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

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
company was compelled to tap the
furnaces in its smelter because out of
5000 men employed on the day shift
only lilo reported for work Friday
morning It is expected that the
company's plant in Great Falls will
be closed down within a day or two
as soon as the ore i~n-transit has been
sent through the smelter. Approx
mately 10, 900 miners are idle in
Butte. a.G
G. A. Mccarthy, alias Albright, still
is held in the city Jail in connection
with the 1ynching of Frank H. Little,
national executive board member of
the Industrial Workers of the World.
Mccarthy. local executive board
member Of the L. ". 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 aresthat, the zindepend-
ent mines Of the district which did
not shut down Friday will b 3 com
PEELED to cease operations In the near
future. These include the zinc pro
ducing properties, among them n
Butte and Superior, Elm OrIu and
others. Miners gradually are falling
! to report for work at the independent
| properties. There Is a belief here
that the machinists' union will de-
clare a strike soon. The machinists
have formulated new demands which
they declare they will insist upon. IN
spite Of the fact that several weeks
oco %hary oocorfaA 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 a charge
of vagrancy and investigation, the
tentative allegation being that inquiry
or not he was a member Of h party
which lynched Frank H. Little. g
cutive board member Of the Indus
trial Workers of the World, whose
! body was found hanging from a Mil
waukee trestle ear Butte more than
three weeks ago.. Mccarthy Is book
ed under the name Of Charles Al
bright. but denies that this is, mis-
name.
Admits Prison Record.
He declared tina Albright is not his
name, but admitted that prior to join
ing the Metal Mine Workers union,
he had Just finished serving seven
months in the Montana p~enttentiary
to which, it was stated, he was sen.
fenced for writing a check without
funds in the bank on a local saloon:
Mccarthy was chairman OF the Wis,
itfng committee which made the
rounds of he American Federation
Of Labor unions, soliciting strike
funds for the metal mine workers and
+: a member 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 Gnilt.
Mccarthy, or Albright, emphaticaa
" denied that he was guilty Of an!
narticipation in the numbering o
Frank H. Little. He said that on tn
night in question, he had visited abou
town with several friends until !.
o'clock and had then gone to hi
room and dropped off to sleep.
cts q frame-up," said the prison
er. 'aThey can't connect me with tn
crime. I can't understand why nom
!. workers union have not come to me
1 haven't seen an attorney or any
body else, and here I've been In 5ai
two or three days"
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 Q
the Metal Mine Workers union.
At a meeting Of the metal trade
council, 1t was decided to be h sens
Of those present that he shut-dowl
OF the smelter and mines should con
J stitute q lockout and that no unto
member 81 ould be permitted to wor
for the Anaconda company.