The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-12
WAS STOPPED FOR GOOD
The AcDermott Hotel Extension
Will Not Be- Made.
A HOLE IN THE GROUND
The Bricklayers' Union Sent Mr.. Finlen
q Notice About sub-Contractors.
That Started the Trouble and
He Quit Right There.

The work of e~xcavatine the cellar for
the annex to the McDermott hotel was
stopped yesterday forenoon. and stopped
for good. The teams were taken away.
the tools and implements removed. and
nothing was left but a hole in the
ground to show the big Improvement
started on East Broadway.
This sudden change In plans came
when Miles Finlen. owner of the Nc
Dermott hotel. received his mail yes.
terday at the postoffice. In his mail
was the following from Chas. Sanders.
secretary of h y. a NJ. i. u:
Dear Sir: As secretary of the Brick
Layers and Stone Masons' union OF
Butte, 1 hav been instructed to notify
you hat the m OF our union 40
not work on any Job or building where
the contract IL or has been sub-con-
tracted from carpenters and others.
The reason why this notice is given to
you is that II has been said a Arm of
carpenters. contractors. was to let the
job. or had the letting of the ID
mott hotel.
I'VE respectfully ask yourself or your
architect to let the brick and stone
work of said hotel to some brick and
mason contractor, as we are opposed of
sub-contracts."
Mr.. Finlen did not say a word after
receiving that letter. He read II through
and walked down to the scene of ac-
tivity In the vacant lot east Of h Nc
Dermott.
stop that work" he said to the fore
man.
The foreman did not catch on at
first. but il did not take Mr.. Finlen long
to make him understand what he
meant. Work stopped at once. The
men were paid. and in "a few minutes
there was nothing left but a hole I'm
the ground.
Mr.. Finlen was seen by a Standard
reporter last evening n requested to
explain the reason for the suspension
of operations.
The work is moi suspended said
Mr.. Finlan. lit is stopped; stopped for
good. / have quit for good. There
won be my annex to the McDerr1ott
hotel. The guests will have to get
along without their Turkish baths. etc"
Don't you think ii would be possible
to fix up the difficulty"
1T is abou fixed up. There would
be one trouble after the .D.her during all
the time the building was in course OF
operation. j won't be bothered with
constant labor troubles, and so have
decided to quit entirely. The fact that
this interference starts in Sd early 3
"a good indication that IL wouli keep
W all summer in one form Or another,
and I am glad that it, has started now,
before ] got in too deep. ! can stop
now at very little expense, n am glad
to get out of IL so easy. After l had
put several thousand dollars into the
building I would have hated to quit.
but now | can stop without it's cost
ing me much. and / have decided not to
build.
II am a thorough union man SO far
as the maintenance of union wages Is
full union ages and ut the mine ! pay
top men 50. so per day, although only 50
is required. | hope that union wages
will always be maintained here. and the
unions ave my full sympathy I'M sup
port i'm their efforts to maintain wages.
But they go altogether too far when
they would dictate who is to have the
contract for putting up my building. or
who is not to have the contract. ]
will let them name the wages. but /
will not submit to their debating who
shall ave my contract. ! am through.
and that settles it
1t Is much to be regretted that Butte's
building boom for 1898 has had black
eyes thus early. b the effect on other
building operations certainly can't be
beneficial.
The work of excavating for the cellar
of the McDermott annex began last
Thursday. The addition was to cover
the whole of the lot east of the present
building. the lot being 46 by 1872 feet.
1t was planned to have a Turkish bath
establishment in the basement. stores
on the ground floor, and the two upper
floor We're to be for hotel apartments.
In the Turkish bath department there
was to be a plunge bath II by "a feet.
hot. vapor and rubbing rooms, plain
baths, reception and cooling room and
bed rooms On the two upper floors
were to be 35 suites of rooms. Kelly &
O'Brien had charge of the work.