The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-11-28

The idle rumor that the trouble between
the Teamstcrs' union aud Theodore Hen
messy. contractor for the ore hauling OF
the Butte Boston company would cause
a shutdown of the concentration and throw
number of men out of employment is
ilaily denied this morning.
Ii is well known that the company can
get all the teams IL wants and that they
have no cause or right to interfere be-
tween Contractor llcnnessy and his men.
That IL matter 10 he settled by the team
stcrs and Mr.. licnncssy and has no con-
ncc,ion whatever with the company.
An official Of the liutte x Boston COM
pany Is authority for the statement that
the cone. .nirator is not closed down on
account OF any trouble between the con-
tractor and his men. 1t is a simple mat
ter To procure other contractors or the
work could he performed by the company.
Strike Is Of No Effect
we have troubles Of our own and have
no intention OF desire to settle the rights
or wrongs OF other people, and YOU can
say positively that the tcamstcrs' strike
will have no effect whatever on the smeter
or mines oi the company" SAID an official
Of the Butte 4 Boston today. III we arc
never confronted with any more serious
trouble than the present the company will
indeed be fortunate"
1t is certain that not a man will lose a
single shifts work ON account Of the
strike and the matter of the strike will
be adjusted, if adjusted at all, by and be-
tween Mr. llcnncssy and his men.
The rumor is thai the whole matter will
be arranged amcaby in day or two and
that the men will return Ia ,u,,L Iht.
may be true or untrue. but in any case
the strike will affect but few men. and
there IL absolutely no possibility for it 10
in any way interfere with any of the
| other unions in Butte.
Hendricks Statement.
Mack Hendricks business agent Of the
Teamsters' union, made the following
statement relating to the matter today:
"As 10 the claim Of Theodore Iicnnessy
that he is paying more than the Teamsters'
union scale, he never did, and is not pay
ing more than the scale. The scale is So
Tor two-horsc team and an addition Of so
cents a day for each additional two horses
That would make $3.50 for four horse
team and 81 for "A six-horsc team. Mr..
Hennessy has never complied with this
scale of wages.
Tho statement appearing in the MORN
ing papers that the action Of the Team.
stcrs' union would work hardship on thu
mining companies and some Of their en-
ployes is misleading because the union
have offered to supply the four horses
necessary to transport the ore from tho
bins 10 the smcltcr. The union is now
ready and willing 10 furnish the horses to
do this work equally as well as those OF
| Theodore IIcnnessy"
Thus il will appear that there is no cause
for fear that the earth will not continue to
| roll around in space in It's usual methods
cal manner because OF the fact that MIR.
| Theodore llcnnessy and two Of his team
sters do not mutually agree upon terms Of
hire.
What the Trouble Is.
II seems that the trouble is more than
year old and dates from the time that
| Mr.. 1ennessy ordered a walking delegate
or business agent out of his barn. The
union at that time assessed him with a
fine Of $Ioo for his little turn with the
delegate, and this fine the contractor has
stcadfastly refused to pay
1t seems that the grievance has been
kept alive, and came to final decision
at meeting Of the Mill and Smelter-
mems union last Saturday night, when it
was decided that unless Mr.. Hennessy
settled up he should be declared unfair.