Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-27
BUTTE TODAY
is CITY OF
IDLE MINERS
Ten Thousand Men Walk
Streets Because of Shut
Down of Copper Mines.
MORE SHUTDOWNS
EXPECTED SOON
Arrest I. w. w. Member in
Connection with Lynch
ing Of Frank Little.

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shutdown Of all the copper mines of
the district made necessary by the
closing Friday of the Washoe plant Of
the Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany at Anaconda. The Anaconda
company was compelled to tap the
furnaces in its smelter because out Of
5000 men employed on the day shift
only 110 reported for work Friday
morning. It is expected that the
be closed down within q day or two
as soon as the ore in transit has been
sent through the smelter. Approx
mately 10000 miners are idle in
Butte.
G. A. Mccarthy, alias Albright, still
is held in the city Jail in connection
with the lynchtng of Frank H. Little,
national executive board member Of
the Industrial Workers of the World.
member Of the I. w. W.. was arrested
several days ago but the news of his
arrest did not become public until late
Saturday night. Mccarthy vehement
ly denies any connection with or
knowledge of the Little affair.
More Mines May Close.
Indications ares that, the indeDend-
ent, mines Of the district which dig
not shut down Friday will be com m
p6IieQ 10 C0dS6 6sOpSEdIlguS III LIE! hSe1A
future. These include the zinc pro
ducing properties, among them the
Butte and Superior, Elm Orlu and
others Miners gradually are failing
to report for work at the independent
properties. There Is q belief here
| that the rnachinists' union will de-
clare a strike soon. The machtnists
have formulated new demands which
they declare they will insist upon. In
/
ago they accepted the agreement
reached between the operating com
panies and the state metal trades
council.
| Mccarthy, executive board member
of the Metal Mine Workers union, is
detained at the city Jail on charge
of vagrancy and investigation, the
tentative allegation being that inquiry
is being made to determine whether
which lynched Frank H. Little, exc
cutive board member Of the Indus
trial Workers of the World, whose
! body was found hanging from MIL
waukee trestle near Butte more than
three weeks ago. Mccarthy Is book
ed under the name Of Charles Al
bright. but denies that this Is his
name.
Admits Prison Record.
He declared that Albright Is not his
name, but admitted that prior to join
ing the Metal Mine Workers union
he had Just finished serving sever
months in the Montana penitentiarJ
to which. it was stated, he was sen.
fenced for writing a check wtthou'
funds in the bank on local saloon:
Mccarthy was chairman of the Wis
! ittng committee which made tht
! rounds Of the American Federation
/! Of Labor unions, soliciting strike
! funds for the metal mine workers an6
! a MON Der OF, a party which got into
meeting Of the International mine
mill and smeltermen by mistake
thinking they had got into the car
/ penters' union meeting.
| Mccarthy Denies Guilt.
Mccarthy, or Albright, emphatical
ly denied that he was guilty OF an!
! participation, in the numbering %
Frank H. Little. He said that on TN
night in question, he had visited abou
4 o'clock and had then gone to n1
room and dropped off to sleep.
'sIts a frame-up," said the prison
| er. .eThey can't connect me with tn
\ crime. I can't understand why nom
Of the members of the Metal Min
workers union have not come to me
! I haven't seen an attorney or any
I body else, ana mere I've peen IN jdi
two or three days."
i Miss Rankin to Washington.
Miss Jeanette Rankin. representa-
tive in congress from Montana. LEI
Saturday night for Washington. Sh
arrived earlier in the day from he
home in Missoula and held brief con
ferenoes with prominent members
the Metal Mine Workers union.
i At meeting Of the metal trade
council, 1t was decided to be the sens
Of those present that the shut-d dow
Of the smelter and mines should con
stitute q lockout and that no uniol
member s! ould be permitted to worl
for the Anaconda company.