Arizona republican., 1919-02-14
BUTTE ABLE T0 HANDLE
 ANY. SITUATION

BUTTE, Mcnt., Feb. 13.-M achinists made the first break tonight in the local strike of copper miners, when they voted to return to work tomorrow morning, after a three day Iayoff, taken in sympathy with the strikers, and to permit issues to cIarify. Besides the machinists employed at the mines, a number of employees of local foun dries and shops who have been out, will return to work tomorrow, it was announced.
 BUTTE, Mont, Feb. Eve have sufficient troops in Butte today to handle any situation which might arise," Major George Halloran, in com mand of United States soldiers here, said tonight. Major Halloran arrived last night with two additional com panies of the 44th infantry and spent all of today investigating the strike situation caused by the walkout of members of the Butte Metal Miners union GndependenD and the Metal Mine Workers Industrial union No. 500, I. W. w., E protest against the recent cut in wages of miners of s1 a day.
 We intend to see that law and order is maintained in Butte" Major Hal loran said. Tn this connection we in- tend to cooperate with the city au thorities who are handling the situation here. The general situation has i'm proved, according to all information l have been able to gather"
 Major Halloran held a number of meetings today. He first called on the mayor and later on the manager of the ! local street car company. Resumption i of street car traffic, it is thought, may take place Saturday. as the result o1 these conferences. During the after noon, a gathering of prominent busi- nessmen, labor union officials anC members of the county council of de- stated to him the conditions prevailine in Butte. according to their observa. tions.
 Must Doff U. S. Uniforms
 All of the soldiers on duty here ar
 now stationed in the county cour house and other downtown buildings 4 Approximately s10,000 was advance,
 today by the Red Cross to discharget soldiers, to be used in purchasin,
 orders for civilian clothing. An orde
 issued here last Tuesda- was to tn
 effect that all discharged soldiers il
 Butte must discard their uniform b
 today The same order, it was saii
 here today, was made effectiv
 throughout the country, and allow
 wearing of the uniform by discharge, ! men only when enroute to their homes
 The order was obeyed here Withou
 trouble and the police did not find , necessary to make any arrests for tn . violation of the ruling.
 Three arrests were made during tn , O0nrni11O of Jai0lrafp y1-hn 1,-r
 with obstructing me- going to work. No clues were found today whic
 would lead to the arrest of those guilt of e,>aloding dynamite under the hom of C. H. Nolan q miner who had bee , working at the St. Lawrence mine. de , spite the strike of members of Butt Metal Miners union GndependenD an . of the Metal Mine Workers Industria
 union. No 500, l. W. w. No one in tn Nolan household was injured by tn explosion and only nominal damag was done to the SWelling.
 Cars Still Tied Up Street car traffic was still tied u by the refusal of carmen to take ou the cars for fear of violence. It Wa
 said tonight that provisions would D made by Saturday for resumption ( - street car service.
 , l lle Slrlhlllg miners nave Salneu au ditional recruits. several union organiz , ations having voted within the las
 24 hours either to strike in svmpath or remain away from work on plea of fear of violence.
 The dynamiting of the Nolan hom . early today, according to the polio followed threats over the telephone { Mrs. Nolan last Monday. Later tn police said Mrs Nolan had renOrte 1 she had again been threatened. = card bearing the numeral BIT wa r found on the front door of the Nola ,. home. These numbers were used D the days of the old Montana vigilante e ar sheet bearing the same numera
 was found pinned to the body Of Fran
 Little, I. W. W. agitator, who wa = lynched here in 1917.
 Officials Of the two organizations
 miners who are on strike declare
 their belief today that none of the
 members was responsible for the e> 7 plosion.