The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-17

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| the reporter, "that Mfr. Hall is connected
! with you in this store. Is this trueY :,
81 would rather that Mr.. Hall would
answer that question himself"
wHAT MRS. ANNEAR SAID.
Mrs. Annear, of the Walker House, was
waited. upon, and that lady also denied
that Mr.. Hall had made the order, or that
! the men were supposed to board or Duy
their provisions, at any particular place;
| Mrs. Annear said: II keep between 30 and
100 boarders, who represent nearly all
! the mines and mills at Walkerville. !
| spend between $1,000 and $4,000 each
months in provisions, and that sum Is
divided among nearly all the stores IN
Walkerville. lam very friendly with the
| Halls, but they have never yet asked me to
trade at any one place in this town. INT
only demand made upon me. was by the
| Knights of Labor, who asked me to DIS
charge my Chinese cooks. Not being able
to secure suitable white cooks, l refused to
comply with request, and 8 or lO OF the
Knights left my house.
THE OTHER SIDE.
The majority of the residents OF Center
vile are Englishmen, and upon the repor'
ter's visit to that thriving little town yes
terday, he learned that the cry there a
go, to Walkerville."
Lieutenant Thomas Trevail, OF the Union
Guards, is the proprietor OF a store and
saloon at Centerville, and upon being
, pressed by the reporter for his opinion in
| that there was no doubt in his mind but
the order was issued. That he had heard
several men who work for the Alice Com
pany say that they had positive orders
from their respective bosses to come to
| Walkerville, and that the men, fearing a
| discharge from the mine, stood not on the
order of their going, but were packing theii
trunks with all possible dispatch and were
shaking the dust IF Centerville from theil
feet.
THE MINER man had conversations with
| several Alice miners who reside in Center
vile, and was informed by them in an EN-
phatic manner that they did receive orders
from the shift bosses to come to Walker
vile to live. 1t would not be doing justic'
to those men to publish their names. Al
one miner said: II would not fear an i'm
mediate discharge from the mine, but
should undoubtedly be spotted and a
some future time would be discharged To-
some trivial ~offense, that would not b.
noticed under ordinary circumstances"
WHAT A SHIFT BOSS SAID.
Several men working in the Magma Chart;
mine said to a MINER reporter that tn
following was the conversation that tool
place in the Magma Charta between tn
miners and shift boss, Sam Trebilcock:
Boys" said the boss, Il have goo'
news for you.'
"What is it,"
at is payday, Tomorrow"
els that all?"
"No. The orders are from the head chic
that all the single men in the mine, no
owning any property in Centervllle, mus
come to VAUDEVILLE to live"
That and nothing else. The boys tum
bled.
The ~citizins of CentePville are, OF course
very indignant over the order. Several o
them nave recently gone to a great deal 0
expense in enlarging and renovating thei
residences for the purpose of accommodate
;,,s large numbers of boarders, and If thi
ori.r is carried into effect it will work
great hardship to those persons, and the.
are feeling very badly over the matter. Tn
present state of feeling in Centervill
against Superintendent Hall is very bite
and deep seated one, as is manifested b,
the uncomplimentary expressions heart
when Mr.. Hall drove through the streets O
that town.
VIEW OF WALKERv1LLE BUSINESS MEN.
Dennis Driscoll, the Walkerville merchant
was called upon and said that while h
would be glad to see everybody como t.
VAUDEVILLE to live, he was not in favor c
compelling men to do so. He believed i
letting men do as they pleased with thei
money. He did not blame Mr.. Hall it h
had requested a certain number OF men t.
come to Walkerville to live for the purpos
of assisting in exting1ishing a fire. II
should make the same request OF his en-
ployes if it were necessary to do SO. MI
Uriscoll further said: II am given to under
stand that Mr.. Hall did not give the orde
for his men to come to Walkerville, but tina
it emanated from Mr.. Raybould, s~ecretar
of the Alice Company" when Mr.. Ha
was informed OF this report he gave it hi
unqualified denial, and said that Mr.. Ray
bould was not connected in the matter
any way shape or form.)
Caplice & McCune thought that the orde
had been issued. This opinion was based
they said, upon information received fror
several men who worked in the Alice mines
who had informed them OF the orders the
had received from the mine bosses. The
also thought there was no doubt that tn
men employed in the Alice mine were give
to understand that they must trade at tn
Broughton store. In order to further el
tighten the reporter oil this subject they n
ferred him to q miner named
TOM PEARCE,
of Centerville. This gentleman was sough'
and in answer to an inquiry, said: .
worked at the Alice mine some time agt
and was informed by some OF the men a
work there that ali the Alice boys wei
supposed to trade at Broughton's t
I did nv trading at Caplice & McCunei
After working at the Alice for a short tin
l was discharged, for what reason nevt
knew. One day, shortly after being IL
out of the Alice, l was at Walkerville an
a friend asked me into Broughton'sto TAX
a glass OF beer. While there, Mr.. Fla
came in. Mr.. Broughton said to me:
"'Tom, / hear you are going to leave tn
camp | said: Yes, | am going away IN
few days. You are very foolish sal
Broushton, you can get all the work yo
want at the Alice, Tommy To Mr.. Ha
Broughton said: Can't he, Mr.. Hall
Yes replied Mr.. Hall, give your order ft
your things here, Tom, and you can get q
the work you want"
CONCLUSIONS.
There are no end OF rumors upon tn
matter. They are as thick as bed-bugs
the average lodging house, but when tn
are probed to the bottom they do n
l. seem to amount to much. 1t is quite &C
tain, however. that Shift Bosses y,
{ ! Trebilcock and others have informed t.
: men employed under them that it was t.
desire of the company thai they should l
, moveto Walkerville, and that if they did NJ
they would be in danger OF beingdischarge
Greatfeeling has been worked up over t
. matter, and much OF it is suppressed, [
, cause the men are afraid that they Will 10
! their bread and butter if they hould spe;
: out.
A STATE OF THINGS.
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