The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-07

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and in some respects 1t Is run on even
q more tyrannical basis than Clark's
Arizona town. 1t is at the Mayfiower
mine. Most everybody around these
parts knows the history Of the May
flower nina 1t was bought by Clark
WI years ago and is the richest gold
property In Montana The ore runs s14
per ton. There Is a company boarding
house there and there are a number of
men in Butte who know all about 1t.
One Of them is p. J. Sullivan. He has
worked there considerably during the
past year and he said I'm regard to this
Montana camp OF Clark's: II can't con-
than the way that boarding house Is
run. Around the Maynower min a
little town has sprung up which Is call
ed Mayiower. There is a company
boarding house at the town and every
employee of the mine. married or single.
is required to board and room there.
There are 40 men employed In the mine
and a number Of them are married men.
whose families are with them. tn fami-
lies can live in cabins for which a rem
tai is paid. but the men have to pay
their board and room at the boarding
house just the same. II they prefer TO
live with their families in the cabin they
can do SO, but they must pay their
board and room at the company board
ing house whether they stop there or
not. Everybody is charged 81 per day.
In the boarding house all the cooks and
walters and other help are Chinese. The
men all bunk in one room. In Ii every
man has his own cot and he has to
make up his own bed IL 1t is made at
all. The adjoining claim to the May
flower is the Mayfiower No. 2. 1t Is
owned and run by William Owsley. for
merly mayor of Butte. He employs IL
men and they can eat. drink n sleep
where they please. There are no re-
strictions on them at all. as there are
on the men who work in Clark's May
flower, which has cleared him more
than 800, 900 since 1t was opened UP.
Other boarding houses nave been start
ed at Mayiower. but they have been
frozen put. There is a little store run
by the company at Mayiower and all of
the employees have to buy their goods
there. For everything sold there the
price is one-third higher than IL Is In the
stores at whitehall. The wages for
miners are the same as in Butte. $3.50
per day, but 81 has to be given up to
the boarding house"
Now, that II is the man who Is posing
in Butte as labor's new found friend.
He is the man who Is the champion of
the anti-company store business. Cham
pion, indeed.
What hypocrisy could be more con-
temptible? Here is a man who runs
mps stores such as Butte never
dreamed o~f-company boarding houses
such as Butte never had. And he takes
up the cause of beating company stores
in Butte,
In his interview. which appeared in
the Butte Miner yesterday morning. Mr..
Clark stated that the United Verde
company, at Jerome. does not own one
dollars worth of stock in the store or
the boarding house at Jerome. Well,
so far as that is concerned, the Ana
conda mining company does NOT own
n dollars worth of stock in the d. J..
Hennessy Mercantile company. or in
the six-story building. or in the Flor
ence hotel. formerly the Hale house.
There was a lady in Butte a short
time ago by the name of Miss Carrie
Canter. She lives in San Francisco and
she travels to various points. selling
ready-made dresses to various stores.
She has been in Jerome and she has
sold goods there. A business man of
Butte said to a Standard reporter yes
terday that she told him that Jerome
was the worst town she ever saw. She
showed him a cellulofd check, which
passes as commodity In the town. 1t Is
inscribed United Verde Mining Conn.,
pany. Limited. Good for 80 cents. At
times the miners are given these in
stead OF cash. The celluloid checks,
however. can be cashed at the company
store at a discount of 10 per cent.
But then all this Jerome business
and company store business is a side is
sue. The Miner demanded IL. The fight
was made by the Miner against the
company store. and 1t claimed that that
Is the only issue in this campaign. The
Standard does not accept IT as an is
sue. for the result Of the election can
have no effect on company stores or
six-story buildings. However the cleo
ton goes. the six-story building will
stand just the anne. whichever side
wins, and it will stand in superb o.
trast to Clark's shacks on West Park
street-it will stand as an evidence that
somebody had confidence in the town,
even IL Clark had not. This Jerome
business has been shown up. not be-
cause IL Is an issue. but in order to
show the utter insincerity of Clark's