The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-10-30
ABOUT THE MONTANA MINING TROUBLE

The country outside of the copper
region of Montana has heard with in
difference the noisy litigation long
carried on there between rival inter-
ests claiming ownership in the ri,h
deposits of the red metal. There have
been DEGREES and counter deerees,
charges of judicial bribery and pro-
ceedings in impeachment; but now a
decision seems to have been rendered
by a district Judge which includes al
the issues that were Joined and con-
cIudes them, being the law in the case
until it is reversed by a higher court.
As a result of this decision the par
ty adverse, which seems to have been
in control of the properties, has clos
ed them all down, throwing out Of
employment many thousands Ofm ner-
and other people supported in indus
tries collateral to copper mining, such
as timbering, quarrying limestone.
burning brick, smithing and the many
Industries necessary in the mining and
smelling Of the copper ores. This has
precipitated an industrial crisis upon
Montana, since it stops the earnings
Of the miners and the men in the i'm
pinged occupations, and by shutting
off the flow of money for the necessar-
les of life into the channels of trade
materially abridges every activity CT
the state.
Either the decision of Judge Clancy
is good law or it is not, comments the
san Francisco Gail. That ear only BE-
finally determined on appeal. To al
outsider it would seem the proper
course for both parties to the contro-
versy to ask the court to appoint a re-
ceIver to take charge of and opelat-
the property while the several riva.
interests are undergoing final judic-a.
entertainment. The law ca. es for per-
sonal and property interests in a man
ner consistent with the public peace
when it is properly invoked. Had a
receiver been asked for and appoint
ed. the hullabaloo that is heard % the
farthest parts of the republic would
not have been raised. Now, however,
the public peace is imported, and it
is not pleasant to read that the judge
who gave the decision has to have
a heavily armed bodyguard to pro-
tect him against the rage of the Idle
miners. This can only mean that
the Justices Uf the Supreme Count vii.
affirm his decision at their personal
peril, and raises a vision Of the duress
or justice in that state that will not
have a good eneet upon its future
fortunes. lI.
1t must be said for the miners that
they have oneIed to buy the stock O.
the losers in the suit who are respon
sibie Tor shutting down the mines. an
a bank has oHered to furnish the mon
ey Tor that p4rpose. The price offeI-
Ell is SoO0 psr share, the par value be-
ing $500. 10 this Mr.. HeInze has re-
piled with an oner to sell certain oI
the stock at SzU0 and $50 per share,
respectively, provided he is permittea
Il buy certain other stock at a price
fixed by himself. 1t seems, however,
that the stock he wants is the cause
of the controversy, and his offer is de
ciared to mean a surrender OF the
rights OF his rivals, which have b5eA
jucicially confirmed. So that method
OF settling the issue is abandoned.
The police and guards are beng doub-
led, and the legal authorities are TAX
ing every %precaution to protect p oper-
ty against outbreak.
Surrounding tates have an inter
est in the controversy, since it may
result in thirty thousand miners and
others engaged in related industries
leaving Montana to seek employment
in the other mining states, where the
demand is not equal to the absorption
of so much labor. 1t is held by law
yers who are disinterested that Judge
Clancy's decision is good law, and it
remains to be seen whether prompt
action on appeal to the Supreme Court
will bring peace or war.
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