Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-10-07
Tho virginia aid Truckec Railroad Dif.
acr.ty MT m End-Cupital ana Labor in
Harmouy-The Chinese Graders to SO
To York Auuiu-No More AntpRcpisn N. |

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litue'good and sensible talk, anu the
exercise Of those reasoning powers
which the Almighty has kindly invested
true mar With, tho ~aEtagonistic rela-
tions, and beiligsren. attitude recently
assumed toward allowing the Chinese
graders to work or the railroad, are at
an end, and By mutual agreement the
good work will be allowed to proceed TO
q speedy aud successful termination.
This gratifying result is brought about
through the intervention OF the Miners
Union, which is the Only true repre-
sentative OF the honest working men of
this section. William Sharon, Esq,
who has recently returned from = bust
ness trip to San Francisco, ard who
represent. the railroad aud the Califor-
mia Baak-in FAC. the capita, in those
interests as well "a in some CT our prin-
cipsl mining and milling interests, I'D.
dressed an impromptu mass nesting OF
some 500 OF our best ard most sensible
Gold Hill miners, last evening, at the
south Yellow Jacket hosting works. It
was about 6 o'clock, when the shifts
were changing, and the men could all
assemble 10 the best advantage. They
were no saloon l~oafers, no law-defying
mob, but men with their dinner pals,
and in the honest garments Of toll, 60
ing to their regular work, or just hoisted
from the depths Of the miue-the true
bone and sinew Of the country ; such
men rs can appreciate sound sense and
reason when they hear 1t.
Mr.. ~sHARoS's PERCH
Mouutsd on q little pile Of mining
timbsrs, outside the building, and with
the assemblage, gathered closely aud
Gttentiyely around him, Mr.. Sharon
spoke in effect, rs follows:
Gentlemen : | am glad to meet yoG
hero at this time, face 10 face, and have
a good square reasoning talk with you.
George Francis Train, Auns Dickinson,
and Sutro, have each been heard, and
now I desire the same privilege. The
institution and interests represent
have been villi6ed and maligned by
spiteful, designing men, and |
have even heard that threats Of
assassination have been uttered against
myself. This last I care nothing about,
for | fear no one, and none OF rou are
afraid Of me. I am simply a mar OF
flesh and blood like yourselves, and l.,
too, have been q working man. IN
no demagogue or politician. You are
no better than I am, aud / am no better
than you are. We are all here in
this world together and supposed to
work for each others interests as far as
possible. Il has been charged that |
am in favor Of Introducing Chinese
labor into these mines, but that i, false.
never have bad any such idea ; neither
have | now. The Chinese are no miners,
and will not work underground where
you do. We waut minsrs and not Chi
namen. Thoy have no interest in the
country, nor even religion, tastes and
ideas in common with US, and we can
only employ them at msniai service,
inferior occupations, railroad grading,
and all that sort Of thing. There il a
wrong feeling of a~ntsgon'sn against
tho Bank of California, which charges
i. with being the cusny OF the
working maa, ard trying 70 crush
labor and grind down wages, yet
this 10 not 80. Can these mines or mill,
be worked without capital; and is it not
this very capital that pays four dollars
a day to you miners? Is it not better
to have m institution that you can de-
pend upon and capital that can ensure
wages to working men, than TO have to
dep,pd on irresponsible parties? We
must al, WORK together for mutual ben
eft. We are doing the best We can for
yoar :~r.e-es. as well as our eve and
we earnestly desire your full confidence
and cooperation. The object in build
ing tn, railroad is to bring timber and
wood from & distance for these miues,
at a less cost, thus rendering them moro
productive and better able to pay ecu
your wages. Besides ;his, there is
pleatr Of low Grade ore which can then
be niaed ard Iilled At \ profit, giving
additional employment 20 hundreds OF
men. The golden days Of the rich orc
Ia the Mexican, ophir and Gould y
Curry are past, and ncw We tays to
put up with ore Of lesser grade. what
there is below the present levels God
op;y knows, and vo mnst make the
best of What We haze got. The ol!y
reason Why we employed Chinese in tbs
grading Of the road was because it was
much cheaper TO do SO. Some, reckiesaiy
ssser. tha. white men could have been
60. TO work as cheap, but every man o.
you knoT better :han that. Il that
railroad was 20 have cost $4,000, 900, it
could no. have been built; but as by
using the Chinese it could DC Dull. fo'
half that moaey it 10 being bailt. WIEN
It 10 completed the Chinese are 40 .onge:
wanted, and Jan 90. !, 10 tor Jour in
,erest as well rs Of usai., .hat the road
should be built, and with your co-opera-
ton il will be. 1t is against your own
interest that you oppose II, or The en-
ployueat IF capital for your benefit.
Great God would you kill the goose
that lays the golden egg? Never mind
what needy and designing demagoSues
tell you, but with the good sense you
are endowed with, study and work for
your own interest and that Of the coun-
try. And now with resSrd to the little
Sutro sevsn-by-niue tunnel. This pen
ni,ess adveuturer, who does not pay a
cent of taxes, wishes to make use OF
you 10 make himself rich. or what
benefit would that tunnel be to
n, on the Comstock ledge? We
can run q drift from the Soo-foos
lave, of this yellow JACKIE. mine and
strike tho Savage groa:e At about The
ssme sepih that tunnel would, develop
inc tho isdgo as we so, and with a mere
,i,ho Of the expense. The Dayton folks
favor that tunnel because they think it
vonld be the means Of moving Virginia
and Gold Hill, with all these hosting
works and mills down there, on the
Csr,ou-rather a poor prospect for US OF
th;, section. That famous tunnel,
wb;eh was started the other day on o
basket of champagne and four bits,
sv.n II il were ever finished, would no!
drain the Coms,ock ledge. As you all
know, the bodies Of water in it are aelo
at various points in the upper workings
.by eros, seams of clay aud other matter,
every one Of which has to be tapped Q!
itself, and by that tunnel it would only
be done at u ~ruinous expense. Nan
OF you have been working at the wv
foot level of the Jacket in good dry
places, with the levels above you hiied
with water, which it has taken many
o,k Than again