The silver star., 1899-06-09
NEWS FROM THE
WESTERN REGION.

from New York directing a general In
crease Of 10 Per cent. In all wages The
| Philadelphia Smelling and Refining
\ Comrsany has also decided to make an
advance OF IL per cent. in wages Of all
/ th. lower grades Of labor. the advance
/ in no case TO l,e more than - cents per
/ day. That i. all men receiving pay up
I TO $50 per day viii BE- advanced 10
I per cent and all men receiving more
( than $50 per day will receive an adj
vance Of % cents per day. the men TO
/ be paid by the hour and privileged 10
work eight. ten or twelve hours. as
they may choose. but In no event TO he
/ required TO work more than eight
I hours. except In cases Of emergency.
I Notices TO this effect will be sent 10 the
works at Pueblo in few days. At the
| Arco works similar notices are to be
given In relation to work by the hour.
/ but there VIII I've no change in the rate
| Of wages. MS there has never been n
reduction since the smelter was built.
twenty years ago. the company paying
the SANE. rate throughout the panic or
1889. when reductions Were made In
all the other smelters. and in nearly
all other branches Of business. An in
crease in wages averaging - per cent.
and affecting 12J men ~a< announced
70 day by the Colorado Philadelphia
Reduction Comnany. whose plant is at
Colorado City. The increase comes vol
unfairly. the men having made no com
plaint whatever Of low wages. The re-
ducflun plant has been in operation
about three years. and is one of the
most profitable in this part OF the conn
Try II treats Cripple Creek ores al
most exclusively.
The oil Interests OF The United States
arr closely watching movement
which mas been taking shape al Trini-
dad for some time and which is likely
TO cnlmlBate in active operations In
wide field adjacent to Trinidad. The
United Dil Company Of Denver. which
operates the field at Florence. has
closed several deals in Las AniInas
county. and will soon begin an active
season Of prospecting. The United
company is said to be backed by the
Standard oil people. For the last four
or five years the oil subject has been
agitaied in tie sane locality, but not
until the last few months has anything
been done that looked like a develop
ment of the field. Sufficient surface
indications have been discovered to
warrant the sinking of experimental
wells. There are both oil and gas in-
dicatlons and work will be commenced
within fortnight to ascertain whether
either can bc obtained in paying guam
titles The United company has come
down here asking neither bonuses nor
subsidies. and with plenty Of money to
carry on the operations. In the past
many tests have been made by men of
insufficient means, and In each case
oil was found. An option on several
thousand acres east of Trinidad has
been secured and rs much more has
been actually leased. The lands leased
include l.2sp acres known rs the
Barcla tract and the 200 acres ad-
joining belonging TO Sherman e. Co.
making strip of land twelve miles in
length in the San Francisco and Fri
jolcs Valleys and takes in the Frijoles
sulch. Surveyors are now on the
ground and within twenty days ma
chincry will be at hand for use in sink
ing wells. If oil Is found 1t will he
pipcd TO Trinidad and from there dis
tr.buted TO different parts of the coun-
try. The geologist who for the com
pany has been making investigations
In different parts Of the state for four
years. las had an interesting search
AoA "a bA~l4i iiplil Which VII 'ouli
taken in paying volume. He located II
quantity al Green Horn mountain, but
not sufficient to warrant operations. He
is said to have stakcd his reputation on
the statement that the tract which tho
United company has practically COB
bled up covers a mighty basin which
Will yield In great abundance.
A dispatch from Las Vegas says:
The first reunion Of Kooscveit's
Rough Riders Association. beginning
on June 2ith, will be held nj this
place. II promises to be n success.
business men and citizens are banded
together in an organization pledged to
make the occasion ail that the most
exactiDg rider could expect. Las
Vegas figures only as an entertainer
on this occasion. The reunion details
are under the auspices of Roosevelt's i
Rough Riders Association, which was
organized al Moniauk Point upon re-
turn OF the regiment from Cuba last
year. or this association Major a. q.
Brodic Of Briggs. Arizona. Is president
and Lieutenant j. l.. Carter of Pres
colt. Arlzonn. Is secretary. Captain
| W. II. II. Llcwellyn OF Las Cruces.
New Mexico, is chairman of the stand
ing executive committee. The nssO-
clatiOn has announced that It will
have fifty invited guests. all OF more
or less prominence throughout the
| United States. OF course the star
figure In the asscmblnge of western
riders will bc Governor Roosevelt. for
he has virtually promised to he here.
The association has sent word that II
Will invite Senators Chaunccy NJ. De.
pew md Thomas &. I'intt of New
York to accompany the governor. The
date Of June 9th set for the opening
has reference to the regiments wOrl;
at I.ns Gunsimns. SO determined were
the riders 10 meet on the anniversary
OF their first fight that the fnct tlni
Sunday intcrvenes In the four dnys
outlined did not deter them. Lns
Vegas will entertain them Mt church
on the morning Of their second dny
here. While the committees liavt
not fully determined ns to the chnr
meter Of the entertainment u IL ns
surcd TINT the New Mexico NntIonn
Guard will meet the Rough Riders In
camp here. The guard IL well organ
izcd under COypvliOr NJ A. Otern (,nin