Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-02-23
Real DEADLOCK Ar suTTe.
Newspapers and Printers Are "stand
Ina Pat"

ing rat
Butte. Mont, Feb. 1S.-The situa-
ton between the locked out members
Of the Typographical union in Butte
and Anaconda and the newspapers OF
the two cities is a deadlock, with not
sign of a break thus far
The printers adhere to their deter
mination not to yield a point de-
handed by the publishers. They de-
clare that the publishers statement TO
them was an ultimatum and If any
thing in the nature Of 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 80 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 APP
pear disposed to arrive at settle
ment the printers apparently feel dis
inclined to recede one whit from the
original stand, which is taken to in
dictate a 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 no
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 must
be run without cessation, and the in.
corruption of their publication with nc
opportunity for the notices being
printed in any county paper adds to
the complications.
Big mercantile establishments are
resorting to all kinds of schemes for
The advertisement of wares; bands
parade the streets with banners
telling of bargains, the streets are
adorned with gaudily colored stream
ers. imparting an almost gala appear
ance to the city, while hand bills hav,
been scattered broadcast, in some
cases the posters simply covering the
walks.
Say Papers Were Money Losers.
With Henze out of the politca
field. the odd assertion is made tina
the newspapers are making money by
ceasing pubncation, It being stated OF
! the most reliable authority that the
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
ssts of Butte is a scheme by the min
ing companies to impress the MINER
who it is stated propose asking an in
J crease on April 1, with the futility o
J. their demands
The hodcarriers of the city hav
Z formulated a new scale demandini
p $3.50 a day, while carpenters ask 81
f Plumbers recently demanded IS, whicl
scale now prevails. Tomorrow tn
= ron holders at Anaconda in tn
e foundry of the Amalgamated Cope
2 company will strike for Increase
I wages, affecting 300 men.
Newsboys have been retailing oul
8 side papers at 10 cents a copy.