The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-11-07
MONTANA STILL N A GLOOM
COMMITTEE OF MEDIATION DID
NOT FATHoM TROUBLE.
Could Not Device Any Plan Looking
to settiemsnt-wat q Great Dis.
spPointment--committes's PROPOSE.
ton to Both Sides Is Kept Secret
by Agreement.

butte, Mont Nov. 1.-The commit.
Tee Of mediation. acting at the request
OF the chamber Of commerce of Great
Falls and with the consent OF the rep.
feSentAlves OF the United Copper
company and the Amalgamated Cop
per company. after q session lasting
two days. came 10 a conclusion Sat.
urday afternoon that IL could not End
any solution Of the Butte shutdown
situation. gave out a brief statement
10 the public and adjourned sine die.
The statement issued and signed by
the members Of the committee is
given herewith:
Butte. Mont. Oct. 81. I903.-Her.
bert Strain. President Great Falls
Business Mems Association-sir: We,
the undersigned members OF the med
lation committee. entered upon the
discharge Of our duties realizing the
magnitude and difficulty of our task.
Nevertheless. we have lAbored assid.
uousiy 10 accomplish the purpose OF
our appointment.
We have failed 10 obtain a resump.
ton Of work by the Amaigamated
Copper company. and have been un.
able To devise any plan looking to
that end which did not Involve the
mutual consent Of the parties inter.
esled.
we regret this exceedingly and
hope that some common ground may
yet be found by the parties themselves
upon which they can stand.
y. J. HILL.
w. A. CLARK,
y. X TooLE.
PARIS GIBSON"
There n great disappointment al
the failure Of the committee 20 come
TO some agreement with the parties in
interest. The nature Of the PROPOSE.
ton suggested by the committee :s
unknown TO the public. as the mem
bers Of the committee were pledged
20 secrecy during the conference.
Some speculation was INDUCED 10
a. 10 whether OF not Governor Toole
would call an extra session Of the
legislature as requested by the labor
organizations. but the governor would
not volunteer any information as TO
what he intended 90 DO in the prem.
isca.
Aside from the proceedings Of the
mediation committee the most impor-
ant development in the situation was
the meeting Of the committee appoint
ed by the trades and labor assembly
mass meeting and Governor Toole.
which was held al the Thornton ho-
/ tel
Governor Tooie was handed the res.
oluiions passed al the mass meeting
and which were in the nature Of an
appeal TO have the governor call an
extra session Of the legislature for
the purpose Of enacting some legiR'
iaton that would relieve the Butte
situation.
All al the fires ir the great washoc
smclteru at Anaconda are drawn and
the works are nov in charge Of near
~ 100 watchmen, divided into three
shifts each Nearly all Of the en-
ployca OF the power house at the
works are retained. and. with the ex
ception Of the watchmen, are now
The only persons employed there
whore a week ago over 1900 mer
found employment The furnaces
, were KEEP, going for several days after
the mill closed down. az IL was neces
sary 10 make extensive oleanup'
around the converter.
Acting under orders from Mayor
, Patrick Mullins. the chief OF polic'
today served notice on the proprietor
81 all gambling houses, poker game'
and slot machines that they mus
=, cease doing business. commencing a
midnight. The order of the mayo
went even further and extended 20 al
the houses of prostitution within tn