Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-05
THE GILA NINE AGITATION.

fore the readers of the SENTINEL from
time to time everything connected
with the recent investigation of the at
fairs of the company. From the very
inception of the trouble We were salts
fed from our knowledge Of the high
standing Of the gentlemen in charge Of
the property, and SO stated on several
occasions, that the whole scheme was
matchmaking plot to either crush the
stock or extort money from the man
ageinent. That we were entirely cor
rect in our estimate OF the case has
been abundantly verified by later de-
velopments. MIR. Dennis, II OF the
proprietors of this journal, while in
San Francisco the other day, took
occasion to critically examine the mat
tiers involved. He was co%urteously
permitted to Investigate all of the
books and accounts of the company;
after which he forwarded to us the
data for what follows:
Abiding to the action of the dissat-
isfied stock holders. he says it is prob
able that the committee. AS a whole, was
actuated by honest motives, and COM
menced the o~verhauling of affairs in
good faith and under the impression
that things had been manipulated in a
manner a~ntagonistic to their interest;
but that the report which was after
warda submitted was a Matchmaking
operation does not admit of q particle
of doubt. There was not q word of
truth in it, he adds, from beginning to
end.
The subcommittee detailed to ex-
anime the books consisted of w. p.
Brock, H. X. West and A. G. Styles.
The latter being sick, the two former
manipulated the whole thing. Pending
the investigation, Brock called on Mr..
Hawkins, the president of the COM
pany, and told him that the books
showed that affairs had been managed
honestly aud judiciously, and that thu
report Of the sub -committee would put
the whole matter at rest. He said,
however, that they (the sub-commit-
tee) had done considerable work and
he thought they should receive
thing for their trouble; and taking up
a piece of paper he marked thereon
s'$l ,0O0," and handed it to Mr.. Haw-
kins. Thereupon Mr.. III. concluded to
draw him out, and so encouraged him
to continue his negotiations. He told
him that he would have to "see' Mr.
West to make it all right; that they
had been offered money by the other
side, etc., and finally concluded by
offering in cold terms TO make a favor.
able report for $1,000 in cash or 400
shares of the stock of the company.
The offer was declined and the adj
verse report, published in the SEN
rINEL some days ago, was the result.
Brock and West owned but q trifling
amount of the stock and undoubtedly
wrung themselves in on the committee
for blackmailing purposes.
The charge that Mr.. English, while
Entrusted with the sale and manipula-
ton of a certain amount OF the stock
for the company, had disposed of his
own stock at advanced rates, Is entire
" without foundation. The company
never set apart a single share OF stock
to be sold by Mr.. English or anybody
else. The company simply opened a
subscription book at 81 so per share,
and all OF the stock offered was taken
long before MI. English disposed of a
share standing in his own name.
The charge that the Gils has been
run in the interest of the Typo Com
pany Is also equally untrue. The only
transaction between the two companies
was . matter of quicksilver and other
supplies amounting to $1,000, the ella
Purchasing from the Tybo. An in
Of 81 200 has been paid on the
goods, which were sold ut San Frau
cisco post and freight, and the same is
now at Tybo awaiting the order of the
Gila Company.
Everything considered the conclu-
sion IL irresistible that the affairs of
The ella have been managed faithfully,
honestly and judiciously. The sole
of the recent movement eeln to
have been Il very unworthy desire
N the part Of certain parties to
ret tho control of the prope rty
md to accomplish this end they I'M
,lushingly raised the howl of dishon-
'sty. Shorn of all side issues, this
the handspring governing the
of the late disreputable cru.
ade at its Inauguration; but Brock
nd West, who seem to be wholly des-
of scruplcs OF any description,
got control of the sub COM
1ittee, the whole thing ~degenerated into
blsckmailing scheme. It is a pity
alifFnia has no Law for the