Deseret Evening News | 1906-08-03 | Page 6 | Great Falls Smelters Close

GREAT FALLS SMELTERS SHELTERS CLOSE Butte nute Aug Au 3 3 A Miner from tram Great Grul Falls 18 states that thai the Ih electrolytic smelters of o the Boston Montana com cam company Ilm campany pany panr of t the Ih Amalgamated ml matr Copper corn com company Ol pany eloped closed down this thU III evening ee ns A a the result of a a strike of ot the following tolon the te refusal al of Supt Supt Wheeler of ot th the works work to 10 recognize r a f committee for far r the mill and Ind union which demanded that Ihal five nv discharged smelter men be b reinstated Posters lOIe hl been b m tacked up II about abut the plant notIfying all 01 that a a strike Is II I on 01 Pickets have hwe been wn posted pl to 10 pro pre prevent p vent ont el tiny any In workmen from entering Supt Wheeler has hn Issued I a I notice that aU all mu must t 1 report for tor work Saturday M A a the Ihl company toast mutt know knol by br that Ihal time If It th Ih the themen men are ar to 10 return tn to work The T strike affects 2000 10 men inca In Cascade county employed l In the smelters railroads coal II camps camp and other Industries Inu trl connected with the Amalgamated td Industry About bUI JWO 30 miners In the Boston Dlton Montana mines mine in Butte nut are ar ns as t U it I will wi b necessary to 10 close clone down the property Iro ry shutdown contInues continue The ru Dos Bos Boston Doston If It I the TI ton Montana electrolytIc swelter are the Ih largest t In the world orld handling about mines minesA 40 tons ton of at arc oro ra daily Mi from fr the Butte A m re from rm Butte over or the Pollock wires today loa Indicated lt that thata a 1 of the th might he effected during durIn the day dM