The record-union., 1892-01-29
HARMONY REIGNS.
The Mining and Valley Committees
Have an Understanding.
The Two Interests Will Now Join
Hands and Work for the
Good of Both.

The River Improvement Convention at
its recent meeting authorized its Executive
Committee to confer with the Executive
| Committee of the Miners Convention if
occasion offered, and the Miners Conven-
tion duly authorized its committee to take
similar action.
On Tuesday of this week the miners
committee requested conference, and
one was held in the parlors Of the Capital
Hotel yesterday afternoon.
The miners were represented by j. II.
Netl of San Francisco, r. G.. Hart of
Redding, j. B. Hobson of Auburn, j. X.
Luttrell of Glen Ellen, and William Ire
Ian and S. X. Thornton of San Francisco.
The River Conventions committee was
represented by DR.. g. NJ. Dixon, r. T.
| Devlin and Z. j. Gregory Of Sacramento,
A. G. Bingham and DR.. G. f. Stone of
Marysville, S. d. Woods of Stockton and
| William p. Edwards of Petaluma.
| The meeting organized by electing DR..
! q. NJ. Dixon Chairman and j. b. Hobson
! Secretary.
The ayowed object of the conference
was to fully harmonic the interests of
the miners and valley people. Earnest
| addresses were made to this end by
Messrs. Neff, Hobson, Luttrell, Thorn
| ton, Bingham, Woods and Stone.
| The discussion resulted in the adoption
of the following resolution, which was
| introduced by Mr.. Devlin:
| ReSOlCed, That in all legislation before Con-
gress for the inIproven. ent oI rivers and
! creeks, and 1or the erection of dams and other
RESTRAIN ng, works, whereby hydraulic MN
! ing may be resumed, the committees sent by
! the RiNer improvement Convention ana by
/ the Miners Con ventIon. be requested TO con-
/ suit and confer with each other in order
| there may be unity OF action, ana that both
committees will use their best efforts to secure
| favorable legislation for each appropriation
| recommended for the rivers and creeks, and
for the objects recommended by the Biggs
| Commission.
| The following resolution, introduced
by Mr.. lrelan, was also unanimously
adopted: arr
! ReSoLred, That all hydraulic miners be and
! they are hereby requested to obey the DEGREES
! of the courts, and cease all hydraulic mining
! wherever the same is Calculated TO do injury
| to the na.ieabIe streams or valley lands or
| wherever the debris shall be carried into the
| navigable streams.
! The miners delegation agreed that
! their Executive Committee would inn
mediately issue public address to the
! hydraulic miners of the State, requesting
that that class of mining be Immediately
| discontinued and not be resumed until
| the Government has so far progressed
| with the works, according to the plans of
the War Department engineers, as to in
sure the navigable streams and trbu-
taries against further damage from min
! ing debris, the understanding being that
ii any person shall undertake to prose
cute hydraulic mining within the period
indicated he will have no help or sup
port from the body of miners whom the
! convention represented.
The result of this conference makes il
| almost certain that the various sums OF
money recommended by the Government
engineers for the improvement of the
rivers and the restraining Of mining
debris in the mountains will be appropri-
ated by the present Congress, as now the
delegations from both conventions will
go to Washington on a COMMON footing
to work for a common interest. AS there
is power In unity they should succeed.
/ The conference adjourned amid the
mutual exchange of warm and hearty
personal congratulations between the
mining and valley representatives