The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-10-02
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The management Of the Nevada and
Oregon Marrow Gauge Railroad is d.
vided between two eont,ndiug factions,
the bitterness between whom illuminated
in q disgrscsiul and bloody row II: :
called meeting Of stockholders al Reno.
Tuesday. the following particulars Of
which are furnished by the Journal OF
yesterday:
"a soekholders' meeting OF the rail
o company was called for ] DEL OK
yesterday. by the Moore faction. for the
aroxed purpose Of removing the present
directors. more particularly Wheeler.
McMechAn. Sunderland and Conn, the
four coEpoSing the majority of the
Board. These four. in order to control
the organization Of the company, lately
subscribed for 6ty thousand Of the
sixty thousand shares OF the capital
stock, SO "a to lie able TO control the
election e-ll-d for yesterday. The
Moore eroEd claimed this subscription
N illegal proceeding, and procured al
Injunction from Judg- Rising. of the
First District Court. prohibiting the
four from voting the stock. and at the
same time taking the preliminary steps
TO remove the case TO the L. S. Court.
Wheeler AID CUfin took the bull by the
horns and took Tire matter before Judge
HiliyeT. and from him procured n noci.
fca;iOp Of Risins's order which orier
permitted them TO vote the City thousand
shares against tie removal Of any OF
troll until the Court could pass upon the
questions at issue. This HIlIyer order
was unknown TO the other side. who
supposed they had tkiu,s all their own
way At The appointed time the Wheeler
crowd we've in the rai!rCR d Office. wait
ing for g Moore faction 10 show their
hand. and then euchre thom. Judge
Wheeler. as President of the y. l. o.,
sat - the desk, prepared TO preside over
the nesting. The other side presented
themselves, and Nr. Fowler, of New
York. who is the largest stakeholder IN
the company. requested all persons not
81 ckholders TO retire from the room.
lie looked at the Wheeler crowd. but
none Of them moved. He repeated his
request. Judge Wheeler raped on the
tsbl- aud said: The meeting will come
10 order" just about this time II man
named Ccgan. Moore's Superintendent
Of Construction, end some eight or ten
other men, filed into The room from the
outer Office. aud somebody grabbed
McMeehan. IL a second u pistol was
fred. aud shooting commenced. The
directors who hadn't expected this lied
from the room as quickI; as possible,
and there Was a general burryiDg to and
flo. EGlch aud Scov.ile were the only
two found to have been injured. DAlch
was immediately removed TO his room
in The Depot Hotel and ScoYille taken
TO his home. Drs. Dawson ard Nag.
gOner attended Dir. BaIch aud found
that n ball had gone through the
right lung. and another under the right
armpit and back TO tho region OF the
shoulder blade. The ball in Scoyille
struck his left side, CHANGING through
his stomach. and was taken oct nenr
the ribs on his right side. Drs. Berg
man nod Lewis attended him. The
doctors. though admitting that the
wounds ore not necessarily fatal, have
but slight hope Of either one recover
ing. All the directors Of tho company
and Messrs. Moore and CUgau were
placed under arrest bat seon after re
leased on bail"