The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-11-16
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ntarssfing Corrsspondsnss From The j
the Copper City d tho
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BANK ROBBERS ARE sEHTEaCED.
Arthur Elrpo and ". y. Darling Gel
Eight Years IN ti,s Pen
ltentiary.

Eight Years In ths Pom
itentiary. "a
"a recent issue of the Northwest, pub
Ilished at Anaconda, Mont, contained the
following information
The attempt of Arthur Firp0 and w. II.
Darling, two employees Of the futile ma
chine shops to rob Hoge, DAILY & Co.'s
bank last night was ridiculous affair.
It, was so foolhardy in It's character that
| it hardly reaches the dignity Of a crime.
! The fellows made AN awful bungle of the
job; they were caught in the act; they ad-
NIT their guilt and say that they are will
| ingto take their medicine. One OF the men
told a New Northwest reporter that they
poured about four ounces of nitro giycer5;
inc into the hole which they drilled into
| tue safe. They knew that was enough to
! blow up the building, but they thought
most of it had run out at the bottom of the
safe, but, instead, it all ran into it, and
made a terrific explosion which would
surely have blown the building to pieces
! but for the hole which they had dug in the
roof Of the vault. Both prisoners are now
in Deer Lodge awaiting sentence.
Most sympathy is expressed for Firpo
who is generally regarded as having been
the tool of Darling. Firpo is steady,
Industrious mechanic who generally had
money in theb ank and who didn't drink,
gamble or dissipate. His love Of money,
his desire to be rich, ruined him. Darling
is 81 different kind Ct man. Heis schem-
ing man with heart full of bigotry and
head full of deviltry. He is one of the
leading members of the A. P. A. in Ana
conda He is one of the labor leaders
who, like Dave Hamilton, thought him
sell too good to march through the ranks
of the Wolfe Tone guards at~the parade
grounds of labor day. The Wolfe Tone
Guards wore the United States uniform,
and bore the stars and stripes; they turned
| out as. a guard Of honor forlthe labor or
CARNATIONS. When they opened ranks
! Dave Hamilton and g. few fellows like this
man Darling refused to pass through the
| lines because the men who wore the uni
| forms were of Irish descent. Darling
wouldn't respect the uniform of the Unit
| ed States and he will soon don a uniform
that is more suitable for fellows of his
| principles.
! Some time last year there appeared in
| I Minneapolis paper a scoundrelly attack
upon Anaconda and her people and Mar
Gus DAILY in particular. 1t was a three
column lie about the way Marcus DAILY
murdered people, had their bodies secretly
buried and avoided punishment by pack
! ing iuries and bribing and bulldozing the
judges. This fellow Darling was one Of
the instigators Of that brutal and infam-
! GUS letter. He will be in luck If he can
find the opportunity to write another such
a rascally letter during the next,decade.
! Both F'irpo and Darling We're tried,
found guilty and sentenced to serve eight
years each in the Montana state prison.
! The rnouncement made in an AssOci-
ated Press dispatch from New York to
the effect that an English syndicate had
purchased 10000 shares of the capital
stock of the Anaconda company and would
have two directors on the board, naturally
caused a great amount Of comment in this
|
purchased a quarter of the capital stock
of the Anaconda company for seven mil
lions; and half. It was bought,to sell,
and the day after the sale the stock ad
| vanced l per cent in London. There
| seems to be no ground for the fear that
there will be any change from the present
mara gment of the cc1npanyss affairs The
| original owners retain 100000 out Of the
! 1 100000 shares and Marcus Daily will re-
main AS general manager This is g. graft
| flying piece Of information for every man,
woman and child in the copper city.
| Weeks ago the New Northwest an
noulced that new snlelter and reduction
| works will shortly: be erected in Amazon
| d. The statement was true in every par
| ticular The ground for the site Of the
new works has been surveyed and staked
off; it is on the south side Of the canyon
| below the foundry. Bids are now in the
hands Of General Manager Donohue of the
| B. A. & P. for the construction of 81
! miles of railroad track running to the
new smelter and along the foothills on the
south side of town. The bids have been
1 opened but the contract has not yet been
! awarded but probably will be very short
| Iy now Fitzpatrick Bros. and Collins, A.
! B. Cook C Co.., Hugh Kirkendall and
Toole e TWohy were among the lowest
1 bidders 1t was the intention at first to
go ahead with this railroad building this
| fall, but the season was so far advanced
that it is probable that grading will not
begin until early in the spring. The order
for much Of the machinery for the new
works has been placed and next midsum-
mer will see smoke pouring from mann
moth stacks on both sides Of the mount
Eains that surround Anaconda.
More than that the Copper City will,
next year. see the construction OF a cop
perroling mills and manufacturing plant
| Of enormous proportions. 1t is to build
| these large industries and 60 make thesf.
vast Improvements that the Anaconda
company sold some of its stock to the En-
Eglish spectators. This is the brightest
hour in the history Of Anaconda and
every resident is grateful to the splendid
men who have made this city the best OF
1 its size in America. ~ 81,
4 England's Champions Blue.
! England has been in the habit Of scot
fng at great many things American,
4 but she is beginning to seriously consid-
| er our yechts, our cricket elevens and
our athletes, because they have beaten
/ the best she had. to offer There is no
iingoisn in asserting that we can beat
| them at almost any hing they choose to