Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-09
COAST
rAIIFARNyA,
THE CoMs1OcKs AND THE sUTRO TUNNEL
No Compromise Arrived at.
A GENERAL AGREEMENT TO WITH
DRAW SUITS.
The hammock Indians TO be At
tackled.


SAN Francisco, June s.
SO far as the true animus Of the recent
action Of the Comstock mining companies,
in connection with the Sutro Tunnel, can
be arrived at, it is about as follows: The
Chollar, Hale & Norcross and Savage con
cede the right of the Tunnel Company to
collect a royalty OF 81 per ton on all ore
raised after the completion Of the tunnel,
in accordance with the terms of the origi-
nal agreement of April 18th, 1866. This
breaks up the combination of the mining
companies formed i'll 1874, to resist the
collection of the royalty. zone OF the
mines, however, except the three above
| mentioned. concede TO Sutro the right to
collect the royalty; and in the case of these
three il is an admission of the barren
right, as neither of these companies has
any ore to hoist, and the tunnel will be
useful to them without expense on their
pert. The bonanza mines, and probably
others, will not concede the right to the
royalty.
A Virginia City dispatch to-day gives an
interview with Sutro, who says that no
| compromise has been arrived at. The
Savage Company has notified the Tunnel
Company of their readiness to withdraw
from the suits and recognize the royalty.
If all the companies should take the same
action, in good faith, everything will go
along smoothly, but if only the Savage,
Hale Il Noreross and Chollar, which have
no ore, and consequently nothing to
pay, propose to avail themselves Of the
tunnel, leaving the latter to protracted
litigation, to compel the payment by COM
panies having ore, the company will prob
IDLY not perm it the use Of the tunnel at
all, until an understand 10 is reached
with all the companies.
But little further has been learned con-
corning the Sutro compromise, except That
the b. x b. and Gould & Curry have taken
the same course as the Savage, Chollar
and II. & n, as indicated in the Cats in
terview with General Williams. This
morning all the companies have agreed 10
withdraw their suits, but the bonanzas
claim that they will not ges to pay the
royalty, as they consider that it would lie
paying for service they do not require.
solomon A Sharp. a prominent member
of the bar, died this morning 6.
A dispatch from Silver c ty, Idaho, says
| that about forty hostile B Knocks camped
at Juniper Creek, ten III les from South
Mountain, were discovered yesterday by IL
friendly Indian. Captain Harper, who
left here last night with twenty home
guards, sent here this morning for a REIN
forcement, which will be sent forward i'm
mediately. II these Bann jcks remain where
they are, Harper will certainly attack
them tonight or tomorrow morning.
Or )vILLE, June &.
A dispatch says that Doctor B. L. Hol-
sclow. at Durham station, married a week
ago Minnie O. Holz. This morning he
killed his wife and himssif. Cause, jeal-
ousy.
SAN BUENA,ESvuRA, June 8.
The grand jury came into court with
their report this a~fternool. They found
true bills for murder a 'ainst Sprague,
Jones, Carlee, Lord, Me TART, Hunt and
Churchill, for the killing of I. Wallace
Moore. The trials will onmence on the
LIST Monday in July.