Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-29
THE STORY
IS NOT TRUE
: SENSATIONAL YARN FR0M
DILLON rs DENIED BY IN
TERESlED PARTIES.
JACK CUSlCK WAS
NOT TIED TO TREE,
II Is Claimed that the Ten Employed
at the Pclaris Received Their
Wages.

A runor originating at D%lon. which
.Ga;nej wide publicity, that j. J. Cusick
had t2en pouuc6d upon by Il number of
enraeed miners at the Polaris mine and
tied 10 a tree. where ne was kept as a
hostage. is refuted by eN- Governor Rick
ards and Carlisle Mason. of his city.
Both of these gentlemen have been in t2l-
eph9nic communication with Cusicl1 this
morning. and declare that the facts are
vastly different from the distorted story
which received so much credence.
According 10 the accounts received
from a person who claimed to have been
at the mine when the occurrence took
place, it was said that the Polar!s mine
deal had ended ingloriouly. 1t was claim
ed that the wages Of the miners amounted
to 81, 600, and hat on the failure of Gus
lex TO pay this amount he was held for
ransom. 1t is true that Sheriff Padley
went to the mine this morning. simply
because the rumor was called to his no.
tice and he concluded that it would be
best for him to make an investigation.
Las week Mr.. Cusick. who is manas-
er of the Polaris mine came to Butts,
with the intention of taking the pay
of the miners back with him." said Car
Isle Mason. today. w did not think it
advisable for him to carry so large a sum
as $1,000 on his person. since he would
have to drive 80 miles to the mine. After
a consultation with Governor Richards
We decided to issue time checks on the
First National bank of Dillon, and noti-
fed that bank to honor the checks. The
arrangement was that when enough
checks We're honored, the bank was to
call on Governor Richards here for the
amount.
"Cusick went to the mine, and finding
that a majority of the miners We're no,
attending to their duties as they should.
gave them the checks and discharged
them, the number Of employees being %
IN all. They made a row over the checks
and declared that they were worthless.
Rather than have any argument about
the matter, Mr.. Cusick explained the
matter to a merchant of Dillon. named
H. F. Jackson, who issued his personal
check to the men for the full amount.
That settled the whole trouble.
" have plenty Of honey in bank
here, and the fact that such men as
Governor Richards and John MacGinnis
are interested in the mine ought to be
enough to convince anybody that the
miners need have had no fears about re-
ceiving their pay.
Sheriff Padley, I understand, went to
the scene of the alleged outrage on the
strength Of the rumors that We're cir
culated in Dillon. He found that every
thing was all right and his mission must
have proved fruitiess."
The story has caused Ex-Governor
Richards a good deal of annoyance and
he was outspoken~ regarding it.
Il cannot corrective how such a story
should have been circulated other than
by some thoughtless or malicious per
son." he said. The men have been paid
right along, and the mine is still being
worked. Mr.. Cusick. l am informed,
after settling with the men. ret several
of them so back to work, and hired ad-
dttional miners, SO that the output will
not be reduced. such stories as these
are very annoying to me. Why, if it had
been true that Mr.. Cusick was tied to a
tree. it would have been a htgh-handed
outrage, deserving of the severast pun
ishment.'