The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-10-13
What He Says Anent the Great
State of Montana.
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BUTTE CITY
Anaconda is the Home of Many
Sons of Hibernia.

In my last letter promised to write
you from some city in Montana, on
my homeward trip, and here goes from
Butte. Although l have visited and
finished up business in several other
towns ahead, Butte is very central i'll
those Montana cities.
This is most truly Il marvel of city,
and as sure as / live, l have never
met such q place in all my existence.
Come into Butte or fall out of the sky
into it ut "the dead hour of night" say
between the hours of II and 1, and you
could not believe your own eyes. You
would be so bewildered ut the change
from almost any other city in the
world. Here you will find ut any hour
of the night or morning, the hotels,
restaurants, saloons, etc, in wide open
session. The places are all as filled
with human beings as the hottest city,
county, state, or national convention
hall. All this is accounted for in a
nutshell The 10000 miners, the eight
hour Shifts" the different mines, the
different hours, and the different pay
days-one every other day in the
month-keep the whole people on the
alert all the time, day and night, and
Sunday just the same. There is one
million dollars per month paid to the
boys here. Miners get $3.50 per day,
and all others get $500 for eight hours.
Bricllayers get 5000 per day, stone
nasons and stone cutters the same,
and plumbers S1.OO per hour. All other
skilled labor is in proportion. That
this is the best paid labor town in
A 10 r.
pute. l have traversed and seen with
ground, and talk about SolOmon's
wealth!-it is not Sin it, compared
with the wealth of Butte, Montana.
Here is the richest mining camp in
the world, without any doubt, with a
capital of $10O,OOO,OO invested for
development in one single company.
And there is as much more in all the
other different enterprises Solid noun
tains of copper, proven by the most
trustworthy mining experts i'll the
world, to be good for one hundred
years to come, to say tile very least.
Here can be seen scores of poor
prospectors taking up paying mineral
from their own little back yards. In
fact, you can see the very sand gilt
tcring with particles of gold and silver
on bright, s,lnshiny day, especially
after heavy rain, anywhere you walk
i'll the low lands or ravines. Marcus
DAILY and his wonderful company. and
w. A. Clarke the great multi-millon-
aire, control the largest mines here, of
course. Butte has about 10000 inhabi-
tants and it would seem as tho they
were all verylivc people. have heard
people remark, who have travelled all
over the earth, that Butte is the big
gest town for it's size in all the world.
You can hardly move on streets or
sidewalks, they are all SO full of peo-
pie, mostly males, and all able-bodied
men at that.
l attended three different political
meetings here last night. and looked in
at one ball, and it was Il sight. l have
seen charity balls in st. Paul and Min
neapolis, and they are always consid-
cred the SWEETEST affairs gotten up in
the Twin Cities, but citizen of Butte
told me that the dresses cost about
$4,000.
had the honor of meeting Gov.
Toole, Hon. James Donovan, w. A.
Clarke, Mayor Mccarthy, d. J. Hen
messy and other gentlemen Of note in
national and state politics.
The principal Catholic Church here
is like cathedral and has a seating
capacity of 1900. 1t holds 1,GOO and is
always filled on Sunday. l attended
High Mass there today, and got those
figures from Father Harrington. There
are six masses on Sunday, and each
mass has an average Of 1,5OO in attend
nnce The parish has 10000 commune
cants. The pastor is Rev. FIR. De
Siere, and the name Of the church IL
st. Patrick's. The assistants are:
Father Harrington, FIR. English, Fa-
ther McGlenn and Fr. Callaghan. They
are now about to hold fair to liqui-
date debt of few thousand dollars
which the parish owes for building a
fine new parochial residence, and the
fair will be in full blast as this paper
reaches Butte.
have met many friends of the Irish
Standard, among them being: John
O'Mara, Jerry Cooney, Hon. James
Gillette, Rev. l.. De Siere, Mayor Nc
earthly, D. J. Hennessy, Dan Drew,
Jerry Mullins, L. Duggan, John Ferns,
Con Kelly, j. r. Murphy, Tom Dris.
coll, j. Harrington, D. Hanley, Pat
Riley, A. Thomas, p. II. Boland, NJ.
O'Leary, r. Leimbach, p. ]. Lally,
O'Connor & Doyle, J. ]. Callahan, Mrs.
p. Harrington, T. s. Killgallon, ]. J.
Grogan, Denis Lynch, M. T. Leary,
Tom Hagerty, John McIlenna, J. NJ
Kelly, H. d. Cornell, P. Cuddihy, Jas
Berry, P. B. Keaney, J. Il. Lee, P. J.
Doherty, John Leyden, D. P. Sullivan
7. McGrath, I. Madigan, Tim Coghlin
J. J. Holland, Jas, Kelly, Dan Sexton
Pat Conlin, P. ]. Sullivan, J. ]. Grant
Pat Leggins, Sheriff Regain, Deeny &
Williams, 2. II. O'.roole, NJ. r. Tor,
pey, Mark McEllistrom, M. B. Burke
A. Buzzette, NJ. j. Murphy, Mic. Dun
ply, M. O'Meara,r ID. O'Brien, Franl,
O'Connor, j. J. Murphy, w. D. Clarke
w. Fl. Dayy, Dan. Tewey, NJ. Canton
Dan McGushin, p. Hyland, L. Null
doom, NJ. M. Donohue, Maurice Hart
nell, Mr.. and Mrs. Sinnott, L. Ken
neatly, and many more that am sorry
can't remember now, but may think
of later &
Now / must say a few words about
Anaconda, where. I spent eleven day.
continuously, interviewing numerous
friends and subscribers. oh, but thil
Is an Irish town! The good pastor Of
one Of the churches 10 not exactly AZ