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Show DEPENDS ON WOMAN. Three-Million-Dollar Deal Is Tisd Up. Charles II. Schwab, former president of tho steel trust, with all his experlenco and wealth, cannot havo his own way In n bargain with a plnln Nevada woman, .says the San Frnnclsco Examiner. That Is why Mr. nnd Mrs. E. A. Montgomery, who havo been guests nt tho St. Francis for several days, nro wild to bo giving him much concern owing to their conduct In n certain mining deal. A M.000,000 mining transaction Is nanclnc nro becnusa Mra. Mont-Romcry Mont-Romcry objects to pelllntr to Schwab nt that llcure. Sho nnd her husband, who Is commonly com-monly known as "Bob." own nlne-twontlethfi of four claims In tho Bullfroz district of Nevada. Ne-vada. Malcolm MoDonnld owns a slmllnr amount, and Albert James owns tho other two-iwcntlcthr. two-iwcntlcthr. John McKano, Schwab's representative In Nuvnda, several weeks oro got McDonald, James nnd Montsomery to nRrco to accept J3,CH,0"O In cash, and so wired Schwnb. "When Mrs. Montcomcry heard of tho mnttcr sho mlced such a protest that her husband told "McKano to call oft the denl so far as his Interest In-terest was concerned. Invited to Como Here. Since then thero has been a persistent effort to Rot Mrs. Montgomery to chanpo her mind, ond tho cnmpnltcn, with that object In vlow was transferred from Nevada to this city several sev-eral days atco. when a Schwab nirent Invited the Montgomery and McDonald to somo to San rrnnclsco on a pleasure trip. I.ast Wednesday nlpht tho Schwab nccnt nnd McDonald left for tho East and Nevada people In tho city who am conversant with tho proposed pro-posed deal think that this Eastern trip means that tho MontKomeryH havo consented to wdl. but at an Increaaod price. Tho Montgomery. who left tho city for Nevada recently, refused to discuss the mutter savo to say that Jho transaction ban not yet been closed. "Bob" Montgomery has been prospecting In Nevada for fifteen yearn with a partnor named Edwards. A couplo of years ago nn Indian jwlnted out to them tjio property In tho Bullfrog Bull-frog county which thoy afterward staked In four claims.' The latter aro now known as Montcomcry mountain. The quart: they rtrst found ran but $H to tho ton , " Shows S9U Ore. A pian named Albeit Jumes ono day told thorn ho could point out SM oro oiv their claims If they would kIvo him an Interest. Ho did so nnd they gave hhn an Interest of two-twen-Uoths. Later on Edwnrda became dissatisfied nnd offered to soil hln Interest to Montcomnry for J50.000. Tho latter tried to ralso tho monoy end failed. Later Edwards tried to adll for $1150,000. Goldflold bankern turned tho proposition propo-sition down nnd finally Mnlcomn McDonald raid Edwards a pretty stiff flsuro for his Interest. In-terest. In tho nicnnilmo a wldof vein of oro on tho property had been uncovered. It la mid to bo n frenk formntlon and promlres to becomo ono of tho greatest pjold mines In tho world. Mo Knnc. on behalf of Schwab, examined tho property carefully nnd wired .Schwnb, becauso the latter Is buying on a most extensive scnlo In tli a Tonopah. Goldflold and Bullfrog districts. dis-tricts. When McKano got a roply ho asked Montgomery, McDonald and Jorncs what thoy would tnko to sell out tn. him. "Thrco millions In cash," was their reply. 'I'll toko tho proporty," rcpjlod McKano. It Is said the ileal would havo been closed two weeks apo had It not been for tho opposition opposi-tion of Mrs. Montgomery, who Is credited with being a. woman of much shrewdness and decision, de-cision, although having no experience in tho buslnos3 world. |
