| Show MINERS REFRAIN FROM WORK AT BUTTE BUTT E butte mont feb 10 independent mining companies of the butte district were notified late today ot of an embargo placed on the shipment of at customs ore by the AnaC anaconda ODda copper mining company to the smelters shelters sm elters at great falls and anaconda this Is taken to mean by the independent shipper that the he anaconda company camany is cleaning up its ores orea on land hand preparatory to closing down theto thebo emell 1 tere twelve thousand miners are idle I 1 here tonight either as the result of I 1 last weeks strike of independent union organizations a a a protest against a reduction of 1 a day in nages ages and th the rustling card ays tern tem or through through tear fear or intimidation I 1 by the striking element the situation la Is under control ot at military forces commanded by maj A M jones operation of street car ser service serice ice in butte was halted baited early in the day when crowds of strikers surrounded the barns and according to the military authorities threatened violence if the cars NN were ere sant on their runs I 1 two companies of the infantry regulars guarded the approaches to the mines today and prevented strike picket from gaining access to the workings where other miners were at work |
