The record-union., 1891-12-10
HYDRAULIC MINING.
Farmers Meet and Have Another Talk
on the Subject.
Farmer Reed Wants to Head the Mill
tia and March Upon the
Hydraulickers.

The farmers who are agitating a new
crusade against hydraulic mining held
another meeting in the Supervisors
chambers yesterday afternoon There
were about dozen present,
Ex-senator Routier called the meeting
TO order and made short address explain
ing the object of the meeting. He said
that the farmers must prepare themselves
for battle with the hydraulickers that
should put an end TO all mining by that
process in the State. They had to act
right away, because now that the rainy
season was at hand the miners would
get the water necessary for their moni-
tors, and hydraulicking
WOULD BE ATTEMPTED
In spite of the law. Mr.. Routier said he
had obeyed the instructions of the last
meeting and appointed a committee from
ali parts of the county, the duties of
such committee being to take steps to-
ward seeing that the law is enforced by
the proper authorities. He had selected
the committee as follows:
First Supervisor District-Chris Green,
II. s. Carey, J. w. Wilson.
Second Supervisor District-Daniel
Flint, Matt e. Johnson, II. o.. Smith.
Third Supervisor District-Dr. Dixon,
Z. Parker, y. A. Krull.
Fourth Supervisor District-Dan Nc
Carty, J. E. Camp, John Rooney.
Fifth Supervisor District-W. c. Shell
oon, l.. NJ. marlborough, Thomas Nc
Connell.
Chairman Routier is also a member of
the committee.
THE MINERS CONVENTION.
Supervisor Greer was present and was
asked by one of the farmers if the Board
of Supervisors had, as requested, ap-
pointed any delegates TO attend the
Miners Convention, which is to be held
in San Francisco shortly.
Mr.. Greer replied that he had not heard
anything about convention, and he was
quite sure the Sacramento Supervisors
would not send delegates to such an
affair.
Mr. Greer took advantage of this op-
portunity to give his views on the mining
question. He said there was no doubt
that the miners were organizing strongly
throughout the mining counties, and
were about to enter upon final struggle
to, resume hydraulicking. 1t was a sort
Ofdeath struggle with them. The miners
were game to the back bone and would die
Eard. They intended sending influential
.deiegaJes to Washington to intercede for
them, and would endeavor to have the
monitors again. it was high time, he
thought, that the farmers and valley peo-
pie should be up and doing. True the
Supervisors have been working hard for
two years and had held the miners in
check, but if the new movement was to
bo checked. assistance would be required
from the farmers. The farmers would
have to hold q convention, too, to offset
the miners convention.
FARMER REED ON DECK.
Speeches Were made by Abner Burns.
John Rooney and Farmer Reed, who is
under Indictment for charging in one of
his speeches that three Of the Supervisors
were corrupt. Reed declared that the
trouble had been that people were afraid
ofthe miners. But he was not afraid,
and, II Governor Markham would give
him a company of the National Guard.
he would march upon the hydraulicker ers
and put an etfectual stop to their opera
ti0ns
During another speech later on, Reed
declared that if he were appointed
Deputy United States Marshal, he would
alone shut down the mines.
Robert T. Deylin, who is employed by
The county to prosecute the miners, made
Some very sensible remarks for the ben
eft of the farmers. He said that the
Governor had no power to order the
mSlltia to the mines, unless it were shown
LsA'tb biiO COtiAG OlI1CldlS IldQ Depn uIldDlG TO
maintain law and order. If the miners
were in state of instruction and had
refused to obey the mandates of the court.
then the Governor could take such action.
lie thought, however, that if the Gov
ernor could be induced to direct the At
torney-General to bring
INJUNCTION SUITS
Against the miners in the name of the
State, it would be a good thing. The
jurisdiction of Sacramento County was
limited to the American River, and it had
all it could do to keep that stream free
from slickens. He advised the farmers
to organize permanently, and 90 to work
as soon as possible to head off the miners
in their efforts to influence legislation at
Washington. All that was necessary was
TO see that the present laws are not modi-
fed. The laws now are all right and
only needed to be enforced in order to
ehectually stop mining that was injurious.
The anu-debris people had not lost a case
IN court yet, Notwithstanding the fact
that there is no statutory law against hy-
draulic mining. The miners were simply
enjOined, under the common law, from in
juring the property of others.
The sentiment Of the meeting was that
the farmers were not opposed to mining
as an industry, but they were opposed to
any kind of mining that filled up the
rivers with sickens and destroyed their
farms.
The meeting adjourned without taking
any definite action.