The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-16

carried the ore. Brigham Youngs
narrowgague from Salt Lake south
supplied rolling stock. The prophets
former private car carried alike miner
schemer and capitalist to the booming
camp. In a year the road repaid its
cost. But the smelter barely held its
own. The Rossland ores were in the
worst degree refractory and cost end
less experimenting ere they yielded
their treasures.
Then trouble commenced in Butte
Report said Heinze was losing money
in British Columbia and was badly tied
up. Litigation that threatened his
Butte holdings was pregnant. 1t was
intended 10 crush Heinze while
involved across the border. He sought
and lost a cash subsidy from the Otta-
wa government to aid in building a
hundred miles of new railway that
would open 100000 square miles of new
country. This angered the Canadian
Pacific. He was encroaching on their
domain, and taking their perquisites.
They threatened to cut off his ship
ments, to parallel his road and ruin
his smelter by making lower rates
elsewhere. Heinze's horizon grew shad-
owed. The attack came on all sides. A
trusted engineer treacherously joined
his enemies and carried plans of
Heinze's mines. All success breeds
some jealousy. Heinzes meteoric rise
had left trail of sparks which burn
ed and SCARED. Yet in spite of it all
that could be done against him he sold
his railway and smelter to the Cana
dian Pacific Company at a profit of
100000. Then he came to Butte and
the copper war was on.
President Bigelow of the big Bos-
ton and Montana, accused Heinze of
mining in that company's ground and
stealing their ore. This was the treach-
cry of the engineer. Heinze denied the
charge. Then, with impressive mein,
Bigeow threatened immediate suit
for 100000. In Boston that would
have been very effective, but in the
rarefied air of Butte it's force became
dissipated Heinze replied:
IF you do Mr.. BigeloW I'll involve
every mine in Butrs in litiga ton"
Bigelow sued and Heinze kept his
word. There are seventy-two cases
now pending in Montana courts I'm
til 1899 the fight was purely local; New
York had but passing interest. Heinze
admitted dividends OF 100000 per an
mum, and used as much more in legal
expenses that he omitted in annual
statement. In 1899, the AmalgamaIted
Copper Company incorporated for $751;
100000 and took over Days Anaconda
properties and some smaller mines.
fNOCheLellGT name anu the DdchlnR
the City Bank of New York assured
confidence and the stock was five times
over subscribed. BY purchase the
Amalgamated became a party to the
litigation Later the Michael Davitt,
claimed by both Heinze and Anal
gamated, reached the Supreme Court
and the court compelled Heinze to fur
nish bonds to the amount of $685. 900.
The Amalgamated placed a double hur-
die with a ditch between. But Heinze
found the bonds and the Amalgarlated
absorbed Boston and Montana and is
sued eighty millions more stock to pay
for it. At the rate of production then
the Boston and Montana could pay div
idends of Z per cent. on the whole $780,
600, 900 of the Amalgamated and their
stock reached 1870. But Heinze had
been shutting a brand-new deck in
Montana, and political campaign was
on, with the election of two county
Judges as the prizes. After fight in
which every vote was bitterly fought
for. Heinze's judges were elected by
handsome pluralties. Then the Anal
gamated carried the fight to Legisla-
ture, where they sought by special leg
islation to move the cases to other
counties, but Henze outgeneraled
them and the Governors vote ended
that phase.
Then followed an injunction secured
by John MacGinnis, Heinze's manager.