Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-28
Serious Trouble Expected When
the Army Of Idle Miners Gets
Hungry.
SPECIAL POLICE ON GUARD.
Request Governor to Call an Extra Ses-
sion of the Legislature to Remedy
Present State of Affairs.
SCALLON SCORES F. AUG. HEINzE

Butte, Mont, Oct. 27.-All chance O.
an immediate settlement i'll the war be
tween the big copper interests composed
of the Amalgamated Copper company ~
one side and f. Augustus Heinze on thu
other was dispelled in statement issues
Monday night by President William
Scallon, head Of the Amalgamated Cop
per interests i'll Montana.
Close Saloons and Gambling Houses.
The authorities are taking every pre-
caution to prevent any disorder and !
small army of special police will soon b'
on duty. The saloons and gambling
houses of the city will be closed at once
The officials of the city, though they have
everything under control now, fear thu
result when an army Of idle men such 4!
is al the present tr,,verSinG the streets o.
the city grows hungry.
Mr.. Scallon's statement followed P-o
posal made by HeinZe to q mass meetln:
stated he would receive any proposition
from the miners union looking to sci
Element of the present trouble and Woui'
in return state his position.
Statement of President Scallon.
The statement says that should he il
his proposition be accepted it would meal
the distribution among Heinze and hi
associates Of property worth ISL, 900
and continues:
Before the clerk Of the supreme court j
1900 Mr. HeinZe. upon his oath, testlhet
that his thirtyone thirty sixths interest:
in the Nipper was worth 100000. If hi
statement under oath was anywhere true
it would follow that according to Mr.
HeinZe, sworn testimony, he would get Il
addition to the enormous sums above men
toned, an interest worth, according to hin
$S0S, 40
But there is something more importan
yet involved in his conditions. He mus
get deeds from the Anaconda and Parrot
companies assuring him title to all thu
veins and ore bodies within the Nippel
claim; in other words, granting to him all he
claims under the Nipper title. Under tina
he could lay claim tic Il large portion of tnt
Neversweat and parrott mines. The value
of the property which Mr.. Heinze thus
covertly seeks to obtain by this offer con
not be stated offhand but it is enormous
For his little 100 shares of Boston and
Montana stock and his eighty shares Ct
Parrot stock. MacGinnis, HeinZe x Com
pany would get millions of dollars. Note
also that tie market value of the MacGin
mis- stock, judging from the present quota
tions of the Amalgamated and Parrot. is
less than MacGinnis paid for it. These
figures were, of course, not explained OIL
stated by Mr.. Heinze in his printed offer
In addition to that he makes another con
dltlon which Is equally an insult to the
miners, union, as well as to myself. He re
cures the miners union to obtain from Mr.
Scallon and Mr.. Rogers an agreement thai
the Amalgamated properties shall be
worked continuously for one year and thai
wages shall not be cut for three wears. rs
though the minter's union needed any whir
or driving by Mr.. Heinze to protect theil
rights. and as though there was any danger
or thought on their part of an danger or rs
though they needed this self constituted
protector.
think the miners union know they dc
not need his protection. / think they know
that thelr wages are not i'll danger fol
three years or at all. Neither Mr. Rogers
nor myself would stand for any cut OF