Will Wed Tomorrow. Tomorrow Louis Blue, one of Rossland’s best knowa business men, will be united in marriage to Amelia R. Dian of Bloomington, Ill. The ceremony will take place at Mr. Blue's residence, after w' h the bride and groom will make an extended tour.

_—_——____—_——_- All Taking Blectrie Power.

The extent to which electric pow- eristaking the place of steam in this camp is demonstrated by the fact that the West Kootenay Power & Light company is installing mo- tors in Rossland and vicinity hav- ing an aggregate of 800 horse- power. These will all be in opera- tion by January 15th.

___ Fine Bottled Goods.

Physicians recommend most highly Schlitz’s extract of malt. Sold by the bottle at the Interna- tional family liquor store. Import- ed white wines, clarets and Burgun- dies by the bottle, basket or case at moderate prices. tf

Call at M. W. Simpson's for news, stationery, tobaccos, music, sleighs, toys.

MINOR MENTION.

George Miller and Miss Mary Lehner, both of Spokane, were married by Rev. George H. Mor- den at the Methodist church on Monday evening.

Thomas Ronan rewarded the kindness of Alexander, the cook at the Allan hotel, in letting him rest in his room by stealing some of Al- exander’s clothes and pawning them. Judge Boultbee gave him six months with hard labor at Nel- son jail.

The British Columbia Amateur Hockey league has been organized with the following officers: Presi- dent, A. B. Mackenzie. Victoria Hockey club, Rossland; vice-presi- dents, C. E. Beasly, Nelson Hockey club, and H. Wright, Nelson La- crosse-Hockey club; secretary- treasurer, E. Duthie, Rossland Hockey club; executive committee, the officers and C. W. Chesterton, Greenwood Hockey ciub.

Rebecca ball—get your cut flow- ers at the Bon Ton.

their mutual, relations. But there is always danger of sympathetic disturbance, and on both sides of the dispute there are those who have been urging its initiation: But it is unlikely to occur. Sympa- thetic strikes and lock-outs aggra- vate instead of lessening the disas- trous effects of labour disputes, embitter relations between employ- ers and employed, and in the inter- ests of labour itself are to be depre- cated.

—_— When choosing Christmas pres- ents,one likes a large assortment to choose from. You will find it in the crockery and glassware department the Pecific Tea company.

Chrisumas Chocolates.

As Christmas now is drawing near

I'm going to have some fun;

I'll get some of the finest chocolates

And I'll buy from Alex Munn. Santa Cravs.

North Washington street. iw

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF KOOTENAY

HOLDEN IM ROSSLAND.

in Probate aad Ia the Matter of the Goods Deceased.

of Edward Dwyer, by an order of his bonor

Morice. ‘The Kettle River mining and Develogmeat

Company of B. ¢., Limited Liability: NOTICE is berebs.civen that, 2 #1 meting ol Dereiopment Company of Liability, will be held at the office of the sald Ce 7. No. 33 Columbia avenue, Eastin of Rossland,

dayot ber. A, D. oak Ee onts lor ihe calling of such meeting are ‘consider, and, H deemed advisable, to pass

Te eaten the’ execution by the Directors ~To a og bchal ‘of the the Cosapan. Of 3

LEY. Sec.-Treas. of the Kettle River Mining and Dev ‘opment Company of B. ©. Limited Liability.

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT.

Amendisg Acts.

OTICE is hereby given that Jacob W. Balmer, James A. Webb and 8. und irm name of

us day of Noveruber, A. D. their ey a

trost

state. credits and effects. Russell. of the city a ‘Nel- in

a Patrick Joseph Russell, the said 23th day of November, A. D. 1599. i a claims aimer, Webb & Company, are re- on or before the 10th day. jacuary;

‘Commencing at the post, thence north 40 chains, thence east 40 chains, thence sou! 49 chains, thence west 49chains to the pisce of beginning: said land being on Midge and Unaghs creeks, Goat River mining division of West Kootenay, and containing 16)

Oxtver M. Haxute, Young & Burnett. Bossland, B. C. Rrossiand, B.C.

LLLEELLLEHE

C. . A. D. 1899. at thi o'clock in the afternoon. Dated at Rossland, B. C., this 29th day of November, A. D. 139. Darr & Haminros, Solicitors tor the trustee.

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east post, t a south 169 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence north 160 chains to the pisce of com-

COMING AND GOING.

Mayor Manly of Grand Forks was in the city on Monday.

Dz. R. G. Brett, manager of the sanitarium at the Banff, Alberta,hot springs, is in the city locking after his mining interests.

Roderick T. Tclmie, secretary of the Silver-Lead Mine Owners’ as- sociation of the Slocan, is in the city.

F. E. Gosnell,editor of the Green- wood Miner, is in the city.

Mrs. M. A. Finnigan, Thomas

‘This notice was posted the lth day of June, 1599. Taomas Hanzi. Young & Burnet. of Easlo, B. C. Rossland, B. C.

disposal of the

Nowe but first-class

TO RENT—Teo offices on Colambia avenue, Washi and Spokane streets.

2s,

to order the of the comspany-and general basiness 25

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FOR RENT—Two cosily fernished in peivate boese. Address H. M. N. fSce.

Graham and son and Miss Rosa Graham, of Camp McKinney, came in on Monday and left this morning for Spokane.

Frank Watson of the Arlington mine, P. Porter and George A Som- mmeran of Spokane, came up on

Sunday.

Mrs. Hector of Trail was among { Native ie here e She | will :

the Rossland visitors today.

Smith of Spokane.

George T. Motion,

flour and feed merchant of Nelson, | Se may is in the city, doing business with {

Rossland dealers.

J. Roderick Robertson, of Nelson

manager of the London & B. C. Gold Fields and the Ymir Mines,

limited, arrrived in Rossland thi: afternoon.

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address P.O. Box 141. Nelson. B. C,

FOR SALE—A Sveroomed house. plastered and nicely finished, in desirable locatice. The

at application re Assembly

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phone lines in between all the cine.

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price is $3350. with Sic cash, $300 say in six balance at the rate of $10 per

ONE ACRE,

ing on Princess street, with threeroomed fernished, for—

~ $550.

s|to acquire and hold water

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J jghts se of generating power wheth- er for their own ase or the use of otber cor-

The finest assortment of confec- tionery in Rossland at the Bon Ton. Xmas boxes put up ready for mail-

ing out of town.

No Danger of It Spreading. British Columtia Mining Record.

There ‘is no reason tosuppose that the labour difficulties now paralyz- ing industry in the Slocan willl af-

porations, proverty and easements for the pai

rivileges and business of the

fect either Rosslandor the Boundary | other usual,

country during the coming winter | Gental or conducive to the attainment of The conditions are dif- ferent and labour and capital seem to be tolerably well satisfied with

at least.

ni and privileges as may_ be necessa: the above objects or any of them. December. A. D. 1899. MACDONALD & JOHNEON. Solicitors for the Applicants.

or

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t manufactories or individuals in

Pid districts; te acquire and hold land,

timber mgbts, rights of way and other of

poses the company with all necessary powers in that bebaif; to acquire all the assets, fran— i ivi 1

‘Dated at the city of Nelson this 1st day of

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VOL. §. NO. 91.

ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER. 20, 1899.

PRICE 5 CENTS

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UNDER NEW LAW

Commissioner Clute Hears Evidence on Labor Question

BOUNDARY MINE-OWNERS

Messrs. Robbins and MoIntosh State the Ob- jeotiona to the Hight Hour System From Their Experionoo—The Nationality of Min- ere—Many Coeur d’Aleners Thore.

Hon. R. C. Clute Q. C. began the hearing of ‘testimony on the ae ta Rogal

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HORSES FOR SALE.

The Rossland Warehouse and Transfer Co., have just received a carload of young, well-matched teams, weighing from twenty-five to thirty-two hundred pounds. They can be seen at their stable on Second avenue and St. Paul street, Rossland, B. C.

‘They also have

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labor qi in d at ten o'clock this morning at city hall. He took advantage of the presence in the city of several mining men from the Boundary country and heard what they had to say. The morning was taken up with the testimony of Frank Robbins, man- ager of the Dominion Copper com- pany, and D. McIntosh, superinten- dent of the Winnipeg mine. R F. Harris, Mr. Clute’s secretary, took a stenographic report of the testi- mony. s

Mr. Robbins, who is both mana- ger of the Dominion Copper com- pany and agent for McKenzie & Mann, told how the Brooklyn and Stemwinder had been shut down, but said that steam had been kept up and the pumps and engines run- ning ready for work anytime. A representative of the’ miner’s union had told his men to stop work, Mr. Robbins had told him he (Robbins) was proceeding in accordance with law and he will prosecute the man in case of any attempt to do any- thing. The man then went quietly away and he had no more trouble of that kind. From June until some time in August no work at all was done.in the mine, but about September 1 work ‘was resumed with power drills,nd handmen being employed; He could employ, if not restricted by the men or by lack of air, at least twenty additional

men.

“At another shaft where I was running two drifts besides sinking and where: I have no compressed air. I have done no drifting at all. I have done no drifting except near the compressor and another place where I have been drifting un- der contract. We are ina growing community and of course natural conditions are changing, but prior to this strike and the outbreak in the Coeur d’Alenes, the majority of the miners were British subjects. I think today in that community by far the majority are not only aliens but came in from the Coeur d’Alenes, Many of them-I know were implica- ted in the trouble and locked up in the so-called bullpen.”

Mr. Clute—Of those who are aliens, what proportion would you say are Americans?

Mr. Robbins—I should say al- most entirely. *

Mr. Clute—What is your opinion as to our ability to get good miners who are British subjects?

- Mr. Robbins—I should say there would be no difficulty in getting them from Sudbury, Northumber- land, Scotland and Cornwall. Many of the best miners, as miners, are these fellows from the Coeur d’Alenes. The same class of men I speak of are employed at Repub- lic at $3.50 for ten hour's work for miners. I don’t know about muck- ers. At the North Star mine, which has been working for several years, the scale of wages was $3 for ten hour's work. When this act came into effect, the company continued to pay $3 for eight hours work and, strange to say, the men feel that they are being abused in the matter. A great deal of the work in our mines has been pros- pecting and we have not had means of ventilation sufficient to permit three eight-hour shifts except in ex- ceptional places, such as shafts, for we could not work in all more than 20 hours in the 24. In reply to Mr. Clute, he said that this law cut down the actual working time to 16 hours and thus delayed develop- ment. Wherever itis possible to work three eight-hour shifts, it is done, men being specially selected for their skill and each shift show- ing the keenest rivalry to excel the others. Shatting is considered per-

shafts than drifts. The prices across the line vary; in California they pay $2.50 and board or $3 without board for ten hour’s work; in Colorado it varies from the flat rate of $2.50 to $3, that being the basis for hamer work in dry ground. They pay additional for wet work. The rate of wages in Utah is lower, but how much I cant say.

Mr. Clute—‘‘How do prices in Rossland compare with those in the United States?”

Mr. Robbins—''They are as high where they work elght hours if. not higher then any;place in the United States. Inthe United States the usual shift is ten hours. The men get as much for eight hours here as on the other side for ten; in fact, more in the majority of cases.

Mr. Clute—‘'Has there been any case of injury to personal property in the Boundary, arising from the strike?” 2

Mr. Robbins—‘‘No, none; so far things have been very peaceable. The proximity. of the Boundary camps to the American line makes the possibility of doing damage. and getting out very fair to the vicious.

The ten-hour: shift is practically about nine hours. Under the eight- hour system things are ‘not carried to the extreme and I think the eight hours are practically seven and one- half. There were no labor organi- zations in the Boundary country until after this eight-hour question came up. Now there are all kinds of unions, and those of miners ad- vertise themselves as being affiliated to the Western Federation of Min- ers. Personally I have no objection to |; biding labor organizations; in fact they are often beneficial, but I certainly object to organizations ayen as this Western Federation of

‘iners who, through its president, Mr. Boyce, gave voice to such ut- terances in Salt Lake after the great strike in Colorado, and which is of public record, that ‘‘it is the first duty of every miners’ union to see that its members are ‘supplied with the best modern rifles’, and who hoped ‘‘hefore the year’s end to hear the inspiring;sound of the mar- tial.tread of. 25,000 armed men ‘in the ranks:of labor.” vs lished at their annual meeting in Salt Lake and I saw it in the Spokesman-Review a few months ago. Governor Steunenberg quoted it.

In reply to Mr, Clute, Mr. Rob- bins said at least $100,000 worth of work had been done. ‘‘I would rath- not mention the amount of purchase price, for I cannot be accurate about it.” He referred Mr. Clute to his principals in Toronto, but would say they had invested about $250,000 castr in the purchase of property. He would not say how much had been invested in the North Star, but it had been a very profitable concern, having shipped

It. was~ pub-2) "> -

CAPTURE OF GUNS NOT CERTAIN

Report That They Were Re- covered by a Night Attack.

By Associated Press. irritated the farmers dangerously. London, Dec. 20.—A special dis-| The meeting proclaimed its loyalty patch from Durban, Natal, dated | but declared that the conduct of the Saturday, Dec. 16, says it is ru-)troops forced the people to use ex- mored that General Buller called forl pressions and commit acts which volunteers to recover the abandoned | were capable of being interpreted guns, and that a party issued from |as disloyal. the camp after midnight and brought in the guns, which were uninjured, Still in Doubt,

They Want Arbitration.

“New York, Dec. 20.—Leonard Charles Van Noppen, a member ; of the Universal Netherlands union,

London, Dec. 20.—It still seems | arrived here today with an appeal doubtful whether the guns General | of the union to the nations repre- Buller abandoned at Colenso, are in|sented at the Hague, asking Eng- possession of the Boers. land to submit the South African

A dispatch from Durban, filed on ‘ion to arbitrati Sign: the evening of the battle, but only |are also being secured in continen- now received, states that the guns/tal countries. were covered by the heavy guns of General Hildyard’s brigade, occu- pying an intrenched position. The . dispatch adds that the Boers have mao in the confidence of the govern- thus far not attempted to cross the ment who has just returned from river and carry off the guos. _Ad- Ottawa, Sag the military authors: vices in the Associated Press from Hes informed him that the second Pretoria, under the same date, say contingent will be composed of 1064 an official Boer dispatch reports men, 946 horses, the units being two guns, 13 wagons and a quan- three squadrons of cavalry, mount- tity’ of ammunition captured, be- ed infantry and:three squadrons of sides 208 prisoners. field artillery. ‘Colonel Drury, of A

: battery, Kingston,’ will command the- artiJlery-and—Golonel- ‘Lessard f antey. It is under- stood that two squadrons of mount- ed cavalry will be taken from the the Boer forces. Northwest mounted police. The not aware that the Boers were. en-| artillery will be taken from A and B trenched along a series of low lying | patteries; hills, immediately northward of the Local mili i . Colenso bridge, until a straggling ilitary circles were stirred fire compelled them to retreat, just |>y a demand from Ottawa for cor- as the attack seemed about to suc-|rected names and addresses of the ceed. The Boers were also in|Canadians at the front, as indica- greater strength than ant d. ting an Tt becomes clearer that British guns ec were lost in attempting to get with-|, Ottawa, Dec. 20.—The cabinet is in effective range of the Boer artil-|'9 Session this afternoon dealing lery, showing the latter ged | with the position of the second the British ordnance, which,’ in| contingent.

The Second Contingent. Montreal, Dec. 20.—A military

ore. ~ Mr. Clute—What is’your view of

the influence of the present rate of

wages on mining developments?

Mr. Robbins—It is too much. It costs more per foot and more. per ton. It retards development by the proportion of time as 20 is to 16. Instead of 20 months work we get 16.. The mine manager isnot a very hard taskmuster, especially the foremen. Miners are supposed to be eight hours at the face, but really not more than seven-and-a-half hours. The top expenses, for en- gineers, the administration and oth- er fixed expenses, go on just the same for eight hours as for ten. Men work seven daysa week. [ would like to see men work six days a week, but where that has been tried, the men object, saying they want to work the full seven days. lIunderstand we are violat- ing a Dominion statute in this. Except in very wet mines, where pumping is going on all the time, I don't see any necessity to work sev- en days.

I don’t think there are sufficient men here now to meet the present demand. There is a great scarcity of all sorts of labor.

Mr. Clute—Do you think the de- mands made by the workmen mate- rially interfere with development?

r. Robbi

spite of its ity, was wholly inadequate to replace the long range Orier for Ontindian Mays

guns. . Toronto, Dec. 20.—A Globe Lon- The British war office comes in| don cable says the British war office for scathing denunciation from the(has placed a d fe

Times today for not providing ef- P Bn er or another fective artillery. Itis pointed out |3°°° tons of Canadian hay.

in this connection that the longer Patriotic London Merchants. naval guns participating inthesame| London, Dec. 20.—Lord Mayor attack escaped. A. J. Newton announced today that ; Gon, French has # Skirmish, 4#2g5000 had been subscribed by There was no news this morning | large city firm to defray the expen-

ing to enlighten the general situa- tion. The war office reported that ses of a thousand volunteers among

General French reconnoitered north- the city corps. ward of ‘Arundel s December 18, France Sends Troops. r shellin: asfontein Farm.

‘hres miles eastward of the Boer po- New York, Dec. 20.—A dispatch

sition, the New .Zealanders ad- from the port of Spain says France

vanced and occupied the farm. The has sent 5000 troops to Guadalope

Boer guns then opened and the|and Martinique. It is thought that . Boers advanced to the attack, SO} this is an outcome of the Hon. Jos-

‘di ire- A General French ordered a retire eph Chamberlain's Leicester speech.

ent. The list of British casualties at Colenso show that 137 non-com- missioned officers and men were killed.

Small Pox in Essex County.

By Associated Press. Toronto, Dec. 20.—The provin- cial board of health bulletin reports 184 cases of small pox having oc- curred in Essex county. Of these 62 are convalescent and 122 still sick.

Firing at Mafeking. The latest from Mafeking, dated Dec. 6, says a desultory bombard- ment was continuing, and sharp- shooters were engaged in a smart duel mornings and evenings.

Disloyalty in Cape Colony.

AN UNCANNY DECLARATION. London, Dec. 20.—A Cape Town] .

Dec. 16,| pr. Garrigue Says Many People are

M s — Unquestionably, by hindering the bringing in of cap- ital

Mr. Clute—Have you any per- sonal knowledge of cases where capital has either been deterred or gone to the United States.

Mr. Robbins—I know in our own case, it has prevented development which we should have otherwise

patch, dated Saturday, says 500 colonists of the Victoria West district have perfected an ap- parently anti-British organization| New York, Dec. 20.—Members there, and, as individuals, have of the Academy of Medicine were openly expressed disloyalty and] startled last night by the uncanny have threatened to attack the rail-|declaration of Dr. Henry J. Garri- way station, which is on the direct] gues, who said out of every 200

Buried Altve. By Associated Press.

haps more hazardous and the ne- cessity of keeping the shaft in line requires more skill; for that reason itis usual to pay more for

done. One gentleman who repre- sented a very large sum, told me not one penny of it should go into British Coluwbia.

line between Cape Town and De coffins put under ground in this Aac. The Afrikander Bundites, at|/country, the occupant of at least a meeting there, passed a resolu-] one was simply in a lethargic state tion that the troops in the vicinityland is buried alive.