
uated himself in office, but Moy-,
jer hjmself recommended and se-;
! cured the adoption of the referen
! dum system ofphoosing officers,
! and at the last election the Butte
! bummery were unable to secure
j enough .endorsements from local
unions’(it only requires five) to
place tjieir candidate on the bal
I lot and Moyer was elected unani
mously. So the Anarchists start
led trouble and they will probably
get their fill before it is ended.
Cleveland Citizen.
Did Not Ask For
Troops.
Governor Stewart, of Montana
sent the following communica
tion tg t)»e committee investigat
ing the alleged request of Moyer
for troops.
Joseph Q#rmap ap4 committee
Penver, Colorado;
“In hjs confepe^.C? With me
Mr. Moyer demanded protection
for himself and <$/§r Western
Federation men. He 4/d not at
any time demand tha|t troops be
sent |,o Butte.
S. V. STEWART, povern^-.”
Why Italy
Won’t fight
Italy refuses to join in and
help Germany, tnougli her tre;
ties call for said action. The rea
son is that the nation fears pu'>
lie sentiment, and that a revolu
tion would follow an effort to in
augurate war on such grounds .
This is the first news of the
power of Socialists in the filter
est of peace. The Italian Sociul
isls liave scored. Exchange
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The revelations that have come
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yond every questiojj of a doubt;
that the employing class is leav
ing no stone unturned to disrupt
the labor movement of the coun
try. The eapit$l’gt class being
in control of all the functions of
government utilize every function
of goverumcnt to suppress |nd
halt la£$r in it| onward march
to a higher plane of civilization.
The courts, state militia and
federal troops seejp to be the pro
perty of capitalism, for in every
conflict between master fjpd
slave, these forces are active in
upholding t^e interests of privi
lege. Not only are the functions
of government aligned with ex
ploiters, but strikebreaking agen
cies maintaining private armies
have become another force to
subjugate the working clas^ in
the effort to battle against the
brutality of economic slavery.
f he gunman, the spy and the
spotter are valuable aides to in
dustrial tyrants, and the repre
sentatives of the people seem to
be reluctant in adopting any mea
sures that will remove any of
the forces employed by exploit
ers to shatter and destrqy the on
y movement on the economic
field that is fighting to promote
the welfare of the toiling millions
of the earth.
The forces that are attempting
to destr9y organized labor should
have the effect of bringing toge
ther the regiments of labor Into
a mighty army, whose economic
and political power, when once
united, will prove invincible a
gainst any force summoned by
capitalism to destroy the move
ment that was born from wage
slavery jto emancipate the work?
ers of the world.
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More Mexican
Trouble Coining
The Mexican trouble is not at
an end, The masters have as
sumed that by changing rulers
jhey may still retain possession
of the loot. But tiiere will be ano
therwar for the land. And now
the pe#ns of Mexico have 60,000
modern guns and an abundance
of ammunition which they did
not have before.
NTeio’^ store
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Are YouOne Of The
Socialists who Says
“Yes I am a socialist—been one for many years—always vote
the ticket—but Ido not belong to the organisation.” If you are
iii that class, you should get out of it The only Socialists that
count are the O..01 that pay their
little 25 cent dues per month, and
aid in the work of the party organi
sation. Theee are the fellows tnat
are making the Socialist Party the
gyeat force for the common good in
Aqaerica. The capitalist class won’t
finance oar party and we don’t
want them to. Its the twenty-fire
cents ptr uuma irom uhhdubjiiud
of real Socialist* that keep I ha
wheels of the organ **tion go’a^.
Com* on in and find out how wa
run thing*. Yon will have iuet as
much to say as another. We have
made it e*»y for you to take tha
first *tep—b;low ii a ooupoa which
yon ihould
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