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The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
EMPTY CARTRIDGES ARE
FOUND NEAR THE HOOD

Near the hood were a number OF empty
shells from jo-5o rifle, and both shells
and cartridges from 50 and ~ pis'
tol. These shells and cartridges were
dropped when the robbers were leaving,
at the time they exchanged shots with
Irainmaster Ottaway From the three diff
ferent kinds OF ammunition It is evident
that either there were three robbers who
took part in the fusillade or one OF them
used both pistol and rifle in the eN-
change of shots with the railroad man.
The conductor OH the train, which was
the Burlington train No. o, run by the
Northern Pacific east every night from
Butte was George llotrum. and the en-
gineers were Macarthur and Glove.
After the express messenger threw the
package of money up in the rack he
jumped out of the car on the other side.
In the exchange of shots he is said TO
have been hit by bullet in the hip, but
he and the other trainmen went OH with
the train cast after the robbery, and he
was not hurt badly enough TO cause him
to return to Butte.
After the holdup a special train was
sent out by the railroad from Butte to
take the sheriff and Captain Davey of
the police and the sheriif's deputies to
the scene OF the robbery. Sheriff Quinn
and Deputy Sheriifs Burke and Maher
and Under Sheriff McGarvey were on the
train. The other deputy sheriifs were
sent out in various directions in rigs and
on horseback in order to cover the whole
country and il possible surround the rob
bcrs.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
WOULD NOT LET THE
MEN IN THE HOUSE

Matte said the men would not tell what
they wanted or who they were, and for
that reason he would not let them in. lie
could hear them whispering outside the
door, and they knocked several times.
Lut when he asked them what they want
cd all they would say was that they want
ed to get in. They went away when they
found he would not unlock the door.
When Sheriff Quinn was searching the
neighborhood of the robbery he met a
man coming to town who said he was
fireman on the robbed train. The man
said that he jumped off the engine he
was OH and ran when the robbers came
up to il. He also said that he saw two
men drive off in buggy whom he
thought were the robbers.
Two armed men entered the Grotto res
taurant this morning about 6 o'clock and
got breakfast there, and from their ac-
tons 1t has been surmised that they were
concerned with the robbery. They had
pistols in their oyercoat pockets and they
showed them, according to the man OH
the night shift at the Grotto, when they
hung the coats up.
The men were strangers to the restau-
rant man. and he said they were rough
looking characters. They talked and acted
in a suspicious manner, in mis- opinion.
and nobody who was in the restaurant at
the time they were knew either of them.
AS soon as information of this was re-
ceivcd by the sheriff he put some of his
deputies to work looking for them. OH
GERS were also sent to all the livery sta
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
MCDONALD SETTLES THE STRIKE
Trouble Among lumbermen at Victor Smoothed Away by the
President of the American Labor Union-Has Re-
turned From Extended Trip.

President Dan Mcdonald of the Ameri-
can labor union has just returned to town
from quite protracted trip through
Idaho and Southern Montana. While he
was gone he settled strike Of large pro-
portions among the lumber men of Victor,
Mont, and put $50 men back to work who
were out.
The strike was declared on Tuesday and
six days after last Monday, Mr.. McDon-
aid mad settled all the differences of the
sawmill proprietors and the lumber work
ers and had secured an agreement from the
former by which all the demands of the
men had been granted.
At Victor there are two large mills, em-
ploying between $50 and 200 men, and last
October a new scale of hours and wages
went into effect. The mills at that time
were not working, however and therefore
there was no test of whether the employ
ers would submit to the scale or not.
When the mills were started up short
time ago the scale was not regarded by
the milmen, and so on Tuesday, a week
ago, about $50 men walked out. MrMc-
Donald was in Idaho at the time forming
new labor organizations at Montpelier
and Idaho Falls, and telegram asking
him to come to Victor and take charge
of the strikers case was sent to him. He
responded to the call and the results of
his labors were eminently satisfactory.
He found that the mill owners were
shaving the wages in many cases from SIS
to $40 month and that the scale OF
hours providing for nine-hour day was
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
BOYLE SAYS IT WAS
WORK OF TWO MEN

In speaking OF the holdup this morning
Mr.. Boyle said: The work was the re-
suit OF two men. One OF them was con-
siderably taller than the other. They must
have gotten the rig which was rubber tired
and hauled by one horse, here in the city,
and arrived at the foot of the hill just be-
fore the train came along The tall man
seemed to be an old hand in the business
from all the reports that ! can get from 4he
trainmen, and he did all of the ordering.
lie went at il in a cool manner and did
most OF the threatening. The loss to the
company is not more than $500 outside OF
the damage done 10 the car.
Il think that the men are here in Butte.
They were followed into the city and the
man who followed them was not five min
utes behind the pair when they got here"
The bloodhounds we're brought here
from the Deer Lodge peniientiary, but
they were OF no use as il was not neces-
sary to use them to track them into the
city and after they got into the city il
would be next TO impossible TO track them
as the robbers tracks have been retracked
by too many wagons and passersby. Joe
Queensbury OF the state prison, and an old
hand at trailing, said that there was no
doubt but that the men were now in the
city and that the dogs would be OF little
use.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
DID M'C|NTYS MEN TAKE IT?
State Is Trying to Prove That They Lueged Away Good
Sized Safe --Owner Is Morally Certain That None
Would Steal It for Joke.

The man in the story who stole the red
hot stove will have rival in Butte il
the state succeeds in establishing its claim
that Walter II. McGinty, assisted 10y two
others, carried off safe weighing J75
pounds from a South Main street saloon
and secretcd il in an old shaft where it
was found by officers. McGinty is being
tried in Judge McClernan's court for bur
glary. One OF the others accused OF being
implicated III the affair is under arrest,
while the third has never been appre.
hcndcd
The proprietor of the saloon and his
bartender, as well as the officers who ran
two of the alleged thieves TO cover and oh
tanned an alleged confession, are the chief
witnesses for the state. II is evidently
the intention of the defense 10 seek 10
prove that the bartender and his brother
who were in the saloon the night Of the
alleged robbery committed the crime, il
there was a crime.
Murray's Case Postponed.
The case of the State against David
Murray, who is charged with burglarzng
the house Of Mrs. Mary Ward, July ~,
1909, at 6O7 Dublin Gulch, was set for
trial this morning, but as the complaining
witness failed to appear the case went
over. The court issued bench warrant
for the arrest OF the witness. II is re
ported that she is an unwilling witness and
is not anxious TO appear against the &C
cuscd, who is said 10 have a hard name in
Dublin Gulch circles.
The case Of the state against Walter
McGinty was accordingly called. County
Attorney Brccn and Assistant County At
torney Lynch are conducting the prosecu-
ton, while Attorneys Baldwin, Fitzgerald
and krcmer appear for the defense. The
following jury was selected after the state
had exhausted three and the defense six
challenges: Chris Johnson, James A.
Helps J. J.. Jacques, Pat Mccarthy, John
Mcdonald, ]. Bartzen, Pat J. Nugent, Mike
Bolton, James lluges, J. ]. Williams, John
Gilbert, T.. A. Law.
Case Of the State.
Assistant County Attorney Lynch in
outlining the case said that the state would
cndcavOr TO prove that McGinty, accom-
panied by William Miller and William
Whorman, frequented the saloon the even
ing OF December IS and returning after it
was closed carried off the safe.
The safe was found in an abandoned
shaft and returned TO its owner. Later
Whorman and McGinty were arrested and
one Of them made confession 10 Captain
Dawson Of the police force.
J. III. Scchlcr, the owner OF the safe,
was the first witness. He said he ran
a saloon at OF South Main street on the
northwest corner Of Main and Aluminium
and lived over the saloon. He left the
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
H|GHWAYMEN HOLD UP BURLINGTON FLYER

bles in town to discover, ii possible, where
the men got their rig and team.
The sherilfs officers visited all the
livery stables in the place, but the latter
believed that the rig used was the prop
erty of one of the robbers, or else was
stolen from some person, either tempor-
arily or permanently and used for the
purposes of the robbery. Al
Investigations today developed no evis
dence that there were more than two men
in the robbery. and the story that they
rode off on horseback is not substantiated
by any OF the witnesses Of the robbery In
fact, all or nearly all, of them agree that
the men went away from the scene on
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
BOYLE AND OFT WERE
THERE WITH GOOD GUNS

Superintendent Dan Boyle and George
OFT were in the private car Of the superin-
tendent asleep at the time that the holdup
took place. The shooting aroused them
and taking a Savage rifle and another gun
the two men went outside of the car. From
the point where they were standing III the
shadow OF the car they could see what was
being done. The fact that the trainmen
and the robbers were punched together
made il impossible TO shoot without tear
of hitting some OF the men i'll charge of the
train. and IL was not until after the robbers
had dynamted the car and gotten ont into
the rocks where 1t was impossible to get
good aim at them that any chance OF get
ting a shot was afforded the two men who
were armed.
AT the distance in which shots were fired
by Mr.. Boyle and Mr.. OFT at the robbers II
was almost impossible to shoot effectively,
and although the robbers saw the men
shooting at them and returned the fire
upon the railroad men, it is more than
likely that all of the shots went wild.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
Then Powers Will Get To-
gether and Force Settle
ment on Porte.
PLANS TO FIX UP THE
MACEDONIAN TROUBLE
Meanwhile, the Sultan Has Called Upon
His Reserves, the Italians Are Organ
izng Another Foreign Legion, the
Austrians Are Preparing Transports
and It Looks Very Much Like War.
nv ASSOCIATED PR SIS

London, Feb. IA special from Rome
says Italy was fully consulted in the
course of the Lamsdorfi -Goluchowski con.
ierences on Macedonia and promised to
support the proposed action. The scheme
includes demand for the assembling ot
an international congress to adjust de-
tails This will be supported 10y dem
onstration OF European warships OF Sa-
lonica, where they will remain while the
congress Is III session Orders have been
gwen to the Austrian Lloyds at Trieste
to be prepared at short notice to furnish
sufficient transports 10 convey a large
army 10 Dalmatia Leaves OF absence
have been Cancelled the reserves have
been warned and the railroads notified
to be ready TO deal with large bodies OF
men and supplies"
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12

saloon about midnight. Upon returning
III the morning he missed the safe lhi,
weighed about J7s pounds and contained
about say III cash. lie did not SEQ
the safe again until il was returned by
the officers who had found il.
On cross-cXamination the witness said
he lived over the saloon aud the safo
was back OF the bar He did not know
any OF the accused and did not know who
took It, The money was found intact
IN the safe when the safe was returned.
The witness admitted losing some loose
change from the cash drawer The night
bartender was at work when he left tho
saloon. His name was William Harper.
How do you know that someone took
out the saief Z" asked Attorney Fitzgerald
on cross-examinalion.
II know ! did not take ii out"
Someone might have taken II for
joke. couldn't he I" asked the attorney.
We'll. maybe SO, but don't be-
licvc it,"
The wilncss said on redirect cxamna-
ton that he did not know how an cn-
trance Was effected.
Not for a Joke.
Are people liable 10 take away Your
safe for a joker asked the county at
torncy.
mo. sir"
william Harper, the bartender, said
that McGinty, Miller and Whorman we're
IN the saloon until about 3 o'clock IN tho
morning, playing the slot machine and
drinking. Harper went uptown soon after
aud returned about a. IN. The safe
was gone and 80 was $Is in cash that
wash III the cash register lie did not SEQ
the safe again until il was returned De-
cembcr ~ by the officers.
Harper admitted. on cross examination,
that there were others in the saloon be-
sides Miller, Whorman and the accused.
lie had the combination OF the safe. but
emphaiically denied he had been accused
OF the theft He also denied he had been
an unwilling witness in the case or that
he had told Attorney Fitzgerald he did
not want 10 testify. lie said he told tho
attorney he did not know anything about
the case.
The witness said his brother. James
Harper, was in the saloon at the time and
two cigarmakers from Anaconda. Ills
brother was at present near Missoula Tho
latter was subpoenaed, but had not been
found. Harper, after leaving the saloon,
went to "crib" on Mercury street
The attorneys for the defense tried to
draw out OF the witness that he "nashcd'
a large roll OF money in the Crib and
spent il freely but the witness denied il.
During the cross examination Attorneys
Lynch and Fitzgerald raised a laugh by
arguing as 10 the proper pronunciation Of
the word frequent"
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
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team and rig had been hitehed to a tele-
graph pole by the roadside. The men who
made them climbed up Il steep slope at one
point and came down another some dis
tance away.
A short distance away from the rail-
road track on this trail the sheriff found
a black mask made out of cambric in the
shape of a hood. 1t must have covered
the entire head and face of the robbcr
who wore il and come down to his shoul-
ders. 1t has eyeholes in it, and the sher-
if is of the opinion that it was originally
in the shape of bog and was pulled
down over the robbers head like sack.
This theory of how il was worn is borne
out by the fact that one of the eyeholes
is torn and the cloth on the open side of
the hood is ragged. as il the bag had been
torn open while the robber was remov-
ING il.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
The Charge at Dillon.

Dillon, Feb. Ia.--In speaking of the ar
rest Of A. ]. Knots, the man arrested by
the police in Salt Lake City, Chief OF
Police Stone said: THE man is wanted
false pretenses About six weeks ago a
woman of the Tcndcroin died here. Her
name was We're Dole, and Knots said that
he would take the body to Salt Lake and
collect tIe money and send it back to tho
undertaken who performed the funeral ar
rangements The man has collected the
money and made no return. We have been
hunting MIN all over the country. He came
to Salt Lake thinking that the matter had
been forgotten. lie will be brought back"
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
WILL REMOVE FENCE
Callatin County Commis-
sioners Will Probably
Obey Injunction.
SPECIAL TO THE INTER MOUNTAIN.

Bozeman, FEB. I2.-lhe county commits
sioners who yesterday said that they would
not remove the fence which has been built
courthouse and the property OF K. ). Lo-
gan, will very likely obey the injunction
which has been issued against them order
ing them to remove it,
Mrs. Logan claimed that the fence was
shutting of the light and view from her
house and appealed to the court for an or
der to remove the fence and enjoin the
county from maintaining the same
The commissioners at first said that they
would not take down that part Of the fence
that was already up, but they have CON
cludcd that they had rather obey the court
than go to Jail and the fence will, in all
likelihood, come down tomorrow.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
urks Are Ready.

Constantinoplc, Feb. is.-I'ouftecn bat
talions of Redfs (emergeney militia) Tor
the Third army corps. whose hcadquar-
tiers are at Salonica have been ordered to
join the colors. According to official
statements, these troops are intended to
replace the reserve battalions called out
to quell the Macedonian outbreak last
autumn. The latter are stll under arms
and it is generally believed they will be
kept with the colors,
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
N MASTERS IS DEAD
An Old-Time Resident of
DeerLodge Has Passed
Away at Granite.

Deer Lodge, Feb. Ia.-An old-time resi-
dent of Deer Lodge, whose home of late
has been at Granite, died last night of
heart failure in the person of James B.
McMasters; The deceased was a former
sheriff of Deer Lodge county and had n
large circle of friends in this part of the
state. The remains will be brought here
tomorrow at noon and the funeral will
take place at 2; 80 under the auspices of
the local order of the A. O. u. w. He
leaves widow and two children.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
Foreign Legion Again.

Rome. Feb. I2.--Gcncral Ricciotti Carl
who raised a force of Italian volunteers
Tor Greece during the Gracco- Turkish
war, is organizing a volunteer expedition
10 assist the Maccdonans in the rising
against Turkish rule which is believed TO
be impending.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
FUNERAL NOTICE,

O'CONNOR-The funeral of Patrick
O'Connor will take place tomorrow
,,g morning at 9 a. N. from the family resi-
Sacred Heart church, where high mass
will be held. Mr.. O'Connor leaves a
wife and five children to mourn his loss
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12

disregarded. The men were working ten
hours day. He secured an agreement
from the employers by which the nine
hour day and the scale wages were grant-l
ed. Also all union men were put to work.
and the employers agreed not TO dock
the men for short time. Mr.. Mcdonald
will now be in Butte for some time
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
DIED..

RYAN-Mrs. Mabel G., wife of Louis
B. Ryan, aged a3 years, died early this
morning at the family residence, No. aos
Williams street, North Walkerville, The
funeral will take place tomorrow at 2
p. M, proceeding to the Northern Pacific
depot, from where the remains will be
sent to Mssoula for interment.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
viii Get Commissions.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS,

Washington Feb. I2.-The senate COM
mttee on military affairs today agreed to
report favorably the nine nominations for
igader-generals which were made on
the 9th instant, and also about I5o other
nominations to minor rank in the army.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
You Don't Have to Guess

Much if you have a World Almanac and
Encyclopedia around You can settle bets
and disputes with it. The new one, esc, at
the p. .. News Stand, 81 w. Park St.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
FIVE DAYS IN COUNTY JAIL
John Deard and Tim Sullivan Sentenced
by Sheehan.

John. Deard and Tim Sullivan, the two
boys who were arrested charged with hav-
ing broken into the candy store of Lilly
Overly, on East Park street, were given a
nearing before Justice Sheehan in Walker
days in the county Jail
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
KNOTS NOT IN It
Taken at Salt Lake-Will
Be Hailed Back to
Dillon BaStle

Salt Lake, Feb. IA. ]. Knots of Dill
lon, Mont, was arrested in this city yes
terday, and is being held pending tho
arrival Of Montana officers. Knots il
wanted at Dillon to answer a charge Of
cmbezzlcment.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
Pollock viii Deliver EN-,

New Haven, Conn, Feb. Ia.-It was an
nounced yesterday that the Storrs' lectures
Tor I9o3-Ioo4 in Yale law schools will be
delivered by Sir Frederick Pollock of Lon
don.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
Same in Oregon.
ny ASSOCIATED PRrss

by ASSOCIATED PRESS
Salem, Ore, Feb. Ia.-Thc ballot for
United States senator today showed no
change: Fulton, 81; Geer, IS; Wood
(dem.), IS; George, I3; scattering, 6;
absent, 2.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
Three Pirate Ships Taken.

Constantinople, Feb. Ia.-The British
gunboat Barrier has captured in the Red
sea three pirate ships with their entire
crews.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-02-12
KARL FISHER GIVEN LIBERTY
Allowed to Go After Promising to Bo
Good in Future.

Karl Fisher, the man VINO was charged
with having beaten his wife, was up be-
fore Justice Coligan in WalHerville this
morning. Fisher pleaded guilty and was
fined $40 and the cost
Upon a promise of future good conduct
the fne was RENTED and upon payment
Of the costs the man was allowed to go.
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other equally important dignity may be revived
for tie benefit of the Duke of Connaught, it Is
practically certain that no successor Will be
appointed to Lord Roberts when he retlres
shortly. The report of the War Commission mas
proved, among other things that a commander
in chief at the Horse Guards is mere Orna-
mental figurehead and a superfluity. his pres
at the War Department necessarily result
ing in friction, disputes and recriminatlon detrI-
mental to the service. Lord LansdOwne, when
taken to task for his shortcomings as Secretary
of State for War during the South African con-
f1ict sought to exculpate himself by endedvor-
ing to shift the responsibility for everything that
had gone wrong upon the shoulders of Lord
Wolseley, the then commander in chief But
the report of the War Inquiry Commission
shows Conclusvely that the commander in chief
is entirely without authority. and that his rec
concentrations are usually ignored by the Secre-
rous subOrdinates of the generalissimO over his
head. Lord Roberts has as little power as Lord
Wolseley and the continuance OF the Office is
anomaly.
Now that the United States has abolished
the post of commanding general of the army,
Greece and Great Britain in fact the only
two powers left that have commanders in chief
of the armies other than the sovereign chief
ma gistrate. With regard to Greece there have
been exceptional conditions which rendered 1t
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for the transformation Of its army into the most
perfectly organized fighting machine IN the
world, bore throughout the reign II the Old En-.
perOr William. Of Frederick the Noble. and until
his own death several Irs after the accession
of the present Kaiser u the throne, the title %
chief of the General star of the Army. The
General staff at Berlin has often been described.
and justly So, as the brains OF the German
Army, and Moltke was TIE head and chief OF
that General staff. which was his pr0udest title.
Here in the United States ROW that the Office
Of commanding general has been abolished. the
highest military distinction O. which a profess
siOnal soldier can hope To- attain is that OF
chief of the General STAFF. az present held by
General Young, the President being eX-OfIicO
the head of the army as D. is e the navy. And
it is virtually assured tha- Great Britain. in
Difference 70 King EIN3ris Pronounced views
about the matter. VIII follow the example Of the
United States. 3D. away with the post Of c0--
handing generl'. appoint Lori Ei-. heuer. or
perhaps even the Duke Of CorulI-ht, as chief
Of staff and thus remind his people that he
himself is emitted by the terms Of The consti-
tuition to the chief command VI the army. as also
of the navy. EN-A4 IACHE-