Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-26
THE JUPITER-OWYHEE FIGHT.
WHAT Mr.. DAILY SAYS ABOUT IT.

evening
Some time ago company of miners located
a claim on Silver Hill, southwest of the Good
| shaw shaft, which named the Owyhee.
| Here shaft was sunk and work done of con
siderable extent. A few days ago the com
pany commenced another shaft north of the
| Silas b. Smith, and have since been sinking.
| The Jupiter hosting works are Situated about
! 800 feet in "A northeriy direction, and the
| stakes of the Jupiter are outside south of
| the location claimed as the Owyhee George
DAILY, Superintendent of the Jupiter, yester-
day caused small house to be get ready, and
in the evening his men placed the same over
the new shaft claimed the Owyhee. The
men who claimed the latter were in cabin
some 100 feet further south and We're well
supplied with arms. From the different and
opposite stories being circulated, we are en-
abled to gather only the facts that come to us.
The DAILY party claim that at about half -past
10 clock Of last evening the foreman OF the
Jupiter, John Mcdonald, was fired at by IA
AIRY uukI own and narrowly escaped being
killed. After this attempt on Mcdonald
life he returned the shot and the man dlsap-
peared Several desultoTy shots We're fired
from both parties, and at 10 o'clock the Daily
party made an assault on the claimants, who
were enJrenched in a mud covered cabin
called a dug out, about 100 feet south of the
shaft. The assault was ST. iInpetuous and uu
expected that the assauIting party were IN
possession OF the cabin in short order. In the
melee John Gotf, one of the claimants OF the
Owyhee, and the shift boss OF the Bodle, was
shot and killed. A man named Hamelton
of the same party, was wounded, and one OF
the DAILY party was slightly injured by buck
shot. Great excitement existed at first, bu'
it seems to be cooling down now. George
DAILY is being examined before Justice Good
son.
In the mining troubles this morning over
the Mono and Jupiter ground, John Golf was
killed and two three slightly wounded.
The Miners Union met at their hall this
evening and discussed tho Owyhee mining
troubles. After the meeting they marched in
body numbering several hundred men to
the scene of the fght-the new Owyhee
shaft, over which cabin had been bnit by
the order of George DAILY, Superintendent of
the Mono and Jupiter mines. The men
gathered around the building and inside the
rife pit ian earthwork hastily thrown up), |
took formal possession of the ground, and |
rolled the cabin down the hill and burned it
up. The proceedings were conducted in an !
orderly manner. The feeling against DAILY |
the Superintendent, is intensely strong, and |
the ground and near Mono works, motion
was made to hang DAILY on his first appearance
in Bodie and carried without dissenting voice
The excitement is becoming more moderate.
George Daily was arrested for murder and
brought before Judge GoodsOn. An eXamlna-
ion was waived, and he was remanded to the
custody of the Sheriff, who took him to the
Bridgeport Jail.
Mr.. George DAILY, who is at present in the
ity, makes the following brief statement re-
arding the affair:
As the statements so far published as to
he late difficulty at Bodie have been incor-
ect, and have done both my company and ,
Myself injustice, | send you the following
acts The Jupiter Company had peaceable
Ossession of the ground III dispute and the
pposite party made the attempt to dispossess c
S by force of arms, they having eight men in G
n entrenched position and our men num-
ering only six, being quite exposed. Fire
as opened by the Owyhee men about l
clock A. NJ and kept up in desultory a
ay through the night. At daylight o1: WeG., , Il
deserving that the Owyhee men were in
Osition to do great damage, charged upon
lie works IN the face of heavy fire and cap d
lred and disarmed the Owyhee men, whom p
ley delivered To the proper authorities F
In the melee John Golf, one of the Owyhee !
en-, was killed Golf Was upon Jupiter
'ound when killed, and all the positions oc- G.
lpied by the Owyhee party were within the h
hes of the Jupiter Company.
Personally | knew nothing Of the affair
ltl about an hour after the shooting took
ace, being in my room asleep at the time of
e difficulty. o
In addition to the foregoing Dir, Daily
ated to an APPEAL reporter that he had f.
peatedly given the Owyhee people notice t!
at they were tresspass!ng upon the ground V
the Jupiter Company, the location of il
hich antedated that of the Owyhee by more fl
an one year, and had, agent of the n
lpiter Company, commanded them to cease O
orking inside of the Jupiter lines. The
wyhee people disregarded all these notices, d
ID expressed confidence in their ability to A
Id the ground, by force, if necessary. Not NJ
shing to plunge tho company into expen-
re litigation, and still wishing to avoid any q
nfiict, Mr.. Daily did not attempt to put the
bin upon the shaft being sunk by the ia
syhee men, until after the latter had sus-
nded work for the day, and left the prem O.
IS. The cabin was erected about o'clock
the evening, the ground being at the time
absolute and peaceable possession OF the ~
piter Company. Armed men were placed =,
charge for the evening, it being the inten- g