Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-02
THE BRISTOL AFFAIR.
An Explanation from Superintendent
A. K. Grim.

A. K. Grim.
by the Phoebe RecOrd-The strike
m Its Consequences Twelve
shots Fired and Nobody Hurt.
We received last night the following
letter, which explains itself
ROYAL CrTY, New, June 20, 1884.
EDITORS EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL: My
attention has been directed TO an article
in your issue OF the Goth inst. headed
Trouble at Bristol"
The rumors therein quoted are at great
variance with the facts, which are as fol-
lows: At 4 O'Clock P. M. on the 21st inst.
the furnacemen demanded hat their
wages be raised to the old rates, or they
would then n there quit. Richard
Walsh, the foreman, banked his furnace
INC reported to me at the mine what had
happened. / requested him to leave mat
tiers rest until next day, when / would
have o talk with the men. On the follow
ing day / sent for the leaders Of the strike,
who demanded an increase Of 80 cents per
day each, and the smelters to have con-
troll Of their helpers, and il these terms
were not acceded to the furnace should
not start. I promptly declined to accede
TO their demands. and at once autographed
10 Salt Lake City for furnaoemen.
The furnace will start up on the 9Th OF
July with q new force, and ON more favora-
BILE terms for the company.
The company's mines and furnace we're,
during my absence, in charge of 7. E.
Flagg, my foreman, who has been q citi-
zen Of this State for many years, and there
never has been the least trouble between
him and the employees.
The gentleman to whom you refer ia
Mr.. Kelsey, our assayer, whose offense
was the simple remark that ''the Day Com
pany could get men from Utah to run
the furnace at 50 so and So day"
/ anticipate no trouble whatever in re-
summing operations on the 9th Of July.
Respectfully, A. X. GRIM,
Superintendent Day s. III. Co.
PURIFIER PARTICULARS.
In addition 10 re information contained
In Mr.. Grim's letter, the Phoebe Record
Of last Saturday gives the following state
ment:
Having no furpacemen, and the dump
being filled with ore, on Tuesday all the
miners at the Mendha mine at Highland
were knocked off and the mine closed
down, and nearly all the men at the Day
mine, in Royal City. The teams engaged
in hauling ore and coal have all been
drawn off, and about 100 head of stock
have been turned out to grass. 1t Is thus
seen that the strike has worked great in
jury to 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 observed, both detrimental to
the workingmen and the merchants.
The furnace hands received: SHELTERS,
81 per day; helpers and feeders, So SO per
day, eight-hour shifts. The men working
outside and around the furnace we're paid
So a day. This is the same as the men
who worked at the Bu~llionville furnace
received. II the men were dissatisfied
with these wages, it was certainly their
privilege to quit work. No person could
compel them to work for such wages; but
they have not any right to say to the officer
Of the company, "You have to pay us
higher wages, or we will not permit the
furnace to run" This is carrying matters
too far.
THE SHOOTING.
On Wednesday morning a shooting ARRAY
occurred between Kelsey and j. @. Kelly,
and the facts, as near as we can get at
them, are simply this: While Kelly was
eating breakfast on that morning Kelsey,
the assayer and man that had been ordered
out OF town by 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 town." Kelly replied that
they had been told what Kelsey said about
speaking to Supt. Grim Of the advisability
Of sending out into Utah for san and 50
men," Kelsey then remarked that this was
q free country and q man could talk as he
liked" Kelly then said that "ff the other
boys felt as l do about it, you would have
been run out OF town" kelly, / don't
believe you'd stand up to any proposition
that you'd make" answered Kelsey. just
then q woman came into the dining-room
and nothing more was said, After break
fast 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 living s. OF a b-h." Kelsey then
begun stepping backwards and drawing his
revolver. Both men had their revolvers
out and fired about the same time. While
Kelsey and Kelly were firing at each other,
Frank NcShane 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 the
shooting. All three men were brought
into town on Wednesday and released on
bonds to appear before the Justice at 2
O'Clock on Friday, at which time examina-
ton OF the witnesses from Bristol was COM
enced.