Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-23
REAL DEADLOCK AT BUTTE.
Newspapers and Printers Are "Stand-
ing Pat"

ing Pat"
Butte, Mont, Feb. 18.-The situa-
ton between the locked out members
of the Typographical union in Butte
and Anaconda and the newspapers of
the two cities is deadlock, with not
a sign Of break thus far.
The printers adhere to their deter
mination not to yield a point de-
manded by the publishers. They de-
clare that the publishers statement to
them was an ultimatum and if any
thing in the nature of a compromise
on the matter of wages is considered
the publishers must come to them.
AS to the changes demanded in the
restriction governing the matter of
setting advertisements, President
Lanstrum, of the Butte Typographical
union, states that the publishers must
abide by the typographical regulations
in effect if they ever wish to open. AS
to wages, he states for his union that
they will not return to work at the
reduction of so cents a man per day,
demanded by the publishers.
A meeting of the typographical and
pressmen's union was held late this
evening, and while the pressmen ap-
pear disposed to arrive at a settle
ment the printers apparently feel dis
inclined to recede one whit from the
original stand, which is taken to in
dictate prolonged siege and shutdown
of the newspapers of Butte and Ana
conda for months. Tuesday all of the
independent jobbing houses in the city
will suspend as soon as contract work
on hand has been completed
The publishers met committees from
the allied printing crafts this evening
but nothing was accomplished other
than expressions from the publishers
and the printers that each side stood
pat with no concessions in sight.
The publishers state there will be nc
further conferences with the printers
unless asked for by the latter.
Attorneys Are Worried.
The shutdown of the newspapers has
involved an old legal question that is
occasioning no end of worry among
the lawyers of the city. Under the
Montana statutes legal notices mus
be run without cessation, and the in
terruption Of their publication with ne
opportunity for the notices beinf
printed in any county paper adds tt
the complications.
Big mercantile establishments ar,
resorting to all kinds of schemes TO
the advertisement Of wares; bands
parade the streets with banner
telling Of bargains, the streets ar,
adorned with gaudily colored stream
ers, imparting an almost gala appear
ance to the city, while hand bills hav,
been scattered broadcast, in som,
cases the posters simply covering tn,
walks.
Say Papers Were Money Losers.
With Heinze out of the politica
, field, the odd assertion is made tina
the newspapers are making money b.
ceasing pubncation, it being stated OF
the most reliable authority that tn
Butte Miner and other papers cos
their owners about $4,000 annually
Labor leaders state that the NOV
on the part of the newspapers, which
are backed by the big copper inter
ests of Butte, is a scheme by the min
ing companies to impress the miner
who, it is stated, propose asking an in
crease on April l, with the futility o
their demands.
The hodcarriers Of the city hav
formulated new scale demandin
$3.50 day, while carpenters ask 81
Plumbers recently demanded So, whicl
scale now prevails. Tomorrow tn
iron molders at Anaconda in tn
foundry of the Amalgamated Cope
company will strike for increases
, wages, affecting 800 men.
/ Newsboys have been retailing Out
side papers at 10 cents a copy.