Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-15
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BY TELEGRAPH.
ESPECIAL TO THE EUREKA DAILY sENTNEf.1
No Compromise with the Hostile
UteS.
They will Be Required TO Surrender Tn.
conditiOnally.
A CHAPTER OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

c0nditiOnally.
A CHAPTER OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
Mexican Mincs-Chandler's Intern
perate Uttcrances, Etc.
New YORK, October IA.
The Herald's Washington special says:
Additional instructions have been tele-
graphed Agent Stanley, and special agents
nave been dispatched with explicit orders
how to act in the event Of the White River
Utes accepting the terms laid down in the
kilograms to General Sheridan and Agent
Stanley. The Secretary Of the Interior
will not under any circumstance approve
any step that proposes to condone the MUIR
der OF Meeker or the killing OF Thornburg
and the men of his command. The White
River Utes will be met fairly with the state
ment that they have forfeited every claim
to debating terms, and must surrender
themselves as guilty parties and cooperate
with the Government in bringing the
Chiefs responsible for the outbreak to JUS
tee. On no other terms will they be per-
mitted to sue for peace.
Commissioner Hoyt, OF the Indian Blu
reau, to-day received a letter from Agent
Page, written at the Southern Ute Agency
on October 9th, in which he says: eli
rave had q council with Ignacio, Red
Jacket and Maniguiniup, Chiefs Of the reE-
egade Utes, and sixty other Southern Ute
Indians. They desire that the Great
Father be informed that they promise they
will take no part with, nor render any aid
to the White River and Uintah Utes; that
they are contented and desire to remain al
peace. 1 to-day refused to issue them theiI
| annuity goods until this day two weeks.
To this they consented, saying it was all
| right. Southern Utes request that when
q reply to this report OF their action is re-
| ceived it may be communicated to them,
which 1 have promised to do.
The Times Washington special says
Opinions differ as to the probability %
| continuance Of hostilities by the Utes,
| The general impression at the War De-
partment is hat there will be some hard
lighting, but the Interior Department
thinks the hostile Utes will speedily sur
render, and throw themselves upon the
mercy Of the Government.
The Agency After h Massacre.
RAwLlNs, October IA.
Mr.. Emil Weber and George Fuher,
two carriers, have just arrived from what
was, a few days ago, the White River
Agency. From them is learned the follow.
| ing particulars General Merritt advanced
upon the Agency on the 11th instant. On
his way he found many dead bodies,
| Among others he found the body of Car
| Goldstein, an I~sraelite who left here with
Government supplies for the Utes at the
White River Agency. He was found in
| gulch, six miles from the Agency. He was
shot twice through the shoulders. He was
at a distance of nearly two miles from his
wagon. A teamster named Julius Moore
formerly from cambridge, Massachusetts,
who was with him when he left here, wa:
found about 100 yards from Goldstein witt
two bullet holes through his breast, and
| his body hacked and mutilated with q knit,
or Ratchet. As the command advanced
| they came to coal mine, and in it they dis
covered the body Of an Agency employe b,
| the name Of Dresser. He had evidentl,
been wounded and crawled into the hole tt
| die. His coat was folded up and PLACED
under his head for a pillow. Beside hin
| lay . Winchester rifle, containing eigh'
! cartridges. In one Of his pockets wa
| found . letter which, as near as the carrier
could remember, reads as follows:
WHITE RIVER, Sept. 20, 7 P. NJ.
To Major T%hornburg: I will come witt
Chief Douglas and another chief, and NEE
you tomorrow. Everything is quiet here
and Douglas is flying the United States flag
We have been on guard three nights, AMI
will be tonight, not that We expect an,
trouble, but because there might be. Die
you have any trouble coming through thu
canyon
(Signed): N. G. MEExER, Agent.
On entering the Agency q scene Of quie
desolation presented itself. All the build
ings except one were burned to the ground
and not q living thing was in sight excep
the command. The Indians had takeI
everything except the -four and decamped
The women and children were missing. an(
nothing whatever could be found to indi
cate what had become Of them. They hav'
either been murdered and burned, or hav,
been taken away a. hostages. Their dread
full and uncomfortable fate callsiforth tn,
most profound sympathy. The dead body
Of Father Meeker was found about a hun
bred yards from his dwelling, lying on hi
back and shot through the head. The lef
side Of his head was smashed in by SOM
blunt instrument. A piece Of barrel stavt
was driven into his mouth. and one hand
and arm was badly burned. The dead bod
Of w. H. Post, Father Meeker's assistant
was found between the buildings and tn,
river, with q bullet hole through his RICH
ear and one under the ear. He as well Of
Father Meeker was stripped naked. An
other employee, named Eaton, was fount
dead. He was stripped naked, but had
bunch Of paper bags in his arms. His fac,
was badly eaten by the wolves. and Their,
was . bullet hole In the left breast. Franl
Dresser, o brother to the one found in thu
coal mine, was found badly burned. HI
had, without doubt, been killed instantly,
as . bullet had passed through his heart
The bodies Of Thompson, Eaton, Price
Eskridge, and all the other employees no,
named, were also found. Eskridge was
found two miles this side Of the Agency
naked and Q bullet hole through his head
In the position occupied by the Indians
during Thornburg's battle. in breastworks
made Of stone, was found the dead body oil
an unknown white man, dressed in buck
skin. He was sitting on his knees. and
had his gun in position to fire. He was
shot in the forehead. From this it appears
that the Indians are not alone in their hell
ish work. The supposition is that the In
dams have gone South to join the Southern
Utes. and the impression among the Off
GERS OF Merritt's comm nd is that the In
dams who fought Thornburg numbered at
least 700.
Railroad Accidents.
CHICAGO, October IA.
A railroad accident occurred last even
ing ct haywood, on the Northwestern Rail-
road, by which two men were killed and o
number wounded. The cause OF the col
lision was owing to . misunderstanding as
to signals.
A Milwaukee special says: About 8
O'Clock yesterday evening. while the switch
engine in the yard Of the Milwaukee and
st. Paul Railroad was making up the mid
night freight train. they started to cross
the Burnham slip bridge, to the west Of
the yards. The fog was 80 thick that 1t
was impossible to see but . few feet ahead.
The bridge was turned for . passing vessel,
and the engine. tender and . car Of lard
into the river. The engineer and