Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-08

uenOFHb Will NOG TAKE BACK WOF
Over the Road Resumed in Full A,
tivity "a Statement From the Lat
Master Mechanic Giving His Side {
the Case.
The suspension OF the Montana Union
ended. This will be good news to every or
in Butte, as it's further continuance ser
ously threatened the prosperity OF the city
During the continuance OF the suspension
the engineers and iremen who caused i
acted with discretion and moderation
They lived up to their profession that the,
had simply withdrawn from the service O
the company. for reasons sufficiently Sc
forth in these c,Iumns. did not intend tt
interfere with the company and wouli re
frain from anything appro ching intimida
ton. They were anxious to adjust th,
matter from the first aud to save the com
munity from the loss occasionad by theil
suspension. But tbeywere firm in their in.
~tention not to resume work under Master
Mechanic Ross and maintained their reso.
luton to the last.
AT THE YARDS.
Yesterday morning affairs at the Mon
tana Union yards in South Butte were uu.
changed. Mr.. Cole Of the Anaconda com
pany, in pursuance OF the announcement
made IN Wednesday evening by Superin-
tendent Mike Carroll at the public meeting
at Miners Union Hall. went down to
South Butte and was there until the final
settlement in the afternoon. He did little,
however. He made propositions to some
OF the engineers to run engines for the
Anaconda Company, but the latter did
not respond with any apparent a~lacrity SO
that practically nothing was done until
late in the afternoon.
In the morning Engineer Maynard took
out No. / for Garrison. The train left at
10 O'Clock, two hours late. consistin, OF a
mail car, two coaches and a Pullman in
charge of Conductor West. It returned in
the evening with two days mail and pass
engers from Garrison.
During the day Assistant General Man
ager Law of the Northern Pacific arrived
at South Butte in his special car. He was
in conference with Superintendent Dickin-
son during the afternoon, n left at 5
O'Clock.
AA0 "AoA1S
Tn the morning, Superintendent Dickin-
o announced to the engineers and fire.
men that he had accepted Mr.. Ross resig-
nation and had substituted Master Me-
chanic Hickey, stationed at Pocatclla, for
Mr.. Ross, but he also announced that. al
though they might return to work on the
road, he could not take back all OF them,
and would except four OF them for reasons |
that had nothing to do with the walk-out.
The men waited on him after considering |
the matter among themselves to see what |
cause of complaint he had against these
four. and if the cause was a good one they |
had had an understanding among them.
that the men o~stracised, whoever
they might be, would accept their exclu-
sion with theb best grace possible aud seek
elsewhere. This conclusion |
was come to in the interest of tie public, |
Secretary DeCamp asserted to q reporter,
more than to their own.
After some conversation with Mr.. Dick
inson in the presence OF Mr. Law in the
car OF the latter, Mr.. Dickinson
agreed to permit one engineer of those he
had excepted to resume work, but was firm
in his position against the remaining three.
The delegation returned to their hall in
South Butte whittier Mr.. Dickinson shortly
after repaired, stated his causes of obiec-
lion to the three men in question and re-
,eived~ the promise OF the remaining en-.
,ineers and firemen to return to work. The
lall resounded with cheers and the men
With smiling faces poured out of the hall
md into yards of the Montana Union road.
Hal A Rim TO HIS REsIG gATIoN.
Superintendent Dickinson Was met COM
ng from the meeting by a reporter, to
vhom be announced :hat the lay-off was
It an end.
Had Assistant Manager Laws pres
nee any effect in bringing this about?"
No. He merely came over to see for
how matters stood"
Then you have accomplished the re-
without any outside intervention?"
Yes"
"And your resignation?"
II .ffered to resign if the authorities
last thought they had any one better
tied than myself to settle the matter" =
what is the first thing you will do?"
"The road will to move ore !
ars, and business will at once resume in
it's former activity" i
He walked into the yards and gave the I
instructions and he 10 turn set }
l5 running IN every direction. \
nder Sheriff Reynolds and his deputies 9
ere given to understand that their services q
ere no longer required and they seemed g
ad to he relieved of a tiresome occupa- \
on. Y
THE CONFERENCE. e
Secretary DeCamp, who has been one of "
le most prominent actors in the Montana T
MON difficulty, now q thing OF the past, v
as met subsequently by a reporter and Il
sked to give al account of how the matter Q
as adjusted. In reply he stated: y
''After we had received notification from +
r. Dickinson of his change of Master $
echanics and exception OF four men from i,
suming work, we appointed a committee h
see Mr.. Dickinson, in Mr.. Laws car, to u
low what grounds of objection he had to d
EN-. When the committee went into the r.
r Mr.. Dickinson, at first, was inclined to h
sist on the four, but he afterwards re- Il
iced his objection to three. These we did h
1t know. We returned to the meeting and }.
omitted a proposition to them. We pro- h
'sed that every engineer who was willing {,
sacrifice his job for the public good "
onld rise to his feet. All of them did SO b
nding the investigation that Mr.. a
promised. He had stated I
at he was willing to submit the CO
ses Of these three men to arbitration or ii
pay their expenses and furnish thern t,
n THAR fa po,lin. with tro p~r4a 49, 49,