Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-08

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Savage. II well-to-do iiockmaslcr, re-
ported to the county authorities that
twenty-five masked and armed men
visited his sheep camps. south of Cedar
creek and by using force, abusing and
beating his hcrdcrs. novel his bands
of sheep and the camp cQUiEagc across -
to the north side of Cedar creek.
Cedar creek WIS made the dividing
line by the cattle men over Il year ago,
and ut that time the sheep men We're
warned to keep their 1!ocks on the
north side OF the creek. as the south
side belonged to the cattle men. and
they would not permit sheep to Craze
on that range. A majority of the
sheep men respected the order of the
cattle men, but In several instances the
flOckmaster has run short of feed and
has moved his sheep to the south side
Of the creek. The cattle men are de-
tcrmined In the matter and will avoid
serious trouble MS long as possible, but
II the sheep men persist, there may be
trouble.
The season for trout fishing In Colo
RADIO openpd on the list. There was
never promise of better sport as re
ports from all the streams of the state
Indicate that the supply of fish is as
great ms ut the opening of any season
for many years. The new game law
must not be forgotten. Trout under
eight inches in length must not be
caught and twenty pounds In one day
IL the limit. The past winter has seen
Colorado strcnmS better stocked with
young trout than ever before. or
course, thc advantages of the scason's
work will not he rcapcd by the sports
men this season. and aside from nearly
1,GOO.OO0 new trout thnt has been
placed In Colorado waters during the
past nine months. the fish that have
maturcd beyond the protection of the
game law make the streams of the
state the most attractive of the West.
The famous Gunnison Is reported to
be alive with eight to twelve-pounl-
crs. The railroad employees declare
that the supply In the Gunnison IL
greater than 1t has been since the city
sportsmcn first devastated the stream
by continuous fishing The Big Thomp-
son. the st. Vrain, the Frying Pan and
the Arkansas near its mountain
sources, the Platte. are all well popu-
lated with specified beauties.
The state convention of the Chris
tim Endcavor Union OF Colorado met
at Greeley on the 2nd. In his address
to the convention Mr.. Sweet. state
president said: '.In this state. where
loose ideas prevail regarding the sauc-
iity of the sabbath, and where our
Legislature will dare insult the decent
people of the state by the passage Of Il
bill lcngnlZing prize fighting, we need
men who will not bow the knee nor
cringc before goddess press. or n
powerful political party-men who will
not be allurcd by the cnticcmcnts OF
political prefcrment, honor. fame or
fortune. attained ut the expense of
righteousness and the moral welfare OF
the people" That the convention was
in full accord with the sentiments cN-
pressed by Mr.. Sweet was evidenced
| by the adoption of Il resolution pre-
sented by Mr.. Cassiday of Boulder, as
follows: 80 His I;xcellency, Hon.
| Charles S. Thomas, Governor of Colo
rado: At meeting of the members
| of Colorado Society of Y. Z. S. c. f..
held June 3. 1900, it was resolved that
we as n body respectfully petition your
cScellency that in case you call n spc-
cial session of the Legislature. you
will include in the call the considcra-
| ,ion of the question Of the repeal of
House Bill No. 131 of the Twelfth Gen
eral Assembly, entitled, An act in re-
lation to prize lighting and sparring
exhibitions approved April q, 1899"
The American Smelling and Refining
| Company has notified its employees
| that an advance of 10 per cent. will he
made in all wages, to commence with
! June 1st. This action has been under
| consideration ever since the orSaniZa-
ton of the company, and the discus
sion of the eight-hour law. At the first
meeting of the smelter managers in
Denver it was strongly insisted that
| the wages paid before the panic be re-
| stored, and this has since been uni
| formly favored by most Of the west
crn managers. The matter was dcfn-
itely settled yesterday by instructions
| from New York directing n general in
crease of 10 per cent. in all wages. The
Philadelphia Smelling and Refining
Company has also decided to make an
advance of 10 per cent. in wages of all
the lower grades of labor. the advance
in no case to be more than % cents per
day. That Is, all men receiving pay up
to $3.50 per day will be advanced 10
per cent and all men receiving more
than $3.50 per day will receive an ad-
vance of - cents per day, the men to
be paid by the hour AMI privileged to
work eight. ten or twelve hours. ~
they may choose. but in no event to be
required to work more than eight
hours. except in cases or emergency.
Notices to this effect will be sent to tho
works at Pueblo in n few days. AT the
Argo works similar notices are to he
given in relation TO work by the hour.
but there VIII be no change in the rate
Of wages, rs there has never been II
reduction since the smcltCr was built.
twenty years ago, the company paying
the same rate throughout the panic Of
1893. when reductions wcrn made in
all the other Smcltcrs. and in nearly
all other branches of business. An in-
crease in wages. averaging II per cent.
and affecting 125 men. ";a announced
to day by the Colo"ado-PhilnhrlDhi
Reduction Cumnhny. whose plant Is ut
Colorado City. The increase comes vol
unfairly the men having made no COM
plaint whatever OF low wages. The re-
duction plant has been in operation
about three years. and is one of the
most profitable in this part of the coun-
try. 1t treats Cripple Creek ores al
most exclusively.