The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-31
EFFORT MADE AT
ARBITRATION
Meeting Of Distinguished Com
mittes at Butte.
NOTHING DEFINITE DECIDED
MEANTIME THE MINES REMAIN
CLOSED.

Butte, Oct. S0.-Four members Of tEe
committee on mediation, who, upon the
invitation of the chamber Of commerce
of Great Falls, agreed to meet to see
what could be done towards arriving
at some solution of the Butte shut
down situation, met i'm Butte today.
The men composing the committee
are Senator w. A. Clark, President j.
j. Hill of the Great Northern railway,
Governor J. X. Toole, and Senator
Paris Gibson and Congressman Dixon.
All the members except Congressman
Dixon were present.
The mem bers of the committee " we're
the guests Of Senator Clark, and they
Iunched and dined ar his home. At
o'clock this evening f. Augustus
Heinze called at Senator Clark's house
by invitation and met the members
Of the committee. There was a cor
dial handshaking an around. The gen
tlemen of the committee were stiu SIT
ting at the table when Mr. Heinze
called. and when ne was announced the
dinner party broke up and all came
out to meet him.
Nothing Decided.
To a representative of the Associ-
ated Press Senator Clark said nothing
beyond the fact that the committee
had organized by electing Mr.. Hi
chairman of the committee had been
accomplished. The situation had been
discussed informally and the committee
wanted TO have talk with Mr.. Heinze
1 to see what could be done in fixing
up matters.
! Senator Clark said there was nothing
to give out for publication at the pres
ent time. as the committee had not de-
cided as yet on any plan of procedure
There were all sorts of rumors atiOat
/ but none of them had any foundation
. in fact. There were rumOrs that Gov
| ernor Toole had decided to call an eX-
/ ira session Of the Legislature, but this
I was only street talk.
/ Senator Gibson favored a plan to
7 have the mines start up at once. on
] the proviso that no receiver should be
Lappointed pending the determination
, of the injunction by the supreme court;
that the legislature should enact law,
in special session, legalizing the eX-
istence of the Amalsamated company
Many Street Rumors.
/ of course these are only street ru-
mOrs and nothing authentic has come
from the committee. 1t was not ex-
pected that anything official would be
announced until a late hour. Governor
TOOle. when asked as to the pro
/ gramme, said nothing had yet been
outlined and no plans had been ar
| ranged
Senator Clark later called on Gov
ernOr ToOle at the Thornton and the
| senator then drove the governor TO his
Il home A committee from the Butte
| Business Mems association called on
the senator at his home and requested
that q time be set for q conference
/ with the committee on mediation Aft
er a short stay at Senator Clarks home
the committee went 70 Senator Clark'
offices in the Miner building and i'm
mediately got down to business. Th'
committee remained in session all aft
! ernOOn in secret conference and moth
ing was given out for publication. A
o'clock the committee took recess
and at o'clock the party were TIT
guests of Senator Clark at dinner.
In the meantime Mr.. Heinze was in
vited to meet with the committee a
$3.50. AS far as known President Seal
Ion Of the Anaconda company has no
yet met the committee.
Hill Goes Home Today.
, 1t was stated that President Hill eX
; pected to go east A0morrOw.
The committee of fifteen named at tn
mass meeting held at the Auditorium
Thursday night under the auspices o
: the Trades and Labor assembly vii
probably meet Governor TOOle tomOr
row. The committee will ask Mon
tana's chief eXecut1e to call an eXtr
session of the legislature for the pur
pose of considering needed legisla
ton.
A subcommittee viii see the COVER
. nor tomorrow morning. when a dehnit
appointment is expected to be mad
J for the meeting with the general com
mittee.