The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-10-23
WILLIAM SCALL0N
MAKES STATEMENT
PRESIDENT OF THE ANACONDA
COPPER COMPANY ON THE
SHUTDOWN.
hE. REPLIES TO F. A. HEiNZE
Characterzes Statements by the Latter
as MalIciously False-Roeers Did
Not Order Shutdown.

In the Butte Miner this morning ap-
pears statement signed by +. Aug.
Hcinge in which the writer cndeavors TO
avoid the responsibility for the shutdown
Of the Amalgamated properties in Mon
tana which has dealt severe blow to
all the industries Of the state. In il Mr..
Ileinze declares that the shutdown is not
justified by his reading OF Judge Clancys
decisions. He also declares that in his
opinion. the shutdown is due TO all attempt
by II. II. Rogers, president Of the Anal
gamated, and that gcnieman's associates,
to affect the price Of Amalgamated stock
in Wall street.
Today President William Scallon Of
the Anaconda Copper Mining company,
who is at the head Of Amalgamaied af-
fairs in Montana, was asked If he had
anything to say for publication regarding
this statement. He said
Regarding the shutdown. tha, is a mat
ter 10 be dealt with by itself in any event,
independent OF the discussion or criticism
contained in the personal statement Of
Mr.. Hcnzc. This will be done in due
time il the occasion requires.
TO lawyers and laymen alike, who hap
pen to be acquainted with the Northern
Securities case, to which Mr.. icnze re
fers, his assertion that the provisions Of
Judge Clancys decision are very nearly
Identical with the order issued by the cir
cult court of appeals III the merger
case, indicates either gross ignorance
on Mr.. Heinze's part or "A desire TO per
vert the facts In the Northern Sccuri-
ties case the order directed the transfer
of the stock to its original owners and
recognized the property rights OF the
Northern Securities company. Judge
Clancy's decision, OH the contrary, so
far as it goes, declares that the adverse
party has no rights whatever, prohibits
any transfers and simply proposes to wipe
out the property rights.
with respect to Mr.. Hcinze's reference
to Mr.. Rogers and his associates, ! will say
right now that his assertions regarding
Mr.. Rogers and the mputations which he
uttcrs are deliberately, unGuMifedly and
maliciously false. They are in line with many
outrageous ISLANDERS which Mr.. Hcinze has
caused to be published regarding Mr. Rog-
ers and other so-called Amalgamated men.
Generally Mr.. Heinze has been quite con
tent to disseminate such slanders from ur-
der the cloaks of hirelngs, while assuming
airs of decency himself. In this instance,
in desperate endeavor to distract atter-
tion from himself, the real publisher OF the
Reveille reveals himself.
LET there be no misunderstanding. Mr.
Fritz Augustus Heinzc uttered an unquali-
fed falschood when he said that Mr.. Rog-
ers has ordered the mines closed down.
No such order was ever given. The as
sertion of Mr. Fritz Augustus Heinze that
Mr.. Rogers did This to get a chance to
speculate in stocks is likewise a malicious
lie and falls with the other.
"Mr. Heinze's purpose must be evident
to everybody. To escape responsibility he
resorts to the way which to him seems
most natural, that of inventing and pub
fishing lying statements about Others"