The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-08-02
LUMP GULCH STRIKE
The Miners There Want to Board
Were They Please.
OWNERS ARE DETERMINED
Union Wages Are Paid. But the Men
say .hey Are Fighting for PrIn-
oiple.-N. p. Land sales Con-
firmed-Labor Day.
Special DISPATCH to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, Aug. There Is a strike on
In Lump gulch, all of the men at the
Liverpool. Little Nell and Free Coin
age. the three largest mines in the dis
trict, quitting work this morning. The
trouble arose over the mine owners
policy OF compelling the men to board
at company boarding houses Some Of
the men are married and have homes
OF their own. These particularly wished
the privilege Of boarding where they
pleased. Two weeks ago the Miners
union took the matter up. A commit
tee waited upon the owners. but were
unable to influence the owners to
change their position. The union gave
the owners to Aug. In which to act,
and declared there would be a strike
unless their terms were agreed TO.
]. Wilkinson. secretary Of the union
at Lump. was In the city to-day. I'VE
had special meeting at Lump last
night" he said, ''and, by a unanimous
vote. II was decided that We should
board where We pleased We all ate
our breakfast this morning and took
our dinner buckets up to the mines and
were informed that they did not need
us any more. Consequently the three
largest producing mines in the gulch
are shut down. ! will say that the men
don't want to quit work. but only ask
the privilege Of boarding where they
wish to-"
The mine owners say they cannot and
will rot change their policy. They
claim the boarding houses at the mines
are absolutely necessary and cannot be
maintained unless all the men help to
ctt arf fhana Thatr 90. No
trying to make any money out OF the
boarding houses. simply running them
at cost. The mines are at some dis
tance from the town Of Lump City.
The men are charged 81 a day for board
including lodging. They say the board
is all right, worth what Is paid for II.
but are fighting for principle. About
40 men are employed at each Of the
three mines. Thomas G.. Merrill and
John S. Miller OF the Liverpool. DIR. c.
s. Head of the Little Nell and Prescott
4 Smith of the Free Coinage COM
panies, have been paying union wages.
Judge Knowles, In special session OF
the United States court to-day. con-
flrmed the sale Of lands In the North
ern Pacific land grant In Montana.
made in Mssoula Wednesday. Presi-
dent Winter Of the reorganisa ton
company. bought all the land In the
tracts ranging from quarter sections up
at 800 q tract. Joseph X. Toole. for
the new company. presented lists OF
the lands bought in court to-day. They
included sos. 59s acres. for which $751;
900 was offered. The purchaser depos-
tied 10 per cent OF the purchase price,
500. .7sO. Of which $500 was In the form of
New York draft and the major por-
ton In first mortgage bonds Of the
company.
Labor day will be observed In Helena
on big scale. Nonpareil assembly.
knights of Labor. Is arranging for Q
big demonstration, at which Butte.
Anaconda, Great Falls, Belt and other
towns will be represented. Supreme
Master Workman James r Sovereign
will be present and Representative
Hartman will be asked also to deliver
an address,