The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20
CHINESE BOYCOTT CASE
.rt 4
Piatt of the Bystander Gives His
Testimony.
PAPERS HAD BEEN CUT
The Bystander Was Controlled by the
Trades and Labor Assembly-Colonel
Sanders Offers Boycott Arti-
cles in Evidence.

the CHlneSt IOycott case dhu a. suO
conclusion of the days session ad-
journed until next Wednesday. because
on Monday and Tuesda, he will be en-
gagged IN other cases at 1ic,ena.
The first witness on the stan yester-
day was Guy Y. Piatt of the
Manufacturing and Printing company,
publishers of the Butte Bystander, the
official organ of the Silver Bow Trades
and Labor assembly, and published I'M
der it's control. Mr.. Piatt had a num-
Der of old Bystanders which he had
been ordered to produce and which he
said constituted the files OF that paper
during the first few months of last
year. He testified that the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor assembly took con-
troll of the paper on March 10, 1891, ana
was conducted through a committee, OF
which William Hogan was a member.
A number of pieces of some kind had
been cut out of the papers and Mr.. Piatt
said they were cut out during last Sep
TENDER and October, but he could not
tell what for or what the matter cut
out related to.
.'who did it. what for and to what
did the articles cut out appertafn?
Some of the mutilations. OF course,
were of legal notices u out ana at
tached to afidavits of publication"
rs this the only file you have Of the
Butte Bystander?'
h is all the file we have"
The witness was asked to give the
! circumstances as to how he turned the
control of the paper to the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor assembly and he re-
| piled that he made the proposition that
in consideration of the influence and en-
dorsement of the assembly II might
name the editor and control the coll
umns of the paper for one year. the
papers owner, the Manufac-
- nny
the salary of the editor. The PROPOSE
ton was accepted and a contract en-
tered into.
During the time that the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor assembly was in con-
troll of the Butte Bystander were any
complaints ever made by that body to
you with reference to its attitude on the
boycott Of Chinese I'm Butter"
mo that l remember
"Who signed the contract with the
Standard Manufacturing n Printing
company on behalf of the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor assembly,"
1T was signed by the members Of a
committee. l don't recall VINO they
were at this time"
Can you remember any one of
them?"
My impression is that Mr.. Hogan
was one of them"
who was in control of the news and
editorial columns of the Butte By
stander on March 81. 1872"
The Silver Bow Trades and Labor
assembly"
Colonel Sanders then offered in evil
dence a number of articles and edi-
torials from the paper of the date
named and of other dates in the early
months of 1897, all relating to the Chi
nese and the boycott, some of the head
ines reading: Mrs. Althoff Discharges
Her Chinaman-Organized Labor Wins
a Decided Victory in the Boycott on the
Will House, John On the Run" A
list of the officers of the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor assembly, appearing
in one of the papers, was also offered In
evidence. The witness was asked as to
money received by the printing COM
pany for publishing boycott cards, no
tices and dodgers, but he said that al
he could remember was nat money was
received for such work, but from whom
III could not say. One of the boycott
bills, bearing the B~ystarier imprint
and printed by order of the Butte Tail
ors' union" and endorsed by the Silver
Bow Trades and Labor assembly" was
introduced in evidence. Mr.. Piatt wa.
excused temporarily and instructed Il
bring into court the cash book Of the
printing company.
p. M. Dellinger, who conducts the Del
linger block, was called as a witness
and testified that he had employed
Chinaman as janitor and a COMMITTEES
called on hin and notified him to dis
charge the Chinaman. They asked hin
If he would o employ a Chinamai
and Dellinger replied that he would
he could get a white man to work TO
the same a n do his work as sat
isfactorily as the Chinaman did.
who were the members of the com
mittee that waited on your" asked At
torney Brooks.
II only knew Mr.. Walters"
"Of what nationality was the othe
MANI"
II think he was a Swede."
Gould he talk the English Ian
guage?"
Very little"
Did any of your tenants talk to yo'
about your employment of a Chinese?
well. Mr.. Babock and Mr.. Gamer
who occupy two of the store rooms
were very much exercised over the mat
ter and wanted me to discharge m
Chinese, but being naturally a httl
~bull-headed 1 wouldn't do it,"
A. A. Sandahl was recalled and pro
duced his cash book. blu it Shove,
nothing in relation to the boycott.
M. w. Stills. editor of the B~ystande
and recording secretary of the Silve
Bow Trades and Labor assembly. VIII
had been supoenaed TO produce tn
records Of the assembly proceedings
brought four books. but reported tina
the record for November and Decem
Der. 1896, and January, February
March and April had been lost. II
discovered its loss about three week
ago, and said he had reported the ma
ter to the assembly, but the member
didn't seem to care. so he didn't car
either. Colonel Sanders asked him
a burglar had stolen it. but Mr.. Stills di
not know: all he knew was that IN
book was missing.
Andrew V. Cory testified that a boy
colt committee stopped him as he wa
going into the Palac restaurant an
told him he must not go in, but he wer
anyway and told the men to go to. A
the conclusion of Cory's testimony N
examination adjourned.