Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-13
MOaTANES INDUSTRIES GO
GOV. TooLE CALLED SPECIAL
SESSION OF LEelsLATuRE.
President ScalIon of the Anaconda
Company Ordered Mines to Work.
Tuesday Gladdest Day Butte Has
Known for Years--Twenty Thousand
Men Return to Work.

Helena, Mont, Nov. 1.-The gov
ernor of Montana, Joseph X. Toole, has
called a special session of the state leg
islature to meet on December at Hell.
ena. The purpose of the session is to
pass laws that will relieve the indus
trial condition in Montana, where, by
the shutdown of the Amalgamated com
pany's properties, $4,000 men are d.
rectly thrown out of work, $4,000 more
affected and the whole state suffering
from the suspension of work.
Butte, Mont, Nov. lin accord
ance with statement made by Will
liam Scallon, president of the Ana
conda Mining company and the repre-
sentative of the Amalgamated Copper
company of Montana, to the Butte
miners union that il Governor j. A.
Toole would summon the legislature
in special session with view of the
enactment of flair trial" bill, which
provides for the removal of any case
from any Judge where bias and preJu-
dice is shown the Amalgamated would
Immediately resume operations In
Montana. John Gillie, superintendent
of the Amalgamated properties in
Butte, has issued the order for all the
mines to open upon the receipt OF
news from Helena that the governor
had ordered an extra session to con-
vene December l..
IN nutfn dQunlnDad
into the gladdest Tuesday that the
camp has known for years. The toot-
ing of the Gagnon mine whistle from
3:13 p. m. until the steam in the boil
ers was exhausted proclaimed the
news of the calling Of the extra ses-
sion of the legislature and resumption
of work In the Amalgamated Copper
company's mines and shelters. The
bulletin boards of newspapers were
besieged by crowds, and the scenes
were impressive to degree as hun
dreds of idle miners learned 1t. Men
shook hands and Rugged one another
in their JOY. Others wept. Flags
fioated from all the stats Of the Anal
gamated mines and the feeling in
Butte was that of holiday. The min
ers held meeting at night and cele-
brated.
The governors action followed the
presentation of petitions to him from
practically every labor organization
and business man in the state of Mon
tana asking that an extra session be
called, that legislation remedial to the
present state of affairs in the state be
enacted.
The resumption of the Amalgamated
properties means the return to work
of approximately 10000 men and the
averting Of an industrial crisis in
Montana, as the Amalgamated com
pany operates in at least six different
counties. In Butte alone it restores a
payroll of about $4,000 a day. Seven
thousand men will resume work in
Butte Immediately.
The works OF the Amalgamatet
company will at once resume in vari
Gus parts Of the state. This include!
the great mines in Butte, the smelter'
of the Washoe company in Anaconda
the smelter at Great Falls, also vas
in their capacity; coal mines at Stors
Belt, Oakdale and in coal mines II
Wyoming, the great quarries in north
ern Montana and the immense lum
bering industry in western and north
western Montana. AS soon as the fire
can be started and the condition
made possible for a resumption O
work, the Amalgamated properties will
again be running and hardship will
have been averted. Probably NOR,
than $4,000 men will be employed di
rectly in the properties Of the Anna,
gamated and that many more will in
directly be given employment in tn,
way of furnishing supplies and the
like.
Governor Toole in his proclamation
disclaims any reflection upon the in
tegrity Of the judiciary of the stat,
and says his call for an extra session
is solely in response to the formidable
requests presented to him by the PEG
pie of Montana and the fact that thou
sands of idle men will be permitted
to return to work. Mr.. Scallon, in ar
interview with the Associated Press
representative, said: "The Amalga
mated company is willing to trust its
case with the legislators of the state
and there is not the slightest desire
on the part of the company to see any
one suffer, therefore, we will open VI
at once wilnout waiting until Decem
her 1 or after to see what the legis
lators will do. All we ask is fail
play"
Arthur Jenkins Is Dead.