Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-22

And answer n Few Questions Of
Interest to the Public.

Interest to the Public.
Mr.. William Harris is foreman Of thu
Richmond mine, and, personally, q very
worthy gentleman, but, like all gentlemen
Mr.. Harris sometimes makes mistakes
The mistake he has now made was tc
attach his name to a statement written by
one Of the attorneys Of the Richmond Com
pany, and published in their organ. For
obvious reasons the SENTINEL would pre-
fer to tackle the attorney, but Mr.. Harris
having consented to father the screed,
nothing remains but to pay our compli-
ments to that gentleman.
The heading Of the article saws Mr.. II.
replies to the i~nsinuations of the SENTINEL.
Our esteemed contemporary is in error.
The SENTINEL makes no insinuations. 1t
asserts broadly what it believes to be
true, and beats no devil around the bush
for the sake of policy.
Mr.. Harris draws a vivid picture of the
terrible results that would have followed
the destruction of the various chambers of
the Richmond, and confesses his inability,
to give in dollars and cents the loss that
would have accrued. No one will question
that it would have been q blow not only
to the Richmond Company but to the dis
trict. He endeavors to lead the mind Of
! the reader from the real question, and then
Indignantly denies that the Richmond fred
its own property. The SENTINEL certainly
never claimed it did. But it seems to be
an established fact that the 10 chamber
| was fred by some one. Does Mr.. Harris
claim that the men connected with the
| Albion are lower in the grade Of integrity
than those OF his W Company and that
| they would be guilty Of arson? What
interest would the Albion have in the de-
struction of any portion Of the Richmond
mine? Would it improve their chances
OF retaining the property in dispute, or
help them to keep the sympathy Of the
public, which they unquestionably have
had? Hardly. So we repeat, that 1t
would be just as reasonable to suppose that
some one connected with the Richmond
fred the chamber, not perhaps with any
idea Of destroying the mine, for the fire
could have made no great Roadway, but
with the idea Of making a point against
the Albion. Let the matter be thoroughly
investigated, and until the truth be known
idle charges are out Of place.
The blast Oh Friday night, the card
claims, was not a monster explosion, but
simply q Whit by which to smoke out the
Albion men. This is decidedly good. The
men in the Albion winze, who were hurled
bodily for twenty feet, will hardly endorse
Mr.. Harris statement, nor will the ap-
pearance Of the 200 feet of ground ruined
by the explosion bear out his assertions.
Will Mr.. H. make oath that the ground
was not charged in the manner described,
and that the blast was not fred by cleo
tricity? And will he assume the response
bility of having ordered the charge to be
made, and name the man who turned the
crank by which the explosion was caused.
We venture the assertion he will not, for
the men who did either were guilty Of pre-
meditated murder, and this community
would prove an unhealthy place for them
to live in.
Mr.. Harris, we learn, is correct in
stating that Frank Rogers wa not dis
charged. 1t is true he accepted the inev-
liable, and did not give Mr.. II. that oppor-
tunity. But Mr.. Harris does not deny
that the men who boarded with Mr.. Rogers
were ordered to go elsewhere. II, as he
states, he quit on account Of Albion smoke,
that fact should have aroused the SYM
patbies of Mr.. Harris, and induced him to
secure more boardefs for Mr.. Rogers, and
thus aid him in securing a livelihood. Is
it not true Mr.. Harris, that the men were
obliged to leave his house, and is it not
true that the Richmond miners owning
Albion stock have been given the alterna-
tive Of disposing of it or leaving the mine?
Your answer will be awaited with interest.
Mr.. Harris is mistaken when he asserts
that every action Of his Company is made
as black as possible, by those who envy its
prosperity, and think it not entitled to
either law or justice. The SENTINEL has
no quarrel with the Richmond Company,
but it is due to the people who support it
that the weaker side should have an i'm
partial hearing. Nor is there any neces-
sity Of attempting to blacken the proceed
ings Of Friday night, for the unvarnished
tale is too black for American civilization.
As for law and justice, his Company ex-
pend about as much in the first as they do
in the development Of the mine, and it is
an insult to our courts and community to
say they do not get justice. Let us hear
from you again, Mr.. Harris.