Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-01-01
a CARD.

As the statement of one of the employecsbf
the Raymond Ely Company, which appealed
In Your issue OF this morning, is calculated, il
rneontradicted or unexplained. 10 leave a false
impression ON the public mind, wsSeem n our
duty, in justice 10 ourselves Is welf>~s 10 the
community, to correct some very plausible mis-
representations m that statepient, and. byA plain
and truthful explanation, ITO place the owners
and workingmen of the Phoebe Phenii I'M their
true position in relation 10 the lamehtaiAe oc.
e9rren IRENE p which have eulminatdd II the death
= 1t is evident from Mr.. AndrewsI statement.
that the onus of having acted N bad faith
throughout is attempted to be thrown On the
men of the Phoebe Phenix. and that, with them
lay the blame Of having, without a reasonable
motive or proyocation. besp th first to fire on
statement goes to show Z" that our workmen, on
Friday, had raised up into ting R. Il. E. tunnel,
and had built a fortitcatiops and that after
wards, when the men Of the n. 4. L. had CON-
menced the construction of a counter barrcade
about sixty feet from that of HE Phenix, the
men Of the |atter company Opened fire on the r.
Now, We have not tlS slightest intention to
diselaim any act or action of ours il this whole
affair. We admit that on Thursday night We
did break into the west end of the fOugth level,
acting on our firm conviction that tina ground
was our own, and thst we subsequently, threw
up, not forthcation, but slight defens>, con-
sisting Of a few SACKS filled with earth, for the
disbolicG attack on the part of the R. L. Z. NThe
reasons for our having raised up this defensive
barrier will not fail, We are certain, to staftle
the public; but, Incredible as they may appear,
We have not theslightest ground to distrust the
sources four Information. We were, in fact,
Informed, Efron most reliable quarters, that the
R. X e. CO. were preparing machine loaded
with explosives of most dangerous character,
which they had determined to RIM into bur
works, and n was solely, in the first instance, as
a protection against this internal machine
that those defensive works were constructed by
us, Thg apprehension which we entertaiped for
this internal mashine, will also explaipthe ap-
parent breach of faith which Mr.. Andpews COM
ray admits that " on Sunday -heSgfeed with Mr.
Andrews that there should be cessation of
firing ON both sides" and he most explicitly
atiiyms. that be went down into the mine, and
having told the men of this agreement he at
. o4ce put q sion 70 their hrlngs
TIM agreement was adhered to by the men, il
perfe$ good faith, until, having heard whgt
seemeAto them the noise of an approaching
car from the direction of the Raymond 4 Ely
works; AID their apprehension being excited by
the dread\pf the internal machine which they
heard wasfo be used against them, they natur-
ally and itder the circumstances-we think,
not mSbly-re.commenced firing. That
there was noSevice on our part to spill flood
wantonly in 0Vr endeavors to defend what was
our own, we nave only to point to the fact that
during the wlNle of saturday tho men IL the
R. X Z. were continually passing and re-passing
under the points ef the guns Of our meh, and
that we never fred shot. 1t may not ye here
out of place to statA that Mr.. Donohoe did not
cease to urge on Opt. Hardy and Murphy to
cause the men to abs&ain from firing, but when
he ascertained the Character of the men en-
ployed by the r. Il / to do their fighting
some ofwhom he had "A own for twenty years
We're constrained to do. Nor is it Irrelevant in
this connection, to make Apown an admission of
Mr.. Andrews to Mr.. Murphy soms days ago,
THAT the r. \ E. Co. were Norkingfon ground
west of any ground that comAany cbud claim"
AN admission which provesN THAT tbs unscrup.
ulous company We're themselvAs urtler no delu-
sion as to the slender claim theY had on our
violence or forcibly retain it. "
| In conclusion We re-atfrm that nc have acted
throughout in perfect good faithy Ave proudly
| state that we have hired no reckless despera-
| does to do the vileset work; that wehad placed
reliance from FIRST to last on tie justice of our
cause, which We are equally determinAl to up
| hold that we entertain no less abhorAence for
| the mercenary rutfians who sell their k5rvices,
than for the company that employ them; and
that. in fine the blood of poor Ryan. who fell
| while striving to defend his property whidh he
had acquired by hard and honest toll, is Arooi
that our action in this lameptable affair hafnot
the damnng seal of blood ruthlessly and want
only, split, and set upon it by us, at least. VI
beg the public also to bear in mind tha
Ryan's death is another fruit of the inquitoui
| practice of the larger companies employing law.
less ruffians to do what is called ''the fighting
in the mines" 1t is proud reflection to us, at
all events, that we had recourse to such vile in
struments and in contrasting our relative &C
ton, we are sure that there is not one honest
rightminded man in the community who will
not give his sympathy to the men who only
employed those who have mutual interests with
| themselves to defend their honest rights again =
the men who employee. and hired desperadoes I'd
wrest those rights from them.
| ID. HARDY, Superintendent.
| DENNIS MURPHY, Foreman.
| EDWARD DoNOHoE