The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1897-01-22
HASMARK LITTER
Attempt to Drag the Miners Union
Into Private Quarrls.
GREAT INDIGNATION EXPRESSED
A Philipsbury Publication Assists in
Attempt-Tle Union Refuses to Be
Used as a Tool

Considerable Indignation is felt here
among the miners about an article
published in paper at Philipsburg,
said article, the miners claim, does not
concern the union. and is wholly per-
sOnal between parties involved. but it
seems that there is always some So
called newspaper ready to bring discord
into unions; but. we do not think. and
we will wager our last summers over
cOlt on the result. that there can be no
dlscurd bred in the Granite Miners
Union. TO use miners own words.
who discussed the article referred to-
he said: "Well Harry Lewney is an
intelligent and honorable man, and as
straight and upright as anyone ever
WAS. We. members of the union,
elected him to that high position be.
cause we knew enough to be a decent
man who could not he bought and sold
bv every click and cnterie of blacklegs
We elected Din~Nva that IS. the ma
jority did I voted for Sigh, and |
am sorry for it; and Sligh, with the
assistance of some of his tribe, takes
the seat We'll, I'll be darned that's
what they call free America where
majorities rule! Why. it is the very
last stage of Clevelandism in the worst
form There is one thing about it
though, and that is, Sigh did not get
the seat as if he had been honora5y
elected by the people Well. the same
paper that printed that article about
Harry, never has any news in it worth
reading If fellow wants the news
Of the county aud and in general he
has to get The Philipsburg Mail every
time. Do you recollect last falls cleo
tion? Whv the sheet that is endeavor-
ing to malign the character of MI
Lewney did nothing but yell A. p. A.
and anita. p A. until it made mon
keys out of a number of us but we did
not know the sheet then as we do now.
You bet, let Dan Berry, of Drummond
and Harry Lewney and some of the
gentlemen who walked out of the con
vention last fall just give the word
and we will follow them in 1898
Mark my words A. p. A. and anti
A. P A. is not going to cut any figure
at all. -
A delightful party was given by Mrs.
Mary Stortz, better known as the Hobo
Queen from the fact that the lady was
one of the few who helped to make the
now famous Hobo mine The invited
guests assembled last Monday evening
at O. clock at the Stortz hotel dining
room. After many yarn about child
hood days in the old fatherland We're
told by many OF the hostess German
friends, all were served to weinerwurst
and sauer kraut, limberger cheese of
the best and richest kind, and Kroger
lager beer, cooked and served in
fashion as only a German lady OF re-
nown in the art of cooking German
dishes could do, and for which the
Hobo Queen is famous. After lunch
Mrs. J. J. Hayden delighted the assem-
blage by singing that old song, entitled,
"Eie Deutcshes Maedelein, " and your
correspondent followed by singing
Elm Metzger trit Zum Dorfe kin
ein," and the hostess delighted the
party by singing "Die Wacht am
Rhein.' After all the sweet German
delicacies gave out, including Kroger
lager beer, all went home happy.
One of the worst of outrages has been
done to our town by some one 1t was
a dirty piece of spite work and done by
IA person who has no more brains than
IA donkey; nor is he possessed of
spark of benefit. In an under handed,
sneaking manner he managed to get
the postoffice, SO badly needed here,
discontinued. After six different min
ing companies are operating here, and
not less than seven business houses
have been established in our town, the