Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-23
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Com HuL, New, April 20.

GOLD HILL, New, April W.
T. F. walker-Sir: We have been
notified OF your conduct ~ an engineer.
and put you down a. . most dangerous
man for the position. We-as . body
Of protectors Of life, which you and
others Of your class are trying to destroy
-notify you % . body TO leave our camp
In iorty-sight hours. Strict compliance
with the above order 10 expected, III
mott We know what will come next
tii you don't). Yours, COL.
The gentleman to whom the above
letter 10 addressed was found al work
today at the Caledonia mine BY . News
reporter. who asked him II be knew OF
any cause be could have given for such
q note. His replies to that and other
inquiries Was to the effect that he
thought II smsnsted from . former en-
ploys about the mine-not for . momsnt
believing Il the work Of . vigilance COM
mittee. Mr.. Walker has been running
at the Caledonia for the past Two
years, and il spoken Of by his
employer and by those assooiating
with him o. a sober. industrious
man, attending quietly to his own bust
ness and not the least qusrrelsome.
The only troubls hs has had With any
q since beginning work at the Gale
donna, was on last Saturday with the
pumpman, Mat Trusn. who was called
during the night to put In . olaok to the
pump. Through q mistake In the sig
| malls Walker lowered him into the stump.
where he was soused in warm water up
to his breast. On reaching the surface
hs abused the engineer and tho follow.
ing day reported to the foreman OF the
mine that Walker had tried to drown
| him, at the same time using threats ami
applying the foulsst OF epithets about
Walker. The foreman OF the mine
informed the chief engineer OF the
charge against one Of his men. and
together they started to invest.
gate the matter to see who
was In the wrong - not believing
one mine large enough to bold two mon
who were sworn enemies. Truan, whose
duty 1t was to see to the donkey pumps
In the Overman as we'll as the main
pump In the Caledonia. went down the
latter shaft not long ago without telling
the engineer no was going to the Over.
man, aud was gone 80 long that Walker
became uneasy about him and sent word
to the foreman to learn II oil Was right.
which certainly did not look as II he
would try to drown Truan. After qu.s-
| tioninR both parties as to their trouble,
they we're told II would be left to Super.
intendsnt Forman TO discharge the party
in the wrong. Truau, however, asked
for his time. before the matter was laid
before the Superintendent, and got 1t.
Truan is the man who was arrested for
wife. beating Q few months ago. On his
trial bis wife depicted the story OF her
wrongs in such strong terms and exhib-
tied the bruises said to have been 10.
iicted by the prisoner in q manner that
secured his conviction. When the jus.
tics sentenced him to pay a heavy hne,
she, to svsrybody's astonishmsnt. paid
the ine and taking her husbands arm
said, "Come. Nat. let's 60 home"
Walker looks upon the letter ~ the
work OF Trusn's friends. and has placed
the matter in the hands OF the Miners
and Mechanics Unions. He intends to
keep right at work and doesn't propose
to be bulldossd out OF Q job.