The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-07-27
TO The PEOPLE OF MONTANA.
Address to the People of Montana
Upon h Issues Affecting Indus
trial Affairs ut Neihart---Read
What h Miners Union Has To
Say.

Say.
The Miners union being DESTROYS of
conveying to the public all the facts
concerning the boycott on the store and
boarding house of II. A. Carnochan &
Co., has prepared the following state
ment of the case:
Neihart, Mont, July %.
To union men of Montana and all
others interested:
1t has become well known throughout
the state that in the town of Neihart
there is 10y going on Il contest between
the Miners union and w. }. Clark, man
agcr of the Broadwater mine, over a
store and boarding house established by
him, and ut which it was sought to COM
pei all employees OF the Broadwatcr mine
to trade and board, rs the case might
be.
This store was opened in the latter
part of February, and Il few days after
WaTu oTtcTS were ISSUED III tlc mine Dy
j. McCooey, superintendent, and by the
shift bosses, that any one who wanted to
work at the Broadwater mine would
have to trade at the company store. 1t
has been denied that such orders were
issued, and everyone in authority at the
mine and store have attempted to shift
the responsibility to other shoulders
than their own. However, there are
numerous affidavits that establish beyond
a doubt that such orders were issued:
and the actions of superintendent Nc
Cooey and Others in authority at that
time and since, prove conclusively that
it was the intention to compel all en-
ploycs of the Broadwatcr mine to trade
and board where it would result to the
benefit of manager w. J. Clark.
On May 2 it was reported that J. L.
Searles of New York, in whose name
the Broadwater mine is recorded, was
to be in Ncihart the following day, and
a meeting of the business men of the
camp who had become alarmed for its
welfare was held that evening and a
committee appointed to call upon Mr..
Searles and present the situation to him.
The committee was granted an inter
view, and in presence of Mr.. Clark and
Mr.. Starbird, who is manager of Mr..
Clark's various mining enterprises, Mr..
Scarles assured the committee that all
compulsion should be done away with.
Soon after this Mr.. Starbird published
a card in the Neihart Miner to the effect
that employees of the Broadwatcr mine
were free to trade or board where they
pleased. These utterances might have
been relied on had not superintendent
McCooey and Mr.. Starbird given the lie
to them, both by their words and action.
This union having become convinced
that the management had no intention of
living up to its promises held a special
meeting on the 18th day of May and the
members of the union resolved to with
draw their patronage from these institu-
tons. Soon after tins the superinten-
dent Of the mine began discharging men
until few of those who had dared to stand
up against the company were on the pay
roll. When they had thus got rid of
1Io,, ,+l,nr ,,np who ha1 met arrival
in town, were put to work in their
places.
On the 18th day of july Mr.. Clark
submitted the following letter to the
union; and at the same time it was re-
quested that il committee be appointed
to confer on the matter:
Neihart, Mont, July 10, 1895.
Belt Mountain Miners Union,
Neihart, Mont.
Conference.-The is to notify you and
all parties concerned, that all employees
of the %Broadwatcr mines have the privi-
lcgc of boardingswhcre they choose and
trading at any store they wish, and that
no prejudice or i'll feeling will be shown
against any man, whether he trade at
the store of II. A. Carnochan x Co. or
boards at their boarding house.
Respectfully,
ISigncd VIM. j. Clark.
This letter from Mr.. Clark would have
had greater weight with this union had
he ut the same time guaranteed that ali
his subordinatcs would be governed by
by it. But the fact that Superintendent
McCooeS had-aftcr this letter was
written-told three different men that
if they would board at the company
boarding house they would get work at
the mine clearly showed that it would
not be lived up to as far as he was con-
cerned. However in answer to Mr..
Clark's request a committee was APP
pointed which submitted the following
agreement for his signature:
First. That the management Of the
Broadwater mines give the names Of the
men who informed them of the acts of
the union.
Second. That it shall not be compul-
sorry for any of their employees to pat