The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-16

conaa were probably on their knees
praying for the safety of their hus-
bands, not knowing the meaning Of
the whistles, but naturally supposing
it to be dire disaster.
In these days it is customary to
speak of all great captains in any
line as Napoleons. 1t is safe to say
Daily never knew much of Napoleon s
strong characteristics. He believed in
keeping the top places for the men
who won their spurs under him in the
great Industrial army of which he
was the captain. He never rewarded
anybody because they happened to
nave pull" You had to win dis
tinction in his corps through your
own efforts, and then, even though
you were the lowest private in the
ranks. If you showed an aptitude in
any line or happened to attract his
attention you were promoted and if
deserving, eventually sent away to
some mining school at Days expense
in order to be fitted for something
higher. He seemed to like courage
GUS. self-reliant men. A witty an
swer often brought instant reward. A
little school urchin once met him as
he was descending the great Butte
hill to take his Anaconda train. The
little fellow asked him for something
to do. The "Old Man." as he was af-
fectiOnately known to his $1,000 work
men, looked down at the slight frame,
but confident face of the little fellow,
and sarcastically said: What can You
do? Can you push carp mean
ing car of ore, which required the
efforts of vigorous man. eyes," said
the youngster, smiling, IF it is
empty" The boy had won the day.
Go up and tell them to put you to
work-at anything" said DAILY. II
guess you're all right" That young
man is now member of the legal de-
partment of the Anaconda Copper
company.
One day one of the miners was do
ing an important piece of develop
ment work in one of the mines. Daily
came along in his miners garb. He
was in an aggressive mood and pro-
ceeded to tell the miner that he was
wasting his time uoing the work ana
did not have the correct theory of the
pitch of the vein. The miner, much to
Days establishment, insisted that
Daily was wrong. A warm discussion
ensued, but the miner appeared ID
have the better of the argument. The
shift foreman afterward spoke to the
thought the miner was right. II
know he is. said Daily, but he would
have lost all respect for me if he
thought he had convinced me- Be-
sides, | wanted to see how much he
knew Afterward DAILY kept watch
of his man, and promoted him to one
of the bg-salaried positions on the
hill, and made him one of his trust
ed lieutenants.
He was always popular with his
men. His aspirations were their as
pirations. | do not believe the court
records of Montana will show that his
name ever figured in more than half
a dozen law suits, notwithstanding
his extensive interests, until a year
before his death. when he amalgamat
ed all his interests with the Rookie
fellers and H. H. Rogers. The Roths
childs of England had previously
bought into the properties heavily,
after thorough investigation. DAILY
wanted American capital with him
in the majority control, and it re-
quired enormous capital. One hun
dred million dollars are said to he
represented in these mines at the
present time. When these negotia
tions were first preached, numerous
suits were filed against Daily and his
friends by Augustus Heinze, another
large operator, in the endeavOr to
prevent the contamination of this
deal, and these actions are still pend.
ing. His miners received the high
est wages paid miners anywhere. He
always fought other operators in diff
ferent attempts to combine in wage
reductions, claiming that the occupa
lions of the miners were hazardous
and that as miner he had known
personally of the hardships they en-.
dured. The families of men killed
or injured in his properties were al.
ways handsomely provided for. His
generosity was, in fact, princely. He
used to tell how. when he walked
along the streets, he would meet old
miners that he had known in early
days, who had been less fortunate
than himself. and who always seemed
in doubt whether to approach him