The talk of these delegates took some time, though they all spoke on about the same lines, that is, they all flattered the Denver Smeltermen's Union on the record they have made in their strike. Some of the outside delegates said they were told that a less per cent, of the men of the D. S. U. have gone back to work than has ever been heard of before in any strike that has been out as long as the smeltermen have. Each delegate, before he finished his address, promised the smeltermen that the fight of the smeltermen in this strike was also their fight and the union he represents, and that they would stand by the Colorado Mine, Mill and Smeltermen in this eight-hour struggle to the end. Some told the smeltermen that whatever they do, don't give up the fight, and in the end they will win.
The delegates from Butte, Montana, who are representing the unions that have given the most money toward the support of the Colorado strikers, expressed very forcibly that they believed the strike here was just, that they were heart
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and soul with the strikers, and will continue to give them financial aid until the strike is won.
Malcolm Gillis, of Butte, Montana, made a good, strong speech, upheld President Moyer for the stand he has taken in the Colorado troubles, condemned Governor Peabody, although he, Gillis, is a Republican, and said, ''Butte is with you to a man, and I want to say you are going to win. All I ask you to do is, stand together in the future as you have stood in the past."
Most of the outside delegates said they knew nothing of the strikes in Colorado, comparatively, until they arrived in Denver, but since attending the convention, they have learned considerable.