New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-08
OUTRAGES IN CALIFORNIA.
DESTRUCTION OF MILLS AND DAM IN LAKE
COUNTY--A CALL FOR TROOPS.

DESTRUCTION OF MILLS AND DAM IN LAKE
COUNTY--A CALL FOR TROOPS.
We learn that on Sunday last, Nov. 10.
mob OF people from Upper Clear Lake Lake County went
down TO Lower Lake. destroyed the DAM and burned the
valuable mills there and held IN duress the legal author
ties OF the county while their work of destruction went
on The circumstances Of this outrage, unprecedented
in the history State follows Clear Lake is
really but one sheet of water. embracing extent OF
over square miles being % miles In EXTREMIST lengh
and with a width varying from one TO fifteen miles Inc
narrowest portion OF Lower Lake has high banks and
does not easily overflow but the Upper Lake is liable 10
flows its low banks, causing serious inconveni.
ence TO the settlers in the vicinity The
end where dam built in 1853, and has always been
choked up with Grft and rubbish until milling company
bought the waterprivege few years since and cleared
ont the debOuchment Of the lake. which is into Cache
Creek, and improved the dam TINS company put up
mills on this waer-pTvilege, of which Is line hour
ins X and sawn which cns "a 600 feet of lumber
daily together with paning-mi etc. The settlers who
live the Upper Lake conceived the notion that the
dam was the cause Of the overflow OF the lake. which was
such an to then though the dam has been
built since 1853, and has never been complained OF uhli
since the mills have been put up They have complained
OF the proDretOrs Of the dam repeatedly and the iacts
above stated have been shown IN the courts Wch nave
decided that the dam does not make the 'backwater'
md is NOT a nuisance No change Of hight has been
made In the dam since II was put up, years ago
Lately the people who had been fighting the Dam Com
pany were organized a Grand Jury, and brought IN
bin indicating the dam as nuisance but the court
ouashed the bill The people determined TO make sum
mary end of the object OF their unreasonable hostility
and on Sunday above related, about 800 OF them
oupe8red at the mills armed and equipped Tor war on
f6e property and person OF the company warning OF
the intention OF the rioters reaching the mill lhe sn1I
was hand, but poweress against large mon OF
armed men; the sheriff and his deputies were arrested
and held in confinement by the rioters and Judge lia
Ioyav OF the County Court, also taken INTO
custody the rasCals thus capturing the whole lega ma
cbnery of the county The work OF destruction then
commenced by burning the mills winch hau TO- 1us W
Grain and large amount OF lumber IN them Parties III
Charge sent OF 10 GOV. Haght for aid, making requ
ston for troops dsperse the rioters Out me mop
opped the stage Guenec and prevented the dispatch
from going forward Castoga which Is the nearest
telegraph station They then commenced WORK on the
dam tearing 10 efectualy as possible Iy some
means dispatch was sent TO san Francisco on AOhuhy
morning reaching here the following day. second
disnatch dated Monday, reached here tuesday ana
gave information that the rioters had nnshed the usTuc
ZION OF the mills and would finish the dam on the follow
ing day and be and that troops would be too ae Inc
matter was referred 20 the Governor VINO Is IN TINS CITY
and we have learned what action was taken III lhe
ureuises This the most serious affair OF the khI that
has ever taken place Ia this State, ana u sbaelui com
Ient ON the dormant awessness Of some portions OF te
country remote from the center OF authority: Lake
County will be back by this highanded violence IN
the county will Of have To be eadded Win utpt
incurred indemnify the owners OF the property 'hus
ruthlessly and wckedly DESTROYED 80 co., , - -