Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-01
WOOD RIVER.
Sixty Union Men Put Under Arrest
at Haiiey-A Military Camp to be
Established Near the Mines.

~ ahVA HhCAh AEECSt
at Haley Military camp to be
Established Near che Mines.
The Wood River Times OF the oath gives
an account Of the arrest and placing
under $40, 900 bonds each, Of sixty mem.
bers OF the Bradford Union, and the pre-
paratory steps for the establishment Of a
military company near HALEY. 1t says:
The three military gentlemen who ar
rived here yesterday were called below by
q written order from Gen. Brisbin to-day.
Prior to going, they issued blank forms OF
proposals for cordwood, hay and oats, to be
delivered at camp near Haley, in guam
titles. Lieutenant Wilson, who is Adjutant,
Commissary and Quartermaster of the
Boise barracks, also went out to Smiths
Hot Springs to look at 8 camping ground
which was pointed out to them.
Inasmuch as General Brisbin has orders
from the Secretary Of War to bring all or
q part OF his command (which includes
infantry, cavalry and two Calling guns) to
Wood River for the Summer, it looks very
much as if Commisssry Wilson was max
ing active preparations for q protracted
stay OF q body Of men. The force at Boise
numbers about 100, of which 80 could
come to Wood River, but as the Gatling
guns can discharge 400 shots each per
minute, and the other arms are Of almost
equal effectiveness, the force could be used
to advantage.
There is no imminent danger Of martial
law being declared, however, as the citi-
zens are averse to il unless in the direst
necessity.
In an interview yesterday Mr.. Chris
Johnson, Of the Vienna mine, in Sawtooth,
Idaho. told a reporter that the outlook for
the Wood River country in 1885 was very
fattering until the trouble with the Miners
Union disconnected everything. Every
body confidently anticipated good times,
and their expectations were based on the
prospect OF an influx Of capital TO develop
the many highly fattering mining claims
that are scattered from Bellevue TO the
Sawtooth range. But, in Mr.. Johnson's
opinion, the hopes of Wood River are all
but blighted by this disaster for q year to
come. The night he reached HALEY from
Sawtooth sixty Union men had been ar
rested and were in Jail at that place, and
the Union men who we're not under arrest
we're being ordered about by a leader as a
military organization. The Sheriff had
made an affidavit that he was power
less to msintain order, and the Gov
ernor had called upon the military
to aid him in keeping the peace. In
compliance with this request upon the
part OF the Executive, the soldiers from
Boise Barracks had been ordered to HALEY,
and contracts were being let for supplying
the materials necessary TO the establish
ment Of o camp. Mr.. johnson thinks the
management of the Minnie Moore and
the Queen both made Q mistake in closing
up their mines for go days when they
wanted 10 cut down wages. Idle men get
tired Of being idle after q while, and the
restless element which presses itself to the
front in these Union troubles drifts of to
other places leaving the steady aud more
r~esssuring men to do the work. That
method would nave saved money to the
mine owners, the county, the merchants
and the miners. Mr.. Johnson cut wages
at the Vienna in this manner, from 81 to
So and So so. His mine had never paid q
dividend, and at the end Of the month he
paid off, closed up the mine and told the
men that when il was reopened wages
would be reduced. They we're told that
such Of them as would like to go to work
might leave their blankets and wait for 10
days or so. Inside OF q week he was i'm
portuned on all sides to open the mine,
and did 30 without trouble, though
there was not at that time any organ.
lied union in Vienna. A like course
pursued by all the mine owners would
soon show men that mines are worked.
not for the benefit OF miners alone, but
that capital has some rights which ought
to be respected, and that labor can be
made continuous and remuneration sure
only in so far as capital is made secure.
1 rhotu hnrr,Dp;Ouo ra1a fiona with aaQh
other are to economic science what har-
mony between man and wife is TO the fam
ily circle, and in that household there
should be the usual two bears-bear and
for-bear. 1.-The Vienna" said Mr.. john
SOD, has been working about 100 men all
Winter, 10 in the mine and 30 in the mill.
The mine is looking better than it ever has,
and we are satisfied we have a fine prop
erty. 1t is certain that the vein goes to
the deep, whether it carries ore or not
We are running a tunnel to tap the
vein 600 feet deep, and have this tunnel
now in go feet, with only q few feet more
to run, which will give us room to WORK
the vein z, 200 feet In length. The tunnel
will be pushed beyond the vein to catch
the water, OF which we have an abundance,
Our mill, a little twenty-stamp fellow, is Q
model for completeness and compaotness,
and is doing excellent work. When
the tailings show more than LAB,
we know something is wrong, and il
ia righted at once. The ore averages about
60 ounces right through. and we have
plenty of ii. We have half a million dollars
in the mine and mill. and are confident
that we will finally be we'll paid for the in
vestment. The other mines in the Saw
tooth are looking we'll, though none Of
them have been working very many mer
during the past Winter, but they have al
outcome in the near future, unless the
trouble with the miners should spread tC
that camp. When l left there men wert
going in to organize q Union, and 1t may
be trouble will break out before / get back
though the miners at Vienna are generally
pretty sensible men Of mixed ~nationslities
which facts are against the probability OF
strike"
A Grasd Opening.
Morris h Levy have just received a lsrg'