Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-05

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that il you thought 1t undesirable you
would at once say so." Well, he did at
once say so, and his reply to Mr.. Pulbrook
being that he had already refused to en-
dorse the appointment Of a better man, and
could not, in conscience, second such an
application on the part of Pulbrook.
lCheers. In the conclusion OF his letter
Mr.. Pulbrook said 81 am endeavoring to
get up q combination to give the bears q
turn, and l hope l shall succeed" Loud
expressions Of disapprobation. and roars Of
laughter. He must read them q little
passage from a previous letter Of Mr.. Pull
brooks, dated December 4, 1876, which
showed that this project must have been
incubating in that gentleman's mind for
some time past. In that letter Mr.. Pull
rightly, that nine-tenths Of the s~harehold-
ers would not understand a description Of
the mine but all public companies, You
must bear in mind, require a certain
amount Of clap-trap to prevent the share
holders, in their ignorance, damaging their
own property" IOh oh and laughter.
Now he (Mr. Probert) had never given the
shareholders clap-trap, which, as he UNDER
stood it, meant "humbug" loud cheers |,
but he had always endeavored to give the
shareholders the most accurate information
in his power.
A Shareholder-Havc you any more of
those interesting letters, if Sc, let us have
them? IA laugh.
Mr.. Probert said he was sorry lie could
not indulge them. There was a bond of
union and sympathy between all the gen.
tlcmen of the committee when they came
out, which was that 'Probert must CO."
That was the whole gist of it, but unfortu-
nately the committee could not agree
amongst themselves. Each had O satellite;
Colonel Steuart had a satellite in Mr..
Brcrcton; Mr.. Pulbroek had a satellite in
Mr.. Powell, and they were both satellites
of another gentleman, Mr.. Cuthbcrt; and
Mr.. Pulbrook was to take charge of Mr..
Powell, but Mr.. Powell lost his chance by
speaking too loudly in a light shanty made
Of cloth, and Mr.. Pulbrook, who was stand
ing near, heard his own character de-
picted by Mr.. Powell. Loud laughter.
But they were agreed about one thing.
and that was that Mr.. Probert was to go.
Proceeding to read
from his letter to the Chairman, and occa-
sionally commenting thereon, Mr.. Probert
said that shortly after the arrival Of the
committee at Eureka he was compelled to
write to Mr.. Hopkins that the members Of
the committee were most unfit men for
their task. They had selected Mr.. Brere-
ton as their mentor and guide. As re-
garded Mr.. Pulbrook, he made a great
mistake in mentioning his name to Mr..
Hopkins, because after his arrival in Eu-
reka he had shown himself most deficient
i'll the qualities which fitted him for the
post. Mr.. Pulbrook met him in anything
but a frank and friendly spirit, and never
could look him straight in the face. As to
Mr.. Brereton, that gentleman considered
thnf Ina MY Dynt.nrfA had cfnpI IN flnn
way Of his appointment to the manage
ment. On the first day after their arrival,
when he was showing them over the works,
Colonel Steuart began to pour out his
grievance, starting that he (Mr. Probert)
had stood in the way Of the company get
ting coke to use in the smelling furnaces,
and that this had been done to protect he
interests Of the coal burners. Now. as o
matter of fact, he had been the first to in
troduce the use Of coke at Eureka, and
therefore such q charge could not be
brought against him. AS the details Of the
management we're approached the commit
tee became more captious n fault-find-
ing, and he had to be continually on the
defensive. Mr.. Brcreton had prejudiced
the minds Of the committee against almost
every person whom he (Mr. Probert) had
placed in positions Of trust, and particu-
~ otiho 1&OAF ~ IA atAAa III
Wethered, who held responsible subordi-
nate posts, and whom he had always found
loyal to the company. The committee
formed themselves into q sort Of Star
chamber court, with Mr.. Pulbrook as
judge, and lie (Mr. Probcrt) was actually
requested to leave the room by that gentle
man. Mr.. Brcreton was the instigator of
this, having hunted up all the dissatisfied
and discharged servants in the place. 1t
was useless to go into all the miserable de-
tails of his intercourse with the committee.
He felt the strain of their presence much
more than he cared to allow, and felt
quite worn out by the ingenious torturing
he had undergone at their hands, and the
multitude Of inquiries which they had like
wise addressed to him through Mr.. Powell,
the secretary, who generally required the
answers in writing. When his informa-
ton was given to the members Of the COM
mittee rird roce, two or three pencils and
notebooks were at once busy taking down
his replies, and those were reproduced
without his knowing what they had written.
In his letter to Mr.. Hopkins he went on to
say that h felt he had been treated with
great indignity by the committee, for after
having frankly replied to questions by the
committee, those gentlemen had gone di-
rectly afterwards to his own subordinates,
and put to them the identical questions
which had been put to himself, as if to test
his veracity. n 4 n n
At San Francisco the committee spared
no pains to aunt up information against
himself from unfriendly sources, and
amongst others eyen from Mr.. Corrigan,
who was interviewed by them, and accord
ing to public rumor, Mr.. Corrigan con-
WINGED them that all the litigation had
been brought about through his not con-
tiuuin9 to manage the Richmond affairs.
Loud laughter. He should like to show
the shareholders how they had suffered in
directly and directly, both in this country
and ont there, through the action Of the
committee. He stated deliberately that
the interests Of the company had been
largely ~prejudice1 through the action Of
the committee. The business secrets Of
the company had been exposed till he
scarcely knew what extent, and documents
had been published which might be used
against them in the coming suit. All the
assays of ore, and even the profits on
smelling a certain sort of ore, had been
exposed, and he did not know what the re-
suit would be, but he feared it. =
As o matter of fact, the committee were
preparing to attack him personally, and
were not trying to promote the interests Of
the company. When the committee first
arrived he gave instructions to Mr.. Rick
ard to treat them with all respect. and
show them everything they inquired for.
but the action of those gentlemen soon
gave him an insight into their characters.
A Shareholder-Have you not made a
mistake in calling them gentlemen?
Mr.. Probert said he would fulfill his
promise. and not give hard words, but
hard blows. Hear, hear. The legal in
tercsts of the company had been very much
embarrassed by the action Of these gentle
men, and the shareholders had not only
lost the 10000 which had been paid the
committee for their services, but six or
seven times that amount
A Shareholder Make them refund.
Cheers