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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
Burlington Notes.

Perry Silvey is again on deck at his ton
sorial parlors. During the war Mr.. Silvey
had the misfortune to come in contact with
ball fred from gun in the hands OF one
the enemy, and still suffers from the wound,
which is on the leg. A few weeks ago
stick Of cordwood rolled down off the top
OF pile and struck Mr.. Silvey on the old
sore, causing it to again become trouble
some. He was compelled to ''lay-to" for
few weeks, but is now able to attend to
business.
An elaborately decorated Christmas tree
for the benefit of the children of Burlington
was one OF the attractive features of the
residence OF Edwin Edwards on Christmas
day.
The ball at the,Windsor hotel on the Gath
dit. was attended by nearly everyone in
the city. The ladies having charge of the
offair spared no pains to make it the
event OF the season.
John Connors has leased the Windsor
hotel at Burlington for one year. Mrs. Nc
Connel aud daughter, Mrs. Pealer, who
have been running the house for some time
past, will 60 to California to spend the
winter, but will return to Montana next
year. The two ladies are very popular in
Burlington, and the community regrets
their departure very much.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
A BLOODTHIkSTY DOCUMENT.

Encourasing the Destruction Of the
Present Commercial System.
NEW YORK, December 3O.-Copies OF the
following blood Thirsty document were cir
culated on the streets this morning where
workingmen could get them: The torch
and bomb must be applied! Fellow work
men, the hour has come. The agencies of
science must play part in the struggle of
the future. Yesterday itSwas the slaughter
OF our comrades at Chicago. To.day-it is
the assassination of 60, 900 OF our brothers
on the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
system. True, the sword is the weapon of
but their victims perish all
the same. Do not waste your force ON
scabs. They are only the effect OF the
present damnable commercial and compe-
tetive system. Destroy by all the agencies
at your command the direct representa-
tives OF the system, the Corbins the Max
wells and the Goulds. Let the torch" the
bomb" or the ''bullet" strike them now.
Let all they possess be given to the flames.
Hound them day and night. The strike
must be made the var of the classes.
Brothers, remember Chicago, and your
OATH
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The Firemen'S Ball.

About twenty members OF the Butte Fire
Department and Fire Brigade went down
to Anaconda Saturday night to take part
in the grand ball given by thelocal company
in the new opera house. Arrived at Ana.
conda. they were met by the band and
detachment of the local brigade, and es-
ccrted to the festive scene, which they
reached in time to join in the grand march.
When they arrived they found that 525
programmes had already been handed out.
40 there must have been nearly 900 people
in the hall when all had arrived. The
music was excellent, and the ball q grand
success throughout. At supper time the
Parlor Restaurant was taxed to it's utmost
capacity to feed the hungry dancers. The
rerpsichorean exercises were kept up until
a. IN. The Butte delegation returned
home Sunday night, highly pleased with
their treatment by the tirelnen Of Ana
c0nIa
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daring to 90 out. Advices from the coal
regions this afternoon say the most serious
oimculty is on the Shamokin and Gahonev
division. where hardly dozen men are at
work. In Mahoney Valley there are stand
ing 1000 loaded coal cars unable to be
moved.
new YORK, December 31.-A conference
OF delegates from the local knight of Labor
assemblies OF the Reading railroad system
was held here to-day and issued an appeal
ITO workmsn and workwomen of America
and outside OF it," 1t is very bitter in it's
denunciation Of the Reading management,
charging it with deception. bad faith and
piunder. 1t declares that tho telegraph
wires were manipulated to prevent the
managers OF the strike from communicat-
ing with their men at other points, and
that the agents OF the company sent out
forged dispatches, causing an appearance
OF Generalization among the employees:
that the management of the road has been
in negotiations with the brotherhood OF
Engineers for two weeks with a view to
supplying engineers in case of strike; that
they
SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES,
and kept hundreds of men on hand to take
the strikers places, and, being thus forti-
fed. forced the issue. The employees are
appealed to to cast aside petty jealousiss
and qnarrels, and consider that it is a
fight to disrupt the organization OF the
Knights OF Labor. The circular further
invites Grades unions, Socialists, Anarch-
lists. Knights of Labor, and all others in
terested in bringing about q more equita-
BILE condition Of society, to join hands
with US in striking down
the system whose representatives
at all times combine to
crush u.s." It inveigbs bitterly against |
various newspapers, wtich they quote as
showing the press is against the knights |
and in favor OF capital, and calls on the |
workingmen OF the country to pit them
selves against these masters. The circular |
by asserting that workingmen |
owe nothing but vengence and SAYS: "You,
Messrs. Corbin, Gould and Company. who |
are the representatives of society to-day in |
your madness, but success is arousing the |
slum bering demon. We have nothing to |
lose but our chains"
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FROM ANACONDA.
Installation Ceremonies-EIection of Off
cers-Personal Mention-Evenfs Clos
ING the Year IN the Smelter CITY.

Installation Ceremonies-EIection of Off
cers-Personal Mention-Events Clos
ing the Year IN the Smelter City.
ANACONDA, December 31.-[Cor. OF The
Miner. AT the smeltsrs everything pro-
crosses as usual. A number Of stea 70
stamps replace the old crushing machinery
which is being torn out at the upper works.
The installation ceremonies OF Acacia
Lodge A. F. & A. NJ. took place on last
Tuesday evening. At the conclusion the
members repai. ed to the restaurant OF Mr..
McDaniels where an elaborate spread
awaited them. The occasion was a most
enjoyable one.
The election OF officers of A. O. q. w. OF
Anaconda took place last Monday evening.
Mr.. T. B. Mallory was elected Master
Workman.
Mr.. McMaster and Sheriff Coleman, OF
Deer Lodge, were in town this week.
Rev. Galen Wood and family returned
to-day from visit to Butte.
Judge G. E. Irvine came home to spend
New Years day..
Mr.. Daniel Dwyer is erecting for himself
handsome and substantial brick residence
on the west side OF town.
General Minty, ex-auditor OF the Montana
Union, has accepted the position OF editor
of the Anaconda Review.
The Holiday edition Of TIE MINER ar
rived here to-day, and our citizens are hap
nv. HAFED.
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DARING BURGLARY.
Two Robbers Enter q Priests House,
Rouse the Occupants and Escape With
Their Booty.

Two Robbers Enter q Priests House,
Rouse the Occupants and Escape With
Their Booty.
New BRIGHTON, Pa, January 2.-One OF
the most daring robberies in Beaver Coun-
ty occurred this morning at the residence
OF the Rev. Father Beigham, pastor of St.
Joseph's Catholic Church OF this place.
Mrs. Cristy, the housekeeper, had been sick
and WAS occupying room with Miss Mary
McNally, who acted in the capacity OF
nurse, and a young niece about fourteen
years of age. At the hour named Mrs.
C'isty awoke and discovered two masked
men in the room. The robbers then drew
their revolvers and demanded her money.
She replied that she had none. At this
juncture MISS Gertie Clarke, the niece,
awoke and seeing men began to scream,
and Mrs. Cristy taking advantage OF the
confusion
PRESSED AN ELECTRIC BELL
on the room which bell rang in Father
Beigham's room. The priest was suddenly
aroused. Confused and half asleep, he
rushed out into the hallway, thinking the
woman had been violently i'll and his
services were required. One OF the robbers
rushed to the hall and forced the reverend
gentleman into his room where he at once
hid his valuables, money and watch. The
burglar then told him to open the door or
he would batter it down. and Father Beig.
ham replied: II will shoot you through the
door;'".but the villain had prepared for this
by taking the young lady out of bed and
holding her before him when she called to
the well-nigh frantic priest
NOT TO SHOOT
as she would surely receive the shot. The
priest then hid the revolver and opened
the door, when the burglar made q search
of the room, but failed to find anything OF
much value. He became so exssperated
that he dealt Father Beigham blow with
the revolver which felled him to the floor.
The robber then forced the four occupants
of the house to walk down stairs, and at
the point OF q revolver com PEELED the priest
TO walk down stairs and open a safe and
give him the contents, amounting to $115,
which had been taken in collections. The
pair then departed. Several hours later
detectives arrested three mon. two of
whom were positively identified the as
men who committed the robbery.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
The Reading Strike.

PHILADELPHIA, December 3O.-As far as
could he learned this afternoon the order
for the Reading employees to strike at noon
to-day had no effect in this city. At Port
Richmond and at all the depots and along
the lines OF the various branches in the
city there wsss the usual activity and off,
cials report that none OF the employees have
quit work. A special dispatch from Read
ing, Pa, says: Representatives. of the
Reading Assemblies claim to day that they
were not fairly treated and charge that the
convention was packed with delegates from
the coal regions bent upon forcing a strike.
In the language OF one Of them: THE
schuyiklll Company men came here red hot
for a fight to a finish, determined to force
1000 employees OF the Reading shops into
an unequal contest"
NOT OBEYED AT READING.
PorrsvILLE, Pa, December 3O.-The or.
der to the Reading employees to strike has
not been oheyed. The shifting crews in the
Reading Company's yard all went to work.
while at Palo Alto everything proceeded as
usual. At Tamaqua. the centre OF opera
tions OF the Mahoney and Little Schuylkill
branches, everything is in motion, and
there is absolutely no change in the situa-
ton there.
K.oF l.. LOSING GROUND.
READING, Pa, December 3O.-The Knights
OF Labor are evidently losing ground in
this vicinity. This week three trade unions
withdrew from them in this city and will be
mustered into membership with the Trade
and Labor Council OF the Federation OF
Labor. Several hundred men of the
Shamokin & Mahoney division OF the Read
ing railroad at Shamokin, Mahoney Plane
and Ashland struck to-day.
VERY LIKELY
PoTTsvlLLE, Pa, December 3O.-A]though
judging from the surface that the order to
Reading railroad men to strike had fallen
flat, yet if reliance is to be put upon the
statements and claims of Chairman Lee,
who returned to this city from Philadel-
phia this morning, morrow will witness
an upheaval in comparison with which the
original premature strike was a bagatelle.
ANOTHER ADHESION.
PHILADELPHIA. December 30.-An un-
usually large meeting of Local Assembly
No. $500 was held tonight. At its &C lclu-
sion it was stated that No. $500 had re-
solved to abide by the action OF the Read
ing Convention, and refuse to 60 to work
to morrow morning.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
A CANAL

ProjectsA by q Butte Man to lrrigste Al
Idaho valley-A Chance for Profitable
Investment.
MfeW. H. Blodgett is now in Butte, afte,
being absent all summer in Custer County
Idaho, where he has a large irrigation pro
ject. Being cognizant of the large fortunes
made from irrigatins canals in Colorado
and California, Mi. Blodgett concluded to
hunt up good location for Ruch an enter
prise. He Travelled all over Montana in a
wagon, and figures that he drove over
5000 miles. He made close examina-
tion of the great benches in Northern Mon.
tana, especially in the neighborhood of the
Missouri, from Great Falls to Benton, and
on Smith River, but decided that the cost
of getting water on the benches would be
too great for him. On Smith River, he say VS.
a dam a few feet high backed water for nine
miles. He liked the Milk River Valley bet
ter than any other part of Northern Non
tana. but agrees with one Of the leading
engineers Of the Manitoba r. r. in the be-
lief that the fall OF the Milk Riveri so slight
that it will be impossible to irrigate most
of the valley, and it will be no use for agri-
culture without irrigation. Mr.. Blodgett
FOUND THE LOCATION
he was looking for in the Spring Creek VAL
ley, OF Custer County, Idaho, a valley 10
miles wide and 80 miles long. OF which q
large proportion OF the bench and bottom
can be irrigated from two springs. discharg-
ing 16, 900 inches of water. A portion of
The valley is settled. and the grain product
this year amounted to $4,000 bushels,
The average yield being OF oats, 70; barley,
S., and wheat, so bushels per acre. The
climate and soil are both admirably
adapted for fruit growing. and as the valley
is surrounded by good mining camps, there
g good mar ket for all produce. Within
! radius Of 20 miles there are illimitable
quantities OF lead ores, averaging
so per cent. lead and TO IL ounces of
silver. Mr.. Blodgett made $50 assays
With view of determining the future OF the
He believes it will be one OF the
.reates: leap CAMPS in America, and that
most OF the leads will run into gray copper.
carrying more silver. He says he can get
500 people to settle in that valley th;s.a
rear, provided that water for irriga Gioli
an be guaranteed at so cents 40 inch, and
,e is here to interest some enterprising CAP
talists to join him in the project OF max
ny twenty miles Of irrigatins bitches. Offer
ng them liberal inducements. He will take
,is family over to Spring Greek next spring.
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The Windsor Hotel.

This popular establishment, under the
management of Thibault & Co., has, in g.
short time, forged to the front rank and
has rapidly doubled it's custom. 1t is now
the headquarters for all who enjoy good
living, and this reputation is deserved. The
New Year dinner to-day will be the finest
ever served in Montana and any one who
can enjoy the good things of life will make
mistake il he does not eat dinner at the
Windsor
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4 Georgia Lynching.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, January IA special
to the Advertiser from Tuscumbia. Colbert
County, says One day last week some
one entered the house of Widow Lindsay,
at Cherokee, saturated the bed and carpet
with kerosene and set them on fire. Mrs.
Lindsay returned soon after and gave the
alarm, and with the assistance of friends
saved the house. The neighbors then set a
watch on the house and succeeded in catch
ing Oscar Coger. colored, in second at
tempt to burn it. They took him to q tree
and swung him up to limb. The negroes
are indignant over the lynching and there
is considerable excitement.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
Bntte Hardware COMPANY,

Among the oide,+ established and best
known OF the hardware firms OF Montana,
est dealing, large purchases and prompt
delivery, is that of the Butte Hardware
Company, of which F. A. Largey is Super
intendent The yearly purchases of this
firm aggregate an enormous sum, and the
daily increase OF sales warrant the belief
that succeeding years will be signalized by
increased purchases and enlarged sales. So
mote it be.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
THE War FeElING UNAbhTED,
To- .1Orrow's Imperial Reception Win
Give Diplomatic Indications.
No Decisive Issue Expected Before the
Middle Of January.
Winter Agreed on by the Allies as Bes,
Suited for War in Poland.
Russia's Movements In the South Imply
Descent on Bulgaria.
A Pamphlet Predicts Hungary Will Be-
come q Russian Province.

BERLIN, December 31.-Russia and the
allied powers are not showing any symp.
toms OF amelioration. The situation has
become one Of the greatest psrplexity whish
nothing else than some authoritative DE-
liverance from the Car or Kaiser can clean
up. II the New Years Imperial receptions
pass over unmarked by explicit declara-
tions giving assurances Of peace, it will be
held as certain that diplomacy has failed
to check the progress toward an open rup-
ture. General Won Sch bwsinits, German
Ambassador to Russia, has had frequent
interviews with De Giers, one result OF
which has been an arrangement for the pub
licatlon of the forged documents, but judg-
ing from the tenor Of an article published
in the North German Gazette. the inter-
views have left the situation unimproved.
No decisive diplomatic issue ia expected be-
fore the middle of January. After that
events will oevelop with electric rapidity.
It is the opinion of military authorities
that Austria and Germany will
AGREE UPON WINTER
rs the best time for a campaign in Poland.
and that il war must be, it should either
commence in February or be deferred until
Sune. While the movements of troops in
Poland are ceasing, forces are being con-
centrated in Bessarabia, and this fact
leads to the belief that Russia either dis.
trusts Roumanian neutrality. or has
other plans than a campaign in Galicia.
The forces now massed along the Bender
and Odessa lines, are estimated at 85,-
900 men. Several corps in Southern Rus
sia are already fully modified and eche-
loned along the Pruth and Dniepsr rivers,
and the railways converging to Roumania.
The Black Sea feet is being hurriediy
equipped for active service. The formi6a- |
ble extent OF these preparations gives rise
to q suspicion that the Car contemplates q
SUDDEN DESCENT ON BULGARIA,
while acting ON the defensive towards !
Galieia. Grsgor de Wolan, recently Rus
sian consul at Pesth, publishes a brochure,
under permission OF the st. Petersburg |
Censor, predicting that Hungary will be. |
come Russian province. The pamphlet, |
which is quoted by the Hungarian press, |
increases the eagsrness for the final arbi-
trament of war. Reports concerning the |
Crown Princes condition present the best |
aspect possible. Prince Bismarck's appeal |
TO the Crown Prince tn consent to the es-
of q regency. although repulsed.
will now be renewed in view of the danger |
Of the outbreak OF war. Only a small l.
court party will continue to oppose the re- /
yency if the Crown Prince remains an in !
valid.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04

which he states that neither this city nor
State, nor any other portion Of tho Union
is free from the spread Of contagious dis
eases under the present quarantine regula-
tions at this port. The opinion of the
Mayor is based upon the report Of the
Board of Health Of this city. He recon-
mends that the Governor submit the mat.
ter to the legislature for action in i'm.
proving the arrangements for quarantine.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-04
The Lighthouse, Walkerville.

This frst-class saloon, which is located
opposite Dennis Driscoll's store. will be
opened to-day with a full supply OF wines,
liquors and cigars. by Thos. Hayes. Mr..
Hayes is we'll known in this community,
having been resident here for four years.
His friends and the public generally are in
vited to be present.
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&. A. II.

The following officers for the Butte Post
OF the Grand Army M the Republic for
1888, will be installed next Saturday eve
ming:
Commander, J. D. jerks; Vice, L. E.
Holmes; Marshal OF the Day. F. NJ. Bar
rett; Chaplain, John Rally; Quartermaster,
G. Smith; Adjutant OF Post, S. J. jackson.
night OF installation. The Sons OF Veter-
ans will have their installation at, the
same time and place, and will. with the G..
4. r. and sueste, parteks oi . banquet si'
TT ths cos01osie6.
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The First Send d.OK.

The first press opinion of the Holiday
.d;t;on ei The MINER was given by the
Butte Mining Journal Saturday evening, and
ia reproduced with thanks:
The Holiday edition Of the Bstte MINER
Ia ont and is . dandy. II 10 certainly the
= s.ss N Vol Of Its kin6 syss issssd n tAe
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FROM CLEVELAND.


to Locate in Butte-He Says Butte Will
Have u Big Commercial Boom.
A wholesale grocer OF Cleveland, Ohio.
writes to The MINER for some general in
formation and concludes his letter as fol-
lowe: will you send me copy OF the
Holiday Edition OF THE MINER? l under
stand that Butte is to have two or three
new roads next season. which will give it
big commercial boom, and should Judge
that Butte would BE- good point for out
side capital to locate in. Any points you
will be kind enough to give me will be thank
fully received" This rather strengthens
the statements by a st. Paul man that
were published in these columns last Thurs
day. The fact is that Wholesale men in
several eastern cities are considering the
advisability of locating branch houses in
Butte and helping to make it the great
commercial emporium OF the Rocky Noun
tain country. This movement will begin
to materialize next spring, ii not sooner.
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wagon-load Of claim jumpers passed
through Meaderville Saturday afternoon
en- route to the scene Of their operations
somewhere in the hills beyond the town.
They were loaded for bear. having an
abundant supply Of bug iuica and q lew
douhle,barTslsa sh9tgqns,
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NOT MATERIALLY AFFECTED.
The Business of the Residing Company
by the Strike.

The Business of the Reading Company
by the Strike.
PHILADELPHIA, December 31.-The &C.
ton taken by the local assemblies OF the
Knights OF Labor last night, indorsing the
order OF the Reading convention for
general strike Of the Reading Railroad en-
ployes, did not materially affect the busi'
ness OF the Reading Company to-day. The
men did not quit work with the alacrlty
which the leaders anticipated, and IN
many cases they refused point blank to
strike, preferripg to renOunce allegiance TO
the knights OF Labor At the fre'snt
depot at Willow street wharf, several hun
dred freight handlers and laborers struck.
This delayed business for d time, but in the
course Of q few hours the company had
GATHERED A LARGE NUMBER
OF non-union men from various points apd
nut them to work. The movement OF regu'
lar freight trains are but slightly affected.
There were many applicants for work at
the main Office of the company. Everything
remained quiet at Port Richmond. Ihe
strike continued with un bated vIeor, 80
las as the men OF Local Assembly o'6oo
we're concerned. Il am simply giving "H
own opinion" said Secretary Hayes, OF the
General Executive Board Of the Knights oi
Labor in discussing the situation, but 1t
il my impression that the Executive boaru
will not interfere in the matter. 1t hssn
been asked to act, and l don't believe u
will be. The strike is in the hands OF the
Reading employ 8 themselves"
THE READING MEN hold ALoOF
READING, Pa, December 31.-Most ex'
traordinary efforts were made by tne
strikers in the coal regions and in PbiIa'
delphia to-day to induce the men IN the
shops in this sity to strike. Telegrams in'
Vulnerable were sent here making all sorts
OF promises OF support and pledeing that y
the Reading men would join in the str'kc u
would extend to every station all over tne
keading systep. Tht ss telegrama were BY
answered By stern refusal. the smaI! per.
ssntsss eI tsess 10 iayof Of tho strike ses
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Onarheim & C0.,.

Over whose house is the roof and sky, and
under which presides the genial and gentle
manly "Yack" have the finest club rooms
and the most popular resort in Anaconda
for those who desire drink, delight to look
on, or desire to seat and indulge in game
of cards.