9 Oct 1912: AOH Division No. 1 minutes: Good and welfare speakers on 'the discord in the organization'

# IMG_7496 - **Type:** handwritten minutes - **Book page number(s) visible:** 556 (left page, full); right page visible only as marginal headings (partial) - **Meeting date(s):** 9 Oct 1912 - **Place / body:** CentervilleButte: companies, unions & placesCentervilleThe hillside neighbourhood between uptown Butte and Walkerville, built among the mine yards and home to many Irish and Cornish mining families.More in Key terms →, Mont. — AOHIrish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms → Division No. 1, Hibernia HallIrish societiesHibernia HallThe meeting hall of Butte’s Hibernians and a venue for other Irish societies; meeting notices name it again and again.More in Key terms → - **Officers signing:** James Connolly Pres; John Murphy Recorder - **Murphy mentions:** "James Murphy" — listed among speakers under Good & welfare; "John Murphy" — signature line, "John Murphy Recorder" at foot of page - **Other key names present:** Judge Lynch (Good & welfare speakers); Chas Gallagher (Good & welfare speakers); James Connolly (President, in chair and signing); John Gribben (Good & welfare speakers); James McCarthy (Good & welfare speakers); Thos Kiely Div #3 (Good & welfare speakers) - **Topics:** Halloween party committee, sick benefits, resolutions on death of a member, county convention delegates, discord in the organization, hall rent ## Transcription 556 Centerville Mont Oct 9th 1912 At a regular meeting of Div #1 A O H held in Hibernia Hall on the above date the following business was transacted. Meeting called to order at 8.15 P.M. Pres Connolly in the [chair] Minutes of previous meeting read + approved Roll call of officers showed six present Propositions for membership Report on candidates [interlined: B. Bonner from Philadelph[ia]] A transfered Bro. John ~~Boyle~~ was on motion accepted to membership in this Div. Initiation Communications Bills + claims . On motion $20.00 for Hall rent was allowed + paid for Month Sept Report on sick . On motion the following [interlined: sick] benefits were allowed + ordered paid. Thos Kilcoyne $24.00. Peter Mongan[?] $80.00. Standing committee None Special do The Halloween party committee reported progress. Committee on resolutions on death of [Owen?] Leary, asked for one more week to report Unfinished business . The matter of electing delegates to Co. convention was discussed at length ~~+ no action taken~~ the chair ruled ~~no~~ delegates to be elected New business None Reading Irish History dispensed with Good + welfare . John Gribben James McCarthy Chas Gallagher. James Murphy Judge Lynch Thos Kiely Div #3 State Pres Jas[?] Cummins[?] spoke at length on the discord in the organization + various suggestions made to eliminate same Receipts of Meeting $ 56-75/100 Adjournment 10.30 P.M. Disbursements $124.00 James Connolly Pres John Murphy Recorder ### Right page (partial) Only the marginal headings of the facing page (557) are legible along the right edge of the photo: Minutes Roll c[all] Proposi[tions] by J[?] Report [on candidates] Balloting Initiat[ion] Commu[nications] Bills Report [on sick] Standi[ng committee] Speci[al do] Unfi[nished business] New [business] Rea[ding Irish History] Good [& welfare] The body text of the right-hand page is cut off / not legible. ## Passages re-read from the image (Opus, 26 Sept 2026) From the dossier register, `research/docs/jjm-dossier-2026-09-26/register/`. These readings, not the whole-page text above, are the ones to quote. - **div1_1912-10-09_minutes_p556_good-and-welfare** (probable; div1-a.yaml): James Murphy > Unfinished business. The matter of electing delegates to Co convention was discussed at length + [no action taken, struck through] the chair ruled [no, struck through] delegates [interlined: to be elected] New business None Reading Irish History dispensed with Good + welfare. John Gribben James McCarthy Chas Gallagher. James Murphy Judge Lynch Thos Kiely Div #3 State Pres Jame[s] Cummins Spoke at length on the discord in the organisat[ion] + various suggestions made to eliminate same