Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-24
PREPARING FOR
A LONG SHUTDOWN.
AmaIgamated Officials at Butte
Reticient Regarding How Long
Work Will be Suspended
IT MAY Be FOR MANY MONTHS.
Leading Citizens of Montana VIII
Try and Have State Supreme Court
Advance Hearing Of Appeal.

Butte, Mont oct 23,--According to
every indication tonight the Amalga~
mated Copper company is preparing for
long shutdown, as several pumps In
the big mines have suspended opera
tons. The Amalgamated officials are
reticent as 10 expressing an opinion as
to the probable length Of the suspen-
sion, saying II may be OF six or eight
months duration, and perhaps a great
or period.
An effort will be made by leading cit
liens OF the state To- have the supreme
court advance the hearing on the APP
peal from Judge Clancy's decision In
the case In the hope that a reversal OF
the judgment by that tribunal Will IN
duce the Amagamatod Copper Co. 20
resume. Indignation among the Anal
gamatcd people is rife. and they are
loud IN denouncing the present state
Of affairs and declare that all business
on the part OF the company VIII remain
at n standstill until the Boston & Mon
tam receiyershlp matter Is ilnally set
tied.
SENSATIONAL ATTACK.
r. Augustus Heinze's sensational
statement attacking ". II. Rogers, de-
claring that the present suspension of
the Amagamated properties was due
10 an attempt on the part OF the Stand
ard oil magnate and his associates to
affect the prices OF Amalgamated Cop
ner stock and also offering positions to
all married men formerly employed by
the Amalgamatcd company doubling
the forces in the mines OF the United
Copper company WIS followed by an
official statement this afternoon by
William Scallon, president Of the Ana
conda company, and one of the leading
Amalgamated officials IN this state MT.
Scallon denounced as malicious fale-
hoods" the statements of Mr.. Henri
regarding Mr. Rogers.
"Mr Rogers" declares President
Scallon. gave no order to close the
mines, and the assertion that the GUS
pension OF the Amalgamated properties
Is part OF stock jObbng scheme Is
unqualinedly false"
With the exception Of small cIet
manning the pumps, all Is quiet ~
the mines and as soon as the furnaces
can be cleared of charges and fires
drawn the four sincters of the Amnlga-
mated will be shut dowr. This VIII be
accomplished some time tonight or to-
morrow morning. and by tomorrow
night IL liz expected all operations Of
the Amagamated Copper company viii
be vt complete standstill.
ore shipments have ceased and the
Great Northern and Butte Anaconda. s.
Pacific railroads are reducing ~,ciT
crews. The Northern Pacific and ore
gon Short Line are but little affected
by the shutdown.
II IL conservatively estimated by the
Amalgamated officials that between
$4,000 and 1900 men are made Idle
This calculation Includes all the men
employed by the Amalgamated COM
pany throughout the state of Montana.
WORST is FEARED,
Business men fear the worst should
the suspension continue any leugth of
time, as the army of Amalgamated emf
ployes Is the principal sustaining fac
tor of Butte's Industrial life, In Ana
conda the town s practically depend
ent on the big Washoe plants for its
existence, and the closing of the works
IL the worst blow IN the history Of
that city.
Business men of Great Falls are al
ready urging that the case of the
he brought before the supreme court
for consideration AS the closing of the
electrolytic shelters means body
blow TO the business activity of Great
Falls.
Throughout the state generally
state of depression Is reflected and I'm
Butte business Is practically paralyzed.
with fear of crash IN the event of
q prolonged close-down. Business men
are cancelling their orders for winter
supplies.
As yet no acts OF violence have been
reported to the police, though It Is
feared some difficulty viii be expert
cnced In holding the big army Of idle
miners IN check any length OF time.
Tonight the principal streets are
blocked with miners, and indignant
mutterngs can be heard on all sides,
Extra police have been sworn In, with
orders to prevent the gathering of
large crowds.
Tonight Il r. reported that the pumps
of the Leonard mine Of the Boston Il
Montana group VIII suspend. Should
this occur. the flooding of the Minnie
1Icaly mine, yesterday awarded TO l..
Augustus IIeinze by Judge Clancy, Is
considered inevitable, as the workings
of the two properties connect and there
Is no apparent way to prevent the
draining OF the Leonard by the Minnie
Healy.
HEINZE'S STATEMENT.
r. Augustus Heinzea OF the Montana
Ore Purchasing company today pub
fishes a statement giving his side OF the
shutdown. He said II was move on
the part of the Wall street spectators,
mong them II, II. Rogers, president Of