Show PADDLE 1 I HEIR OWN there is ia one union at least that knows or flunks it knows knos enough to handle its own affairs without the cLe dictation tation or interference of the agitators or leaders follow mg is a letter from the butte miners union to T W lawson who apparently vi A create discontent and stir up strife in that camp butte march 22 1906 thomas W rawson lawson law son boston mass the butte miners union takes notice of your waring that plans are being made m agur et to reduce wages ages of miners in montana montana only to say to you that the miners of montana need no stock jobber or bucket ahna manipulator to take care of their interests ahe butte miners union km has for 27 years maintained a satisfactory scale of wages for its members and has at the same time maintained friendly relations with the management of f the companies employing them and at the present time the management has the entire confidence of the members of the union in your effort to depreciate the value of butte properties prop artiea by your attacks on companies employing miners in butte and on the banks of dutte butte you will not be aided by men who are today as they have bien for over a quarter of a century ettlie stead steady work and fair wages ath with tl e frien friendliest hest of feeling between company and employees BUTTE MINERS UNION at the present time under existing conditions it strikes us that the above hits the nail square on the head the uniting of laborers of any class for the betterment of their condition is ia commendable and a god given principle which they are entitled to but the trouble is with most organizations they gradually lose sight of the original object for which they organized and become greedy in many instances and try to become all powerful and dorco force and fashion everybody and everything this rule or rum ruin policy is usually brought about by the ran tings of unreasonable and radical agitators lind and leaders who always take a very active part in the meetings and therefore are crowded to the front by the unassuming members of the organization |