Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-05
III


Appeal of the 3D.: The report having
reached us that the Virginia and
Truckee Railroad Company had cut
down the wages of some Of their en-
ployes, and that there was some talk
of a "strike" in consequence, we asked
Mr.. Yerington yesterday to give us the
facts. He briefly did so, and they are
about as follows: Up to the first Of this
month, or thereabout, the wages Of
trackmen and watchmen (all unskilled
laborers) has been So in coin. There
are about fifty of these men employed
constantly. Their wages have been
cut down to So so per diem. About
one-half Of the men have stood the di-
minished pay. The rest have knocked
off. These are the principal facts. The
Central Pacific Company pay but 81
as their highest per diem to laborers.
This reduction, 81 Mr.. Yerington says,
will justify him in giving employment
to more men. The severe Winter has
filled streets with persons out OF
employ. Also, under this new deal,
all Chinese section men will be dis
pensed with. This puts more white
men at work. The change seems likely
to benefit more men than it will hurt.
A spectacle of rare occurrence, says
the SitVer State of the Sd, presented it.
self to passerS by on Bridge street yes
terday. Two Indians, loaded to the
guards with Chinese whisky, We're
staggering on the street in front of the
Courthouse, until, overcome with the
rotations he had imbibed, m drop
ped to the ground and passed two or
three hours i'll a drunken slumber,
after which, late in the afternoon, he
was taken to his wickiup by other
members of his tribe. Meantime an
other Indian, named Dick, who had
been at work for Charles Kemler, be-
came boisterously drunk, and crazed
from the effects of the fiery liquid he
had swallowed, committed suicide by
shooting himself. Dolby John, at
whose wickiup the deed vas done, says
Dick came there drunk, and taking a
revolver placed the muzzleto his breast
and fired, inficting a wound which
caused his death in a few hours. Dolby
also informs us that he was told by
one of the drunken Indians that they
procured the whisky from the Chinese.
A lot of eighteen pounds of Pe.vine
ore from the Golden Fleece mine), says
the Reno Journal, recently submitted
to the Fryer process gave a return OF
$54 9S per ton in gold and silver, there
being only 81 AZ gold. The value of the
bullion was 81 1874 per ounce-$l II
53-100 silver and 8 20-l00 cents in gold,
there being no base metal whatever in
it, proving as c~onclusively as possible
that the process makes a clean sweep
of all the base metal. This ore, al
though rich and giving excellent as
says, has heretofore defeated every eff
fort for its successful reduction.
The Carson Appeal of the I'd has the
following: The Board of Prison Com.
missioners met yesterday. Governor
Bradley was represented by Hon.
Charles e. De Long, his attorney, him
self being unable to attend by reason
of Ill health. 1t was arranged that the
Board should meet on Thursday for
the purpose Of then beginning a thor
ough investigation of the case of War
den Hyman and a critical examination
OF the charges preferred by Mr.. Han
ford. We understand that General r.
nj. Clarke (who returned yesterday
from his trip to Eastern Nevada) will
appear for Mr.. Hyman. Also, we be-
lieve. that arrangements have been
made for a shorthand reporter to take
down the evidence. So that the begin
ming Of the end is promised. So be it.
James Dunnagan, a miner employed
at the Golden Chariot mine, was al
most instantly killed Sunday afternoon
about four O'Clock. He was at the first
level just previous to the event. Dun
nagan, without any authority, rang the
bell to stop the skip, which was com
ing up slowly and attempted to step on
it while in motion, and is supposed %
to have slipped, his body falling across
the edge. Life was extinct in a short
time, the unfortunate man being
crushed to death by commissions on the
body near the vital parts. So says the
Hamboldt Register OF the Sd.