The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-07-29
HERCULES 8 SHELTER
COMPROMISE CONTRACT
RUMoR QUOTES MRS. HUTTON
SAID NEW COMPANY TAKES
NoRTHPoRT SHELTER.

Interest in the smelling contract
controversy has been revived during
the past week by the departure of
Eugene r. Day, manager of the Her
cules, and James j. Murphy, superin
tendent of the mine. Where they
went is not known, but it is generally
presumed that they have gone to New
York and that their mission has some
thing to do with the smelling of Her
cules ores, but whether by contract
with the A. s. G. r. company or by the
erection of a smelter by the Hercules
company is matter in which the pub
lie is wholly in the dark About all
the public knows is that the mine and
mill have now been closed down tight
for two months and that there is no
evidence of a resumption. At the same
time there are many rumors floating
around which are interesting If not in
structive, and so long as no definite
information Is vouchsafed from the
powers that be, the public is privileg-
rumors and figuring out plans at least
to its own satisfaction for the settle
ment of the troubles of the contendng
forces.
Compromise Saws Mrs. Hutton.
From Spokane comes a report,
which quotes no less an authority
than Mrs. May Arkwright Hutton, one
of the owners of the Hercules, that the
trouble between the mining company
and the smelter trust will be compro-
missed, that the Days will build 10
smelter and that the Hercules ore will
be treated by the American Smelling
& Refining company. This report is
at variance with a former
vigorous statement credited to Mrs.
Hutton last June, shortly after the
mine closed down, which shows that
after all Mrs. Hutton is still a woman
who reserves the blessed privilege of
ler sex to change her mind without
notice or reason, except that based |
1pon the regularity of monthly divi-
lends. Last June, referring to the /
losing down of the Hercules, Mrs
Hutton said:
when the Hercules gets just as
rood contract with the smelling
as it has been holding up to
Tune /, then the mine will start up,
md no sooner We can afford to close
he mine a whole year, if necessary, I
n order to secure the desired smelt-
ng rate"
A compromise means concession. If
he latest rumor is true, then the Her
ules is not to receive the rate it had
p the first Of last June.
Smelter Under Another Name.
Following the above report came
mother that the Northport smelter i,
as changed hands, but that the Days
re not the purchasers 1t is said that !,
new company has been or will be .
,rmed to take it over remodel and !,
lodernize it for the treatment of lead :
res, and that the Hercules output will
e handled there. The new concern, II
stated, while an independent COM
any on paper, will in reality be
Ibsidiary of the A. s. & R. company,
nd that this plan will be adopted as q ;.
eans of conciliating the Hercules in !,
,e form of contract and at the same a
me escape making the same conces- ~.
ons to the Bunker Hill and Stewart
his would seem to bear out the :,
atement made by Mrs. Hutton that
lie Hercules and smelling company :
oubles would be compromised all :.
which is respectfully submitted
ithout bias to an expectant public !.
o.