The copper era., 1904-01-28
Mining Outlook for 1904.

With the close Of the yea 1922
 mimi. industry in the L leu '' '' 'e7
 may be said to be in r'sperou' oo
 dition, though the t~Al9 o' ','e pa7'
 year have been nr-herous auu
 in some district This has mostly been due to laJor disturbances. Ihese have been confined to no one state or region colorado, Arizona, Calhor- nia. Nevada. Montana and Utah have ! been the States chiefly affected. Min ers' unions have had usually peace ful and prosperous existence 10 the mining regions of the west for many | years. and il is only within the past three or four years that they have shown disposition to depart from methods in securing their desires which would meet with the moral sup port Of the people generally. About four years ago the miners ot the Occur d'Alene district. Idaho, in an effort to gain their point, destroyed the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill at Wardner. Since theI this sort ot thing has become to be recognized as q weapon Of the lawless element, to be employed when other means fail. That arson and murder are not approved oy the people of the western mining states a5 a method to securing de- sired ends is shown by the fact that Tn several states it has been necessary to call oet the militia to protect property.
 That the better class of union mIn- CTS also disapprove Of such measures is evidenced by recen: events. In Cripple Creek district, Colorado, the mine managers have shown their ability to secure all the men they re- ouire. who are not members of the Western Federation. or who have lett it. when the proper protection Is al forded the men who are peacefully disposed. and only desire an opportun- itv to earn an honest living at their chosen calling. Ia southeastern Arl- zona a similar result is reported Tn the copper regions and in Utah the militia is protecting the property of the coal ! cOUIdnltS anu JilC llsCo VI AAAN' string to work, and it is not unlikely l the result there will be the same as It has been at Cripple Creek. It is true
 that the trouble at Cripple Creek and
 Telluride, as well as in the Colorado
 and Utah coal mines, is still unsettled
 and in Yavapai county, Ariz., trouble
 continually in progress the last SIX months. is still unsettled, but the out
 look for the future is not unpromislng'
 In California there have been several
 strikes in various districts. In the
 southern part of the state, and Tn
 southern Nevada, the miners gained
 nothing: in Amador and Calaveras
 counties the miners gained their de-
 mands made last fall, but new difil- culty, which pro nises complications | has recently occurred in Calaveras county. Aside from these several dls- tricts scattered throughout the coun- try. the industry has gone on prosper ously, with a hopeful outlook for the coming year.
 It IS evident that the better class of
 miners, those who have houses and property ot their own-the result or INetr industry and frugAiity-do not ' care Lo icppardizo -he%>A----A---... { sake of uncertain gain, and season of idleness with the possible excite ment of a "brush" with the militia. In a number of instances 1t IS known itcto they have worked peacefully and contentedly for years, and where there was no thought of strike or trouble of any kind until the arrival in their midst of the pro fessional agitator. The influence of these wiser heads is spreading, and the outlook for 1901 in the mining in dnstry is more promising than it has been for several months past.-Mining and Scientific Press.