Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-10
PEACE IN THE
COPPER WAR.
H. H. Rogers Consents to End
Of Litigation Pending Re-
suit of Deal.

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NEW YORK. Feb. lot was
said in official quarters yesterday
that the Amalgamated Copper COM
pany has consented to a temporary
termination of all litigation in Mon
tana pending the result of negotia-
tons which are in progress with the
Heinzes for "A settlement of the cop
per war. The negotiations are being
conducted by third parties whose
names have not been divulged, The
move on the part of the Amalgamat-
ed. which was made with the consent
and approval of H. H. Rogers, the
president. is considered a step toward
the completion of the copper deal.
This deal Of which Wall street
has heard so much in recent weeks,
has for its object the entrance of new
mining interests in the United Cop
per Company. the concern controlled
by the Heinzes. 1t is said in official
quarters that if the deal goes through
the Heinzes will become minority in
terests in the United Copper COM
pany.
Negotiations are now being carried
on between the third parties and the
Heinzes, and there will be no consol-
idation of the Amalgamated Copper
company and the United Copper COM
| pany. If the negotiations end sue
| cessfully, the two big Montana prop
| critics will work in harmony, and the
litigation, involving about 100000
! geo of mining claims, will be ended.
Indication of Success.
Mr.. Rogers decision to stop all an
tagonistic moves in the courts is con
strued as indicating that substan-
tial progress has been made in the
negotiations toward establishing har-
mOnY.
It was with the arrival in Montana
of F. Augustus Hein2e in 1895 that
the almost innumerable contests for
control of the copper output OF Mon
tana were begun. He had built a
smelter, and in the Rarus mine, a
supposedly worked out property, he
reported the discovery of new ore
DO0leS OF great size.
This caused peculiar comment, and
it was charged in 1897 that Heinze
had run his levels outside the lines
of his own property and had found
there new ore bodies in ground be-
longing to the Boston and Montana
! and the Butte and Boston companies,
which had the adjoining properties.
Suits were brought and then began
a course of litigation which attract
ed worldwide attention. Montana
was split into factions and a history
of the struggle tells of political trick
cry almost without a parallel, of vi
/ cious orgies and an utter disregard
for legal rights on the part of the
! state judiciary. The feud of long
standing between Senator William
A. Clark and the late Marcus DAILY
was perpetuated and has existed in
! various forms ever since.
Reorganization of Company.
Then came the organization of the
Amalgamated Copper Company. in
1899, with a capital of SIS, 900. 900,
which was later increased to $l55,-
900 1000, when the Boston and Mon
tana and the Butte and Boston COM
panies were included in the corpo-
ration. The acquisition of these two
properties as subsidiary properties
meant the purchase of lawsuits as
we'll, which have been going on ever
| Since.
The line of battle changed from
line to time, but the chief contest
! ants have been the Standard Oil in
erests, with II. H. Rogers at their
head, in control of the Amalgamated
Copper company, and F. Augustus
Hcinze and his brother. Arthur p.
Heinze, who proved themselves for
midable antagonists.
Involved in the struggle were the
two seats in the United States senate
md the state government. which be-
came little more than pawns in the
great game being played by both
sides without asking or accepting
quarter.
Both sides wrested victory from
defeat half a dozen times. Heinze
cot a decision declaring the Amalga-
mated practically an outlaw in the
state, and Mr.. Rogers promptly re-
orted by shutting down all the Anal
gamated mines and throwing 10000
men out Of employment.