Show I i I I THREE THE THOUSAND ND ARE IDLE IDE More Kore Men laid Off at Butte Indica Indications That an Industrial Cri en Crisis eni sis 15 Is at Hand Haild f Special to The Herald 4 Butte Feb 27 Three thousand 9 f 4 miners and top men are idle to tonight f 4 night in this camp owing to the f demand for tor an Increase in the th 4 9 f scale sale ale of wages 1000 of the num number f ber having been laid off of today In ln t tf f addition to the thO th 2000 of yesterday 4 All AH development dt work and sur surface surface 9 face improvements at all aU of the f 4 larger properties has been sun BUS 4 9 It is understood that at 4 s 4 several of the Amalgamated ed mines 4 9 4 bulkheads have been built in the tho 4 4 lower 1 workings to prevent flooding f 4 in the event the pumps are ford torel 4 4 bly stopped and this is taken faken as asan 4 9 4 an indication that the companies 4 9 4 9 fear a further complication of the f labor trouble and a L complete sus f 4 9 pension of operations within a 11 4 9 4 9 short time There is lit a decided d elded 4 4 feeling of unrest among the peo 4 4 pie though t ough nothing of Importance 4 4 developed deClo ed today t day 4 M f |