Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-17
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EyAxsTos. Wyo., Sept. I6.-Mr. Isaac
II. Bromley, Assistant 20 Presiden,
Adams Of the onion Pacific Railroad
has bees engaged for the pass two dsv,
investigating disturbances at Reel
Springs and the massacre Of Chinese
miners He was 0st as kock Spring.
yesterday by . Con mittee Of citizens.
sH0 or three Of whom vsre miners who
had been informally deputed BY a pab-
lie meeting, held soon after the massa.
ere, 70 present the facts of the case 70
the Representatives OF the company.
With them was Mr.. Nsdersham, of the
hniehts of Lsbsr organization of the
Union Pacific Company. The bearing
of the case took place in Mr.. Bromley's
car, and WAS confined exclusively TO q
statement of grievances on the part of
the miners. When questioned concern
ing the burning Of the Chinese quar-
ters, and the killing of the Cinnamon,
they declined 20 answer, saying that
vas ia the hands Of the civil authorities
for investigation, and that they SHOULD
say nothing about u until called upon In
court. The grievances presented we're
that favoritism had been shown
the Chinese in giving them the best
rooms in the mine to work. They Sc
cured these privileges by paying she
pit bosses for them; that white men
we're not given o fairehow; that there
had been fraud In the ass Of faIss
weights by the bssses who weighed ths
coal - 1t was mined, for watch the
miners are paid by the ton; that tie
miners did net then complain fes fear
Of being discharged, and that the Chi
ness were deceived when they were
brought back. being told they we're
going to San Francisco; that they would
be glad 10 90 away II they we're fur
nisho6 transportation. The testimony
the sale Of privileges was
from two or three Cinnamon, who said
they bad paid 800 for q room. This
turned out 70 be q transaction be-
tween two gangs Of Cinnamon, one gang
purchasing from another. There was
Mcbride had sold . privilege, but it ap-
pearsd that when complaint vas made
10 Tisdell, the superintendent, Mcbride
was discharged, Tisdell saying II there
was any more room buying they would
have TO buy of him. This was construed
though there was no attempt
10 show that 1isdell had ever done any
thing Of the kind. A miner named
DAVIS made q statement Of bis griev-
anoes, to the effect that he had been In
the employ of the company seven years,
and had been put to work in rooms
which Cinnamon bad abandoned, and
.ssigned work where he esuld not
lsake decent living. He had earned
enough to build house. upon
which he said be bad spent stven
hundred dollars, and when he vss
q ,scnareed early IN August he vas
uffsred only $50 for it. He said he
would fire il before selling 10 at that
prise. He was discharged . month be-
fore tho disturbances took place. A
miner named Hicks stated be had acted
as weigh boss, and had
fouRd false weights in use, thas he had
reported tue fact, and the false weights
had been taken away. but that whereas
ns had expected 20 be permanently en-
ploysd as weieh boss he waa disap.
pointed, and attributed 10 TO his hsvinQ
reported the false weights. Other
miners present intinated that this had
been going on for a long time, and that
they had been defrauded in oonse-
quence. No complaint of this had sesn
made until nov, though 10 happened
ever a year ago. The names of miners
Who IL vas alleged had been. dis-
onarged because they made complAinte.
we're gwen Mr.. Bromley, bot they did
not appear In person. Conserving the
d. sire of the Chinese to 90 away, there
vas the testimony Of two Cinnamon
that they wanted to 60. and one Of the
who said there were 900 Of
them who felt the same way. Of this
no proof was offered. After the hear
ing q committee of miners waited on
Mr.. Clark, general superintendenf Of
she coal department, with q prupoottioA
that all the miners, including thoes ois-
charged on account of being engaged
IN disturbances, should be set st work.
and the Chinese excluded until there
should be q settlement of the griev-
ances CON mplained Of. Mr.. Clark at
once declined the proposition a. being
q complete surrender 90 the part
Of the company. Mr, Bromlsy. accom-
panied b. Duperintendent Dickinsou,
ieft Rock Springs last nieht, and has
been at Evanston today, where he had
reoeived the statement Of Messrs. Beck
with and Quinn, the contractors Who
furnish laborers fer the mines. He
finds that Beckvith, Quinn & Co. have
no responsibility for the employment Of
Chinese. hot they have acted simply 40
a9snts fof the oompany. Hewtn g re-
port end In conversation Gays pc has
no doubt the company will take tbe
same view of 10 when the facts are
known. He SAYS the company has no
disposition TO make anyone q scapegoat
for its own acts; that they have no In
tention to supplant white BY Chinese
labor; that the present Management Of
the oonpsny found the situation ~
the cuaf mines exactly - q nov
exiues, and nevsr had The slkaheeee
tntimation OF complaint agsinst u
until this disturbance broke out like
lightning from q clear sky. He says be
does not see how the company can
euter into any negotiations, or entertain
auv proposition for cimpromise. until
they are put back In the full enjoymsnt
of {hsir ovn peopeesy. sad loeIty 10
Won Il uuawGd 6y thrsats of violence.
The QUESTION % employment OF oAineee
will probably remain In aoeyance una,
the actual establishmet OF peace ana
ORDER. ana uutll tuc hcoc8sty ~ sS.>S~-
exists for usisg troops to prosecs toeir
property. Iu reply 10 q question voetn-
er he believed the Knights OF Labor
uould order : ssrsks II the demApds q
the miners weFs not complied vise ~.
Bromley said he did net belisve sey o.
cAnixAsiou which % far a. be had been
Able 70 iadgs was directed by men OF
intelligence aud coed senss. vsuld ever
make the mistake Of justifyine the
trausastisus at Rock Springs; that snsy
must zee that it would pas them % fai
in the wrong that public opinion could
never sustain them. he said the
knights Of L,bsr had never raised the
a osestiou Of Chinese labor With the cou
pAny, bot II tbey should. 10 would re-
seive, a. ell coupisinte from thai or
eanixstion did, the most cosrseous AND
cArefui sonsideration. when asked
further what she company voaid 90 10
case q general strike Vas ordered, M
Bromley answered be did not know, su'
II be we're In Q position 10 disooss tas
courps is would be very certain. he
voald aimply turn, the road over 70 ~
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