The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-25
MINERS UNION
TAKES A HAND
Possible Solution Of the Trouble
in Montana.
BANKERS CONE TO RESCUE
JUDGE CLANCY GUARDED BY Of
FICERs.
BANKERS CONE TO RESCUE

mated Copper situation today
when proposition was made by the
Miners union to John MacGinniss. vice
president Of the United Copper com
pany and his associates connected
with the Montana ore Purchasing COM
pany. to purchase their stock i'm the
Boston e. Montana company. The
union would then dismiss the proceed
ings against the Boston & Montana
company to the end that there would
be general resumption of the Anal
gamated mines, shelters and various
other plants throughout the state Of
Montana.
At special meeting Of the union.
q which about 5000 miners Wee i'm
attendance, il was decided to offer Mac
Ginniss and Forester $500 a share for
their one hundred shares Of the BOs-
ton & Montana stock a similar Of
fer was made for the one hundred
shares Of stock MACHINES and Tamm
hold in the Parrot Copper & Silver
Mining company at a rate not TO eX-
coed 500 a share.
offer to Buy Stock.
United States Senator Clark A. J.
Davis. acting i'm behalf of the First
National bank. and John d. Ryan.
president of the DAILY Bank and Trust
company, Joined in a COmmuniCa ton
10 the Miners union, under date OF
oct -. Offering 10 furnish the organ
ization sufficient money to purchase
the stock at the figures stated. They
srreed TO hold the stock only as Sc
CuTity for the money advanced and viii
rot ask the union to pay any def
cheney arising from the sale Of the
stock or any interest on the money
invested.
Members OF the Miners union figure
that the purchase OF the MacGinniss-
Forester-Lamm stock will Immediately
set at rest all talk OF shutdown for
an Indefinite period. The shares they
hold i'm the two companies were the
cause of the general suspension OF
work I'm the Amalgamated mines,
Judge ClanCy's injunction order hay
ing the effect Of preventing the lat
ter company from voting their stock
OF the Boston q Montana company and
the Parrott company.
At the close Of the meeting COM
mittee. consisting Of Ed Long. presi-
dent OF the union; Daniel Donovan,
secretary: John Snea. finaTcial secre-
tary. p. j. Nugent and Jerry O'Neill,
proceeded at once Co lay the prOpO-
L sitiOn before Mr.. MaCGnnis. He
i could not however. be located. and
though diliECut inquiry was made al
his house and his offices, his where
sbouts. up TO "a late hour tonight, could
not be ascertained.
Address in the Street.
Thousands of men stood in front Of
the Miners Union hall all the after
room, awaiting developments. IT was
thought there would be an open sir
meeting but none was held. After
the executive session inside the hall
President Long made q short address
10 the crowd in the street. He said
ne felt certain that the trouble would
be settled within the next twenty-fOur
hours and advised the miners to be
on hand tonight with their dinner
buckets.
During the afternoon "a circular was
distributed on the streets and among
the miners attending the meeting. tell
!ng Of a move being made in Colo
RADIO 20 throw 10000 men out Of work
No one but men holding cards in the
Miners union were permitted to enter
the hall. What transpired at the meet
Ing was only known 80 members Of. the
organization. as the session was q Sc
cret one. except what Information was
u given out after adjournment. The first
matter TO come before the meeting was
the proposition Of Senator Clark and
the local banks to furnish money FOR
the purchase Of the MacGinniss stock.
The offer was accepted with little or
no opposition.
a resolution was passed suggesting
the need OF adequate laws TO meet
emergencies such as now confront the
people of Butte and the entire state
reference IS also made in the resOlU-
tion. 10 the judicial officers Of Silver
Bow county. whom the resolution aC-
Cuses Of bias and prejudice i'm favor OF
one Of the principal parties 10 numer-
Gus suits involving millions Of dollars.
Petition to Governor.
In conclusion the union calls upon
Governor TOole to convene an extraOr-
binary session Of the legislature for the
purpose of enacting legislation that
HiI correct the evils mentioned. as
b WeE as for the purpose of trying and
\ impeaching any public officer in the
state who may be proven guilty Of mall
feasanCe ia office
The resolution that created the sem
Eation Of the day and which was
adoptpd without a dissenting vote was
the one Directing TO the establishment
or free soup houses for the benefit OF
idle miners. as was suggested by prom
fnent officials of the city.
Judge William Clancy was severely
criticised I'm the concluding passages Of
the resolution reference being made
10 the statement made by Clancy yes
ferday in court to the amdlE2mated at
forneys that his return to the city de-
pended largely on his success attend
ing his efforts 10 kill n bull elk and n
Few rabbits in the face Of the present
situation The meeting was orderly
throughout.
MACHINES and Forester bought
their stock i'm the Boston & Montana
and Parrot companies three years ago.
the Boston e Montana shares costing
sl16 each At the present time. though
not listed. the same stock commands In
the neighborhood Of 1885. Their hold
ings constitute one-ffteeuth Of one per
cent % the whole.
r Augustus HeiuZe refuses 20 make
any expression as 70 the offer Of the
Miners union at the present time,
though he said he might later in the
night. 81 he could locate MacGinniss,
say something on the matter
4 Protection For Clancy.
Judge Clancy. by whose decision it
was that the mines Of Butte are tied
up. appeared on the street this morn
fnE guarded by two deputy sheriffs
with two others in the rear. tt is said
Judge Clancy fears violence. Attor-
news for the Amalgamated Copper
company requested Judge Clancy 10
expedite matters On order 10 allow the
case TO get 10 the supremei court by
hearing their arguments Oni the Objec-
tions I'm the bond to be given in the
MacGinniss Injunction which shut the
Boston q Montana down. Jh1dgc Clancy
said ne was too busy to take the mat
ter up AZ present.
a notice Of appeal to the supreme
Continued on Pagt two