‘ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, FEBRUARY 22, 1900. THE ROSSLAND RECORD, WILLIAM: K. ESLING, Tuy Oupest DAILY IN THE INTERIOR, PUBLISHED DAILY EBXOSPT SUNDAY |S¥me they had fully. idered: be- OMMICH: NASEMENY VosTORFICE BLOCK... TAL. 98. PO, BOX 538, the expressed wish. of .the different mining constituencies, and I pre- this legislation was introduced by’ and, when Hon. T. Mayne Daly, chairman .of the Rossland mine Owners’ meeting, wrote to confirm forehand the probable result of their action.” SUNACRIPTION RATES! n i y ei Subscriptions invariably in advance, He made this last statement in face of. the declaration of Mr. Green, the member from the very-district where.the dispute. reached a ‘crisis, the tel phic protest, ‘the reply came under date of May. 5 ‘from Premier Semlin, who by some hocus of ‘mines, 'to:this effect: “The government have already given this matter their careful con- that: he. had..no. from: any Advertising rates will be made known upon application. ‘The Racorv reaches the people. miner. in.his:: riding.asking for an eight-hour day... . psn oe « The.very next day, April 6, Mr. ap Hume..telegraphed..Mr.. McGregor to withhold.enforcement. of the law TIME OF ARRIVAL AND CLOSING OF MAILS. . until: further; instructed, ::;He. then set..to.. work, toy-ascertain the opin- ions. , of .those interested, :in other ¢LOSE DESTINATIONS. DUE : e | = —— I words, :to stir.up:sentiment: on: the Revelstoke and all points} subject; but ;he.wrote in:avery dif- east and west. Including Van- Y the Okanu-| ‘Canada, 1 Euro: is Bae and other foreign cuun- Union, he wrote on‘April 13: R00 Ry m,jttles, bare “nm * : daily. |. Trail, Robson, Nakusp.| dally. Sandon, Halcyon Springs, Arrowhead, and all Slocanj =; and Lardeau district points, ain we _ whether. it is to their_ interest or no Deer Park—Monday, Wed: J ipesday and Eriday:” Nelson to enforce this act, the government nection: ity fe ‘ E F ois in the meantime withholding their land all Kootenay lake, East! sent n H ren- Kuotenay and Crow's" Nest! consent fo. any .P p08. 0 bet Pass connections. ed ae forcement of the act_ until, the gen- ; Spokane, Northport, and| ali “points” in United at e All the Boundary district! 9, aly” [points between ‘Caseade and!™°Z3R™ | they have laid their case before, the Camp: McKinney. H ferent strain ..to.the:; two parties in- | ernment then'playeda double game, terested.,....To,, Joseph ..Stockham, | assuming an air of fairness in an- | president. of the Sundon..Miners’| swering,the protests of. the mine ‘(The government. will leave it to| ing the miners.. that their wishes “ {the miners: themselves to. decide | alone should decide the questian; d and have now decided to: enforce this clause.” Mr. Hume’s own correspondence contains a confirmation of many of the arguments ‘urged ‘against’ this law. It proves that there-was no general demand for the law among the miners; that .the. government only. sought to find the opinions of either mine owners or miners. after the law was passed; that the gov ‘| owners,” but in the same breath tell- that it sought opinions from politi- cal supporters, who gave opinions ‘warped by political préjudice; that eral feeling among the. miners has been more clearly ascertained, and fgovernment. At the same time, I Australia, China and Japan—See special notices. | can. assure you that, if it is..showm Letters for Kegistration must be posted half an hour previous to the time for closing the mails. postoffice is open from 8a. m., to7 p.m. The daily, (except Sunday). to,,be in the interest, of the miners */and the general prosperity. of :the country to enforce this act, the it suddenly shut off its” investiga- tion, without giving any considera- pocus had become acting minister { tion whatever to the’ views of the mine owners in the'largest camp ib the province, which views proved the falsity of one of the main argu- ments in favor. of the law. - ~ By its own evidence, the govern- ment, stands convicted of: haste in passing thé law, of trickéry:in man- ufacturing public opinion in its sup- port, of duplicity on the eve of the d 1900 SEBRUARY 7900 ae ent will, not hesitate todo SEZ IZ [Z| 21S SE Hereds'an impticd admission that | 1 3 $3) the.feelings of the miners: had not 4) 5] 6] 7] 8] gf106 been, ascertained, as they should 11) fa] 13) 14] 15 | 16 | 17 have been, and as it.is now claimed 18 |.19,| 20] 21.) 22 23 | 24 they. had been, prior to the act. 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 Here is also a direct.admission that THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1900. TO ADVERTISERS, New reading matter makes your advertisement attractive. We will gladly. change your ‘‘ad” every issue if copy is presented before 16 a. m. LIGHT ON A DARK PLACE. ‘Yhe official correspondence in re- latipn to the enforcement of the eight-hour law throws a good deal of light on the attitude, or rather the several attitudes, of the wovern- ment on this subject. It is evident that there was no general sentiment in favor of the law until after it had been passed, for Minister Hume's answer to the very first letter he received on the subject, dated March 17, 1899, asks F."A. Heap, of Ainsworth, “if you will let me know of any expres- sions of opinion you may. have heard with regard to the operation of this particular section.” «On March 16 R. F. Green, M. P. P. of Kaslo, wrote to Mr. Hume advising delay .in prosecutions for. non-ob- servance of the law, and said: “Task this for the reason that I had no request from any miner in my riding asking for an eight-hour day, and I desire time to find out their wishes in the matter.” The government was vacillating at this time, for on March 17, the very day on which he had written to Mr. Heap for expressions of opinion, Mr. Hume wrote to James McGregor, the mine inspector: “I beg to draw your attention to section 4 of the act to amend the inspection of metalliferous . mines act, and must request you to see that the limit of eight hours in every 24 is strictly adhered to.” Then. the expressions of opinion began to pour in, and in response to the first of them, which came from mine-owners, Mr. Hume prom- ised ‘every consideration on the part of the government.” There came urgent messages from the Miners’ union in favor of the law; there came whrnings from mine- owners and business men that it would paralyze the mining industry; and at last, on April 5, the govern- ment. saw ‘breakers ahead,” Mr. Hume writing on that date to Wil- liam Hunter, of Silverton: “Tam afraid itis more than probable that there will be some lit- tle. friction in certain localities where this bill is enforced, but 1 trust this will be only of a tempo- rary nature. At the same time I would have you bear in mind that only the feelings of the miners were to be considered, nothing being said about hearing both sides. But with damnable duplicity, Mr. Hume wrote on the same day to W. A. Carlyle, then mining engineer in charge ofthe B. A. C., saying: “The government would be glad to have the views of both the mine owners and.the. miners themselves laid before the government.” The views ,of .both sides came with great emphasis. The claim Jess disregard of the public . interest In arriving at that decision, caring only for its’ temporary continuance John Morley blames the govern- ment for having pushed its demands Morley is one of the granny poli- ticians who perpetrated the shame- right to be consulted in this ‘fight. It istime Dr. Leyds revised. his of the miners’ union that the . law was accepted without, objection by the mine owners .of Rossland . was an¥wered by a protest. signed by all, the principal mine owners, headed by J. B. Hastings, manager of the War Eagle and Centre Star, whom the miners had. claimed to favor the law. . ¢ But politics could not keep out of the discussion. , Alfred Bunker, :of Nelson, expressed his views “as a supporter of the government and as a disinterested .party.”.,. Joseph: Stockham, president of the Sandon miners’ union,.assumed a threaten- ing tone, for he wrote: “Now if the mine owners an¢ their hirelings are agoing to defeat the wishes of the miners, misrepresenting the: facts, it was time the government was, paying. some little attention to the. miners.” William Delahay, of Ymir, wrote on April 28:. “It is also a well known fact that the ma- jority of those who now oppose the , ‘ ei present law were hostile . to..the Rolt & Grogan present government and used what-} , FOR RENT:- - . ever means in. their power to de- feat, both at the general election and your own by-election, _Conse- quently I deem it nothing. but right, and in justice to yourselyes and to | large Warebousen center of town, your supporters of the present gov- | Seven-roomed Dwelling house, plastered, ernment, that the law be strictly enforced without fear or favor.” . The pretense. of fairness was kept /home government and then of hav- Office and rooms on second floor Burns” Block. y We are not going to argue that is any necessity for the province to go to a large expense in sending a contingent to South Africa; but what we do say is that through the very extraordinary course which the government appears to have fol- lowed in this matter, British Colum- bia is placed in the position of hav- ing made an exceptional offer to the ing backed out because it would cost more than we thought it would. —Victoria Colonist. —_—_—_ . Why Smith Left Home Because’ Brown’s in town and has said so much about the Wiscon- sin Central line between St. Paul and Chicago that Smith could not resist the: temptation of a trip east: ’ tf Office on first oor Burns' Block. FOR SALE. furnished throughout, good locality. Hotel and Saloon on Second avenue.—A up till May 2,.0n which. date Mr. telegram conveying the protest of the.Rossland mine owners. He then wrote to Mr. Hastings that ‘the government do not propose to enforce” the eight-hour law “until they have made full inquiries as: to the views held by the mine owners, mine managers and the miners themselves on this subject.” Me But only two days later, on May 4, Mr. Hume wrote to Mine Inspec- enforce the.law on-the expiration of 30. days notice. in. the ~ Gazette. When Mr. Hume acknowledged re- |, ceipt ofthe Rossland mine. owners’ protest on.May.2,. the: government was still making inquiries, but -two Hume acknowledged receipt of a . ee > > Te ey | tor McGregor, instructing::him to 3 Is the number of the Ny) e splendid business opportunity. ,RECORD PHONE. Let us figure on your Job Printing days later it had made up its mind) @LDTOS~L DESH 5 é 3 to enforce it, and-ofshame-| | Every 5S in office. : —_——___. q EDITORIAL NOTES, forthe redress--of the Outlander grievances tothe point of war. ful surrender of 1881 and has no j terms of peace. ark under existing circumstances there ( San“ S ABO BOB: Our whole stock if sey ssp octrme sD Bey steppe et, fe last rage TTF uit and Gar- ment is of the Latest Make and of the Finest Tweed and Worsted. wiMekee peu Last fall, we started business in Rossland with a complete ‘stock of. clothing “and dry goods. Every- thing was bran new from the whole= salers. The’ clothing stock repre- sented the newest fabrics and fash- ions‘and' was the best: that could be bought. :. We have decided to con- fine our stock. to-dry goods and will tomorrow inaugurate a clothing sale at prices never eqnalled in Rossland for the values offered. :Here area few samples: : : Overcoats—stylish, light fawn, a silk. lining, were $21.85," now 15. i Light fawn, Italian lining, were $13.75, now $10.80, . OV =RCOATS_ ‘Styli sh and" for Youths and Boys : HOLSTEAD + WRIGHT weathiet reign “SAS ceed dettie att eae Dark gray mixed, all silk lining, were $21, now $15. A-few heavy overcoats in Meltons and light ‘worsteds, -$7.50° to $16. Real bargains. - ‘ . ‘Suits—navy blue serges, . single and double breasted sacks, $11.85 up. , Tweed suits, elegantly - finished, $10.85 up, Waist t in check and plaid, $3.75 up, Fancy -waistcoats—$2.75, $3.75 .and $5, were $3.25, $4.50 and $6, Boys’ and youths” clothing, pretty suits, $2.75 up.” ee ae sila Central Dry Goods Store. [oan ZSEO~ BO 8 e--- 3 ---2e.--20 . eS an tate, | Oy -Cor, First Avenue and Washington Street, Rossland, B. C. SoS OBO SO Se -ee “ ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, FEBRUARY 22) 190. on EWER { Tas jJEWE a® ) T BROS ENGRAVERS. oa | FINE WATCH REPAIRING. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY “TIME-PIECE INSPECTORS, LERS & DUE ‘£0 MINING TROUBLES, bere Warned Againnt Giving It 17 the business situation in British Co. lumbia mining districts,, Bradstree today will say: Canadian wholesale trade of condi. tion of business in the mining cen. ters of British Columbia are not re en: ¢ %——HOUDES——= ® 9 Straight Cut Cigarettes. MANUFACTURED. BY B. Houde & Company, Quebec Are Better than the Best. WHOLESALE AT Crow & Morris, Rossland. C-~o of the Dominion, and that, in fact, the payments were, with those ex- P » generally satisfe ‘ye B. 0. Merchants Asking Credit—Job-- ‘The following dispatch is printed land: inthe Montreal Star of February We, the undersigned merchants Toronto, Feb. 17.—Regarding city of Rossland, in view of the Recent reports received by the| miners in the Rossland camp, we assuring. Jobbers who have made large shipments to leading ‘mining centers some months ago, say that more requests were received from British Columbia mining towns for | but for spot cash, renewals than from any other part NOTICE. [To the Public of Ross and others doing business in the - | partial closing down of the. mines, t | and realizing that in the event of a general strike or lockout of the - | should not be able to continue: the - | system of credit now in vogue, have agreed and do hereby give’ notice that should such a calamity as fore- shadowed occur, we shail entirely discontinue giving credit to anyone whomscever, and shall ‘sell nothing CIGARS! Finest Im- ported and Domestic Cigars Pipes, and all kinds of Chewing and Smoking Tobacco. at... CAPT. solely with a view to self-protection It will bean unfortunate ‘matter for business concerns in Canada, if they have to'undergo the same’ ex- Perience as witnessed in Leadville, Colorado, some years ago: In that city a prolonged strike took place at the inception of which the mer- chants continued to give credit to miners, and to hotel and boarding- house keepers, with whom the min- ers Indged, but in the absence of. any wages being earned, many mer- chants: were loadedi with bad debts, and were unable to: discharge - their Crs indebted to the wholesale firms, large losses being made in™conse- supped for Mining and Manufacturing pul “warrl { trouble with light "and 6 p.m oe b ‘Don't Burn Oil, | pleasant and much cheaper to. . Use Electric Lights! They reduce insurance, give your home or Business place's brighter appearance, and save you money in many ways vss os Estimates furnished for Wiring and Lighting. Electric Fixtures carried in Stock. ; eu EJlectric Powers: ses. It le or Rent. tel +» and No, 108 between 6 p..m., and 8 a, m, Rossland Water & Light €. -Telephone No. 67. §ijquence. Although the Canadian )| goods supplied, and there is no | Tablets. All druggists refund: the '| W. Grove’s signature is on each much cheaper, than steam, . ‘ lephone No. 67, between $a. m., b | gents’ hair-cutting and all kinds of ‘| ladiesthair- work. No: 10 Spokane wholesale trade have no direct in- terest in the merits of the labor troubles in the west, they are large- ly interested in an indirect way in connection with the discharge by retailers of their. obligations - for ti _We have been advised by the banks doing’ busi- ness in Rossland and by the whole- Salers that we would:not receive from them such credit and accom- modation as weuld enable us to carry on our business on the same lines as at present. : We shall regret if the necessity arises lor.us to take this step, but we feel that it is better for us to make this intimation’ now rather than after the possible event. Agnew & Co, B.C. Market. B. C. Wholesate Liquot Co. Barr, Robt. Birks, D.. D. Burns & Co., P. Becker, Chas. E, Beatty, W. R. Braden, W. R. Brackman-Kerr Milling Co. doubt that they will see the wisdom of taking such steps as will secure them against the serious disasters that overtook Leadville business )|men inthe miners’ strike in that |: city, ‘Fo Cure a Cold In One May Take Laxative Bromine Quinine money if it fails to cure. asc. E. box. SUSINESS LOCALS. For the best, cleanest: and chear- est coal, call er phone Martin Bros. Monsieur DeLeon, specialist in "Artistic Job Printing At the Record Office.......... . Postoffice Block. street, Rossland, tf For.-Sale-—Dry : slabs, $3.50 per cord.: Also dry -wood. Leavs or- ders at Embleton’s store, Le Roi avenue, Red-Star Storage & Transfer © De re id Transfer business, Baggage delivered. iil colt at a Biorage Of the city. Meet all'trains, Soi Reavy Frelght handled. Mining’ machinery delivered on short noiice.: Ore contracts taken. r ship any class of goods. | WE GELL GOOD, DRY, SEASONED WO Office: Washington 8t., opposite Bank of Montreal. ntract and OD. “J. W. Bat The Col ia, Bottling Works furnishes go% of. the carbonated drinks consumed in Rossland, Why? Because their goods are clean, pure and palatable, . Finest table vinegar on the market. California orange cider, ginger-ale and:all ‘the princi- pal sweet sodas.. Family trade so- bia telephone No. 43. Cash paid.for clean: cotten rags at the R: ’ office. Rosgland,,:, Nelson, Rossland, Greenwood, 'P. BURNS & CO. WHOLESALE MARKETS Grand Forks, and Vancouver. RETAIL MARKETS . Trail, Nelson,’ Ymir, Kaslo, Sanden, Silverton, © Cascade City, Grand -Forks, Phoenix, Midway, Camp McKinney, Ferguson, and Vancouver. William Donald, Mgr., Rossland Branch. Sandon, Revelstoke, Greenweed, Dr. Scott’s Headache Powders are a sure cure: for: headaches caused by powder smoke, etc. Sold at Morrow’s Drug store. Lock—Cleaning, pressing and dyeing done on short notice at the Washington Street: Dyeing and Cleaning works. Telephone 128. Mrs. Currie, prop. tf Rubbers, overshoes, boots and fine footwear for men, women and hild The best Canadian and American goods, at. Lalonde’s. 22 Columbia Aveuue, Rossland, B.C. Katie D. Green G. and D. Co., Ltd. Property situated {on North Fork Salmon River, Erie District, B. C. FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, ONLY. . Fifty thousand shares of the Company’s Treasury Stuck is new offered to the public at : 71-2 Cents per Share, and can be had on application to GEORGE H. GREEN, Sec-Treasurer. CH DeBeck, io. intend, sixty days from the date hi ft 1} to the Minit Recarder for a Certiveate of tay Brovements, or the Purpose of obtaining a Crown ‘And further take notice that actlon, wader sec- A. B. MACKENZIE & CO. Fine Hettled Geeds, --Holstead & Wright. licited. Postoffice box 703, Colum- | Co. "Ward & McKay. Fo & Bonneau. Crescent Drygoods Co, Crow’s Nest Coal Agency. Cooper, J. W. Dudgeon & Cowan. Empey Bros. Eagle Palace Meat Market. Ewert Bros. Embleton, Thos, __ Fox & Co., O. M. Glazan, S. Goodeve Bros. Gibson & Co., C. C. Hunter Bros. Hartman, S. A. Heines, J. C. Heard, C. E. Johnson, A. G. Lalonde, C. O. Lee, J. H. Linton Bros. Lansing’& New: an. Lockhart & Jordan. Loughead & Co., W. J. Morrow, T. R. Morrison & Bryenton, Munn, Alex. McNeill, W. F. McBride, G. W. O’Hearn, M. J. Pacific Tea Co. '- Paulson Bros. Rolls, W. ‘Rossland Warehouse & Transter Rossland Drug Co. Robinson, John. Robinson, J. H. Red Star Transfer Co. - Rossland Auction House. Richard's Bazaar. Steen & Co, Stout, Thos. Simpson & Jones. Smith, H. H. Savard, O. Schofield, E. E. Spring, J. W. Taylor & McQuarrie. Wagner, J. N. Wright, Ephraim. Wallace, H. S. Zimmerman, W. Physicians . recommend most | Sold by the bottle at the Interna- tional. family liquor store. Import- ed white wines, clarets and Burgun- moderate prices. tf highly Schlitz’s. extract of malt. THE REDDIN- JACKSON: CO., dies by the bottle, basket or case at | Agents for Paris Bell Addition to Rossland. -Rstablished May, 1815. Coeves traaniry. MINING AND INVESTMENT BROKERS. MINERAL ACT, 1806. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE—" Bannock" mineral claim, situate in | Buy. sell and trade Stocks and Real Estate for the Trail Creek mining district. " Where lo- Rosslai 0, B. Free Mineria Veriincate C. E, Benn. M. Hl. MeMahon CHARLES E. BENN & CO, ind. V & N Phone 83. amble of Nelson, | Columbia ’Phone 1. PO Box 8 ent for BROKERS AND ACCOUNTANTS. ‘of Im | Telephone 80, P.O, Box 268 MINING BROKERS. A.G. Gamate. | Columbia Ave, We are impelled to this ‘action z L } —we might also say self-preserva- db : 5 Rooten ay Cafe. a eee The aS Waffle Parlor. 34636 Washington St., Farnishes MEALS in the BEST » Rossland. ———_ CEN} er Tickets, 21 Meals, $5.00 34-86 Washington Street. |HOTEL HOFFMAN, Washington Street, Rossland, B, 0. | Furnished Rooms. First-Class Bar. Railroad and Miners Time Checks cashed, free of charge. Harry Mclatosh - - Proprietor. Le Roi Livery, Feed & Sale Stables. JOHN F. LINDBURG .. ..PROPRIETOR Heavy Transferring- First-class Saddle & Pack Horses. STABLES: Commercial Alley, "Phone No. 38. Postoftice Box 16. Fresh Oysters in any Style, Gawwe in Season, Private roems for parties. Business Men’s Lunck, 36c. Open Day and Night. Rooms and Bar.......... ... in connection Miss K. Swanson, Prop. W. H. FALDING, Accountant, Insurance and Mining Agent and - Auctioneer. Manay ‘r Rossland Opera House. AGENT: Sun-Lite Assurance Co., of Canada. The Canada Accident Assurance Co., fAccldent, Liability and Plate Glass.) _otttees FOR THE..... . Ghoicest Wines, Liquors and Gigars, CALL ON JERRY SPELLMAN, Rossland Hotel Cor. Columbia: Avenue and : | Spokane Strect. F. W. HINSDALE, CUSTOM HOUSE BROKER, In Custom House building. Alsn New York Life lusarance Agency. Washington street. Rereland. B.C Butte Hotel. Culumbla Ave., went. —_ HEADQUARTERS ror MINERS Bar atocked with Choicent Wines, Liquors afd Cigars, FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT in connection. Rowland, B,C, Themas Shanks, Proprietor.: ‘