Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-13
THE VERMONT FARMER, july

at once, $1,000 next week and the balance Of
Tl1,'OO as soon as the ore now in process of
refinement can DO put through and Skinned To
market Gov. Farnham Informed the writer
that If only fifteen or twenty of the furnace
men would keep at work money sufficient to
pay the men in full could be realized in six
weeks. The months delay in payment would
not have led to trouble so serious had IL not
been for the fact that last year, under the Ca.
zin-Goddard management the men were
cheated out of three and one-half months
pay, and they did not wish the experience to
be repeated.
In some respects the moderation and self.
control Of the miners is remarkable. They
would allow no liquor to be brought into
town nor would they tolerate drunkenness.
They sacked the company's store but thew
carefully protected the building They on.
tered Ely Goddard's house, but did not touch
thing in it. They put out guards every
night to protect property and prevent disor-
der. They compelled Gov. Farnham and a
number of prominent men living in the vicin-
ity to go up to Vershro village to talk over
matters, but they put no indignity upon them
nor did they offer them either insult or yio-
lonce, aside from threat of force if they de-
clined to 90 with them. They drove Cain
who was until lately the manager of tho com.
pany out of town, but used no violence.
They did, indeed, make sort of an attempt
to lynch MIR. Smith Ely, tho principal owner
OF the concern, who is poor, weak-minded
old man of 81. They broke into the house
at West Fairlee whore he was STAYING and
would have taken him out and hung him, il is
universally said, had it not been for Gen.
stephen Thomas Gen. Thomas, happening
to be in the village, fastened to the scene of
action, and, taking up a favorable position in
doorway, by voice and action turned the
mob back. But as general thing the crowd
appears to have been the midest, potest,
suavest gang that ever lynched a man"
The scene OF the Trouble.
OF this the Free Press correspondent says
The village of Vershiro is situated upon the
side of hill on which are located the mining
company's principal works. 1t is an ll.built,
struggling little place, having practically but
one street. and that street is steep and crook
ed. The houses-few of which are at all at.
tractive-are set down anywhere, in line and
out of line and the village has a wofully
shabby look. The showiest house is that
owned and until recently occupied by the re.
doubtablo Col. Ely Goddard. It is OF wood
and gaudy and vulgar.looking beyond belief
The miners, by the way, have a particular
thirst for Col. Goddard's gore, but the article
Is scarce, as the young man fled the town six
months ago The country around the village
just alluded to is completely destitute of veg
citation and not q particle of color relieves its
horrid blackness. On its side and near the
village is the company's principal building
hideous structure black, and of vast extent
The crest of the second hill is crowned by
few dead and loafless trees, and near its base
are few small trees and bushes, but further
than that the eminence is as black and gloomy
as its neighbor. For some distance around
all vegetable growth is sparse and stunted
Aud pervading everything is most beastly
odor from the roasting beds, caused by the
noXious gases evolved from tho ore by heat
the gases which are responsible for the killing
of vegetation in the vicinity"
The Arrested Miners Discharged.
A despatch from Chelsea where the ring
leaders were lodged in jail, says: after
searching aud thorough investigation, States
Attorney Darling OF Orange county has decid.
ed that the evidence against the twelve Yer
shire miners arrested on Saturday did not JUS
tify him in bringing them to a hearing and
the men have therefore been set at liberty
The miners are leaving by every train, fully
half Of them having already gone"