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The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-14
MONTANA SPORTOOM
IS EAGERLY
WATCHING
ToDAY'S FlsTiC EVENT IN BUTTE
ATTRACTS MORE THAN
LOCAL ATTENTION..

Butte. April 13,-Montana sporting
world is agog tonight, the eve of the
12- round contest between Battling
Levinsky of New York and Jack Dill
Ion of Indianapolis for the light
heavyweight championship. Both of
the boxers tapered off on their train
ing today with road work Harry
Stout of Milwaukee arrived today and
will referee the contest. Indications
are that the attendance tomorrow
night will exceed that of any other
held in the northwest. Fans are com
ing in from all sections of the state
and large number are here from
points outside while the hotel lobbies
are filled with enthusiasts.
special train is being run from
several cities close by. Betting to-
night was brisk and While Dillon at
first was the favorite at 10 to s, there
has been a change of sentiment since
their workouts and even money now
prevails.
The men viii be examined by physi-
clans for the state boxing commission
again tomorrow at o'clock and will
enter the ring at catch weights.
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IN FEARFUL STORM
ALASKAN RACE
STARTS
DOG TEAMS AND DRIVERS LEAVE
HOME IN BLIZZARD ON LONG
ENDURANCE HIKE.

Nome. Alaska, April 13.-The all
miles over the wind swept trail from
Nome to Candle and return was be-
gun as scheduled at 3 o'clock this
morning. All the inhabitants of Nome
turned out to see the teams start. A
blizzard Was IN progress and light
snow falling. -Four teams are III the
race: John Johnsons team, Is dogs,
driven by HIMSELF; Fred Ayers team,
u dogs, driven by himself; Leon Sep
pala's $ team IA dogs. driven by him.
self, and Allan and Darlings team rs
dogs, owned by A. A. (Scotty) Allan
of Nome and Mrs. c. e. Darling of
Berkeley, Cal, and driven by Alan.
johnson holds the record for the
course. Allan has won the race twice
land Aver Won the 64-mile Solomon
derby last month. The sweepstakes
winner gets $1,000 and a trophy cup.
Miss Barbara Meister, queen of the
Alaska carnival given several weeks
ago to raise money for the sweep
stake purse, fired the shot that sent
the teams away. "Scotty" Allan was
the first to drive into solomon, the
!first reporting station. covering the
distance of 81 miles in three hours and
Ii minutes. Fred Aver was right be-
hlnd the leader, checking in one min
ute after Allan. John Johnson re-
ported SIX minutes later and Seppalia
checked in 16 minutes after Johnson.
Allan's time to Solomon was little
slower than that made on the first
slretch last Year when Allan and
Johnson drove into Solomon together
three hours and seven minutes afte,
they left Nome.
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-14
BIG LEAGUE CLUBS READY
FOR START OF LONG RACE
Clubs Grind TodSeng of Opposing
Eve of Annual RaeAthetcs American and
Giants in National Still Seem Have Advantage

er, Reulbach, Ragan, wagner, Brown
and Aitchison the Brooklyn club has
six twirlers who should work sue
cessfully. The Superbas have McCar-
thy, Fischer, Miller and Irwin, all de-
pendable catchers. The infield COM
bination of Daubert, Cutshaw, Egan
and Smith, with Hummel and Elber-
field in reserve, is strong lineup.
The outfield is not 50 impressive but
in Dalton, Stengel and Wheat the Su-
perbas have excellent players.
Reds.
Cincinnati-The Cincinnati team this
season will have a new leader In
Charles Herzog, formerly of the New
York Giants The probable lineup will
be Hoblitzel, first base; Groh, second
base; Herzog, shortstop, captain and
manager; Niehoff, third base; Mar
sans left field; Bates, center; Moran.
right field; YingIing, Johnson and
Benton pitchers and Clarke, catcher.
Cardinals.
ST. Louis-The strength of the ST.
Louis club is an uncertain quantity on
the eve OF the new season. During
the ante-season games with the ST.
Louis Browns. Miller at first, Butler
at short, Dolan and Manager Higgins
proved a fast fielding combination.
Two new players, Wilson, center and
CRUZ, right, have shown we'll. With
Lee Magee at left the trio appears
stronger than in past seasons. The
battery squad includes Robinson.
Steele, Perritt, Griner, Hopper and
Hagerman. Wingo and O'Connor will
take turns with mask and mitt.
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K|LL|FER IS FIRED
FOR 0vER-ANx|ETY

New York, April William M.
killifer. Jr., catcher Of the Philadel-
phia National League club, was ex-
PEELED from membership of the Base
2all Players fraternity today for
contract Jumping This action the
fraternity took in conformity with
resolution il adopted last october pro-
hlbitlhg the breaches of contract
In announcing killifer's expulsion
David u. F'ultz, president Of the or
Sanizatlon, alluded to cut throat tao
tics of baseball club owners. in in
duclng players to violate agreements.
The magnates, more than 1Sillifer,
We're blamed for his jumping to the
Federals.
killifer is with Philadelphia and the
United States court has held that he
Is the property of that club.
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Judging from the size of the crowd
yesterday, the gallery at the Piquett
boxing bill next Thursday evening will
set a new record for Missoula. Inter-
est in the fight is keen and the seats
are selling like the justly famous hot
cakes In their training quarters all
of the men who are to go on Thurs
day evening are in the pink of condi-
ton. The fight is certain to be one
of the cleanest, fastest and best ever
staged here
Eddie Carroll. whose muss with
Danny Cummings of Butte is to be
one OF the features of the card, is at
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sters are Woods and Dunlap infield-
ers; Billings, catcher; Bassler, catch
er: Lelivelt and Knight are pinch hit
ters
Red Sox.
Boston-With three star players
convalescent, the Boston Red Sox will
be handicapped This Speaker has
had cold; Joe Wood has been oper-
ated on for appendicitis and Captain
Wagner the shortstop, has had rheu-
matism. Everett Scott will play short;
Engle first. Yerkes second, and Gard
ner, third. The outfield is composed
of Speaker, Hooper and Lewis. Man
ager Carrigan win head the catching
staff of four, including Cady, Thomas
and Nunamaker. Four veteran pitch
ers remain besides Wood, Collins, Be
dient, Leonard and Foster, with john
ston, Kelly of last years Seattle team
and leiser as candidate pitchers.
White Sox.
Chicago--If the White Sox have
added bit of batting power and a
little more speed on the base lines,
they are likely to prove factors in the
AeeNS iiS pANShiLS oNoll 10 ueLu6NAoo'
to batting averages with Russell,
Scott, Cicotte, Benz, Lathrop and Roth
in shape. Ray Schalk is expected to
catch. The addition of Daily, a good
hitter. to the backstop department,
makes him valuable.
Tigers.
Detroit-For the first time in four
American league playing season with
out George Mullin on the pitching
mound. John Dubuc is the ranking
pitcher The opening game will find
Cobb, Crawford, Stanage. Bush and
possibly Moriarity and Veach in their
regular positions. First and second
base are doubtful Gamer may play
the initial sack, Witt or Bauman will
play second unless Kavanaugh is well.
Moriarity may play third. Veach is the
only outfielder fighting for his job.
New York.
New York-The New York Amer
lean league club under Frank Chance
has virtually new lineup. With the
exception of Roy Hartzell, second
base; Ed Sweeney, catcher and sew
eral pitchers, the personnel joined the
club late last season or this spring.
Chance appears to have fairly salts
factory pitching staff with King Cole,
Warhop, Caldwell, McHale and Keat-
ing. Behind the bat are Sweeney and
Gossett. The infield at present con-
sists of Williams Hartzell, Peckin-
paugh and Maisel. Considerable ex-
perimenting is likely in the combina-
tion. Walsh, Gilhooley, cooke and
Channel give the club more than aver
age ability.
Browns.
st Louis-The St Louis Americans
this year will be right hand club, 81
of the Browns swinging from the right
side and eight from the left Of the
pitchers three-Weilman, Hamilton
and Leverenz-are southpaws, the
other seven being right armed. Two
of the right handlers are veterans
Baumgardner and Mitchell. The new
men are James, Taylor, Witte, Edward
Manning Harry Hook.
Manager Hickey is strong at first
Jack Lear and Ivan Howard showing
Well Pratt and Wares will work the
second sack with the Veteran Wallace
at shortstop with Bisland Jimmy
Austin, captain, will hold the far in
field corner. OF the new outfielders
Messenger and Bill Rumler look good
Catchers are Agnew and Crossin, JOE
Jenkins and Jack Enzenroth
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tracing lots of attention throug his
preliminary work. He is clever and
fast. fully living up to the advance
notices sent from the coast, where he
met the best of them and not always
to his discredit, either His meeting
with Cummings will be winner, for
the genial Danny is no slouch at the
boxing game. Danny fairly lives on
punishment, and as Carroll is a bit
anxious himself the fight will be fast
from the outset
The men will work out at the
Rochester club every afternoon and
Manager Piauett invites all the fans
to avail themselves of the opportunity
OF watching the fighters In action.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Athletics.

AtnIetlCS.
Philadelphia The Philadelphia
Americans stand pat on the team that
won the championship of the world
in 1913. This year Bender and
Plank again will be the mainstay
of the pitching corps Mack is rely
ing much upon Rush, Shawkey and
Brown Ira Thomas, the new captain
of the Athletics, expects to keep the
players ION their toes"
Senator's
Washington-With but one reliable
veteran pitcher and practically the
same lineup, man for man, the second
place prospects of this years Wash
ington club are not bright Manager
Griffith has failed to strength the
batting department In the pitching
department Walter Johnson is the only
real veteran. The most promising in
the list of pitchers are Shaw, Ayers
Bentley, southpaw and Harper, an
other portsider The outfield will be
Moeller right; Milan, center, Shanks
left. The infied will lineup: Gandil
first; Morgan, second; Forster third;
Captain Mcbride, short. Behind the
Henry, Ainsmith and Alva Williams.
Maps.
Cleveland-The future of the Cleve-
land Americans who finished third
last year, is problematical. Pitchers
! Fred Blanding and George kahler,
| righthanders jumped to the Federals
/ and then back to Cleveland The courts
now enioin them. Manager Birlnng
ham will have Crllop and James, ex-
periments last year. to help out Gregg
Mitchell and Steen. Gregg and Mitch
ell are star lefthanders and Steen is
a good righthander, and Hagerman
collamore and Bowman, youngsters
Outside of the box the team is practi-
eally the same Shortstop Chapman is
! injured and will be out until June In
fielder Olson will fill his place Young
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-14
WILLARD WINS.

Buffalo, n. V, April 13-Jesse
Willard of Kansas, knocked out Dan
DAILY of Newcastle, Pa, in the ninth
round of 10-round match tonight.
With the exception of one round. Will
lard show4N to advantage throughout.
4 right uppercut after one minute OF
fighting the ninth round put DAILY
down for the count. Willard weighed
256 and DAILY, 207 pounds.
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At That Them Larger Crowds Than Did edea

Cleveland shall have a winner The
fact has been forced upon me there
are few young players incapable OF
making good in the majors who can
make good in the association or the
international league. The best players
in these leagues are former major
leagucrs.
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-14
SEASON WILL OPEN
ALONG SOUND
TODAY

Tacoma, April ia big auto
mobile parade with city and state
officials mingling with the baseball
fans will precede tomorrows opening
game here of tho 1914 season of
the Northwestern league with the
Vancouver Beavers billed against
Tacoma. Governor Lister is sched-
uled to pitch the first ball.
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There was particular reason it
seems why Tom Seaton didn't care
10 PLAY with the QCakers and signed
with tho Feds Last season his wife
was seriously sick in Philadelphia
when Tom was with the team at Chi
cago. And Mrs. Seaton wired to Tom
to come at once. The Philadelphia
management was very anxious for
Scaton to pitch the game that after
noon and so. declares Tom, they held
the telegram back till after the game
Which SO displeased Seaton, as we'll
as his Wife, that they both deter
mined that he should find baseball
employment elsewhere at the first op-
portunty Which he did
Buck 0'I5rien, pitcher. has made a
complete tour of the baseball world
He started in at indianapolis in 1909
and now he's back there again. The
first year with Indianapolis they let
Buck go to Evansville of the Central
league, which, after giving him short
trial, sent him to Hartford of the
Connecticut league. The Boston Red
Sox thought he looked pretty good
but they shipped him on to Jack
Hendricks at Denver. Buck helped
Hendricks win the 1911 pennant and
the Boston team called him back in
time to win five important games for
them. Then he helped the Red Sox
win the 1912 pennant, but he made no
great hit when he lost the second game
of the worlds series to the Giants. He
was sold to the White Sox. The Sox
sent him to Oakland, CAL and from
thence he came back to indianapolis
Quite an extensive little journey.
It's a pipe that fortune tellers don't
often read the sport pages. one Of
them recently told Joe Birmingham
that he and his Maps were going to
have a lot OF good luck
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-14
Athletics Victors.

Philadelphia, April 1s.-The Phila-
delphia Americans won the spring
series from the local National league
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sos Goofs Trimmed.

Davenport. Iowa, April 1".-Daven
mort of the Three-T league today shut
out the second team of the Chicago
Americans, to 0. Four fast double
plays spoiled the only chances the
Chicagoans had to score.
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FEDS OPEN SEASON
BEFORE GREAT
CROWD
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND SEE
BALTIMORE BEAT BUFFALO
in OPENING GAME.
ATHLETICS CITY CHAMPS
Philadelphia Series Ends With Ten
lnninu Struggle in Which Nationals
Lose by to score-Denver Beats
Salt Lake Club in Second Game.

Baltimore, April 13.-In the presence
Of probably $4,000 persons, the Balti-
more Fcderals defeated Buffalo IN the
opening game of the season here to-
day. 3 to 2.
Although there were numerous ef-
rors on both sides, the game abounded
in brilliant plays.
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Mormons Lose.

Denver, April 1s.-The Denver club
Of the Western league defeated the
Salt Lake club of the Union associa-
ton in their second game here today
by score of to 2.
Score r. n n
DehVer 8 1
Salt Lake Observation-Disclosures. 2 z
Batteries Mitchell and Spahr:
Knapp and McClain.
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Fred Clarke seems to have such a
promising bunch OF rookie material
on hand this spring that he has de-
tcrnined not TO let one go till after
that team has returned to Pittsburgh
And even then he is going to keep
quite few more of them than has
previously been his habit. There are
a number of reasons for this But the
e.ticf ohe among them is the Feds. If
Fred Clarke has a chance to say any
thing in the matter not one of his
hustlng youngsters that he has looked
over this spring will find his way to
the Feds Most of the major losgue
teams are going to some pains in this
particular. The Pirates, however. with
their wealth Of clever recruits, are
especially anxious to give the Feds the
slip Most of the American and Ma
tional league teams will ignore the
25-man ruling this season. 50 eager
are they to hand the Feds smack
on the beeZor.
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Giants Win Fast Fray.

Giants Win Fast Fray.
Baltimore, Md. April 13.--In a fast
game the New York Giants today de-
feated the Baltimore Internationals, ;
to q
Score r. IT n
New York ........... 3 2
Baltimore .-ss................ 6 2
Batteries Schupp, Hearne and
Mclean; Ruth and Egan.
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tofall
the of
Sweeney HIn
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Sport Snapshots

Federal league umpires this sumner
are going to appear during the real hot
spells in neat and nobby hight linen
suits And the peanut boys are TO be
Well hammered and gentle spoken
young ones. Also. there are to be
lots of ladies' days. Glorified round-
ers will be somewhat refined in Fed
circles.
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-04-14
Senators Grab Another.

Providence. r. l., April 13.-Timely
hitting combined with errors by the
Internationals gave the
Americans the game to-
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Trolley Dodgers.

Brooklyn-With Gilbert Robinson as
manager, Brooklyn will have a base
ball general and material for fast
combination. The team is strong in
battery and infield material. In Ruck-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
LINERS CAPTAIN CHOSE
DEATH: WOULDN'T SURRENDER

London. Eng, Aug 29.-Three shells
nfarced the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
SINK bv the British cruiser High Filler
off the coast Of Africa. according to
Lieut. Deaue. a British army officer who
bad been taken prisoner from the
steamer Galician by the Kaiser VII
helm.
Lieut.. Deane was not on board the
German liner. as he had been sent over
to the collier Arucat, from which the
liner was coaling- When it was seen
that the Kaiser Wilhelm was doomed
the German captain sent his sword. his
dispatch box and a letter to his wife
TO the collier, his secretary being his
messenger. Previous to doing this the
captain Of the liner had announced that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
1 telephone Girl STICKS
10 Post in Bombardment
Until Shell Ends Life

Faris, France. Aug. %. 1910 D. m
according to information which has
Ieaened Paris. the little village Of
4 TAM near LOngwy. France. has been
5S,lDJected to two bOmDarumenJs by the
,tsl mans, one on Monday Of this week,
me other Tuesday.
Inc second bOmbardment set the
town on fire, and many people are said
- nave persisted in the flames The
tsIephone service Of Etain was left in
me hands OF a young girl who stuck
70 her post while shells were burst
Lns al around the telephone office
ana called up VOrdOn every Is min
ltes 70 give an account Of what was
going on.
=, The director Of posts of Vordon was
listening TO a message being sent by
Lnls girl when she interrupted her
communication to say
"A bomb has just fallen in this
office"
That ended the conversation
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
GERMANS TERRORIzE
BELGIAN CIVILIANS

London, Eng. Aug. 29.-The CORE
spondent Of Reuters Telegram com
pany at Antwerp sends the following
official statement, which has been is
sued there:
TO the laws Of war, bOuibarded Malines,
an open and undefended town
"On Friday morning the town was
partially occupied by German infantry,
which withdrew toward the south in
the afternoon and the bombaI dment
was renewed, four shells falling about
each quarter of an hour.
The enemy also bombarded the re-
gion about Heyst Opdenburg, a town
Il miles southeast Of Antwerp. an open
locality not occupied by the military.
The two operations had no less an
object than to terrorize the civilian
populations"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
MALINES DESERTED
AFTER COMMANDMENT

Rotterdam, Holland. Aug. ga dis
patch 10 the Daily News from Rotter-
dam says that out Of 50, 900 inhabitants
OF Malines only 200 are now left in the
town Refugees state that many were
killed by the bOmbardment and prac-
tically all of the rest fled.
The Germans are bringing up heavy
siege guns on a new pattern for use
against Antwerp. These guns have also
been used at Malines.
The Germans have ordered able
bodied Belgians in Liege and Londres
and in the vicinity to proceed at once to
Germany to assist IN harvesting. The
news Of this order Is likely to swell
greatly the number Of Belgian refugees
in southern Holland.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
FIRST CANADIAN
TROOPS EMBARK

Montreal, Quebec. Aug. 2S-Ine
Princess Patricia Canadian light lntan-
Try, the first native troops from NorLh
America TO leave for the European war.
sailed today, 1000 strong, aboard the
W hite Star liner Megantics amid gaia
scenes for a secret destination
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
ALLIES CAPTURE SEVEN
GERMAN SHIPS IN FAR EAST.

Hong Kong. China, Aug. 2s. - The
German steamer Senegambia, with a
cargo of cattle and coal, has been
made a prize jointly by the British
cruiser Hampshire and the French
cruiser Dupleiz- The German steamer
c. Ferdinand Laecesz. which sailed
from Yokohama July % for New York,
has arrived here a British prize
It is reported the German steamers
York and Prince Waldemar have also
been captured and are being brought
here.
Three German merchant ships, the
steamers FFisia, Hanametal and PAX
lat have been captured by the British
fleet and taken to Wei-hai-WeL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
GERMANS HASTEN
To HALT RUSSIA

Copenhagen. Denmark, Aug. %
Ordinary railroad transportation has
been halted for the present because
the German railroads are engaged in
carving troops from the west front
to the hard pressed east front. where
the Russian hordes are swarming over
Prussia.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
MOBILIZATION OF sWEDEN's
ARMY REPORTED ORDERED

New. York. Aug. 29.-The Swedish
army has been ordered modified, &C
cordlng to the Evening World, which
gives as its authority "a leading paper
mouse in New York" This house, ac-
cording to the Evening World, re-
ceiVed the following message today
from its agent in London.
Grave political movements feared
In Sweden Mobilization ordered"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
Mufled Drums Beat As
Women Dressed in Black
March in Peace Parade

New York, Aug. 29-ThOusands Of
somber clad women marched down Fifth
avenue this afternoon to the beat OF
muuled drums TO signify their Opposi-
ton to war Nearly all wore black
dresses and black hats and at the head
OF the procession marched a standard
bearer with a large white flag in
scribed in black with the word,
Peace
Women Of TeUtOnic, Slay and Gallo
extraction marched side by side as evil
dence Of the solidarity OF their sex
against the crueltes Of war
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
RUSSIANS BATTLING HARD
american Women Near
Forts on the French
Frontier; Not Afraid

Paris. Aug. 29.-Mrs- Nicholas, LONG -tllll5,
worth Of Cincinnati is at Saint Michael,
near the forts of Verdun, win l-,,l neE
daughter, who married count AoeIg -
de Chambrun, who has COMMAND IN
the front Mrs. LonEworth writes to
friend in Paris that she IS IN no
peril
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
FRENCH ARE URGED
TO REMAIN FIRM

Paris, France, Aug. 29.-A manifesto
was issued by the French cabinet Fri
Gay night calling on the republic 10
stand firm and repulse the enemy no
matter what the sacrifice, declaring
that the present great battle is not de-
clslVe, 1t called attention to the Rus
san march on Berlin where, II de-
cared great anxiety exists
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
THOUSANDS OF DEAD
GERMANS ARE FOUND

washington. D. C., Aug. 29.-Before
Nancy. France. the French troops found
$500 German dead. and before Vitrimont
$500 dead. according to official dispatch
IS TODAY 10 the French embassy Russian
troops are 80 kilOmeters from Lemberg,
Austria. and the Servian army head
quarters has been moved forward to
ZalievO.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
BUTTE MINERS CONTINUE
CAMPAIGN FOR RECOGNITION

Butte. Mont. Aug. 2s.-Members Of
the Butte Mine Workers union con-
tinued today TO enforce their demands
for recognition and the employment Of
only their men in the Butte mines. All
miners descending into the St. Law
renee mine Of the Anaconda Copper
company Friday night were inspected
and made 10 show their cards in the
new union.