The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-08

"i"''' 'h"t 'ioy never VIII, anu
hence they have boycotted the COM
pany store and boarding house."
The esteemed River Press sounds
note of warning from Fort Benton,
and proclaims itself loyal booster
for the peoples cause. 1t puts itself
on record in the following manner.
"TnE NEInAEr HERALD, backed by
the sentiment of its townpeople, is
leading an agitation against the COM
pany store enterprise which exists in
Neihart and other mining camps.
The company store idea is born of
corporate greed; it contributes little
or nothing to the welfare of the COM
munity, and its departure from the
business field should be fastened in
every Legitimate manner possible"
The Belt Valley Times sets up the
cry from that promising town saying:
ga rumor is current here that a
number of prominent business men
of Neihart have been arrested at the
instigation of the manager of the
Broadwater mine. This is the out
come of an effort made by the man
ayers of the mine to compel the en-
ployes to trade at the company store
and boarding house. This was sue
cessfully resisted by the men, but in
order to get even the company began
the wholesale discharge of employees,
selecting those who had expressed
themselves against the company's ac-
ton. This was more than the good
people of Neihart could stand and a
general uprising, participated in by
all classes was the result. What
charges are preferred is not known,
but the result will be watched with
interest"
Then the Butte Miner comes mob
ly forward, 'getting in its edge" by
reproducing what the HERALD said
last week, those words which SO
neatly define the position, and defy
EITHER GAUNTLET OR GOSPEL
to stand up for the other side:
Gas we understand the case, the
miners of NeiEart do not. mean to
submit to the merciless domination
of Tom, Dick Or Harry in order to
hold job. In this spirit of indie
pendence let them be praised and en-
couraged. For if the Broadwater
people win this fght-succeed in OPP
Grating store and boarding house at
Neihart-then other mines upon re-
sumption will be inclined to follow
their example--in fact, it is quite ev-
ident they will be compelled to dc
so by the promptings of the first law
of nature. The battle is on, to de-
eide whether this will be a company
town or not. Will we have to walk
out with our movable belongings and
leave the town in the hands of slaves
and despots? This is the question
and in this form it must be met We
will not submit, and Neihart will not
be company town.
The Glasgow Record waits not up.
Oh conventionalities, but promptly
backs its little all upon the eternaI
principle of right, taking the ag'
gressive in words as follows:
| "The members of Belt Mountain
Miners Union have resolved not tc
trade hereafter at the company.
5 store. The company, it seems, i!
; endeavoring to make a kind of Pull
man town of the prosperous little
, city of Neihart. and wants to com
pei the employees Of its mines t.
, purchase their supplies at its stor'
t and board at it's boarding house
( The men show the spirit of tru
t Americanism by refusing to compl,
. with these orders, and will stand pc
| on their resolution"
b AS interesting as any part of thi
fight, to the HERALD, is the CORES
: pondence received almost daily com
mandatory of our action. We canno
o print it all; some of it is even stronge
d in its denunciation of devilish inst
tutions than we have been. But W
t take liberty 10 append a sampl
letter which the public may read, t
show that there is encouragement
, from abroad, This letter is from tn