| Show STOLE STOIB B A MINE MIKE the sterling mining company in ia compo composed ped of utah bemp aneo mind aid own valuable wining mining property in southern nevada honorton Ho nOrson DOrson lugan logan le la president of the company J E lansford langford of this city to la superintendent tell dent and hugh cannon also of thin thia city la Is secretary the three gentlemen named are now low at the mine oae of the compan companes comp anys property ia 19 the johnny mine from which an rold gold brick was brought to this city recently the chispa is ia another of the be com panya mines minee acquired a short abort time age by purchase this mine la is the seems of trouble which my culminate on the friday aday next on the arrival of the who ho ale aie acting in behalf of the sterling company which has bag law and pu its ita side aide as aa opposed to a m mob mb b of which the notorious phil foote 11 whose lawlessness to la well known t and an d who recently escaped from the he of floers hoke beke I 1 if one oda this thia mob headed by ont on Me Aithur now has hag possession of the cziapa one account of the affair cornea from san ban Berna Bernaro cal date of sept 6 as ollowa follow ollo wt ii jewa has baa reached this city of a very herlous state abate of affairs in the gold alnea of southern nevada A baale b tile to believed to be imminent to decide who shall ahall have possession of a rioh rich mining claim in that portion of the th silver state it baa haa lately been opera ted by the sterling mining and milling company 0 A few days daya ago the men in the am employ of the company were ousted and an armed body of miners elnera put but in possession the men who were discharged at once notified the officers of the W who in turn dispatched an AD event to lioi l angeles angelea w wit ith orders bordera to secure two cases of rifle rider the guna gume were immediately shipped and passed through blake blak a on thura day morning en an route tu mauve manvel from point they will be sent to the soa of too trouble as taut fast an aa they can lle heur transferred anaf erred the mine ihlae which Is the cause of all thi trouble is ia bald to be very rich in high grade ore and h haa been the of wore more or leu less trouble ever annoe its ita discovery diao overy some time in a 1893 th sterling company purchased the claim from AMo Arthur it to la situated about twenty five milea frow from pah pump valley and nearly miles from thi minin camp of 0 vanderbilt Vande ruilt atter after making the purchase toe the ster line company empi employed oyed a large force ofrain of men and did work for a time in antho the early part ot of I 1 1694 the work was waa GuS suspended and the men discharged ob arged during 1894 the mine was waa comparatively deserted no work being done not even enough to constitute af sol fief ament work as is ia required by law thle thin reached the ears eara of mcartha McArt bur r who thought he be would like to again own the mineana mine anil and at once auca set about to relocate the old claim on jon he discovered that wore there were five or six alx men in aud about the camp left there for the purpose of looking after the pru property perty 0 the company but mcarthur McArt bur was not to be kept away by any such scheme to move upon the mine EL he got get together a body ot of about twenty or two div alve MOD men moderal and arm ing them with wita out aut the men who wets were watching Vot ching the property and way from the the men who are with mcarthur Mo Arthur are a determined set met ends and being led by a determined leader a light fight can be looked for as aa soon as the sterling starling comp companas anys men return with their rifles the mcarthur contingent say they will keep the mine and work it for all it is in worth while the sterling men say aay they will have possession eBlon if it takes a stats fighting to get it the country is said to be such that both sides aidea can keep up a long fight witt the chances chance of the outside parties being able to succeed in starving the loolie men out A mother cottier account and one to be r relied upon to la that given by the president of the company in a letter to the stockholders in win thia city it was written on sept 2 at mauve manvel cal sod and says saye J E langford and myself arrived here at 2 pm today monday from the mine we are having some difficulty there just now which I 1 will explain mi mr A mcarthur Mo Arthur a man abu once run the ranch he hae claimed a right to the chispa mine because of a location notice which he be put on alter after about worth of work had been dooe done by the harding company of whom we bought hla hie claim Is invalid and we have talked with him about it many times and have paid him many bills owing to him from montgomery mety and others other m we owed lately he has become quite vindictive he has lost uke lne ranch and now it is owned by some men from chicago he now tries to vent his spleen on us by going to phil fo to te an outlaw from salt lake city bill mayer an ex convict mud aud jack longstreet a murderer these have e enlisted dilated some five and altogether they went upon our dum dump ip and ana in the mill in the night armed with guns and pistols we were awakened last wednesday maer morning ning by their firing in the air we did not understand its meaning until our foreman went up to the mill whom when they informed him that they were in possession aud and ordered him iff A giving him a letter to mr langford which notified noli fled him to keep off the premises about 7 am a m our men went up to go to work but were ordered off at 10 a m hugh and myself went want up and were told that it if we crossed a certain line we would be killed all tale this time we wira were covered with guns gun IL I told them I 1 desired to see mr foote he came out of the mill and we then learned that mcarthur MoAn faur bad engaged them to take possession and compel us to give them some money or the property we returned to camp ie L e our office which iv ie about 1600 1500 feet from the mill 1 just then the sheriff drove up to out our place he is as well as ae sheriff and was up on that bu business bubines sines he learned of tho the situation with WL ai parent Pur surprise prise as it was all news to him we are wilts from a justice of the peace sod and could get no warrants fr for the arrest of the men or we would have ari arrested ariestea ested them all alj so the sheriff gouid not act at al least that wa warhis bin so I 1 orbee him to ito pahr saU lonba Ik to see gas MoArt bur I 1 tried in every way to got get him to draw oft off to so did the sheriff but without tiny any itaw thursday I 1 returned to the mine with the sheriff and mcarthur McArt bur who went up to his men and alter a parley with them they came and made a domand demand on lor twelve thousand dollars ID I 1 a camb mcarthur McArt bur said be would await our answer next day and giuld WL uld come up and see us and show us that it was due him rho sheriff stayed with us and pronounced it an outrage and ana said that with proper authority he would arrett them after spending the night on friday he as dessou us and left tor for belmont mcarthur L lever ever came to us although be was up and talked with his men langford and mcarthur went to the mill thursday and were ordered off mo hie said eaid he be uld old not want w a n t the property pre perly but bat wanted money after the sheriff left we decided to leave mcarthur without excuse aud and so I 1 am here on my way to belmont for warrants lor for their arrest which I 1 will put pat in the hands of the sheriff at once who will return to the mitie mine as soon a pos elble we will also have deputy sheriff appointed and a justice ot of the peace our engine had not arrived at the tims lime of our leaving but was within twenty miles and would arrive today tie sheriff will arrive at the mine about the and it will be some time utter ater that before we can hear bear the result we have done everything we could to avoid trouble and bloodshed as our men have been anxious to take taka them olf and undoubtedly would have bave done so it riot not restrained one of our mills at the johnnie gave us bother last jaet week and did not run much lut is in now at work nicely and the mine is looking well wel we have the sympathy of rl all able men in this place including the sheriff who says we are the only mills running in the county I 1 do 00 not think that mo could have so selected looted another set of men in the whole county woo would have done this for him and I 1 do not think it will be long belore kall all will move smoothly again we are noted for the most quiet estop camp in the country and we have been law abiding we are all well and trust that sit au will end well OBBON SMITH los cl cal eielt 9 binfor QIn anfor for malion bees just biao bi an received tiers here of a terrible fight figal in nye county nevado between miners and which resulted in me instant killing of tho the lattek and the me probably estal abal shoots lug of a third tue too names are phil buot a gambled gam blei check Lung a 11 halt hall bree both killed mud and soother another half balf broad breed whose name is unknown was badly wounded george and bob montgomery Moui gomery aud and their friends aid the shoot leg the tragedy is in the of an attempt to julip a claim belonging to the john mcarthur MoArt bur who has claimed the mine employed phil foot billy B illy moyer check Lont strett and fix elz others well ame to guard his interests while seated at break breakfast fas a crowd of men beaded by the Mout omery boys sur our them and poured a volley into silo ue crowd before they could reach their weapons cf cr escape foote anti and JL were killed and one boo of the palf half breeds mayer succeeded in getting away A pow poa of deculty sheriffs Irrl fla hw has gone to abe district and further trouble Is |
