Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-30
RoBBTxa LABoRISa MEN.
~ Alleged Employment Bureau Victim
izss Hundreds Of Men Seeking Work.

1f 10tMg tamc uufiux the iaGCef part Oh CO
Isummer . man giving his name as J.
Il McGandless arrivedin the city and shortl
lafterwaEd became associated with prom
tinent real estate and stock broking firm
| Aipc pconnsetion with the firm was OF shor
duration and for time after did nothing
uniess getting outside OF vast quantities
|of poor whisky might be called al
occupation. subsequently, he opened
an employment Office, and is known to
have made the boast that he would make
more money than bank, and subsequent
Eeyents 60 to prove that he fully intended
70 carry out his boast. His first promi.
tnencs was attained Hhsn he was arrested
for complicity in q burglary which took
Iplace ct South Butte o number OF weeks
/ ago. Ae was never tried for the ofisnss, az
one q the principals escaped from the
Eeity JAIL where he Vas confined pending
an examination, and has never
been rscaptured. MeCandless celebrated
bis release By. getting on g ''toot"
which he digni6ed with very long and
high-sounding name and offered to enroll
ybody who was fool enough to ''put up
|stuf." Nothing more was heard Of the
gentleman for week or 30, until he was
again arrested ON q warrant charging him
with obtaining money under false pretense.
The complaint was filed by q party who
had paid McCandles for obtaining situa-
tion for him, but which the smooth gentle
man failed to secure. The matter was
hushed up in some way and once more the
"chisf OF detectives" and "employmentco con-
tractor faded from sight.
Yesterday the gentleman or rather his
name, was again dragged from seclusion
and exposed to the hard and prying gaze
OF an inquisitive world. An army OF men,
fully 800, sent b committee to Justice
Newkirk and made complaint that Nc.
Gandlsss had robbed them Of 81 each:
Their story was brief. McCsndiess had
promised to send them free OF charge to
Bear River, Utah, where they were to
be employed on q large canal now being
near that point. McCandlsss |
that he was employed to sm. |
p:oy men for NJ. w. McGrath, contract |
agent for William Garland who has the |
for building the canal. To give |
IN air OF reliability to his story McCandless |
had one Of q number of car is sent to A. |
Pincus, by McGrath, authorizing Pincus to
employ msn, posted up in his Office. From
the card he had cut Pincus' name and told
III his victims that McGrath would arrive
n the city to-day and take them to the
point where they were to work. In
some way number OF the men became
Iuspicious and made inquiries about the
natter. From Mr.. Pincus they learned
hat no arrangement existed between Nc
4rath and the Union Pacific by which tn
abroad vas to carry free men employed
" him. The only concessions that would
10 made would be to parties OF ten men
rho would get rate OF $14, and il in part
es OF twenty rate OF S12.50 would be
made. They also learned that McCandless
lad no authority to employ men under
Tas then that the dupes of Mc-j
'andless decided to take legal steps
nd appointed q committee to consult
justice of the peace. e. 8. Booth, Esq,
vas in Judge Newkirk' y Office when the com.
,ittes arrived and he volunteered to ap-
ear for the prosecution. A warrant was
,sued for the arrest OF McCandless and q
IAN who was known to be with him in his
HceSu Serviea. .a&.. = hzvxxx xUuur -nuu no ~
nee went to the alleged employment
ursau, which is located on East Broad /.
ay, near Wy oming. The marshal was
nable to find McCandless and arrested
be other man who said his name was
harlie Daniels and that he was en-.
ioyed as q clerk by McCandless.
|aniels also stated that McCandless
ad left the city yesterday morning saying
hat he would be back last night. The
,arshal took Daniels to the police court
nd also took possession OF q cigar box
$73.25 in silver, which Daniels
old him was q part OF the money he had
AIKEN in during the day from
,en making application for employment.
|anisls pleaded not guilty to the charge OF
money under false pretense,
nd was remanded to jail until z O'Clock,
Oh court desiring to consider the matter
1 fixing bail. When searched in the Jail
,ore money was found oD Daniels person,
,hich he said also belonged to McCand-
,ss, being more of the receipts Of the Of +
cs, and stated further that Tuesdays re-
sipts had been $136 and those OF yester.
ay $191. i
Last night Daniels was taken into court
nd his bonds were fixed at $500. The
ourt, evidently laboring under Q misap-
'rehension OF facts, announced that the
money, in all about $3.50, found in the
possession OF Daniels would be considered
q q portion OF the amount OF the bond
md would be so applied. Mr.. Booth OBJ
ected to the proposition, holding that the
money did not belong to Daniels nor to
AcCandless, but was the property OF
he complaining witnesses..and to allow the
leisnds sut to use it ss bond, or portion
i a bond. would be maniiestly wrong and
Iniust. Upon this the court announced
.cauiscence in the views OF the prosecuting
attorney and withdrew his ruling. Being
able to secure bonds Daniels was sent to
all and dilliRent efforts are being made to
Lpprehend McCandless, who. il caught, will
,s prosecuted by no less than $50 men, ii