The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-07-05

Some bad Feeling and Worse Shoot
ing InduIged In.
(Pioche Record. June 2sth.l

his arrival at the furnace he was in
formed by the men that they desired
an increase of pay, or would quit.
The foreman replied: "QuiL and be
damned" If they wished, and there
upon the whole shift quit work. The
foreman then rode over TO Royal City
and informed Supt. Grim, whose Or
ders were to close down tho furnace.
Then the strike became generalamong
most OF the employees. On Sunday
Supt. Grim went over 10 Bristol for
the purpose OF consulting with the
men, but, SO we are informed, with
out any result, as the men stated that
they would not work without their
demands were acceeded to, aud that
the furnace should not run.
On Sunday, At Bristol, while talking
thasmattsr over, Kelsey, the assayer
who recently came from Utah. il re-
ported to have said that he could send
over To Utah and employ OIL secure
all the furnace hands that was needed
at from " TO SO per day, and hat he
would talk with the Superintendent
upon the a visability of doing this.
These remarks very naturally incen-
sed The strikers, aud they sent Kelsey
a letter requesting him to leave The
town, or else they would force him to.
Kelsey denied making any such re-
marks In Phoebe. On that evening a
man arrived in Phoebe for the Sheriff,
who Immediately went out to Bristol
for the purpose of preventing u dis
turbanee, and on Monday Supt. Grim
swent To- Bristol and paia all tile hands
of, then ann into Phoebe.
Having 10 furnace men, aud the
dumps being filled with ore, on Tues
day all the miners HI the Meudha
mlne at Highland were Knocked oil
and the mine closed down, and nearly
all the mel at the Day mine, in Royal
city. The teams engaged III hauling
orc and coal have all been drawn OF,
and about 100 head OF stock has been
turned out to grass. 1t 10 thus seen
that the strike has worked great in
jury 70 this whole section, as the Day
Company is the only active company
here, and Is the only distributor of
money in the northern part of the
county. 1t Is, AS can plainly be OBJ
served, b0th detrimental to the work.
ngmen and the merchants.
Several furnace men IA been sent
for and as soon as they arrive the fur
mace aud mines will all be started up,
which will be about the 9th OF July.
The furnace hands received: snoli-
ers 81 per day, holpers aid feeders
S31a per day, eight hour shifts. the
men working outside and around the
furnace were paid So a day. This is
The same as the men who worked at
the Bullionvllls furnace received. II
the men were dissatisfied with these
aslges, it was certainly their privilege
10 quit work. No person could con-
pei tnsm 10 work for such wages; but
thsy have not amy right 10 say To the
officer OF the company, "You have TO
pay as higher wages, or we will not
permit the furnace 10 rum" This is
carrying matters TOO far.
On "Wednesday morning a shooting
ARRAY occurred between Kelsey andJ
{. Kelly, anu the facts, as near as we
can get them, are simply this: While
Kelly was eating breakfast on that
htoi hlbEf RSisVyY hhp NStS AN
mau that had been ordered out OF
town hy the strikers, came INTO the
dining room and said; kelly, what
have you boys got against me that
you want to run me out OF town2n
Kelly replied that they had been told
what Kelsey said about speaking t.
Supt. Grim OF the ACCESSIBILITY of
sending out into Utah for S215 and IS
men. Kelsey then remarked that
this was a 'sfree country and a ma
could do as he liked" Kelly then
said that ''if the other boys felt as |
do about it, yeu would have been run
out Of town" II don't belisve you'd
stani up to any proposition that you'd
make;i' answered Kelsey. just then
a woman came into the dining-room
and nothing more was said. After
breakfast Kelly, on meeting Kelsey
coming up the street, said to him:
"You say l will not stand up to any
proposition. You are a dirty, lying
-" Kelsey then began step
ping back ward and drawing his re-
volver. Both men bad their revolv-
ers out and fired about tho same time.
While Kelsey and Kelly were firing
at each other, Frank McShane shot
twice at Kelsey as he started to run.
Twelve shots were fired by all-six by
Kelsey, -four by Kelly, and two by
McShane. No damage was done by
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