Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-30
NEVADA.
Important Mectin. Of COmstoc ID
Miners

VIRGINIA. Aug. %.
The meeting held ~ Miners Union
Hall this Afternoon wa secret. ThO.e
present were pledged tn keep silent
upon the business transacted. The
causes which led TO the meeting may
ne briefly stated. SpUe week. ago the
Miners Uniuu passed Il resolution to
the effect that mo- man should be al
low ed to work in any mine on the
Com~tock whn was ~ a member OF
The Miners Union. This VAS looked
upon hy The general pnblic as a very
grave A. well A. III advised step On he
part of the Union. The order was To-
AVE taken effect OH the l0th of next
month, and the dty wa~ looked for
ward to With considerable lnIehodirg.
IL was predicted that scenes al riot aud
uluudShed would enSue. aud that il an
attemp Was made toy The mining com.
pauie~ to let the order at defiance u
would result in the demolition of the
hni,tius machinery OF such mines a.
refused Ia comply with II. The Unions
met the mining superinteudents and
were in session several hours 10 effect
a mprnmi~e. Atthuugh the uew--
liaier~ are refused information ON The
subject. men Who were al the meeting
"a - AAAdh ~ tFfN tiAl tilt4llN Dffk dAtftl
and that all The diff rences have been
Satisfactorily settled. Bpfh sides APP
pear pleased with the result.
Later.
NIRGINIA CITY, Aug. 20.
The Chronicle Of To day gives The
fniloa ing report of the secret meeting
held at Miners Union Hall yesterday:
A. three O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
an Important meeting was held ia
Miners Union Hall. compp~' a of
committees from the Mine $ Unions
at Virginia. Go,d iIrl and Silver Cltv
on the one hand, aud Of the principal
Cnm~tock miss supsrtatrndents ON
the othrr. Among the Latter were
Colonel jams g.. Fair. of the Con.
Vir-inia aud California: William
Hardy, Of Ihe Ophir; +. +. Obi,ion. Of
the Gould IL Curry and Best & Bel
cher; Colonel NJ. G.. Gillette, of the
savage; Philip DeideSheimev. ct the
Hale & Nurcross; Frank Thayer. of
the Julia; I~aac l.. Rrqua, of The CEol-
lar and COInhiusiiOn shaft; T.. A.
schultz, ofthe Bullion, EXcleguer and
Jus ice; w. III. Smith, of the Bslcher;
Captain Mat. Caravan, OF the New
York; w. B. sheppard, of the Utah;
CHARLES B~ennemOrt, OF the Sierra Ne
vada; Jasper Babcuck, OF the Levia
Than, and ONE Others whose names
we did not ascertain. The meeting
was secret, none being admitted ex
cept members OF the miners commit
tees AMI h superintendents, and since
The me ting il his been very difficult
To obtain any Information. We are in
formed, however, that the meeting
WAS held al the request of The superin
tendents, who wished to take such
steps ~ might be f. sible to prevent
any trouble arising out of the order re-
GENTLY published by the Miners
Unions, namely, that after the tenth of
September next no person not "a mem
b-r of the Union would he allowed to
work as "A miner under ground,
EXCEPT foremen or superintendentS.
There was a lengthy discussion on the
matter, which good feeling and a desire
to effect a fair aud amirahle settle.
fnrnt WIRE shown on both sides.
Finally, the desired Of jet was accoin
plisiled bg an agreement on the part
81 the superintendentS, thai after the
10th Of next month they wnuld dis
charge from the mines any miner re-
ported 10 them as not being "A member
and refusing To become one. II il a
-Nhtfc "a Eidtilltdl4pu 10 every Opuy
that this matter has been amicabiy SET
lied, a l il was "A wise course to take
time by the forelock and bring about
this meeting, whereby concert OF ac-
lion j. secured: otherwise, by tile ac-
ton Of some single ho, heade I super
intend-nt, or by %imprudent conduct
on the part Of individual miners, a
condition Of in feeling might have
beeu hrpuuhf abuut whieh vyoull
have resulted in no good To any one.
The fire on ID street to day was "A loss
Of about 81 900, covered by insurance.