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The River Press.
Vol. XXIV.
Fort Benton, Montana, Wednesday, October 28. 1903.
No. i.
BIG MINES ARE CLOSED.
work suspended in all amalga
mated properties in
montana.
The Company Claims It Has Not Re
ceived Fair Treatment In the
Courts
Butte , Oct. 22.—Orders were issued
here this afternoon, as a result of
which the properties of the Amalga
mated Copper company in Montana
will suspend operations as soon as
instructions have been given to the
heads of the departments. Represen
tatives of the Amalgamated company
claim that by the decision rendered by
Judge Clancy today in the Boston «S;
Montana company injunction case the
Amalgamated Copper company is
practically wiped out of existence and
cannot do business in Montana. The
decision, they say in effect, brands the
Amalgamated a9 an outlaw. Its
stockholders are prevented from re
ceiving dividends, although $3,000,000
are tied up and awaiting distribution
to the stockholders.
The officials of the Amalgamated
company are rather reticent in dis
cussing the situation. Superintendent
John Gillie said the managers of the
various companies decided to close
down as there was no use trying to do
business in Montana while the local
courts were so manifestly adverse to
the company. No orders had been
received from New York. The matter
was left solely to the local officials,
and Mr. Gillie did not think the New
York people knew that the shut down
had been ordered until tonight.
The number of miners and others in
this city who are affected by the order
is between 7,000 and 8,000. The smel
ters are in Anaconda and Great Falls,
the mines at Belt, Cokedale, Storrs
and other coal camps, and the lumber
interests in Missoula, Hamilton and
other sections of Western Montana.
The total number of men affected by
the shutting down of the plants in the
state will be 18,000.
rival interests explain.
Statements Regarding Shutdown Issued
by Mr. llein/e and Mr. Scallon.
Butte , Oct. 22.—The shutdown of
the Amalgamated properties affects
about 6,500 miners in this city. It is
estimated that from 14,000 to 15,000
men are thrown out of employment in
various parts of Montana, this esti
mate including employes in smelters
and coal mines, lumber camps and
other departments of the company's
business. Mr. Heinze has made a
statement as to the shutdown, which
is in part to this effect:
"The action of the Amalgamated
Copper company in ordering a gener
al shutdown of all the mines in Butte
controlled by their subsidiary com
panies has no actual connection with
the decisions rendered by Judge Clan
cy yesterday. His order does not
necessitate closing down. As far as
the receivership suit against the Butte
company is concerned, there has been
no change in conditions for over two
years past. An application for the
appointment of a receiver for this
property has been pending that long,
and was today refused by Judge Clan
cy. The injunction against the pay
ment of dividends has also been in
force for the same length of time, and
the order simply puts the matter in
shape for the supreme court to pass
upon.
' 'In my opinion, this evening's close
down is due entirely to an attempt to
affect the price of Amalgamated Cop
per stock in Wall street. Mr. H. H.
Rogers and many of his associates iti
the Standard Oil company thought
thatJuelge Clancy would appoint a
receiver.
"Mr. Thomas Lawson of Boston,
one of the chief brokers of Amalga
mated stock, issued a bulletin there
yesterday stating that a receiver would
be appointed. All preparations had
been made to close down in line with
threats frequently heard in and around
the city for several weeks past. The
decision came to them in the nature of
a surprise. They had been selling I
stocks anticipating a big drop in quo- '
tations, when they would be given an :
opportunity to buy back at much low
er prices what they had previously
sold.
"Under the circumstances as they
actually occurred, it became necessary i
to do something that would bring ;
about conditions in the stock market
as nearly as possible corresponding to 1
what would have occurred had Judge
Clancy acted with less moderation,
and so when Mr. Rogers was advised !
about the occurrences at the court'
house, he immediately sent word to
President Scallon to close down every
thing."
President William Scallon, of the
Ar. r.crr.dn «orp"«*nv, who is at the
head of Amalgamated affairs in Mon
tana, makes this reply to Mr. Heinze's
statement:
"Regarding the shutdown, that is a
matter to be dealt with by itself in any
event, independent of the discussion
or criticism contained in the personal
statement of Mr. Heinze. This will be
done in due time if the occasion re
quires.
"With regard to the statement of
Mr. Heinze, I will say without now
going into a discussion of it, that the
assertion of Mr. Fritz Augustus
Heinze that H. H. Rogers ordered the
closing down of the mines is a deliber
ate, unqualified and absolute false
hood, and the imputations which he
casts on Mr. Rogers are likewise de
liberately false and viciously slander
ous. They are in line with many oth
er lies published by Mr. Fritz Augus
tus Heinze respecting Mr. Rogers and
other men connected with the Amalga
mated. No orders have come from
Mr. Rogers directly or indirectly, nor
from any one else.
"The purpose of the falsehood is
apparent. Mr. Heinze is seeking to
escape from the responsibility for a
condition of things which he has
brought about and he resorts to the
course which seems so natural to him,
that of lying about others.''
Want Increase In Pay.
Chicago , Oct. 22.—Three thousand
employes of the canning departments
of the stockyards' packing houses
have presented demands for wage in
crease, varying from 10 to 25 percent.
About 2,000 men and 1,000 women and
boys are affected. Negotiations will
be taken up as soon as the scales of
the sausage makers and the pork
butchers are disposed of.
A New Pacing Record.
Memphis , Tenn., Oct. 22.—The third
day of the harness racing at Memphis
Trotting association's track was made
memorable by the magnificent per
formance of Dan Patch in a trial
against time. The handsome son of
Joe Patchen made a mile in 1:56£,
clipping three-fourths of a second
from the world's record of 1:57, held
by Prince Alert, and lowered his own
record by two seconds and threee
quarters. The mile was paced without
a wind shield and at the finish Dan
Patch seemed as fresh and vigorous
as at the start.
liryan Was Left 540,000.
New Haven , Conn., Oct. 22.—On
cross-examinination in the probate
court yesterday, William J. Bryan
testified that a sealed letter, mention
ed in the will of the late Philip Bennet
of New York and this city, was a re
quest that Mr. Bryan should accept
$40,000, of which $10,000 was to be
given to Mrs. Bryan and $15,000 in
vested for their three children, who
were to receive $7,000 each when Mr.
Bryan thought it wise. The letter
was opened by the court, but was not
read publicly.
Dowie Reformers Are Tired.
New York , Oct. 22.—Two hundred
of the followers of the John Alexander
Dowie indicated that they were tired
of the work of reforming New York
city and wanted to return to Zion
City, when the "general overseer" in
vited all who wanted to give up the
work and give others a chance to take
it up, to step forward at the early
morning meeting iti Madison Square
Garden today.
Dowie at that meeting said he should
endeavor to convert the pope. He
added that he had received many
bogus checks since coming to New
York, but that others had been good.
They Want Annexation.
■ Vancouver , B. C., Oct. 22.— Local
feeling is very bitter over the award
of the Alaskan boundary commission.
There is much talk of annexation and
of Canada becoming in< ependent,
business men being generally much
dissatisfied at what they pronounce
British disregard of Canadian inter
ests to please the United States. It is
a matter of comment that the loudest
among the discontented are English
men residing here. Many of these
say that Canada will never achieve
her greatest possibilities until she
becomes a part of the United States.
President Thanks Commissioners.
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London , Oct. 22.'—A cable message
has been received in London from
President Roosevelt thanking the
American commissioners and counsel
of the Alaskan boundary tribunal and
expressing congratulation in the name
of the people of the United States on
the result of the tribunal's délibéra
tions.
WOULD OPEN THE .MINES.
Strong Efforts Heing Made to Secure
Peace Between Rival Interests.
Butte , Oct. 25.—If a proposition
the Butte Miners' union makes to
John MacGinniss and his associates
connected with the Montana Ore Pur
chasing company is accepted, opera
tions may be resumed in the various
mines of this district, and thousands
of men go to work again within the
next few hours.
After a special meeting of the union
yesterday afternoon, it was decided to
offer MacGinniss and Forrester $50o
a share for their interest in the Bos
ton & Montana Mining company,
their holdings of stock in the corpor
ation amounting to $50,000. A simi
lar offer was made for the 100 shares
of stock MacGinniss and Lamm hold
in the Parrot Copper & Silver Mining
company at a rate not to exceed $100
per share.
Members of the Miners' union figure
that the purchase of the Macginniss
Forrester-Lamm stock would immedi
ately set at rest all talk of a shutdown
for an indefinite period. The shares
they hold in the two companies was
the cause of the general suspension of
work in the Amalgamated mines,
Judge Clancy's injunction order hav
ing the effect of preventing the latter
company from voting the stock of »he
Boston & Montana company and the
Parrot company. At the close of the
meeting a committee proceeded at once
to lay the proposition before Mr. Mac
Ginniss, but fouud he had left the city
for parts unknown.
The meeting adopted a resolution
suggesting the need of adequate laws
to meet emergencies such as confront
the people of Butte and the entire
state. Attention was called to the
hardships the miners and others are
likely to encounter as a result of the
present shutdown, which, it is claimed,
is due to pending litigation between
two great corporations. Reference is
also made to the judicial officers of
Silver Bow county as being openly
accused of bias and prejudice in favor
of one of the principal parties to num
erous suits involving millions of dol
lars' worth of mining property.
The union, according to the resolu
tions adopted, does not undertake to
deal with the merits of the controver
sy, but asks that it be settled as quick
ly as possible. The supreme court is
therefore urged to exercise its legal
function looking to a speedy determi
nation of the questions at issue.
Live Man Is Lcgallv Dead.
Knoxville , Tenn., Oct. 22.— For
the third time, Silas Hulin, the sup
posed victim of a murder, was "resur
rected" and appeared alive and well
in the court room last night as the
chief witness in the habeas corpus
proceedings brought to have Clarence
Park, who is under sentence of IS
years for murder of Hulin, liberated.
The court, however, dismissed the pe
tition, holding in effect that Silas
Hulin is dead to all intents and pur
poses, and that the court has no legal
right to interfere with the conviction
and judgment which has been properly
secured. Appeal was prayed to the
supreme court. Two years ago Park
killed a man, who was identified as
Hulin. He was tried and sentenced.
In the meantime Hulin appeared, but
the supreme court disregarded his
presence and affirmed the sentence on
its merits as tried below.
.May Discuss Canal Matters.
Washington , Oct. 22.—While Pres
ident Roosevelt designated in his
proclamation calling congress to
gether in extraordinary session only
the subject of reciprocity for Cuba, it
is reasonably certain that the senate
at least, will have the isthmian canal
question brought directly to its atten
tion. Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
has indicated his intention of intro
ducing a resolution bearing upon the
canal. Mr. Morgan will endeavor to
show that the Panama route is beyond
consideration, and he will urge that it
is the duty of the president, under the
Spooner law, to construct the canal
immediately by the Nicaraguan route, j
Campaigning Under Difficulties.
Campaigning Under Difficulties.
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N ew York . Oct. 23. —Fusionist cam
paign orators have had a rough ex
perience while trying to deliver open
air speeches in Avenue A on the lower
east side. Former Assistant District
Attorney Hawecke sustained the most
damage. He was endeavoring to
make himself heard from the tail end
of a truck when, after repeated inter
ruptions, some one dropped from a
window high above a large-sized pa
per bag. The bag was filled with wa
ter anu it struck the speaker's hat
neatly in the middle of the crown. Of
course the bag exploded and a num
ber of intending speakers received a
shower bath. Apparently the water
bag was a signal for action and mis
siles came toward the wagon from all
sides.
The Man Delund the Desk.
Washington , Oct. 23.—General
Corbin, who leaves Washington to
morrow and assumes command of the
department of the east on Monday,
today issued an address to the officers
and employes of the adjutant gener
al's department, of which he has been
chief for about six years. He quotes
the commendation of the Dodd com
mission of his department, and adds:
"There is little glory ever given to
the man behind the desk, yet, if his
work is not well done, no army can
be efficient. The man behind the desk
in a sense enlists, pays, transports,
mounts, arms, equips, feeds and pro
vides surgical and medical treatment
for the men behind the guns. That
you, with other staff departments,' did
your full share in this great work of
creating the army that acquitted itself
in the war with Spain with so much
honor, is now history. This work
when once fully understood will be
appreciated."
Nearly a Million Immigrants.
Washington , Oct. 23.—The aunual
report of Commissioner General Frank
P. Sargent, of the bureau of immigra
tion, shows a large increase of steer
age «immigration, the aggregate for
the fiscal year being 857,046, an excess
over that of last year of 208,303 or 32
per cent. Statistics show an increase
in the immigration from all foreign
sources, suggesting as the chief cause
of the influx of aliens into the United
States during the year inducements
offered to settlers here rather than
any special causes of discontent in
their own countries.
Commissioner Sargent in view of
the arrival of approximately 1,000,000
immigrants urges that legislation be
enacted to improve the quality, mor
ally and intellectually of those ad
mitted. The report strongly recom
mends that an examination by medical
experts be made on behalf of this gov
ernment at the time of embarkation.
He believes skilled physicians repre
senting this government should be de
tailed for this purpose. The commis
sioner refers to the great danger of
the colonizing of aliens in our great
cities.
Harvester Works Closed
Peoria, 111., Oct. 22.—The Acme
Harvester company, one of the largest
manufacturers of agricultural imple
ments, has been compelled to place its
affairs in the hands of a com
mittee representing the creditors
and to ask for an extension of time.
The assets of the company, it is as
serted are nearly $4,000,000, and con
siderably in excess of their liabilities.
The company employed 700 men.
Stole Money to 15u> Hooks.
Philadelpia , Oct. 23.—One of the
most remarkable libraries in exis
tence has been sold here. It was
collected by Howard T. Goodwin, con
fidential clerk of a banking firm, who
committed suicide when confronted
with evidence of a shortage amount
ing to $1,000,000.
Goodwin's hobby was book collect
ing and to gratify this desire he is
said to have speculated with money
not his. It is estimated lie spent over
$100,000 on his library and the books
offered include some of the most beau
tiful specimens of the printers' art
and the finest sets of nearly all the
great authors.
Ornanize Vigilante Committee.
Ogden , Utah, Oct. 23.—Five hun
dred citizens last night attended a
mass meeting which was called for the
purpose of taken some action concern
ing the numerous holdups and rob
beries in this city recently. As a re
sult of the meeting a vigilante com
mittee, to be known as the Citizens'
league, was formed, and over 100 men
signed a roll rendering them subject
to call for the purpose of ridding the
city of suspicious characters. The
organization, under Mayor Gl ass
man, will begin operations at once.
Kobhcr Suspects Arrested.
ISHPE.MING, Mich., Oct. 23.—After a
desperate struggle with alleged rob
bers of the Superior postottice, six
Ishpemiug policemen wounded and
captured two of the trio, on a train
which arrived here at 1 o'clock. At
midnight Marshal Fandrem was ad-j
vised by the Superior chief of police
that three men suspected of the post
office robbery were on the train and
that the conductor would identify
them.
HEINZE MAKES AN OFFER.
He Suggests a Plan of Arbitration That Is
Not Acceptable to Other Side.
Butte , Oct. 26. —From the steps of
the court house in this city F. Augus
tus Heinze this afternoon addressed a
mass meeting of the miners of Butte,
over 15,000 persons beiug in attend
ance. As a representative of John
MacGinniss, Mr. Heinze in his speech
made a counter proposition to the of
fer of the Butte Miners' union to pur
chase Mr. MacGinniss' stock in the
Boston & Montana and Parrott Min
ing companies, and thus end litigation
with the Amalgamated Copper com
pany. He stated that MacGinniss
would sell his stock at a certain price,
provided the Amalgamated company
would sell its fractional interest in the
Nipper mine to Mr. Heinze, which
would enable him to work that prop
erty. Mr. Heinze's offer also included
the following:
"And provided, further, that the
Miners' union shall obtain an agree
ment from Mr. Scallon and Mr. H. H.
Rogers that the Amalgamated mines
will be kept in continuous operation
for the next year, and that the present
rate of wages which prevails in the
Butte mines and smelters shall be
maintained for a period of at least
three years.
"As a separate and distinct offer
and looking to a settlement for the
entire mining controversies, I here
by further agree to select two men,
the Amalgamated company to select
two men, and those four to select a
fifth, which committee shall have the
right to settle all disputes and the
ownership of all controverted ore
bodies and declare the rights of the
respective parties, which decision shall
be final and binding. I hereby bind
myself to the prompt and immediate
execution and carrying into effect of
either or both of the above offers, if
the same be accepted."
Mr. Scallon, on behalf of the Amal
gamated interests, has made reply to
Mr. Heinze's proposition to this ef
fect:
"The statement and offers of F.
Aug. Heinze looking to the settlement
of all the present troubles may look
innocent enough on their faces. In
reality they amount to a refusal to
settle the MacGinniss cases. They
are a turning dowu of the Miners' un
ion proposition, because the condi
tions of Mr. Heinze's offers are so
unreasonable and exorbitant that they
are impossible of acceptance. As to
the proposed arbitration, it is one not
recognized by law; it would not be
and could not be made binding on Mr.
Heinze, and unfortunately would set
tle nothing, but would only lead to
more prolonged litigation."
Mr. Scallon claims that under the
plan of settlement proposed by Heinze
the latter would reap a benefit of mil
lions of dollars.
Anarchist Agitator Arrested
New York , Oct. 24. —Armed with a
warrant, sworn out by Secretary Cor
telyou, four immigration .inspectors
with several secret detectives and sev
eral policemen went to Murray Hall
lyceum last night and arrested John
Turner, an Englishman, on a charge
Fifty Years the Standard
BAKING
POWDER
pertes the flavor and adds to
the healthfulness of the food.
PRICE BAKING POWDER CO,. CHICAGO.
of inciting and promoting anarchy in
violation of the alien labor laws.
JOPLIN, Mo., Oct. 24. —Because he
referred to the United States flag as a
dirty rag representing a dirty class
of people," B. E. Dover, an English
man, was soundly thrashed here to
night by a miner named Harry Flynn.
Dozens of people witnessed the occur*
rence and cheered Flynn while he was
punishing the Englishman. The trou
ble started on Main street where the
Salvation army was holding service.
May Indict Lynchers,
Basin City , Wyo., Oct. 25.— There
is great excitement here tonight, re
sulting from the reported findings of
the grand jury called to investigate
the lynching of J. P. Walters and
James Gorman and the murder of
Deputy Earl Price, who were killed by
a mob at the county jail last July.
The grand jury will report tomorrow,
and it is alleged that it will indict
George Saban, C. F. MacICenzie and
James Patlock, all prominent and
leading citizens of the Big Horn ba
sin. Milo Clark, another leading and
wealthy stockman, may also be in
dicted.
Hank Hurglars Captured.
Burrton , Ivan., Oct. 24.—After a
determined chase and a bloody battle
the bandits who looted the bank at
this point were captured last evening
on an island in the Arkansas river
and lodged in the Newton jail. The
men gave their names as James Bell,
George Olsen, E. H. Johnston, Thom
as White and Frank Harwood.
Johnston is badly wounded, being
shot in the head, breast, arms and
legs. The men claim they were never
in Burrton, but W. L. Daily, a mer
chant of Burrton, identified them as
the men who came into his store
Thursday evening and purchased some
fruit. The bandits had only $18 in
their possession when searched.
Dowie Has a Ouiet Day.
New York , Oct. 25.—Today was
the most quiet one that Dowie and his
host have passed since their invasion
of New York. Three services were
held in the early morning, afternoon
and evening, at the two latter of which
the garden was fairly well filled. The
proceedings were marked by the ab
sence of any attempt at violence. The
afternoon sermon presented no novel
features, being devoted to Dowie's
customary denunciation of Masonry
and Roman Catholicism.
At the evening service Dowie again
denounced the Masons and delivered
another long tirade agaiust the press,
declaring that tomorrow night he
would have something to say about
New York reporters that would make
all his previous utterances appear
mild by comparison.
He learned a Kreat Truth.
It is said of John Wesley that he
once said to Mistress Wesley: "Why
do you tell that child the same thing
over and over again:"' "John Wes
ley, because once telling is not
enough." It is for this same reason
that you are told again and again
that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
cures colds and grip; that it counter
acts any tendency of these diseases to
result in pneumonia, and that it is
pleasant and safe to take. For sale
by D. G. Lockwood, druggist.