The silver lance., 1899-07-07

this morning says:
Thirty thousand men in Colorado
will be out of work within the next
three days, unless steps are taken to
end the strike of the smelter employees.
The Omaha and Grant and the Globe
in Denver the Bimetallic and the Ar
kansas Valley at Leadville, the Eilers
and the Colorado smelters at Pueblo
are closed
The Argo smelter in Denver has COM
piled with the eight-hour law and is
still running. The Guggenheim smelt-
er at Pueblo also is running. The
closed works are under guard, but no.
where have the men made any demon
stration
AT Central City the men employed in
the stamp mills are expected to strike
at noon to-day. These mines have al
ready closed: The Commodore, Ame-
thyst, Bachelor. Bachelor No. and
Last Chance mines, in the Creede dis
trict; the Calliope and the Hagerty con-
centrating mills, at Ouray; the Carib-
bean and MOnteZuma. ntur Ophlr; the
Iron Mask and Black Iron, at Red
Cliff; the Smuggler, at Aspen; Glllett
mill, Cripple Creek The Porter Fuel
Company at Durango has closed, throw
ing $50 men out of work. From all
parts of the state come reports that
mines are reducing forces. At Lead
Vile 900 men have been discharged,
and in view of the orders to ship no
more ore to the closed smelters little
except development work is going on.
The loss in wages to the men at Du-
range by the twelve days closing of
the smelttr is $4,000.
Should the mines close all over the
state 5000 railroad men will be thrown
out of employment.
The danger of IA coal strike seems to
lie small. as the sales of this staple
outside the state are large enough to
make its mining profitable.
An attempt to get test case up to
the Supreme Court to determine the
constitutionality of the eight-hour law
will be made
The Denver High School cadets are
spending week in camp at Green
Mountain Falls. $50.
The government has finally decided
to allow J. A. Mcintyre to complete
his contract on the Denver mint.
On the 18th every indication in the
sme!ter situation pointed to the conclu-
sion that strike would come within
the next two or three days, and that
of a large proportion of the mines OF
the state.
State Insurance Commissioner Eddy
has appealed to the postmaster gener-
al of the United States asking his aid
in the prosecution of insurance com
panies who are securing business and
adjusting losses through the mails. The
commissioner has asked the cO-opera-
tion of all other state commissioners
in the matter. Commissioner Eddy
holds that the companies are evading
the law and at the same time violating
the federal laws. p
The quarterly report of the state
treasurer gives some interesting facts
about state finances at n time when
that subject is one of the leading top
les The total amount of money that
Treasurer Fesler has charge of Is ST.,
767. .5SS. IA. 1t appears that Mr.. Moffat
is the largest surety on Mr.. Fesler's
bond also, as the report shows that the
First National Bank has on deposit
state funds in the sum of "a
or nearly one-half of the combined de-
posits of all the other banks. The
amount of money on deposit in banks
is 1924. .293.71. The balance of the
funds are invested in the following
state securities: Agricultural College,
S64, ,6O339; internal improvement, $47.
1902: internal Improvement. income.
500. .S21.75: public school, 81 .062, 244.72
university $33, 1855.
Saturdays Republican says a mil
lion in solid gold representation of
Pixies Peak on n base of layers of
iron, lead. copper. zinc and silver,
topped with .'old glory" bearing the
name of Colorado is the dazzling dis
play proposed for the central figure of
the Colorado exhibit at the Paris eX-
position. At yesterdays meeting of
the commissioners the plan was an
nounced. and Senator Sanborn says
that the cooperation and aid of Unit
ed States Senator Henry NJ. Teller and
David III. Moffatt. now in the east, is
assured. for some such plan-either a
mountain representation. an obelisk or
some form of a 81 900, 900 gold exhibit
This sum of gold weighs $4,000 ounces
troy Commissioner w. G. Edwards
presented the plan. which was received
with most favor at yesterdays meet
ing. 1t includes a representation in
frosted silver of the mountains and
rivers and Pixies Peak cog road on
the gold base.
Dean Hart bought his famous stain
ed glass window last Friday. 1t was
a profitable deal, too, and the dean
beat the government on 1t after all
The duty on the window amounted to
$32S.5O. and the dean bought it for
$50. The window was shipped from
England about a year ago as gift to
st. Johns cathedral while the Wilson
bill was in force and while there was
no duty on such goods, but reached
American shores Immediately after the
Dingley bill went into effect. AS re-
suit, the duty was entirely too high
for the deans pocket book. He re-
fused to pay the tax and the window
was transferred from the freight office
to the United States customs ware
house. 1415 Wynkoop street. 1t was