The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-24

are cauceling their orders for winter
| supplies.
AS yet no act of violence has been
reported to the police, though it is
feared some difficulty will be expert
enced in holding the big army OF min
| ers in check any length of time. To-
| night the principal streets are blocked
with Indignant miners and mutterings
| can be heard on all Sides Extra po-
| lice have been sworn in, with orders
| to prevent the gathering of large
crowds.
1t is reported that the pumps of the
Leonard mine of the Boston and Mon
tana group will suspend Should this
occur, the flooding Of the Minnie Healy
mine, yesterday awarded to +. Angus
tus Heinze by Judge Clancy, is con-
sidered inevitable, as the workings of
the two properties connect and there
is no apparent way to prevent the
drainage of the Leonard by the Minnie
Healy.
Henze Makes a Statement.
BUTTE, Mont, Oct. 23.-By the
general shutdown by the Amalgama-
ted Copper company properties last
night from $4,000 to $4,000 men are di-
rectly thrown out of employment, and
others will be indirectly affected within
week, so that the grand total will
reach 10000. The Great Northern will
lay off large portion of the freight
crews heretofore hauling ore from
Butte to the Boston & Montana smelter
at Great Falls. The Butte, Anaconda
& Pacific railway will lay off freight
crews between Butte and Anaconda. In
addition to these, numerous other en-
terpr1ses, large and small, which re-
lied upon the Amalgamated as their
chief customer will be obliged to cur
tall. In Montana alone approximately
$1,000,000 a week Is cut off the pay
rolls.
Butte streets are filed with the 1000
miners thrown out last night. Board
ing house keepers, storekeepers. etc.,
whom the miners owe, besieged the
Justice courts, seeking garnishment or
ders. The constables cannot serve the
papers fast enough and the justice
clerks are working overtime filling
them.
Out in Butte.
The actual number directly out of
employment in Butte is $500. These
include the men in the Boston & Mon
tana, the Anaconda mines. the Syndi-
cate group, the Butte & Boston mines,
the Parrotte group, the Colorado mines
the Colorado smelter, the Washoe
group and the Butte & Boston smelt-
ers.
At Anaconda, the Amalgamated en-
ployes at the lime kilns, at the silica
quarries, at the brickyards, and at the
foundry are thrown out The company
operates extensive coal mines at Dia-
mondvil1e. Wyo. While these will not
be entirely shut down, because they
supply coal to the trade as well as to
the company, the output will be limit.
ed materially.
In the vicinity Of Great Falls more
than $500 men will be affected. OF this
number 1,500 are employed In the
shelters of the Boston & Montana
company, constituent company; 500
are at Belt, where the coal mines of the
Anaconda Copper Mining company
are; between 200 and 800 are railroad
men. who handle the ore traffic be-
tween here and Butte and elsewhere.
and about 200 others are employed in
stone quarries, lumber camps and ine
miscellaneous capacities. The Boston
& Montana smelter here is the largest
industrial plant in this vicinity.
Alleged by Heinze.
F. Augustus Heinze. of the Montana
Ore Purchasing company, In a sensa-
tional statement, brands the action of
the Amalgamated as due to scheme
of II. H. Rogers and Wall street assoc
c1ates to job the prices of Amalga-
mated stock. 1.-THE Standard oil peo-
pie" he says, thought Judge Clancy
would appoint a receiver for the Bos-7
ton q Montana, and they have been
selling stocks, expecting a big drop,
and rebuying at a lower figure Clan
cy's action surprised them, and the Or 4
der to suspend followed.
. Thomas Lawson, Of Boston, one of
the chief brokers of Amalgamated stock, 4
issued bulletin there yesterday stating
that a receiver would be appointed. The
decision came to them in the nature of