Eureka Reporter | 1907-04-12 | Page 4 | Six Thousand Men Idle

SIX THOUSAND MEN IDLE vast army of men out of work be cause of strike of fifty butte mont because fifty two elec tr cal workers machinists and blacks black smiths struck at the boston mom moni tana smelters at great falls monday afternoon six thousand men are idle the shutting down of the smelter being followed by the suspension of the boston montana mines in butte the electrical workers machinists and blacksmiths demanded an ln ini crease of 50 cents per day refusing to confer with john D ryan manag ing ng director of the amalgamated corn com pany who had offered the men an in crease of 25 cents per day on a five year contract