Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-09 | Page 10 | Sees Failure for 'Big Union'

SEES FAILURE FOR III Mine Workers Official Declares De-clares Idea Is Proved Untenable Un-tenable by History. BUTTF, Mont., July 8. The "one hitr union" convention, holding its f in;i 1 session here today, cho.se Great Falls, Mont., as t h (j p 1 :i oo, for the next convention, con-vention, which will be lie Id before October Oc-tober 1. At, that time it is planned to ! effect permanent organization and deh-elates deh-elates from all parts of the country nre expected to be in attendance, it was announced. A. resolution demanding that the United States government immediately withdraw troops from Kussia 'and recognize rec-ognize tho soviet government of Russia, Rus-sia, was carried by acclamation amid enth usiasm. C. W. Huston, an official of the United Mine Workers of America, addressed ad-dressed the convention and predicted complete failure for tho "one big union" movement, stating that tho idea was not new and that itn failure-was failure-was already a matter of history in the archives of organized labor. Ho was interrupted several times by open expressions of disapproval and ridicule. ridi-cule. The constitution of the Canadian one big union convention with its preamble was adopted almost word for word, tho principal change being in the amount of pay provided for members of the executive committee. Tho "one big union" convention was called by the Metal Mine Workers Work-ers Number 1 of America, of Butte, an independent organization, of which Tom Campbell is the head. The sessions ses-sions began Sunday. The Industrial Workers of the World was represented by a committee and members of the organization took a prominent part in the sessions. Industrial Indus-trial Workers of tho World organizers from outside of the state also were present. The "one big union," as outlined in the meeting here, provides a plan for collective bargaining, the demands of ono labor group to bo supported by every other and the general striko to constitute a weapon to force Compliance Compli-ance on the part of employers.