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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1901
Page
1
A court order vacated the permission for a survey of certain properties. The action clears prior survey rights and nullifies associated approvals. No further details on affected parcels or parties are provided in the notice.
Montana Supreme Court holds it can issue supervisory control over a lower court and orders Judge Clancy to set aside May 29 order granting Burdette O Connor access to the mines for a 40 day underground survey amid the Copper Trust dispute with Anaconda and Washoe. The decision limits use of the statute to prevent injustice and oppression.
A Montana high court holds an inspection order against OConnor and employer unjustified. The opinion stresses liberal use of access only with good cause and quashes the May 20 1901 order, noting the relators face unnecessary burdens and oppression without valid interest.
The Montana supreme court decision in Burdette OConnor vs Anaconda Copper Mining settles a major legal practice question and ends one of the most remarkable court actions. The suit rests on two tiny mineral location slivers in the Butte district. one seven ten thousandths of an acre and another two ten thousandths, about 225 feet apart.
Pittsburg Aug 1 The Amalgamated Association executive board held a third day without action on New York peace proposals. The union waits for J P Morgan s reply to a changed proposition and warns the strike could extend indefinitely if no conference occurs. Board members deny internal discord and plan a 10 am meeting to review matters.
A report notes Morgan has not yet provided a needed response or confirmation. Officials say the matter hinges on forthcoming communication and timeline details remain unresolved.
Strikers monitor the mills closely with careful observation and vigilant guarding along the approach avenue. No detail is left unguarded as tensions surrounding the site persist.
Amalgamated executives received a telegraphed flat refusal from J Pierpont Morgan to reopen the wage conference broken off at the Lincoln Hotel weeks ago. The steel coalition demands terms set by Schwab and Gray, terms the union deems unfair and unacceptable. Leaders vow to press plans for continued industrial action, including wheel stoppages and an expanded strike, as the dispute heads toward a probable final confrontation.
The Municipal league reports encouraging signs for a settlement in the local labor dispute after secret talks with labor leaders and employers. Both sides are said to be ready to concede on general lines and recognize unions while limiting interference with business. On the waterfront four vessels are loading and one coal bunker operates, with Kilpatrick sailing to Manila and Sierra to Australia. The Wier Front federation has formed a patrol to aid police, and coal merchants have asked the Employers' association to curb striker credit by supplying dealers to force a resolution.
McKeesport strikers celebrate news that if steel company terms fail this week a general AFL strike will be called. Amalgamated leaders claim Vandergrift mills could close, National Tube workers plan a mass meeting to demand action, and a Demmiler official travels to Virginia to hire 400 Black workers to replace strikers.
A federal judge signed a sweeping order and temporary injunction at Seattle prohibiting Northport Washington strikers and their agents from interfering with the company or using threats to prevent any employee from going to work. The injunction is returnable in Spokane on September 1.
Secretary HitchCock departed Washington for a month long outing in New Brunswick and New England. The trip will include salmon fishing on the Nepisquit River with possible stops in Montreal to meet former Attorney General Griggs and an invitation extended to Secretary Root.
In Chicago on August 1 the Cadillac of Detroit beat the Milwaukee by about eight minutes in the first additional trial for the Canada cup.
A terse line from an unidentified play or poem fragment references a dispute or rivalry involving Buckshot and a female figure. The fragment hints at repeated defeat or a warning but lacks concrete context, dates, or full names to confirm event details.
Missoula report says Henry Noden shot and killed Harry Turner in a one room cabin after Turner beat Noden’s stepdaughter Maud Turner. Noden surrendered to the sheriff. the shooting occurred near Dead Man’s Gulch in the Bitter Root mountains. Maud Turner, 18, deeply mourned Turner as he died in her arms.
On scene accounts describe Mrs. Turner grieving after a fatal shooting by her husband Harry Turner. Neighbors say Turner sought a gun to kill his wife and her stepfather. Turner beat Turner’s wife in past, and Mrs. Turner defends him while blaming the stepfather for much of her life’s turmoil. An inquest is planned tomorrow in Missoula. Turner’s father in Ord, Nebraska, will be asked to bury him.
The July 1901 director of the mint statement shows total US coinage of 5,621,830 dollars. Gold coinage amounts to 42,225,000 dollars, silver to 1,212,000 dollars, and minor coins to 84,830 dollars.
Three men wanted for burglary in Livingston were arrested by the sheriff in Billings today. One suspect is identified as Peggy Ryan. Park County sheriff has been notified.
In Carrollton Mississippi a mob of about 500 white citizens lynched Betsie McCray Belfield McCray and Ida McCray after the July 30 murder of Mr and Mrs R T Taliferro. Ida McCray confessed role and implicated others. Governor Longino arrived and urged lawfulness.
The United States land lottery drawing concludes with 13 000 envelopes removed from the wheels 6500 per district. Beginning Aug 6 125 names per district will be called daily for 60 days for homestead entries. Officials expect about 5500 actual entrants per district with 2000 set aside for wagon emigrants and others.
A local official denies the request to modify ten precepts in a formal decision. The ruling states the modification will not be granted and outlines the basis for the denial. The action impacts the governance or enforcement of the related precepts.
The Navy Department refuses Admiral Schley’s demand to strike the department’s expressed opinion from the court of inquiry precept. Secretary Long notes Schley acknowledged disobeying orders and the record treats this as established whether willfully or not. The exchange, now part of the record, suggests an amendment in effect. Captain Parker pursues West Indies fleet records at the Navy Department.
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