The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-10-11
THEY KNOW THE CROWD.
An Old Timer Writes From the
Black Hills About Ben
All Haggln.
How He and His People Got tho
Homeatabo and What
Happened.
4 TorstAste of what May HHppss 10
IhsY ObiAIn Possession Of the
Capital OF Montana.
To Ihs lndopondsat

To Ihs lndopondSnt
The psopis Of tbs Black Hills country
are taking no little interest 10 the capital
6ght being wRRsd By the Anaconda COM
phny In Montana. "A one Of The old Nail
blazers Of thA, territory. I feel sueh an In
isT,st In yoaT contest ths' II you will give
ms ,hs sphss will tTT 10 give lbo psopl, q
polA,sT on ths gang they are dealing With
up thsr.. Tho sans crowd cAmo into tho
Black Hills country aboui 1876 snd system
htioally played tho same game here they
ara now tying 10 Ilay on the people Of
Montana. HAsRin and HsAfsl got hold Of
the Homssihks mine. They had Q man By
the nsms Of McMasisrs TO enable thsm 10
get possession Of The Homts,Aks and other
properties. Many honest Minors wore
killed in cold blood for attempting 70 de-
fsnd their poss,Aiona. The combine ap-
psalsd TO tbs courts part Of ths time. and
sppsslsd 70 the shotgun the bslanes. Aitss
getting possession Of ths ground. hsV
ven, 10 work to es, absolute control Of all
the water In the district. The hns boolls
Schems WAS used that {, nov being used on
the p,oplS Of hon,sna. Strikers were sm.
p!oJsd; money flowed like vstsr; ths com
pany prs,sndsd that II would bs ths Rrsa,
bsusfaetor CT tbs Black Hills; posed a, tho
friend of labor snd ~ The only oonesrn
having sny enterprise in Dakota. After
getting possession OF water. mines, mill
sites. the courts. the members OF ths laRis-
lsturs. the officers OF the ooun,y. the hsvs-
papsis-in shsrt the whole rnsohins. they
commsnced a eonrss Of oppression snd OF.
tortion which has resulted In making the
peopls OF this whole eist'ict practically
ssrfs and slaves 10 The Homes,ahs Mining
combination. No man In the camp dare
say his soul 10 bis own, no man dare raa
for once down hsIs uuisss be 10 undsTstssd
TO be la with the company. Political par
ties of all kinds make thsir nominations
and direct their poliois 10 meet the favor
OF the company. A man who dess express
ipdspsndsnt views or ssssrt the justice Of
bny proposition opposed By the company
al ono, becomes Married man. He 10 run
out Of business and either into Bankruptcy
or out Of the eountSy. The company 10
interested In the s,orsa banks. hotsls and
ali sorts Of public PLACES. They costrol
these outside lines OF business through
agents aud corporations OF ose hind and
another. Wherever the osnpsny 10 q silsnt
partner, no man need Wv TO do bsslnss.
against the eoneern In which they are In
tsrsated.
Having sueeesdsd In eorrAllins the Black
Hils distTiet TO such 80 eItent that they
practically own the Whole couuhy. they
have evidently become emboldsnsd and
nov believe they oar control IN entire state
IL they sat about 10 In the proper style.
Your Ieopls will find that they will spend
large sums OF money In suyiss up news.
papers and In hiring labor leaders, who ara
really the enc smiss OF the voTkinanan, pre-
oisely as tsey hired tho newspapers and the
labor leaders down here. Men will 90 over
tbe state explsiain1 how fIisadly the Ana
oondA company 10 70 labor; they will Prom
ise great future w every town In the state;
they will appeal 10 the prsiudiss of each
little community and try 10 array one part
Of The state against another by working on
local jsalousisa In thair ovn works, the
iron hand will be shown. They will not
allow any man in the mise or aTsund their
works anywhere 10 say his soul 10 his own.
and no man in tho employ OF the Ansosnda
Company will bo permitted 20 eIsIsiss his
own free will In the matter OF ve,ine.
don't care uha, kind OF election laws you
hsvs-ths agents Of Mr. Hagsin will bs in.
sttuotsd 10 see every mans ballot before
he yuts ID In the boz. They will mark the
tickets or fx 10 In soms shape 90 they will
know precisely how the msu vote, and the
/ man Who dsrSI 20 exercise bis own iudR.
msnt will he given to understand ths, he
will have 10 walk out OF camp With his
blsnkon.
know The boys in Montana uSsd 10 be
free, Independent and manly fellows aud |
hops enough OF them are lsh 10 stand up
| against this monster corporation headed
! by Jim HA9sln, Who 10 the vors, petty
uIsnt who ever lofdsd II over a commu-
Mir on this continent God help the state
| Of Aontsns IL Jim HagRiu gets control of
lta affairs. He will pay llbersllJ fot the
privilege and he will after slsction show
the psorls OF that state ss he has shown the
/ psopis of this dis,rie, to their sorrow how
\ profit can be made ont OF large sIPspdi-
lures q, an elSoti0a. No man can cell =
mine In the Black Hills souutrJ now. l
don't care how good II Ia without dividing
! a portion OF ID with some agent or under
! ling oouusalsd With that osmVanV, He
must get n bill OF health before being al
lousd 30 show ANYTHING. As said before.
theY eoatrol the water, the eouTtl the
county officers, tho officers Of every city
anu ioNh IN tnh ulnhloh hhe mompeth OF
the Legislature and ,hs whole ma
chine. Having this machine abso-
lulsly under control, no outside
mSu has ths nerve 90 undsftAks 10 come In
aud invest cent eKcspi bv 10 mission OF
tho com gsnY. lour Toople ought 10 send
man down 10 Caliiornia, TO The country
who're Jim HAggln haa oVsrAtsd running
counties, orpresIinR fAnohmsn and work
ma Vsopls gsnsralIy, ~ ind Out iast What
kind OF n man isitYiuR 10 gst hold Of them.
lam sure n the eopls OF honiGnA un-
| dofstood tho whole stuA,ion and what
vOuld follow In the way OF slavery, tJFannI
and oppression. HNEgln oouldni 40, for
his company town hVS votes In hundred
! outsids OF hla own works. bo@s OF the
beet dhys OF nv lie vs'e spsnt In Aide
gulch, Bsnuaok aud Bsurtovuj I know
what kind Of state yOn have and / hope
TO God the nats will be- CONT oiled BY its
flee Doops and not surrendered TO cor
poration headed By HaEgln snd bis gang.
AS OIp 1tMER.
psAdwood. =. d., Oct. 3, ls9L
james lynch, IloAdmsstsr, Dead.
sroW,NE, WASH, Dot. l0,-Iamgs Lynch,