Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-09
THE TRIBUTE BUSINESS.
The Action OF the Miners Union
and Other Matters.

In the SENTINEL's report, yesterday, OF
the trouble between the tributers Of the
Richmond mine and Manager Probert We
endeavored to state facts as nearly as pos
sible. We have reason to believe that the
number of miners at the public meeting
which followed the meeting Of the Union,
night before last, was falsely reported to
us by one in whom we had every reason to
place confidence. We were deceived into
making what we now believe to be an in
correct statement. We are also Of the
opinion that the public meeting referred
to did not represent the sentiment Of the
miners at large; we believe that il was an
insignificant gathering Of disaffected tribu-
tiers and nothing more. We are glad to
know that its expressions, whatever they
were, are repudiated by the Miners Union.
The mistake made by the SENTINEL was
not q willful misrepresentation. When
ever we find ourselves in error we are glad
and eager to make the proper correction
fully and without delay.
coMMENDABLE ACTION.
We commend the Miners Union for the
wv thOJ ho'O tohtb ~ AZ RAOAhAoNos
Their notice to the public appears else
where. For the good of the camp. but
first of all for the sake Of what is just, the
rights Of proprietorship must be respected.
While our sympathies are with those who
are poor and have to earn their bread by
the sweat Of the brow, the owners Of min
ing property, as well as of all other sorts
OF property, have certain rights which the
laborer is bound to respect. 1t is to be
regretted that the tributers are not able to
agree with Mr.. Probert upon such rates
for tributing as will be satisfactory to
them and by which they may continue
their work in the Richmond mine. But
this, Of course, Is purely a matter of bust
ness. As manager, Mr.. Probert no doubt
has the right to fix the rate for tribute
work to suit himself; and if the tributers
are not disposed to accept the same, the
only legitimate recourse left them is to
quit work. Certainly, if they have been
robbing, instead Of tIibuting, they are en-
titled to no consideration whatever.
THE STEALING OF ORE.
That there has been stealing Of ore in
the Richmond mine nobody seems to
doubt. How long it has been going on,
or how much has been stolen, Lobody
knows. Some time g Superintendent
Ed. N. Robinson Of the Albion wrote to
Manager Probert. who was in San Fran
cisco, complaining that ore ON the ground
in dispute between the Richmond and his
company was being stolen and conveyed
through the Richmon shaft. This letter
Mr.. Probert remailed to Hon. Thos. Wren,
the attorney Of the Richmond Company at
Eureka. Mr.. Wren proceeded at once to
Investigate the matter quietly, and within
the last few days has uncovered What is
alleged to be very largo and systematic
robbery. Its extent is not ascertained,
and probably never will be fully known.
The case will be Investigated by the Grand
Jury, now in session, and we prefer not to
mention the names Of any of the persons
said to be implicated in the robbery, lest
we may possibly infict an injury that we
will not be able to undo.
INTERVIEW WITH SUPERINTENDENT READ.
Last night a SENTINEL reporter inter
viewed Mr.. T. J. Read, Superintendent OF
the Eureka Con, to find out from him
what relationship his people have to the
tributers and the Richmond Company in
this squebble. Mr.. Read said that before
he knew there was any investigation Of the
alleged tribute steal going on, he had
heard umo OF such q steal, and he went
ihiitdiatctJ w IhIs NtChs As ~ tCPACoCA-
tative OF the Richmond Company, and
told him all he had heard. He offered to
give Mr. Wren all the assistance In his
power, and proffered him the liberty Of
going and coming at all times any where
in the Eureka Con. mine in prosecuting
his investigation. That he and Mr.. Wren
have conferred together continuously ever
since, helping each other by all the means
in their power to ferret out the rottenness.
Mr.. Read thinks there is no doubt that the
stealings, without completely or organized
job, have been carried or near
THE souSpARY LINES
OF the Richmond and Eureka from one
side to the other, but he thinks that the
difference In loss TO either OF the com
by ore taken from It and carried out
OF the Others shaft on tribute would not
exceed S100-that 1t would make Q "stand
off," He has worked up every case Of re-
theft in his mine, and he has not
been able to discover q thief in the Eu-
reka Con. yet. He has the utmost conf
hence in his men and especially SO in Mr..
Joseph Bice, whom he believes to be an
honest man. Mr.. Read is salts
fed that the ore stolen from the Richmond
Company has been taken up through the
Richmond shaft. He says that if the time
aver when they have no ore left in
The Eureka Con-, and can't get any except
by stealing it from the Richmond, he will
,hut down the mine. He dislikes to have
Eureka Con. or any OF its people
mixed up with an affair with which they
no material concern.
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