Show WILLIAM HAS RESIGNED change in presidency of anaconda copper company i ions telegraphed statement ignation from the management of the amalgamated copper companas comp anys montana interests is as follows 1 I have resigned the presidency of he anaconda copper mining company and am withdrawing from the service of the amalgamated company to in business on my own account once before I 1 took steps toward retirement ti but the matter was not at that almo followed up on june 11 1903 I 1 wrote from butte to mr IF H roger tendering my resignation and asking to be relieved mr roger de lined to accept my resignation and aery kindly insisted on my remaining I 1 felt persuaded to do so after a visit to new york and again took up the weight with little or no though ot anything but the business la hand recently my attention turned to the subject with the result stated the organization of which I 1 have had charge Is now in very good shape the relations between the company and men are generally ot the best with tho awakening of ahe public sentiment which insists upon justice and equal rights for all with the passage ol 01 laws enacted at the special session of the legislature designed to secure fair trials to all litigants with the favorable decision in the cases the most important crisis in tho history of amalgamated affairs in montana has been successfully passed and I 1 feel that I 1 can consistently retire |