The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-08
AURl SifRi FlMES.
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THE GOLD MINERS MUSS.
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Funeral Of the Victims Of the
Shooting Scrape.
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sullen simmerings in fsut-
ter Creek.
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HISTORY OF THE sTRlKE.
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Interview with they Leaders on
Both Sides.
HISTORY OF THE AsrR1xn.
THINGS LOOKING PEACEAsLE
SUFFER- CREEK, Amador County, CAL, |

The mining classes OF California have so Ions
been endowed with a hard name that 1t Will require
more than dozen Bret Hartes 10 show that the
god-extracting devil is not so black as usually
painted. He IS robust, hard. handed hard work.
ing citizen, with ateDdency to nard language lie
1s occasionally herd drinker and then, when neces
sary. nard fighter. HIS luck ia like that OF Sisy-
plus, for when he rolls up golden ball OF success
10 the hilltop 1t pretty generally runs down again.
He is full Of pluck, he calls 1t 'grit, and so when
he Is cleaned sets to work again TO ron up the
ball and Is just Gas ready to fight eat his break
FAST on the road up II necessary. He
mas changed marvellously In twenty years His
chances of becoming suddenly rich are not so great
rs they were, because capital has turned MIN into
3ourneyman and his rich placers are mostly played
out. Then, too. the civilization he left behind him
IN the East is coming around him, and he hears OF
labor movements and labor parties for he reads the
papers daily. In fine, having admired all the sup
posed rictulesqueness Of his life, you VIII find little
difference between him and the coal miner OF Penn
sylvania or anywhere He Is o tribe more nomadic,
more dashing, and that Is all.
Suffer Creek Is OF the largest mining camps In
the State, being second only to Grass Valley. II Is
ntuate IN Amador county, in basin OF the foot hills
OF the Sierras. 1t has population OF about twenty
i've hundred souls, about thousand being In the
town proper the remainder being located in q strag
reached in eighteen miles of staging from Latrobe,
on the Sacramento Valley Railroad, but Is also on
the stage line from Gait on the Central Pacific,
with thirty miles Of staging By the latter route
] was obliged TO come In order to reach
here with daylight yesterday. The fact that
the miners strike threatened to lead to o
scene OF bloodshed, accordnng to the accounts
received In the morning at Sacramento, induced me
to take this route, to be on the spot early
possible Jour road lay amid dust and heat the
hills, and at the two stopping places on the way ru
mors OF intepded violence and gloomy apprehension
reached US. The superintendent Of the mines, they
said, had been ordered to 'leave town or take the
consequences" and, defying all, he was remaining
at his post with q body guard Of thirty men armed
with rines, 90
''Yes, ana he'd better quit, tell you" grumbled
. sury.ooking man at the stable door. Alter leav-
Ing the pretty village Of lone behind some
nine miles we were met by o small stage
20 take down the passengers for Suffer
Greek. It was Just seven as we descended
the hillside road leading into the camp
ae se shafts looked s ana
American Exchange Hotel we found number OF
The miners gathered In knots around the piazza,
with similar groups in front Of Inc suffer Hotel OPP
posite. Neither Of these establishments are first
tass, as may be imagined, but they both pretty
good OF their kind and do q fair business. The
funeral Of Hugh McMenomy, the miner killed in the
bnooting ARRAY last Monday, had taken place In the
Afternoon, and the men seemed sullen but not
oemonstrative. The cause OF the fire Of the pre-
o sn nigna a. we Ssdgea sn ,u wn,Sn haa Seen
1t 10 have been accidental IL was related TO me IN
whisper that the night before tue agent OF some
powder company had been stopped by two men on
his way 10 see Mr. jones' the foreman OF the Amador
mines and told 10 return, as he was stranger. He
By ''veiled LADY, little further on, ana SO Mr.
White, turning pale as his name, returned to the
hotel. The hotel Is just next door TO where The
shooting took place, and short history OF the event
may be advantageously introduced. Exactly a
eeS ago On non FRIDAY gH last ihere V WAS ION o
League By the Pioneer blind minstrel. 4. W. Hatch,
the Dookkeeper OF tie Amador mines, was leaving
the place for some purpose, with the intention OF
returning, as his young wife was still inside. On
passing out he was struck on tue side of the head
with blow from somebody's fist and Immediately
afterwards was struck with the butt OF pistol 10y
4cMenomy, who received O slight cut on the head IN
return. This performance broke up the hop, and
AcMenomy was arrested and liberated on ball. to
appear on the following Tuesday. On Monday he
came over from Jackson the county seat, intending
to remain as TO be on hand the next morning.
On the street he was met by Jem Bennett, foreman
OF the Amador, with whoIn ne Is reported to have
had the following edifyng conversational
JEM-What are you wearing that rosette for-are
you chief OF the Leaguers
HUGH-rm chief Of all such as you.
JEM-That's a God damned lie.
HUGH-rm no liar, you son OF O b--h, don't call
Bennett upon this Is said to have struck Meme
nomy In the face and then drew two revovers and
line Sr Mo He had some e n
drawing his pistol, and after firing three harmless
shots 1t would not revove further. He then, being
although MORALLY wounded, and dubbed him with
the butt Of ms pistol about the head UNTIL feeling
she street and through the Suffer HOTEL APP
pearing on the street shortly after with
from him BY constable named QUINN n
Whne the shots were being fired Hatch,
the bookkeeper ran out from the office and fired a
direction McMenOmV
whose back was turned toward him. 1t is be-
lieved that one OF his friend Benners shots must
have hit him. for he was observed TO stagger aud
fall. Others assert That the shot fired by some
one In the street who was oDse wing the progress Of
on the right breast, below the nipple. and after
suffering great pain Hatch expired on "Wednesday,
erects OF bullet which passed through MS intes-
tines. Bennett escaped and was arrested at
$1,000. Fearing that he might escape
party OF men arrived In Jackson after him with a
warrant issued here but he was already in the hands
. shrewd plan OF Bennets friends to get hun out OF
the way o. the harm that might befa him at Suffer
Creek AT any rate he is safely away, and reported
70 be walking about San Francisco Tree the Pacific
breszes: Yesterday este as ! have said previously
1t calls Itself, the "Amador County Laborers As.
ISOLATION" MARCHED, 800 strong after the remains
Tney wore green RIBBON In rosettes ana at their hut.
ton6oles The body OF the sturdy miner, VINO bore
hiph name as dering, generous spirit among his
by his fellow t0ilers IN their unpretenuous way,
which finds utterances IN such phrases
'Goodby, Hughey; you was rae grit. and we
won't forget you.'
.'straignt square men as ever was on the top OF
ths earth, and good miner you was Hughey.n
And so the grave had closed over one victim
while the rarfn was yawnlng for the other.
young widow was discOns0l2te beside the corpse OF
q handsome voung man la a house way up on the
hill, and the rountains and valleys that were
homeland and hearthiapd 70 her even Yesterday
would be strangers lodge 10 her Tomorrow TINS
morning The towp looked agitated.
'Seems ike old INNING tines" said man TO me
IN che BARRIERS shep; Two funerals one after the
Other.u
Al one O'Clock the bell IN the little befry on the
Methodist Church began 10 toll, and ihereupon the
Odd Fellows, OF which the deceased was
member, marched TO the church and filed the
central row OF seats and The adles OF the Town,
looking sad and thoughtfQl, occupied The rows on
either side. grandg mounted coffin was carried
IN, and alter u came the young WIDOW, sobbng bys
tercally and leaaing her head on the broad bosom
OF the brother Of her dead husband. The strong
man was weeping, too. Ionching prayer was
said by the Rev. Mr.. Woods, and long, vague SER