Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-09-24
THE TROUBLE IN BoDIE.
THE MINERS UNION MAKES A
BOLD MOVE.

OVhciuueS u Leave, upon Being
Allowed to Close Up His Busi-
ness.
A special dispatch from Bodie
states that in pursuance to a public
notice, the Bodie Miners Union met
in their hall last Saturday, and
adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, That George DAILY. Joe
Mcdonald, Barney Mcdonald, George
Harder, Joseph Burnett, James Muir
phyand William Anderson be ordered
outsidy of the limits of Bodie Min
ing District within twelve hours from
the date of this notice.
j.. P. SHAUaHNEssY, President.
The persons named above were
those engaged in the late Jupiter
Owyhee fight, In which John Golf
was killed, and the action of the
Miners Union is result of the bad
feeling still existing, aggravated per-
haps by Days putting an attachment
on the Miners Union Hall for dam
ages to small shanty which he had
placed on the disputed ground, and
which was thrown down the hill and
burned up by the Miners Union.
DAILY comes out in Sunday mornings
paper with the following:
To ALL Coon CITIZENS The law
less element of the Bodie Miners
Union have passed resolution order
ing me and several men In the en-
ploy of the Jupiter Company to
leave the camp within twelve hours.
We have been by the laws of our
country declared innocent of any
crime or wropgdeing. We are Amer
can citizens, and as such are entitled
to pursue our respective avocations
free from molestation. This right
we propose to maintain, and we call
upon all good and true men in the
community to assist US in so doing
and in quelling the turbulent element
now disturbing the peace of this
community. 1t is our belief that
this obnoxious and violent resolution
is not the sentiment of a majority of
the Bodie Miners Union. most of
whom we believe to be good and
true men, but is merely the voice of
the mob, and will be repudiated by
every good man in the Union.
GEORGE DAILY.
On receipt of copy of the reso-
luton DAILY took fifteen fighters to
the Jupiter mine and commenced
barricading the hoisting works and
cutting loopholes in the sides of the
building. His time was up at eight
o'clock Sunday morning, but his
preparations showed he had no idea
of leaving the camp and evidently
meant fight. The Miners Union
held protracted meeting Sunday
sustained the action of
the meeting of Saturday night, and
Endorsed the resolution. This made
a very serious matter of it. DAILY
has placed heavy timbers breast-high
around the inside of the works and
is able to resist any attack the miners
can make, and unless they can burn
him out it will be question of how
long he can subsist his men. The
discussion in the meeting Sunday
showed that large majority of the
miners while unwilling to withdraw
the resolution, were opposed to any
and seemed to be peaceably
inclined, though the feeling was very
bitter against DAILY, and 1t is the i'm
preston that enough members of the
Union will be found to make the fight
a sort of Molly Mcguire pioposi-
ton, thereby relieving the Union of
any damages to life or property. The
general Impression is that there will
be trouble and bloodshed unless DAILY
vacates his position, which he says
he will not do.
DAILY CONCLUDES TO LEAVE.
BODIE, Sept. els p. MA Com
mittee of Citizens appointed to con
fer with the Miners Union waited on
Daily this evening and impressed up
on him the necessity OF leaving the
camp, as the only way to settle the
trouble and avoid bloodshed. DAILY
has consented to do this, provided
they will give him time to close up
his business; and the matter is in a
fair way of being settled peaceably.
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