Manti Messenger | 1914-07-03 | Page 6 | Butte Merchants Guarding Stores

MERCHANTS GUARDING STORES BIG MINING CAMP LABORING UN OER DER TENSE SITUATION SINCE RECENT RIOT while city 1 Is outwardly dik quiet strong guard guards have been placed in bual busl me noes places to prevent further destruction butte mont merchants Mer cbanta of nutte hare bave placed armed guardi guards in 10 their toree stores to guard against unforeseen contingencies one of the larger 1 t tore ores hae has watchmen patrolling the l ever since the riota riots of two beeks ago caused by factional fights la in the local union at 0 the western federation of miners butte baa has labored under a tenie tense situation the city outwardly la Is quiet aa as it baa has been since the last riot of tuesday night when pound pounds of dynamite were placed in twenty charge charges in the business center the new now independent union of miners which waa was formed la in opposition to the western federation of minera miners ton on trel arol reported it had signed up 2289 member members out ot at the metal minera minors here