The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-27
The SHUTDOWN.

Speculation has been rife as to the
real cause of the closing of the Anal
gamated mines and smelters in the
state, but to those who have paid at
tention to the happenings in Silver
Bow courts during the past year
of the shutdown. Some have called
it political move, others attribute
it to spirit of revenge on the part
of the officials Of the company while
still others. of whom Mr.. HeinZe is
one characterize it as a stock job
bling scheme, but all of such reasons
are contrary to the facts in the case.
The present judges in Silver Bow
county We're elected in a contest be-
tween what was termed the Heinze
and Amalgamated forces. the Heinze
ticket being successful. 1t has been
charged that the Silver Bow judges
have been corruptly influenced by
Heinze but aside from any such
charges the Judges are only human
and it is human nature to favor ones
friends. and even Mr.. Heinze himself
will hardly deny that he has been
duly favored by the Silver Bow
courts. for evidence of this fact is to
be found on almost every page of the
court records. His famous Minnie
Healy case was forced to trial and
final Judgment in his favor within a
few weeks after the papers were
first filed in Judge Clancys court,
while other litigants have been fore
ed to cool their heels in the corridors
of that court for years. In taking ap-
peals from the judgments and rulings
of these manifestly biased courts the
attorneys for the Amalgamated COM
pany have met with the most out
rageous delays on the part of the
courts. By holding matters under
sions of time to Mr. Heinze's attor-
neys, and other devices, the Silver
Bow courts have prevented the per-
fecting of appeals for months and
months, and in some instances the
Amalgamated attorneys have been
compelled to ask the supreme court
for a writ of mandate directing the
perfecting of appeals from the lower
courts, all of which is a matter of
record.
The climax came when Judge Clan
cy rendered his decision declaring
the Amalgamated company to be an
outlaw in Montana courts in which
decision he deserved the right to
later appoint receivers for constitr-
ent companies of the Amalgamated.
dered giving the Minnie Healy mine
to Heinze.
With HeinZe receivers in charge
of Amalgamated mines and HenZe
taking out ore through the Minnie
Healy and other adjoining claims.
with montas or even years required
to reach even the threshold of the
supreme court it would not be diff.
cult to see the end of Amalgamated
property in Montana. The real Won
der is that any one should speculate
as to the cause of the shutdown fol
there was absolutely no other course
left open to the officials representing
mated stock. Mr.. Scallon and his as
sociates apparently have confidence
in the integrity of the supreme cour
and they no doubt figure that Will
all work suspended, public indigna
ton will prevent Judge Clancy from
delaying the perfecting of appeals
from his recent decisions and in thi
surmise they are doubtless correct
Many people in Silver Bow count
gave support to the Heinze ticket a
the polls because they believed com
petition in the mining industry to b.
a good thing, while many Of tn
Amalgamated employees voted tn
ticket because they believed tn
Heinze fight to be responsible for tn
liberal treatment accorded them b
their employers and they wished t
have the fight go on.
Mr.. Heinze. however, has used tn
power given him to enrich himseI
and drive the Amalgamated compan
from the state regardless of the dia
astrous effect upon the state in gel
eral. He has misconstrued the pri,