Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-17
ONCE MORE.
"serifas'' Answers Undergraduates
and Closes the Arrum.ut

and Closes the Argument.
EDITOR SENTINEL: Please nphI;sb ,,,o
following reply to the card Of Messrs. Tog-
MINI and Vanina, that appeared in yester-
days SENrINEL. l shall not trouble Won
with farther communications. as believe
all points have been answered:
EASY POINTS TO ANSWER.
foint Nc. l-Strikes We don't con-
denim strikes when imposition has passed
all bounds, but we denounce violence.
NO. . Rioters We are strikers. but no
rioters. We recommend the punishment
OF all ~trespassers of the law, when proven.
No. 3-Thc contractors, who are they ?:
Probably those who are liable to resent
when pincbed where the sore is. No. 4Let
dates and instances be given: Plenty will
be given, ii compelled to. Nc. 5ZFraa La
Dor: Labor is not free, where receipts are
denied to Its owners. No. 6--Who has
grown fat? ETC.. Those who but a few
years ago were burning coal for a living,
then willing to enhance the prices. bnt
now leading an easier life, and some others
following other business. No. T. Who have
W. 'Na W 0tuth We lllflk n uEl0 nero
not worth a cent antidotes are generally
administered while LIES breath exists.
No. S-The prosperity Of the town depends
on the Richmond Consolidated Company.
etc. We agree on this point, but not on
the proposition that through these middle
men every cent should return to the same.
with our labor thrown in the bargain,
Moral; We had money left to pay our
debts when there we're no contracts, and
still the furnaces kept on going as usual.
We can't now. No. 9-What nave strikers
accomplished in Pennsylvania ? ETC.. Do
not go so far illustrate your case with
home events. The Virginia Miners Union
and our brethren Of Ruby Hill will answer
as well. At any rate, if strikes fail, that
does not prove they are wrong. No. 10
Lives have been threatened and property
destroyed, etc. That has to be proven
yet. No. live claim that we contract
ors have lost our time, our property, and
(wby not add our lives, also. We pity
you. No. 12-Want to abolish further
contracts etc. We mean contracts car
ried on as in the past, where one side
reaped all the benefits, and the other the
toilsome labor. We claim it by the same
rights of the universal cry, 1.-The Chinese
must go :" if there is any right in that.
We claim it by the very right our fathers
declared, "When in the course of human
event, it becomes" etc. BY the identical
law this country has freed itself from
tyranny, injustice and imposition. But we
don't propose to raise a war, as you fear,
but by refusing TO deliver coal unless re-
ceipts are given us. No. 13-Who is going
to join the Union-the Consolidated, the
Richmond, or both? We don't invite
any but the oppressed. No. 14-Can you
stop the sun from shining ? etc. No;
but we surmise that our strike will not
it, but the n will shine even if
charcoal is sold at 28 cents with receipts
and without contracts. No. 1.-Two
bushels Of coal scattered, etc.
Large deduction gentlemen, large dednc-
ton. No. 15-"Yeritas" is very funny,
ETC.. Yes, 80 he is. and happy, too, be.
cause he advocates a righteous cause, and
is willing to take all responsibilities Of the
great slur thrown at his countrymen, by
introduced in their defense their
traditional and characteristic "cheese and
macaroni." Lastly, but not leastly, we
will conclude by saying: That we admit
one point, that we are poor. We cannot
afford to hire lawyers or other proficient
that know it all to keep up a war Of
pm liz I'M. W. I'LL W NC piNi Ia
in this our last issue. "veritas" is
a professional knight OF the quill,
but q knight Of the camera, and
although not so very extensively interested
in this coal question, has volunteered his
to the cause in as far as things are
kept within the limits of the law, but
s~trenuously defending the rights Of any
one to claim and obtain a receipt for ny
thing he pays for or disposes Of. "veri-
tas'' enphatically denies the slur flashed
through Scoring Veritas' Of our friends
T. & V. in this mornings SENTINEL that
he is in any way connected with the Coal
Burners Association. He knows whereof
he speaks, partly by his own experience
and mostly by having been chosen by
these burners, to fairly submit to the pub
lie their grievances, their wrongs and their
reasons-in fact the privilege which, in
to our free laws, should not be de-
MED or refused to n one. So, t. 4 v,
are quits. We don't begrudge you for
your answer we expected one. 1t was
but the proper course to pursue by both
We don't lat least "Veritas"
don't propose to carry on a useless war OF
polemics, since our aim has been attained.
s'veritas" has other business to attend to
besides INDUCING in this "skirmishing.'
The other side OF the medal has been ex-
posed. His task is at an end. To the peo-
pie belong the sentence. This is our ulti-
LOUIS MONACO,