Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-10-31

sued by Judge Clancy to restrain the
amalgamated company taking ore from
the Nipper vein.
Immediately after the deciding of the
claim to Heinze, and the issuing of the
/ injunction, orders were issued by the
officials of the amalgamated company
to close down every property operated
by them and discharge all of the en-
| ployes. Acting under these instructions
every mine at Butte, the Washoe
smelters at Anaconda, the Diamond
vile, Wyo.. coal mines and big lumber
mills at Hamilton, Mont, We're closed
down. BY this action about 10000 men
are effected Every portion of the
state of Montana will feel the effect Of
the shut down. and unless arrange
ments are made for a resumption of
work. the outlook for the laboring peo
| pile of Montana, is gloomy one.
| 1t is stated that the injunction does
| not contemplate a shut down by the
company, but it is a move by the ANAL
gamated company to break down the
! western federation of miners.
| The miners union of Butte backed
by offers of assistance from Senator
W. A. Clark and Andrew j. Davis, have
mae a proposition to certain stockhold-
ers to buy their shares in order that
the mines may be started up. Whether
this offer will be accepted remains to
! be seen. but from present indications
the outlook for settlement is not a
bright one.
A dispatch of the 25th says: An un-
expected move was made in the ANAL
gamated copper situation today when
the proposition was made by the min
er's union to John MacGinniss, vice
president of the United Copper COM
pany, and his associates connected with
the Montana Ore Purchasing company,
to purchase their stock in the Boston
& Montana company. The union would
then dismiss the proceedings against
the Boston & Montana company to the
end there would be a general resump-
ton of the amalgamated mines, smelt-
erS and various other plants through
out the state of Montana.
At a special meeting of the union,
at which about 5000 miners attended,
it was decided to offer MacGinniss and
Forester $500 a share for their 100
shares of the Boston & Montana stock.
A similar offer was made for the 100
shares of stock MacGinniss and Lamm
hold in the Parrot Copper and Silver
Mining company at rate not to ex-
coed 500 a share.
United States Senator Clark and A
]. Davis, acting in behalf of the First
National bank, and John D. Ryan, pres
| ident of the DAILY Bank & Trust COM
pany. Joined in a communication to the
miners union, under date of October
"a, offering to furnish the organization
sufficient money to purchase the stock
at the figures stated.
They agreed to hold the stock only
as security for the money advanced and
will not ask the union to pay any de-
ficiency arising from the sale of the
stock or any interest on the money m
vested.
| Members of the miners union figure
that the purchase of the MacGlnnlss-
| Forester Lamm stock will Immediately
set at rest all talk of shutdown for
an indefinite period
The shares they hold in the two
companies was the cause OF the gen
eral suspension of work in the amal-
eamated mines, Judge Clancy's injunc-
ton order having the effect of prevent
inc fhe latter company from voting
their stock of the Boston Montana
! company and the Parrot company