Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-20
Threatened Outcome of the
GOldWater Store Trouble.
CHANGED THEIR MINDS
We're Going to Appeal to Russian
Minister for ProtectiOn-Decided
to Close at s O'clock.

The Goldwater clothing company, the
east Park street concern which has been
keeping open after s O'clock gay up it's
fight against the clerks assembly this
morning, and agreed to close at s o'clock
in the future. fThereg Is a string to the
agreement, however, and that string is a
provision that a competitors store sew
eral doors east of their place be kept
closed. also. This the representatives Of
the union promised to do, n the excit-
ing scenes of last night will not be re-en-
acted in front of the store this evening.
Possibly the competitor down the street,
jealous of the free advertising the Gold
water concern is receiving, will keep open
and attract the attention of the crowd. In
that case Goldwater will also open the
doors of his place.
Goldwater told a reporter for the Inter
Mountain this morning that he proposed
to make an international affair of the
boycott against his store. His mother,
who encountered the walking delegates
yesterday is the owner of the store. The
discovery was made last night that she is
not a citizen of the United States, but a
subject of his majesty, the Emperor of
Russit She proposed to appeal to the
Russian minister at Washington for pro-
lection. The union proposed to arrest
Goldwater for alleged violation of the
second hand ordinance which provides
that all dealers in second land goods
must close their places of business at 6
o'clock. The license is issued in the name
of Mr.. Goldwater, who is his Wife's agent.
The warrant would necessarily have to
be made out for the arrest of the hus-
band. The plan was that the husband
should go to jail and then sue the city
for the Imprisonment. By this plan Gold
water proposed to make the light against
him an international affair, call the fed
eral governments attention to it, shift it
=. to the shoulders of diplomats. and possi-
bly, receive an indemnity for languishing
in durance vile.
In the meantime the union leaders got
wind of the plan and no warrant was is
sued for Goldwater's arrest.
About noOn Goldwater and the dele
gates held a conference and he agreed to
close at 6 O'Clock providing his competi-
tor on the same street would close also,
in consequence of which the great white
car will probably never hear of the early
closing movement in Butte.
About $50 o'clock last night a crowd of
fully 1000 men gathered in East Park
street in front of GoldWater's place. On
the sidewalk were O'Brien and Vandug-
heart, the walking delegates who had en-
countered Mrs. Goldwater during the
day. The delegates would occasionally
say something and union men in the
crowd would yell "scab! scab!" Finally
GOldWater turned a hose on the crowd.
Several men We're drenched the
crowd, for the moment, was dispersed,
but the the water was turned off
1t was as large as before. The two dele
gates We're arrested for o%bstructing the
sidewalk. We're taken to the city Jail and
released on 500 bonds. Peter Breen APP
peared for them in police court this
morning. He entered a plea o f not guilty
and asked the Judge to reduce the bond.
Judge Sullivan liked the bond at $50 each.
The case will be heard Tuesday.