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The Bütte Inter Mountain.
VOL. XXI. NO. 71
Showers Tonight.
BUTTE, MONTANA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 13. 1901.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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The celebration of the twenty-third
anniversary of the birth of the Butte
Miners' union and the first anniversary
of the establishment of an eight-hour
day' for all men working beneath the
surface of the ground and also many
employed on the surface, took place in
this city today. So far as the atmos
phere was concerned the day was all
that could be desired for such an event,
but the mud outside of the paved por
tion of the streets was too deep to per
mit of fast time being made in the street
parade, which is always one of the ad
mirable features of the celebration. On
account of this condition, for which the
elements alone are responsible, the
original line of march was abbreviated,
the pageant confining itself to an area
bounded by Quartz street on the north,
Washington on the west. Silver on the
south and Main on the east.
In ordër to give the men an 'oppor
tunity to properly observe the day, all of
the mines In the district were closed,
as < was also the various places of busi
ness in the city.
The number of persons who took part
In the parade was not so large as it has
been on the observance of Miners union
day heretofore, but this fact is due en
tirely to the condition of the streets be
yond he paved district. Nevertheless,
the showing made was a splendid one
and reflects credit on the boys.
If there is one thing more than an
other that disturbs the equilibrium of a
union man it is to be unable to keep
step to the rythmic music of the band,
and this valuable adjunct to a success
ful turnout was one of the impossibili
ties today. On the paved streets the go
ing was good and the elastic step of the
marchers beat a happy response to the
correct time of the music.
The parade was made up of officers
of the Miners' union and about 2,000
other members of the organization;
officers of the clerks' union and 200 other
membeis; officers of the Stationery
Engineers union and 50 members: offi
cers of the Mill and Smeltermen's
union and 300 members; officers of the
International ourneymen Horse Shoers'
union and 50 members, together with a
platoon of city police and the Bostort &
Montana and Alice company bands.
With the exception of the members of
the Miners' union, who walked four
abreast, the paraders walked in pairs.
The line of march was from Main to
Montana on Quartz street, down to
Granite on 'Montana, east on Granite to
Main, down Main to Park, west on Park
to Washington, down Washington to
Silver, east on Silver to Main, up Main
to Broadway, and fcast on Broadway to
the Grand Opera house where the
marchers disbanded. The pageant was
headed by the Bodton & Montana band
on foot, and markka is 0 f the day on
horseback; Then Dame a squad of po
licemen, the Clerks' Protective union
No. 12, Stationery •'Engineers, Mill and
Smeltermen's union, Horse Shoers'
union and Miners' union—the whole line
being composed of as fine, stalwart
looking lot of men as could be found on
the face of the earth.
It was the intention to have some
special features at Columbia Gardens
for the day, but the weather interfered
somewhat with the. programme. Dur
ing the afternoon; Ihowever, thousands
of people went.to..the gardens and en
joyed themselves .IK various ways, some
spending the time dancing in the pa
vilion and others, engaging in the long
list of other feature* to be found there.
When the curtaiA roiled up at the
Grand, opera housçSit was to reveal a
stage t>n which a îlarge speciment of
"Old Glory" formed the background,
and the immense crowd, which filled the
building to the point of discomfort,
cheered lustily at the sight.
The Boston & Montana band furnished
two selections, "Poet and Peasant"
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(Suppe), and "Never Haul the Old Flag
Down." Two other selections, "The
Wonder" (Mackie) and "Flirtation"
(Dalbey) were given after the band oc
cupied the stage.
The following were seated on thj
stage: John J. Quinn, John Murlha,
John M. Sullivan, John Collins, James
P. Murphy. Frank O'Connor, Robert
Boyd, F. W. McKeon, Daniel Hannifin,
M. Drumm, Joseph Head, Joseph Shan
non, Edward Hughes, M. J. Mooney,
Eugene Spineig John R. Murphy, Charles
O'Brien, John 'D. Shea and David Mc
Namara.
John J. Quinn, the president of the
Miners' union, officiated as chairman,
and introduced Joseph Calloway, the
orator of the occasion, in a few fitting
remarks, in which he drew attention t >
the nature of the day, and expressed the
hope that organized labor would hold
together as well in the future as it had
in the past.
In beginning his address, Mr. Callo
way reviewed the history of the Butte
Miners' union, which he termed one of
the grandest labor organizations ever
brought into existence on the western
continent.
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w name of A. C. Witter, the first
pre& »ent of the organization, was
heartily cheered.
Theeight-hour law was mentioned as
the grandest achievement of the Miners'
union, the claim being made thac it was
granted the miners at the request of the
union by Senator Clark and the Mon
tana Ore Purchasing company. The ef
forts of President in behalf of the bill
which made eight hours a legal day's
work were referred to at length and the
remarks of the speaker in this connec
tion were applauded.
The greater part of the address was
on the theme of arbitration as a method
of settling difficulties arising between
employer end employe, and a compari
son was drawn between New Zealand,
wherethis method prevails, and the
countries where riots have worked so
great havoc.
"Now, my friends, if I should never
look upon another audience such as is
gathered together here again," said the
speaker in conclusion, I pray that the
smiling faces and loving hearts which
are present in this building may bear
Truit to the honor and glory of our la
bor organizations throughout the
world."
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COMMANDER TILLY BEATEN AND
ROBBED IN SAN FRANCISCO
(By Associated Press.)
San Francisco, June 13.—Lieutenant
Commander B. F. Tilly, U. S. N. govern
or of the American part of the Samoan
Islands was assaulted and robbed by two
unknown men last night. He arrived
from Pago Pago on Tuesday and regis
tered at the Occidental hotel. Last night
he started out for a stroll, intending to
view the water front.
When in an unfamiliar part of the
city, according to his statement, he was
passed by two men who turned suddenly
and seized him from behind. One of
CAILLES HOLDS OUT IN THE
LAKE DISTRICT NEAR MANILA
Aguinaldo's Self-Styled Successor Will
Not Surrender—Rainy Season at
Hand, and He Will Eight a
Little Longer — Another
Trial Begins in the Al
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Fraud Cases. 11
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Manila, June 13.—General Sumner has
returned here and has reported to Gen
eral Wade the failure of negotiations for
the surrender of Cailles, the insurgent
leader In Laguna province. The Filipino
apparently believes he can hold out, now
that the rainy season has begun.
Disappointment is felt here at the
backward conditions in southern Luzon.
Some insurgent camps have been dis
covered and captured, Lieutenant Cowen
with a detachment of 50 men having
killed five insurgents near Jovelar.
The United States Philippine commis
sion today began consideration of the
MIRERS RISK THEIR LIVES
Rescuing Parties Brave Fire and Ex
plosions to Rescue Their Com
rades' Dead Bodies.
(By Associated Press.)
Port Royal, Pa., June 13.—Another ex
ploring party of ten men started into
the burning mine at this place today at
9 o'clock to try and recover the bodies.
The rescuers were told before they
started that they were taking their lives
in their hands, as the mine Is full of gas
and more explosions are liable to occur
at any time.
At 3:40 this morning the sixth explo
sion occurred. It was caused by the
gas igniting from the fire below. In
spector Dixon, who headed the party
this morning, is confident that he will
'be able to recover some of the bodies.
The party went down in ten seconds,
and- as the cage was lowered the crowd
on the outside of the ropes gave a cheer
and many fervent "Godspeeds" were
said. The inquest on the bodies of those
aready taken out of the mine on Tues
day was resumed again this morning.
CYCLONE B ROKE U P A DANCE
Barn Demolished in Which Young Peo
ple Were Having a Good
Time.
(By Associated Press.)
Lamberton, Minn., June 13.—Reports
have Just been received that during the
Storm of Tuesday in Redwood county,
the new granaiy of Fred Schultz in
Waterbury township. In which a large
party of young people were enjoying a
social dance, was demolished and five
dancers severely injured. The injured
point for large shipments of currant«.
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MISSIONARIES WERE
KILLED AND EATEN
(By Associated Press.)
Vlcortla, B. C., June 13.—From
Guinea news was received via
Sydney to-day of the massacre of
Revs. James Chalmers and B. E.
Tompkins and 14 native teachers
by cannibals. The whites were
eaten, while the natives were
killed and the bodies thrown to
the sharks.
MUSIC H ATH CHAR MS TO
SOOTHE THE EDITORS
The Montana state band of
twenty-three pieces, under the
leadership of S. Stanway, sere
naded the Inter Mountain at 2
o'clock this afternoon. A large
crowd congregated to hear the
really excellent musical treat.
They could not find a more ap
preciative audience.
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CHARLES R. HOPKINS
FOR U. 8. MARSHAL
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 13.—Senator
Foster saw the president In re
gard to the United States mar
shalshlp of Washington. The
term of Marshal Ide will expire
July 1. Charles R. Hopkins of
Spokane will be appointed as his
successor.
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them grabbed his gold watch chain while
the other held him by the throat. A
struggle ensued during which he was
either Struck over the head and across
the mouth or thrown down with violence,
rendering him unconscious and inflicting
two ugiy bruises.
When he recovered consciousness he
made his way to a sa'.oon and called up
the hotel, to which he was taken in a
hack. His assailants who made good
their escape relieved him of a gold watch
and about $25. Governor Tilly will start
for the east tomorrow.
code of civil procedure. The American
lawyers argued against the provision
making Spanish the court language.
The trial of H. W. Happle, port stew
ard of the commissary department,
charged with receiving in monthly in
stallments money for a stevedoring com
pany, began today. The defense is that
the money received was salary for extra
services. The alleged transactions ap
pear on the company's books, and it is
claimed that Happle figures under an
assumed name.
D. M. Carman, the former Californian,
who was arrested in February last on
the charge of furnishing supplies to aid
the insurgents, but whose prosecution
was abandoned last month, Is going to
the United States shortly, and has asked
for the return of $10,000, paid as security
for his appearance when summoned for
trial. General MacArthur has declined
to order the return of the money, but
probably It will be returned after the
insurrection is over.
are: John Noltlng, John Bittner,
Charley Long, Ida Bittner, Chris. Nolt
lng.
The granary was lifted from its foun
dations and hurled against a barn, de
molishing both buildings. A number of
builaings were destroyed by the same
storm at Echo, Revere and Sundown,
and additional reports of further dam
age afle comihg in.
THE CUBAN S CHOOL TEACHERS
State Will Pay for a Long Course of
Instruction in Uni tea States.
Colleges.
Albany. June 13.—State Superintend
ent of Public Instruction Charles R.
Skinner reports that a communication
has been received by Myron T. Seudder,
principal of the New Paltz normal
school, from Lieut. Matthew B. Hanna,
acting commissioner of public schools
for the island of Cuba, announcing that
arrangements are being perfected for
sending between 50 and 100 teachers
from the island of Cuba to the New
Paltz normal school for a course of in
struction for one or two years. In
English, manual training, domestic sc',
ence, social economy methods and civil
government.
The Cuban government defrays the
expense of transportation, board and in
struction for these teachers .and allows
each a salary of $20 a month during the
entire course of instruction.
McArthur Coming Home.
Manila, June 13.—Governor General
MacArthur expects to leave on July 1
for the United States. He will sail on
the transport Meade for Nagasaki, and
after spending two weeks there will em
bark on the Sherldar. for San Francisco.
Amalgamated Stockholders Object to
the Proposed Consolidation of
Butte Properties.
(By Associated Preas.)
New York, June 13.—The case of Calvin
O. Gear againät the Amalgamated .Copr
Fer company was recalled before Vice
Chancellor Stevens in Newark, N. J., to
day. George Alfred Lamb and Robert
Carey presented a petition on the part
of Mrs. Silas E. Smith to be allowed to
Intervene in- the action,. Mis- .Smith is
the owner of stock in the Amalgamated
company, which she has held as an in
vestment since the organization of the
company. There was no opposition . to
her Intervening in the. case.......
The. suit was brought hy the C. H. Ven
ner company of .Boston and Calvin .0,
Gear to restrain the Amalgamated Cop
per company from acquiring the Boston
& Montana and Butte .&. Boston com
panies.
R. V. Lindatury,attorney for the Amal
gamated company, at the opening of the
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course of the commencement ex
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called attentlop to defects which,
he said, existed in the American
expansion policy. He said in part:
"Because we are citizens of the
United States, we are citizens of
the world. These are days when
we are told that our locomotive
makers; and bridge makers are in
juring England; that our manu-X
faeturers of machinery and of X
small wares are hunting Ger
many; that our ocean carriers; and
our bargain makers are crowding
Russia, Italy and France, even out
of nearly all of their markets.
"Why should we want to injure
anybody? Superiority is desir
able. But If ever It Is to be pur
chased at the price of impover
ishment or of distress. It will be
too dearly bought. Life is, a com
petition, but the earth is not a
slaughter house."
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If It Is a Capitalistic War, Capital Will
Pay Dearly for It—Quarter of a
Billion Dollars as Their Share
Consternation Among the „
Stockholders Who Hoped
to Escape.
New York, June 13.—A dispatch to the
World from London say:
The British government has decided to
levy $250,000,000 on the Transvaal gold
mines to pay half the cost of the war.
Sir David Barbour, formerly finance
minister for India. Who was commis
sioned to report upon the taxable ca
pacity of these mines, advised Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain, to levy $175,000,
hearing, presented the company's an
swer to the charges of the complainants.
He denied that the directors of the Am
algamated Copper company owned 173,000
shares of the Butte & Boston stock now
or that they had owned it at any time.
He also denied that they were interested
■ n the Boston & Montana company with
the exception of Henry H. Eckers and
William H. Rockefeller, each of whom,
he said owned 250 shares of stock of the
company and had owned them for a long
time,
Mr. Lindabury further claimed that the
assets of these companies as stated by
the complainants were not properly item
ized and that there- were additional as
,-sets that would bring the total to $20,
000,000- Counsel denied further that It
was the Intention of the defendant di
f-ctors to unload their holdings at ex
orbitant prices.
ONLY A FAKE INDIAN WAR
DOWN IN WYOMING
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X killing of an Indian by a white
X sheep herder is false. Colonel Jesse
X M. Lee, commander at Fort Leav
X; enworth, who was sent by Gen
X eral Merrlam two weeks ago to
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X alleged troubles with the Indians,
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>X serts.that the,Indians have made
*X complaint that the agent has not
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no Indication', whatever of hos
tility, being merely a complaint.
The story of the killing of an
Indian by a white sheep herder
grew out of a shooting affray be
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000 , but Mr. Chamberlain, after con
sultation with Lord Milner, increased
the maximum in the amount stated.
Barbour's repeat is awaited here with
the keenest interest in political and
fn ancial circles.
This recommendation when It becomes
known here Is certain to cause constern
ation among the Kaffir stockholders, who
fancied that the Idea of taxing the
mines, which are mostly owned in Eng
land, had been abandoned.
As these very gold mine were the
real underlying cause of the war, many
have maintained that their British own
ers should be made to bear a large share
at least, of Its heavy burden.
FOUR LIVES LOST IN SHIPWRECK
ON THE COAST OF NEW FOUNDLAND
(By Associated Press.)
St. Johns, N. F., June 13.—The schooner
Czar, bound to Labrador with fishermen
and their families, seventy persons alto
gether. was driven ashore on Cabot Is
land on the north coast of New found
land in a dense fog and gale Sunday
night. Four men were drowned and six
others were injured but the women and
children were all landed safely.
The survivors were on the island two
NEGRO WAR AT SHREVEPORT
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Lynching or Burning Awaits the One
Who Fired the Patal Shot; if He Is
Captured — Foster, the Dead
Man, a Brother-in-law of
the Governor of Ten
nessee.
(By Associated Press.)
Shreveport, La., June 13.—Latest re
ports from the Foster plantation, where
John G. Foster was murdered yesterday,
say that a dozen or more frightened
negroes are still cowering in the
Kinney store, surrounded by a mob,
which threatens every moment to lynch
the whole party. Prince Edwards, the
colored man who fired the fatal shot,
however, has not yet been apprehended,
and it is the desire to get hint alive that
has restrained the mob thus far.
The negroes Imprisoned in the store
are dazed with fear. They are "official
ly" in the hands of the authorities, but
they realize that their real captors are
members of the mob, which has guard
ed every avenue of escape since yester
day.
Foster was a young man, well known,
and a brother-in-law of Governor Mc
Millan of Tennessee, and came of one of
the flrstfamllies of Louisiana. A lynch
ing Is regarded as highly probable:
When the negroes were placed in the
store at 9 o'clock last night, a crowd as
sembled. and It was only through the
advice of cooler heads that a wholesale
lynching was prevented.
Mrs. Edwards, wife of the alleged
murderer, was among those arrested.
She had in her possession the shotgun
with which her husband killed Foster.
"Prince told the other men to stand
back and he would settle the business,"
she said. "Then lie went in front of
them and fired and Foster fell."
Shortly after the shooting a posse with
bloodhounds set out after Prince, but
his capture has not yet been reported.
By Home it is thought the fugitive, to
escape lynching, has committed suicide
in some Isolated spot.
The Foster plantation is five miles
east of this ■ city, on the Shreveport,
Vicksburg & Pacific railway. Trouble
had been brewing for some time between
the negroes and the overseers of the
place. Foster, thinking he could succeed
where the overseers had failed, started
for the negro quarters during the after
noon yesterday. The negroes were gath
ered in a cabin, and he was some dis
tance away when the shot which killed
him was fired. The negroes scattered,
but all except Edwards were captured.
Throughout the night and far into the
forenoon the approaches to Shreveport
bore a martial appearance. . Men armed
with Winchesters, pistols and shotguns,
on foot and on horseback, were stationed
everywhere. It was a night of terror
and brought to mind the days of recon
struction when Shreveport was the head
days without food or shelter, when an
other vessel, passing toward Labrador,
sighted their distress signals rescued
them and landing them on the main land
whence they will return home on board
a mail steamer. The Czar became a to
tal wreck and those on board of her, lost
all of their belongings.
The women and children were in a
pitiable plight when they reached the is
land. Being aroused at midnight they
were able to secure only a little of their
clothing before leaving the ship.
center of the White League movement.
Despite the great tension, not a single
shot was fired during the night by those
who guarded the places in which the
frightened negroes are imprisoned. Early
this morning the Shreveport posse of 60
men withdrew to this side of the river
to escape the death scenes which Capt.
H. P. Wells, in command, said were
Inevitable.
"There is absolutely no doubt," said
Captain Wells, "that they will hang
'Prophet' Smith. He is generally con
sidered to have at the bottom of the
conspiracy that resulted in the murder
of Foster."
At dawn a message from Kenniboç
said that the armed citizens who guard
ed tlie negro had concluded to make an
other effort to capture Prince Edwards,
the murderer, before dealing with his
accomplices. There were ten negroes
confined in the Jail at Bossier City and it
was decided to take them to Kinne
heewe s store tn order that the negro
crowd might be under one roof. Twd
posses were sent out by the citizens.
One went in search of Edwards who
was reported to be hiding on an adjoin
ing plantation. The other marched to
Bossier City and secured the negro In
jail at that place. No resistance was
offered at that place and the frightened
negroes, men and women, were marched
tc. Kinnebecwe's and placed with Smith
and his fellow prisoners. At 9 o'clock
It seemed to he the determination of the
citizens to lynch Smith and another
negro named Washington, who helped
Edwards to escape and afterward denied
that he had done so.
It was also planned to lynch the wife
of Edwards, the murderer, and Addi®
Lee Alien hut many opposed this and
urged the stripping and whipping of the
women. It was reported in Shreveport
at 10:30 a. m. that Edwards had been
surrounded in the swamps near Bossier
hy a posse headed by James Foster,
brother of the murdered man. A des
patch from Vicksburg says If caught
Edwards certainly' will be burned.
TROLLEY C ARS FO R GREECE.
American Product Will Whiz Over the
Roads to and from Athens
Electric Boom.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, June 13.—Trolley cars built
In this country will go whizzing soon
front Athens to Piraus, in modern
Greece. The contract for constructing
the line has been let. In a general way
the cars will resemble those used in
Brooklyn.
The electric boom has struck Greece
so forcibly that electric light plants are
being manufactured in the United States
to illuminate t'alamata, Lyra and
Patras, the latter the most important
seaport in the kingdom and the export
point for large shipments of currant«.