Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-01
THE EVENING NEWS.

SeNeEal OF tne INNING anu mtu companies
having reduced the wages of their en-
ployees, vast multitude consisting not
only of the men directly affected by the
reduction, but almost the entire mass OF
miners and mill hands of the District as
sembled last evening and paraded the
streets, with band of music, and voclfer-
ously shouting their watchword OF Four
Dollars a Day." They came down IN
front of the Ne1cs office and gave US three
cheers, and having been addressed BY one
of their number, took up their line Of
march for Virginia. They made pretty
lively demonstration IN that town, being
Joined by a large number OF the
working men Of that District. They
then returned TO Gold Hill and our
dreams were disturbed until late hour
by the sound of cheers and groans. the
ringing of bells, and the shout Of "Four
dollars per day Before dispensing,
they agreed to meet en- psGsse IN front of
the Imperial works, at six o'clock this
morning. At that hour we were on the
spot, and found notice, posted by Mr..
Corey, Superintendent Of the Imperial,
announcing that their hands could go to
work at the old wages. About eight
o'clock the sound of music attracted our
attention, and the street was soon filed
with an orderly procession Of many hun
dreds Of men. who marched to the Sap
phire Mill, and sent deputation to con-
fer with Mr.. Chappellet the Superinten-
dent. That gentleman answered that he
was but an agent, acting under the orders
of Board of Trustees but that he would
promise that the hands should receive
four dollars per day, until he could re-
ceiye further orders from his snperiors.-
This was all that could be expected of
him. and the procession reformed and
returned to the upper end of the town to
confer with the authorities Of the Comet
Mil. The procession halted in the street
in front of the Comet Mil and sent
deputation TO make their demand. The
deputation was was met by Mr.. ReQua,
the Superintendent outside the mill who
in answer to the demands of the delega-
ton said the mill would stop in about a
couple of hours, as soon as the men could
finish cleaning up, giving no answer as to
wages. This was not satisfactory, and
orders were given to the deputation TO
stop the mill then. The superintendent
then stated that no men were working in
the mill for less than 81 per day, that
some men had been breaking rock some
time previous but were not then employed.
One Of the workmen IN the mill was called
out who made the same statements which
were reported back to the procession and
which seemed satisfactory and it again
took upits line of march towards Virginia.
Arriving in front of the Imperial it halted,
and delegation was sent to that mine and
also TO the Empire, where it was reported
that Mr.. johnson the miner who address,
ed the meeting last night, had been dis
charged. The delegation came back in q
few minutes and reported that the men in
the former mine were all at work and that
no change had been made at the latter.
The order was then given Forward
march to the Gould s Curry. The
procession was joined by the Virginia
miners on the Divide, and marched
through Cstreet to the north end of town;
then crossed over to B street, and marched
south towards the Gould s Curry Office.
When near there, the procession halted,
and q deputation was sent on to the office,
but no person receiving them there, the
procession marched up in front of the
house and called for Bonner. No answer
was made, and no one appeared for the
company. The miners then proceeded
10 open the Office door, and when
Il became evident TO those inside that
what was said was meant gentleman,
the book-keeper, appeared and said In be-
half Of the company that the wages Of the
men should not be reduced. The ques-
ton was, What are they paid, to which
the book keeper answered that $50 were
paid 81 per day and the remainder $3.50
The demand then was made that they
should all be paid $500. No officer of
the company would promise that, and at
ter the committee appointed for the pur-
pose, had reached the house and reported
that Bonner had SUNK away, fearful OF
personal violence and was nowhere to be
found, the procession, at the suggestion OF
Mr.. Johnson, proceeded TO the mine to
discharge all those who by their own acts
were iniuring the honest craft by yolun-
tary working for three dollars and half.
From the Gould s Curry Office the miners
proceeded to the Mexican and Ophr
mines, where it was well known there
were men employed at less than "a per
day. Finding no officers at either Of the
works they took possession. and COM
rnittee was sent down into each Of them to
send out all men working for less than "a
Der day. All the men at the Mexican
quit and came out of the mine, the works
were closed. At the Ophir the miners
Quit work but the pump was left running.
The miners however went back and stop
ped the pump after they first left the mine.
The procession marched from the latter
mine up through c to Taylor street and
down that street to the Gould s Curry
works. Arrived here, about one hundred
men went into the mine and brought out
the workmen who appeared as well plea
sed as any one present, at the proceedings
of the miners who had taken the money
and paw matters into hand. The crowd
was about to start for the company's mill
and shut it down, when committee came
from Mr.. Bonner requesting the miners to
meet him at the International Hotel where
he would do all IN his power 70 satisfy
their Just demands. Some thought the
prudent course would be to go and meet
him there. Others held that he had been
run after enough, and that the proper way
10 do. would be to go down and stop the
mil. and as they had once been to see
Mr.. Bonner and that gentleman had abb
sented himself. not put themselves out Of
the way, to follow him, but let him come
to them. After considerable discussion
among themselves it was decided to pro-
coed to the International, which was ac-
cordingly done, and at noon, with the
band playing and flags flying, about z, 900
miners with sledges, picks and shovels,
arrived in front of that building, and
called out for Bonner but be was not
there. had not arrived. and Hon. Frank