The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-09

WHY the Two Nevada senators have Buried
the 1omahawk.

VIRGINIA CRY. New, Jan. 1.-The ppO-
pie OF the Pacific coast are beginning IT, ask how
1t happens that nators Jones aud Sta' n. the
former Of Nevada, long Branch, and New rt,
and the Latter Of Nevada, san Francisco aud
any other place whc c dollars may he found
living around loose people are beginning to ask
how it happens that these two honorable gen
tlemcn have become such fast friends Of late.
II one should ask slippery Jim Fair, he would
tell YOU, with the most innocent manner imagin-
able. that he didn't know. 1t wouldn't do to ask
Mackay, for Mlckav knows nothing Of Sharon's
affairs, not he. So II Fair don't know, and
Muckty don't care, how u one 10 md out the
secret, since Mackay aul Fair are the big guns
OF the Pacific otst now tdays
This Is one of the problems OF the time. Few
people here bouts nave forgotten the IRE IN the
yellow jacket mine In 1862 Whereby forty
miners were burnt to death II was IN awful
calamity IA itself. but the climax was capped
wnen IN the heat Of a political quarrel three
years Hftcrward Sh lr9n boldly accused Jones Of
causing the fire for stock gambling purposes.
I have before me a copy Of the san Francisco
chronicle Of MAY <. 1871 in which the charge is
discussed at length. aud an interview with
Sharon Published. Here is an extract;
Reporter Dld{oa have any personal difficulty with
NJ, sharon >a,sr Nr Mnls, ,rresldcn, o. the Pe2k
Jones had been masking serious complaints against me.
Sir Jones ami make fun statement ot my connection
wi'h The an'ir. A meeting Wa Then aua ged to '9he
NJ 9yssra Snd sy api Nj JSeg, 9 Gnt
Lees. aud myscii met IN col. loscs Office. nsd TX.
| pccicd TO meet NJ; to.cs ucre. and hndine mat he
KIM whoie matter Sni @s he was not present de-.
cncd t. dos. aid farther that ,oo'dd aoept dty
t,n gave 10 Nr. Hay ward fun sateucnt Of the whole
Rspoficf- what wa. your object In investigating the
Mr sn1ron / controlled the Yellow jacket mine,
believed that sny one had ST tue minc ahrc dnt hear.
iuE us mans story, but tn It o. once hesned across
d. 10 d o. u
cifcuu-t that the stur, was true naa not The
,llat,st dcsre To luJl any one M. IT, u TO be- my
Tor my own protection AMI IN justice TO the pan,
igAr m.asnlgs 9', f'ain tne SASc, F nn 10
e un cNprtencrd detective. and put a. ease VA hi,
.raufc.
Tld. Is how matters stood between the urcsent
! SCudtCr- in 49,. llut three years have pas ed
and III" wurligi9 OF time mas whirIlsisted the
| quarrel out It si9ht. aud tine champions, m the
rarlanceof the l. X" come up smiling ana snake
Wen. tucre are bie interests at stake on thi:
coast just NOW, and uarIcularN IN Nireinia
| City. Jones and sharon are both Interested in
mining mere. Sh ron owns tue Nir1uia an,
1ruckee Railroad, which pays him S..OJ a daN
and timber forests. stamp mills, and otnel
! proierties, wuicn U-grCg tie a net profit OF 81
uuO a dds and Jones H. likewise deep IN UtAial
speculauon.. II naputns there II another en-
terpri-e IN this uciEht OH nod, which these gen
tcmeu wuuli q. uch IKE 10 control. the SURE
| Tunnel. th Il famous bore whicu T. already com
uleted tor more than l2oOJ feet from ITS start
ins uoint. and wlicu. 90 spite of the mnchina
tiotis Of .he Hink ~ Calf ruIa and other Inter
csted concerns, viii ia all probability oe sue
Crts.
Sutro's idea is to do away win the present tx
| pcnsiNe methods OF mining, ami bis cudrei
! Given 10y Congress. permits him TO charge. iu
draining the mines done. a ROYALTY OF two dol
lar- for every ton OF ore Produced in the Com
! stock lode. fnc HanK ftiug fought Sufro oil
long as there was a probability Of beating uipl
ana arr nov sliNtnE TO OBTAIN the repeal ut th
ROYALTY clause 81 the tunnel charter, Mt 81
| much nectu-e thcv object To paying THIS roy
/ Iltv, u- i,T the purpose ~ getting tnI control %
toe enterprise. " uere'- millions in it, md %