Show MONTANA the north butte mining company of butte has declared a dividend of fifty c cents ants a share payable july 25 to holders of record july 3 ninety two thousand shares of stock of the assessed for 1 by the corbin copper company were delinquent and were bid in by the company the report which the anaconda copper company filed with the assessors of silver bow county showed profits of tor for the year ending may 31 the butte superior of butte made an output of pounds of zinc in concentrates in may with a daily tonnage of ore treated of the concentrates contained per cent of zinc and the mill recovery was per cent on saturday the thirteenth seceding members of the butte local of the western federation of miners broke up the union parade demolished the union hall furniture and records and conducted a general riot their protest against the conduct of affairs by union officials started when 1000 refused to show union cards at some of the mines and were refused work the acting mayor of butte was severely injured in the melee and police and county officials were helpless the se ceders objected mainly to the heavy assessments sess ments levied against them for the support of the michigan strike and have formed an independent union just what action the mining companies will take is not known as the mines have contracts with the federation which it may compel the latter to fulfill by importing men |