The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-13
GREAT FALLS NEWS
Too Many Idle and Indifferent Mer
Are in the City.
HOBOES IN EVERY QUARTER
They Are Sent Here From Mime
sofa. and Some of Them Are No
Cood-Loafers and Grimm
ais Are Not Wanted.

Great Falls. May 12-During the pas;
10 days quite number of alleged la
borers have arrived in this city from
the East. They claim to have been
sent out here to work along the line of
the Montana Central, where track and
other improvements are contemplate
Perhaps one out of 10 of the new ar
rivals go to work on the road and the
balance are turned loose without a dol
lar to prey ON the community. 1t is
alleged on apparently good authority
that these men are being sent to Mon
tana by an employment agency of
minneapolis, which, for and in consid
GRAFTON of SO, furnish them with trans
portation, with the understanding that
they are 10 accept service wherever
they are needed. Any bum crook
loaTer or criminal who can raise So to
pay The employment agency is furnish
ed transportation to Montana and as
a result Northern Montana is filling up
with an undesirable lot of men-the
scum of Minneapolis and adjacent cit
les.
among the new arrivals yesterday
morning were James L. Pritchard and
w. IL. Smith. Yesterday Pritchard an
pfied for work and was given night
employment at the round house. He
arranged for board at the Arlington
hotel and went to work last might
Wfth Prttchard's consent Smith occu-
pied his room, and during the formers
absence appropriated clothing and
Jewery valued at SIS. This he took to
Solomon's secondhand store and sold
Tor 30. With the money he took in the
town, winding up at a house of ILL
fame, wheSe he was found by Chief
Guerln this morning and placed under
arrest. When arraigned in police court
he demanded a continuation of the
case until Thursday and asked for
jury trial and lawyer. continue
tion was granted. Smith was perfectly
tlt nome in court and astounded Judge
Hawkins and County Attorney Free
man by his knowledge of criminal law.
Tonight Chief Guerin received the fol-
lowing telegram. which EXPLAINS it.
self:
Minneapolis. May 12-Chief of Po-
lice, Great Falls: Arrest and hold w.
A. Wright, alias w. II. Smith, who is
wanted here for grand larceny and
other crimes. W. E. Smith.
Superintendent of Police"
Smith will be arTaigned Thursday.
and If he Is not proved guilty and
bound over to the district court. he will
be turned over to Minneapolis officers.
This incident illustrates the charac-
ter OF "laborers" sent to Montana by a
certain employment agency of Mime
apolis, and the matter will be brought
to the attention of the railroad Off
cials, with the view of heading off pro-
state.
day distributed more than 300 newspaL-
pers and periodicals among the in
mates OF the county JAIL the city jail
and the county poor farm. This is done
every month until II has become such
a custom with old-timers that they
look forward to the monthly visit. Dur
ing their tiresome, idle hours the pris-
onsrs peruse the papers, many even
reading the Advertisements. The So
ciety also distributed papers among
children of the city poor.
John Kienz, who ran over Miss John
son yesterday while driving furiously
down Central avenue, was arraigned in
police court this morning and fined $50
and costs, the extreme limit for fast
and careless driving. He also inform
ed the court that he would pay Miss
Johnson's expenses until she recovered
from the injuries received by the acct
dent. The young lady is improving.
Stewart Douglas, the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Eben Doherty. died yes
terday morning and was buried this
afternoon.
Charles and John Cunningham,
brothers, were arrested last night while |
fighting and fined SIS this morning.
Mrs. Henry Schroeder was thrown |
from carriage last evening during a |
runaway and sustained rather severe |
injuries in the way of sprained ankle, |
wrenched spine, bruises and the like
Rev. Van Englen will arrive to-mor- |
row to accept charge of the pulpit of |
the First Baptist church.
The miners of Sand Coulee were paid 1
off to-day. The force of miners is light, |
but the pay roll amounted to about |
$50, 000
Mrs. F. G. Woodwork and family |
left this morning for a visit of several i
weeks in the East.
Miss Nellie Perkins has instituted |
suit against the Bon Ton fruit store
for S64S, the value of two cars CT fruit.