Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-08
NO SIGNALS Of SURRENDER.
Neither the Railroad Managers Nor the
Disaflected Brakemen Exhibit
Signs Of Repentance.
Sheriff Sullivan and His Deputies Clear
the Yards Of Loafers and Pre-.
vent Further Mischief.

; The Situation Growing More Seri0us...
A Giant Powder Discovery-..News
II From Other Points.
The tie-up at the Butte depot remains
unbroken, and the situation remains about
the same as it did twenty-four hours ago.
All OF the engines are kept constantly under
steam, and their crews are eyer ready for
action, but the sidings are still obstructed
and no effort is being made to clear them.
The yards are in possession Of Sheriff Sui
livan and a gang OF deputies, who are
recognized by their badges OF authority.
Deputy United States Marshal Lou P.
Smith is also on the ground, ready to pro-
tect Uncle Sans mails if their coming and
going should be interfered with. Yester-
day morning notices forbidding trespass
upon the Union Pacific Company's prop
erty were promiscuously posted around
the depot and yards, and the Sheriff and
his deputies promptly cleared the premises
of all persons who had no business there.
Following was .
THE NOTICE OF N
"Act of February 81, 1879, Revised Stat
utes of Montana.
''SEcTIoN 198-Every person who by force,
or fraud, or by threats or intimidation,
either by words or writing, or actions, or
exhibition OF force, shall prevent or inter-
fere with, or hinder, or decay, any con-
tractor. mechanic, laborer, workman, or
employe, in the performance OF any la wful
contract, work OF labor, or employment,
for any person or company, or upon any
tel ms, OR at any price, or wages. to which
such contractor, mechanic. laborer, work
man or employe may have agreed, o. for
which he may desire to work, or labor or
contract, shall be deemed guilty OF felony,
and, on conviction thereof, shall be pun
ished by fine Of not less than 500 or more
than $500, Or by imprisonment in the Ter
ritorial prison for a term OF not less than
one or more than three years, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
"SEc 2O2. Every person who shall ct
tempt any tf the Offences mentioned in
sections 1913, 199, 200. and 2O1, although
the same be not actually committed. shall
be punished as provided in section 2O1.
"Motiee and H,a -ning-AH persons % ia
the employ OF the Union Pacific Railway
Company no. having business at it's sta
tions are hereby notified to keep away
from its dtpots. yards, tracks, switches,
property and structures OF every kind, and
in no respect trespass thereon. All persons
found interfering with, endangering or dam
aging cars, locomotives, its stations,
tracks, yards or property OF any kind will
be punished to full extent Of the law"
These notices were signed by S. T. Smith,
General Superintendent OF the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, with headquar-
ters at Omaha, Nebraska, and Eugene D..
Sullivan. Sheriff Of Silver Bow County,
Montana, with headquarters at Butte.
The deputies experienced no trouble in
clearing the yards and platform of tres I
passers.
ACTS OF MISCHIEF.
Thursday night the strikers or their sym
pathizers performed some covert acts If
malicious mischief. A dozen empty ore
cars were turned loose on one OF the middle
sidings and ran into the two cars which
were blocking the switch in front OF the
train OF cars loaded with ore for Anaconda, |
increasing the obstruction. The brakes OF
the ore train were disabled by the removal
of nearly all the bolts in the rods under
meath the cars, and the levers which lock
the dumping attachment were thrown out
of place. These work upon q spring, and
the weight Of the eighteen tons OF ore con-
tanned in each is SO much that it is not
thought possible Ill many instances to
throw the levers back into place, in which !
event it will be necessary to unload the
cars. All the coupling pins had previously
been removed from these cars, and they
are now in such condition that their un-
they can be moved. Before the
yards were cleared yesterday
one OF the loaded ore cars was upset by
person or persons who had opened
the ratchet wheel which kept the car, which
is a "side-dumper," in position. An ex-
animation OF the train showed that several
other cars had been similarly tempered
with and were ready to be tipped over.
The valves Of the air brakes were also
broken, and the rubber hose cut. Since
the yards were cleared no further mischief
has ben done.
4
Yesterday afternoon Assistant Superin-
Leslie held Il conference with twelve
the striking b%rakemen, with a view of
settling the difficulty and resuming freight
Mr.. Leslie requested the men to re
turn to work under the new wage schedule
and give it a trial, as they had previously
agreed to do, but the strikers adhered to
their decision to remain idle until they are
500 per month, under the old
and no agreement was reached
The meeting had no sooner adjourned than
the following notice a posted on the bull !
letin board at the depot:
PocATELLo, May Z, 1886.
To all Brakemen on the Ninth and Tenth .
Division:
You are hereby notified that unless you
for duty befo re Q o'clock a..
w., Sunday May 8, 1886. you will be con.
sidered as having left the service OF the
voluntarily, and your places will
be filled by other men.
Z. BLIcKENsDERFER, Supt. |,
The notice was read by the strikers, but
did not weaken their determin-
alton to remain idle until their terms are
agreed to. |,
A STARTLING DISCOVERY. s
Yesterday morning Mrs. Thomas Rice, s
who resides On Lower Arizona street, near -,
he depot, was walking from her house to a ,
for the purpose OF feeding her COW :
when she discovered Il coil OF fuse protrud- :
ng from a hole under the wood shed. The !
oil was about six feet in length, and close
beside it lay a broken stick of giant pow :
Further examination revealed six ex- !
caps, which we're not attached to :
he fuse, however. The lady reported her .
discovery to the authorities at the depot, .
had the dangerous stuff removed to :
he Sheriff's Office. |!
Mrs. Rice does not believe that the ex- .
was placed under her woodshed :
With the intention OF damaging her prop =
but opines that it was stored there .
~ parties who desired to have it where it :
be ound when wanted. y
AT EAGLE ROCK. t
SPECIAL to THE MINER. C
EAGLE Rock, Idaho, May 10 p. NH
The situation here remains unchanged. c
rhe strikers obstinate'y adhere to their :
for the abolition of the new
schedule, and he railroad officials as OBJ
refuse to abolish it. Everything
$ quiet tonight, but n change in the situa-
ion is expected to occur tomorrow. It il
that IN attempt to resume freight
RI ffic will he made by the company before
he week closes.
AT ANACONDA.
special to THE MINER.
ANACONDA, May 7.-Midnight-The clos
ng down last night OF the concentrator
followed this morning by the suspen-
ZION of all the smelter furnaces except one,
L---k ~ $500 H. Ut