The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20

asked him to take a look over the court
room to see IL he could recognize any
OF them.
I'VE are anxious to learn who these
men WERE" said Mr.. Wines.
You considered you had the liberty
and perfect right to do as you pleased 90
Il always thought i had that right"
John Ferns. a groceryman. testified
that two men called on him about the
5th of June and said they represented
the Silver Bow Trade and Labor as
sembly. They had heard that the wit
ness had that day had a horse shod at
Becker's and told him that Becker was
b~oycotted.
Il said / did not think / Il had, but that
i would ask my driver, and if he had
] would stop as 1 did not want to mix
up in any rouble."
The witness said the committee told
him that Becker nae been one of the
men most anxious to have the rules
formed to close at 5 o'clock, and he
broke them n was fined So. He did
not pay it and the fine was raised TO
$50 and a boycott was placed on him.
The witness said he promised the COM
mittee that he would stop ~patronizing
Becker until the trouble was settled, and
he did so. but when the injunction was
issued he went back again.
j. III. McQueeney, the transfer man,
testified that the Silver Bow Trades
and Labor assembly committee called
on him and requested him not to patron
ize Becker d Co, as they were unfair
n were ~boycotted.
II asked them who sent them to me-"
said the witness, land they said they
had been sent by the Silver Bow Trades
and Labor assembly. / asked them who
was the head of the assembly, and one
of the men said they had several heads.
l asked him who was their president.
and he said his name was Mcdonald. I
told them 1 wanted to do what was fair
and that l was a friend of the unions,
but / did not think it was fair to do as
they wanted me TO. 1 told them If Mr..
Mcdonald would write to me a note re-
questing me to quit doing business with
Becker & Co. 1 would quit. They hand
ed me a notice and said they would
have Mr.. Mcdonald write to me, and
that ended the matter"
Did you ever hear from Mr.. Nc
Donald?"
mo. SIR"
Did you cease to do business be-
cause of the notice you receiyed?"
mo, / continued"
L. Dorais testified that a man handed
him a printed notice of the boycott and
he withdrew part of his patronage from
Becker n had intended to withdraw
all of it if a committee called on him
and requested him to do so.
Mayor Harrington testified thai he
was in the grocery business.
incidentally you are also mayor of
this city," asked Mr.. Lippincott.
Yes, sir"
The mayor said a committee from the
Silver Bow Trades and Labor assem-
bly, had called on him and requested
him to hdr his patronage because
Becker a violated the rules of the
union The mayor told the men that he
did not know them, but did know Beck
er, and he desired to see Becker and hear
his side of the matter, and If he found
that Becker was in the wrong he would
withdraw his patronage. The commit
tee said hat would be satisfactory to
them. The mayor subsequently saw
Becker and learned the cause of the
boycott.
did you her withdraw your patron-
age?"
II did not"
You learned that Becker had worked
a few minutes after 5 o'clock one even
ing"
Yes"
And you did not consider thai a
sufficient reason for Withdrawing your
PATRONAGE"
The question was objected to and the
question was then withdrawn.
A man named Winscott testified that
he had been served with a printed no
tice of the boycott, and j. r. Robinson
testified to the same effect, but neither
paid any attention to the notice.
Edward Tippett, a groceryman, said
he had been notified by a committee not
to patronize Becker, but 1t did not in
fiuence him and he simply switched"
his patronage to another shop, but not
on account of any notice the committee
had given him.
John Finlay. driver for the Bee Hive.
had been served with a notice of the
boycott, but he continued to have his
work done at Becker's because he did
not consider that there was sufficient
reason why he should not.
John d. Roach testified that he had
been served with a printed notice. WILL
lam Ricksilk was called as a witness.
but he knew nothing about the boycott
except what he had been Told by his
B. Nadeau was another witness who
knew nothing about the case and said
he idn't know why he had been SUBJ
poenaed.
I'm other words, you don't know
nothing about this matter?" said Mr..
Certainly not"
Steve Holland testified that somebody
him of the boycott, but he paid
attention to it and kept on getting
his work done at Becker's.
f. w. Schuer said he had received no.
tice of the boycott, but he paid no at
to it.
Peter McCabe, the next witness, said
he had never been requested to with |
draw his patronage. but he had seen
of the boycott.
James Miller said that he had seen
boycott bills and had been notified
by a member of the Horseshoers' union
Becker & Co. We're boycotted, but
he paid no attention to ii. The man told
him to look out for Becker. as he was
boycotted, and he might get himself
into trouble by patronizing him. The
man who notified him was Felix Alexis, |
who told him he had better get his
done at his place.
Henry Kipp. III. ]. Rathmiller, c. CAM