The Monte Vista journal., 1899-06-24
GOSSIP FROM DENVER
AND THE STATE CAPITOL,

Denver. Juns 1.-THE Republican
tnis morning says:
Thirty thousand men In Colorado
WI be out OF work within the next
three Gays, unless steps are taken to
END the strike Of the smelter employees.
The Omaha and Grant and the Globe
y Oeevee. the Bimetaliic and the Ar
ka:sas Valley at Leadville. the Eilers
and the Colorado smeiterH at Pueblo
Are caoeed.
The Arso smelter In Denver has COM
pied with the eight-hou law and y
stu running. The Guggenheim smelt.
er at Pueblo also IL running. The
closed works ere under guard, but mo-
where have the men made any demon
stratiop.
At Central City the men employed In
the stamp mills are expected to strike
ready closed: The Commodore, Anne
thyst. Bachelor, Bachelor No. 2 and
Last Chance mines. In the Creede dis
trict: the Calliore and the Hagerty con-
centratinR mills, At Ouray; the Carib-
bean and Montexuma, near Opnir; the
Iron Mask and Black Iron, at Red
Gin; the smuggler, at Aspen: GIllett
mill. Cripple Creek. The Porter Fuel
Company nt Durango hns closed. throw
ing 15O men out Of work. From all
parts OF the state come reports that
mines nre reducing forces. At Lead
Vile COO men have been discharged.
and In view Of the orders to ship no
more ore to the closed smelters little
except development work In going on.
The loss In wages to the men at Du-
rango by the twelve days closing OF
the smeltef il $4,000.
Should the mines close all over the
stnte 5000 railroad m IN will be thrown
out OF employment.
The danger of coal strike seems to
be 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
constitutlonalIty Of the eight-hour law
will be made.
The Denver High School cadets are
spending Q week In camp at Green
Mountain Falls.
Governor Thomas wants committee
Of prominent business men to help set
tie the smelter strike.
The Court Of Appeals decides that
the city OF Denver is not under obli-
CATION to light its streets.
According to the Post the widow Of
ex-senator Tabor Is living in little
three room cottage on Twelfth street.
surrounded by all evidences Of abject
poverty.
The military board IL informally con-
sidering plans to construct large ar
mory In Denver and pay on the cost In
lnstallmentx from moneys which
would otherwise be paid for rent Of
halls.
State Insurance Commissioner Eddy
has appealed to the postmaster Ecner-
al Of the United States asking his Md
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 NIL other state commissioners
In the matter Commissioner Eddy
holds that the companies are evnding
the law and at the same time violating
the federal laws.
A rate war on eastern freight has
been innugurnted by the Missouri Pa.
clhc. For some time freight has been
coming Into Colorado from the Atlnn.
tic wcaboard via the Gulf OF Mexico
at less rate than II could he hauled
across the continent. This was made
possible 10y the low rates offered via
the Kansas City, Pittsburg x Gulf
from Port Arthur. Texas. II was an.
nouncesi that the Missouri Pacific will
meet these rites.
A telegram received Mt the ofYiccs Of
the Colorado Fuel Il Iron company
states that the mines OF the company
nt Coal Greek and Rockvale. employ.
Ing co men. Will resume work Mon-
day. The men will go hack entirely on
their own volitlon mt the anne scale
m that formerly paid. working by the
hour. This leaves Idle only two Of the
twenty.six mines owned by the com.
pany. II is expected that these viii
soon he working again. The Iron
works and NIL other plants Of the Colo
rado Fuel 4 Iron company are an stu
In active operation, with no signs Of
trouble.
THE miners seem either to be against
the eight-hour law or fast coming to
that view. They say they never asked
for II and TINT II mn extra session were
called would send men down here to
Denver 10 demand its repeal" said
Dairy Commissioner Munson, who re.
turned from Central City Friday. II
did not md q mnn favorable 10 the
eight hour law. Most Of them were
working only nine hours before the
Jaw came along, and some Of them
were not working ~ long A. that, The
miners were hit hard by the law and
the act intended 10 help them will In
the long run hurt them. How II In
with the smeltcr men I don't know No
well. but the future may prove the law
will not be of any material bencfit to
them"
The News predicts that an extra
sesaion Of the Legislature will convene
about July IL The prcrent difilculty
OF the state IL the most serious that
has ever confronted Its officers. All
the Institutions arr aorcly In need Of
funds and several have announced that
II would te necessary to Gloss at an
early day unlesa relief came In some
form. The revenue Of the state for
1S0O and 400 would In adequate 10
meet current expenses. hut a. q large
deficit was l'equeathesi many Of the
Institutions from the preceding two
yearn, II Ii impossible for the trustccs
tn calculate q clear way In I1uanccs
that relief had 10 tc asked. In cnse
thc Legislature II rrconvcnet. q prom.
rrly drafted revenue. bin will he mn.
scutcd for passaKr.