Gilpin observer., 1899-06-08

placed IN COLORADO waters during the
past nine months. the fish that have
matured 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-pound-
ers. The railroad employees declare
that the supply in the Gunnison is
greater than 1t has been since the city
sportsmen first devastated the stream
by continuous fishing. The Big Thomp-
son, the st. Vrain, the Frying Pan and
the Arkansas near it's mountain
sources, the Platte, are all well popu-
lated with speckled beauties.
The state convention of the Chris
tian Endeavor Union of Colorado met
at Greeley on the 2nd. In his address
to the convention Mr.. Sweet, state
president, said: I'm this state, where
loose ideas prevail regarding the sane
tity Of the Sabbath, and where our
Legislature will dare insult the decent
people of the state by the passage Of
bill leagalizing prize fighting, we need
men who will not bow the knee nor
cringe before goddess press, or a
powerful political party-men who will
not be allured by the enticements Of
political preferment, honor, fame or
fortune, attained at the expense of
righteousness and the moral welfare of
the people," That the convention was
in full accord with the sentiments ex-
pressed by Mr.. Sweet was evidenced
by the adoption Of a resolution pre-
sented by Mr.. Cassiday of Boulder as
follows: ITO His EXcellency, Hon.
Charles s. Thomas, Governor of Colo
rado: At meeting of the members
Of Colorado Society of Y. p. s. G. E.,
held June 3, 1899, it was resolved that
we as body respectfully petition your
excellency that in case you call spe-
cial session of the Legislature you
will include in the call the considera-
ton of the question of the repeal of
House Bill No. 191 of the Twelfth Gen
eral Assembly, entitled, An act in re-
lation to prize fighting and sparring
exhibitions approved April 6, 1890"
The American Smelling and Refining
Company has notified it's employees
that an advance of 10 per cent will be
made in all wages, to commence with
June 1st. This action has been under
consideration ever since the organiza-
tion OF the company, and the discus
sion of the etght-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
ern managers. The matter was defin-
itely settled yesterday by instructions
from New York directing a 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 DO 20 IN no mora than Ok oontc nor
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 25 cents per day, the men to
be paid by the hour ana privileged to
work eight. ten or twelve hours. as
they may choose, but in no event Ito be
required to work more than eight
hours, except in cases of emergency.
Notices to this effect will be sent to the
works at Pueblo in few days. AT the
Argo works similar notices are to be
given in relation to work by the hour,
but there will be no change in the rate
OF wages, as there has never been a
reduction since the smelter was built.
twenty years ago. the company paying
the same rate throughout the panic of
1898. when reductions were made in
all the other smelters. and in nearly
NIL other branches Of business. IAN in
crease In wages. averaging Is per cent.
and affecting 125 men. was announced
to-day by the Colorado Philadelphia
Reduction COMPANY. whose plant Is Mt
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. Htr u.
The oil interests of the United States
ere closely watching a movement
which mas been taking shape at Trinl-
dad for some time and which is likely
to culminate in active operations in
wide field adjacent to Trinidad. The
United Oil Company Of Denver, which
operates the field at Florence. has
closed several deals in Las Animas
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
agitated in the same locality, but not
until the last few months has anything
been done that looked like 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 be 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