Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21
THE PEOPLE
PROTEST
Against the Dry Goods Stores
of the City
BEING OPENED MONDAY
Preparations Nearly Completed for
the Reception of the
Soldiers.
BEING OPENED MONDAY

keep open Monday has raised a storm of
protests all over the city, and the ad-
visibility of holding a meeting to voice
the sentiment of the community has
been seriously considered. The general
feeling is that the dry goods people are
not doing the right thing, and tina their
action will detract from the success of
the celebration.
The employees of the stores have been
looking forward to participating in the
parade and lar of the ladies on the
various committees are employed at the
dry goods stores. The action of the
stores will thus seriously conflict with
the arrangements made for the proper
reception of the soldier boys, and will en-
tirely ignore the wishes of the commit
tee of arrangements and the mayors
proclamation.
1t is believed that this sentiment will
result in the loss of much trade to the
! dry goods concerns instead of being a
benefit. 1t is due to the clerks, the COM
mittees and the soldiers tina they show
! some consideration and make some
change in their plans by which the stores
can be closed for at least part of the
day. So for as the expenses are con-
cerned the firms. it is believed, will be
large gamers by an increased trade be-
fore and after the parade and during
next week. Many of the visitors to the
city have had their tickets extended and
will remains in the city several days.
The hope is generally expressed
throughout the city that the dry goods
people will reconsider their action. The
stores could be opened in the morning
and closed until after the exercises. SO
far as learned all the banks, grocery
stores and other business houses outside
of the dry goods stores will be closed
during the day. and in fact many of the
dry goods houses have already signified
their intention of closing whether the
others do or not. The D. J. Hennessy !
Mercantile company is heartily in favor ,
of closing for the day, but if the other
large stores remain open this firm will
also be compelled to keep open.
Mayor Mccarthy was Interviewed this
morning by Boyd Dickinson. walking
delegate of the Clerks Protective union.
The object of Mr.. D~.ckinson's visit to
the city hall was to bring municipal in
fluence to bear on the merchants of the
city. to induce them to close their places
of business all day Monday.
a first il Was understood that all Of
the merchants would close" said Dele
gate Dickinson. ''bu: now it is proposed
that the stores shall be kept open. II
you can do anything for us, it will be
greatly appreciated.'
Mayor Mccarthy replied that he had
no authority whatever in the premises.
y issued a proclamation several days
ago. said he, requesting all places of
business to close. Further than that I
can do nothing. Personally, | would like
to see the day observed generally as a
halliday haYalISa= II ic fhn y a oct a,-a,
ever occurring since Montana became a
state
At a meeting Of advance visitors from.
Great Falls, held in the city this morn
ing, it was decided that the members of
the company from that city would be
pleased If a committee of ladies from
hat city should be selected to pin the
medals Of honor to their breasts. Ac-
cordingly, Mesdames John w. tanton,
c. c. Cochrane. G. o. Mcfarland, F. c..
Pierce, E. b. Weirick, \. c. Praul, NJ. s.
Burns, Sam McMurran, j.. w. Cornelius,
J. F Fox, &c Hamilton, c. H. Repath,
and Misses GWynne and King were Sc
lected to perform this pleasant duty,
providing it interfered with no arrange
ments previously made. The matter will
probably be settled at today's meeting
of the executive committee.
The special train from Helena will
leave Helena at 6 O'clock Monday morn
iiiot aiASa ~ II AHAS ~ oOoUl y.
1t will leave late the same evening.
There will be special trains from Dill
lon, Boze.nan and Livingston Monday
morning, and in each instance a band
will accompany the specials. The Dillon
special will cave Dillon immedia tely at
ter the last section bearing the troops;
the Livingston special will leave that
place at 4:45 a. m. and will arrive in
Butte at $50; the Bozeman special will
arrive here about the same time
W. F. Noyes, George r. Davis, John NJ.
Evans and r. NJ. Campbell have been
added to the reception committee.
The special reception committee will
leave for Dillon in a special car which
will be attached to the south bound Ore
gon Short Line train, which will leave
Butte at 4:45 Sunday afternoon.
Lee Mantle, George w. irwin, T. NJ.
Hodgens, A. j. Davis, D.. ]. Hennessy,
Henry Mueller and B. F.. Calkins have
been appointed as an auditing commit
tee.
All donations of food should be lefl
either at the race track or the Armory.
All the school children of the city are
requested to turn out and AXE their
station west of the arch on both sides of
Granite street. Five thousand flags are
10 be distributed among the children.
Those who have donated milk are re-
quested to deliver it at the Armory Sun
lay morning.
The following assignment of aides is
hereby made to report for duty to their
respective masha1s at the Office OF
Senator Lee Mantle at s O'Clock Mon"
day morning. unless otherwise ordere
by their respective marshals:
To the grand marshai-COl. p. r.. Dol
man, Col. j. d. jerks, Lieut.. j. NJ. Ken