The silver lance., 1899-03-10

, will also be cOnSi idered. Conductor MS
| sic, one f tie cd IS employees, has Deen
discharged and his co-laborers claim IL
was because of his connection with the
Conductors Brotherhood. He was also
chairman of the grievance committee
and prior to that time was general
| chairman of all the boards on the Union
| Pacific before the Colorado " southern
was organized from part of that line.
| A natural oil well exists near Steam
boat Springs. The oil spring, as it is
| called, is located in gulch in the
coal regions and large quantities of
crude petroleum are constantly issu-
ing from the earth and flowing away
down the little gulch, much as water
would do. only that the earth absorbs
the oil before it flows far. The stuff
is about the consistency of heavy ma
chine OIL and is used by ranchmen
adjacent for lubricating wagons and
| other farm machinery, where it gives
excellent results. The oil has a great
reputation as wonderful remedial
agent in curing sore shoulders or 9TH
er bruises or cuts in horses and other
| animals. People send great distances,
in some cases from other states, for
bottles of it to use in the stable.
After a contest unrivalled in bitter
ness even by the recent senatorial
| fight, the Montana Legislature has
passed over the veto of Governor Smith
House Bill No. 132, which is designed
to promote the consolidation of the cop
per and smelling interests of the state.
| The bill was advocated by the largest
corporation lobby ever assembled in the
third house of a Montana Legislature
The bill provides that two thirds Of
the stockholders of a corporation may
| give notice of a meeting by letter. ami
at that meeting may dispose of the en-
tire stock of the corporation including
the stock held by the minority without
the consent of the minority. Governor
Smith. in his veto message to-day. de
clared that the bill was the most
iniquitous measure ever proposed in a
western state, and that the strong in
fiuences in its favor were due to the de-
sires of the smelter combine and the
Standard Oil magnates TO carry out
their plan to form the most gigantic
trust in the history of the country.
Game Commissioner Swan has re-
ceived a letter from w. II. Wilcox,
game warden in the northwestern
part of Colorado, who writes that tie
situation is critical and that unless
the weather mOderates the number of
elk on the range will be hardly large
enough to attract an eastern hunter to
Colorado. even though the Legislature
should decide upon Il short open sea-
son upon this class of game. He
states that the snow is over three feet
deep on n level throughout Routt and
Rio Blanco counties. Only the jut-
ting ridges and promontories are clear
Of the white coating. Thus the elk
find it practically impossible to
browse, for the shrubs upon which
they feed do not flourish upon the
ridges and mountain tops. They are
swarming in immense bands into the
valley close to Steamboat Springs, but
even there they find little relief, for
the snow is as deep in the valley as in
the gulehes of the mountains. An at
tempt will be made to spread out a
few tons of hay. in the hope that the
animals may be saved from starvation
William Wayne Belvin was arrested
Saturday night at the Waldorf-Asto-
ria hotel. on the charge that he was
unable to pay Il board bill of S143.
which he owed the hotel He told
Magistrate Meade that his arrest was
the result of a conspiracy. He said
that he was able to pay. and asked to
be paroled. but the magistrate held
him in $500 bail for examination.
Though the charge against Belvin is
violation of the hotel law. the real rea-
son for his arrest was that David II.
Moffat. the well-known Denver mil
lionaire. n guest of the hotel, had COM
planned that Belvin had threatened to
kill him. Belvin declares that Mr..
Moffat owes him large sum of
money, and that when he requested
payment he was arrested on the
charge, which he says was trumped
up for the purpose of getting rid of
him, at time when he could not OBJ
tain ready money to free himself
Belvin is well known as promoter
in Wall street, and for years has been
familiar figure in the hotels of the
city. Belvin's bill against Moffat is
based on a claim for commission on the
sale Of the Victor mine. When ar
raigned Belvin's bill was paid by a
friend and he was discharged
Twelve union miners of Vulcan are
locked in the county Jail in Gunnison.
owing to the coolness and nerve of
Sheriff Wiley. The sheriff. Thursday
night. called up Steve Sullivan, presi
dent of the Vulcan Miners Union. and
Informed him that he would be out in
the morning to arrest the ringleaders
of the big strike and that the alleged
lawlessneSS in Vulcan must cease Fri
day morning the sheriff started for Vul-
can alone. When he arrived at the mine
he was surrounded by the miners. The
union miners had called in the armed
guards that have been stationed watch
ing every road and frail leading into
the camp, and many of the men had
laid aside their arms. by this action
demonstrating that the officer had moth
ing to fear. Some threats We're made
to hold the sheriff, but the influence of
the officers of the union was felt. Sher-
iff Wiley made a speech to the men. in
which he said he had warrants for the
arrest of the ringleaders of the strike
and that he proposed to serve them He
stated emphatically that the state of