Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-02-01
TROUBLE IN CAMP.
The White Ash Coal Company Locks
Horns with the Cerrillos Coal ~
Iron Company-In the Courts.

The Cerrillos Coal & Iron company,
which holds U, s. patent for most of
the coal lands in south Santa Fe county,
and which has arrangements perfected
for expanding half million dollars on
provements in and about Cerrillos this
spring and summer, has struck snag in
rather an unexpected quarter. Seven
Fights of the squatters on these coal lands
have accepted the very liberal terms of
the company and taken out leases or sold
out their improvements, the value of
which we're determined by arbitration,
but few are acting very arbitrarily, CON
sidering the great good the investments
OF this company must surely bring to the
citizens of Cerrilos and vicinity.
The White Ash Coal company, COM
posed of Richard Green, W. p. Gould,
Ross Grifiiths and John Lewis, have for
the two years past been working on the
main anthracite vein, three miles south
of Cerrillos, and, against the protest OF
the owners of the land, have mined and
sold a large quantity of coal. On Decem-
Der | last, however, the White Ash peo-
pie agreed to take lease for one month
and pay the q. G. 4 |. company 10 cents
per ton royalty on all coal extracted. At
the expiration OF this lease Messrs. Green
and Gould withdrew from the company,
but Messrs. GriIiths and Lew is continued
to work the property. On January IL
an agreement was reached to arbitrate
all differences. The G. G. & |, company
| NNI,ita A |,
people chose N. B. Brown rs arbitrators,
the 9. G. & | company agreeing to pay
Griffihs and Lewis for their improve
ments as per the finding of these arbi-
traitors. But Dame and Brown could
not agree on the value of the improve
ments, neither could they agree upou a
third person to aid them in their arbitra-
ton. 1t is charged that Brown
has lease from the company, and
has improvements the value Of
wi ich must also he settled by
arbitration, hence is prejudlced
in his present capacity. On January 2t
Gntliths and Ross we're still working the
mine, and on that date Manager Rlsqnei
of the G. G. 4 |. company, called upon
them and formally notified them to cease
all operations there on the 2Sth. On this
latter date they quit work and turned the
property over to Mr. Risque, and he had
substantial door built and placed the
coal pit under lock and key. That night
unknown parties chopped the door tc
{ pieces. On the following day another
door was placed over the pit, and dufint
the night this also was destroyed, ant
Gntliths, Lewis and others took possess
; ion, declaring they would hold the mine
t by force of arms if necessary. Being
thus unable to reach any sort of reason
able adjustment of the difficulties, the q
. G. & |. con, pany took the case into thu
: district court on Saturday afternoon. l.
, asked for an injunction restraining Grlf
tths and Lewis from operating the mine
and instituted against them an action O
forcible entry and detainer for possession
r of the property, coupled with an actor
of ejectment. After full hearing in thu
premises the court granted temporal,
Injunction, returnable February ID, ant
Y appointed z. M. Crutchteld, of Cerrillos
9 receiver. The latter's bond is placed a
I 5000. The G. G. & |. company was re
quired to give bond for 81 200, 10 be Tor
: feited to Grilliths and Lewis IN case TIN
b. temporary injunction should prove to b
! illegally obtained. Mr. F. w. Risque lei
for Cerrillos last night to turn the paper
over to Deputy Sheriff Crutchfield to seTv
: and placethe receiver in charge.
A telegram from Cerrillos this after
9 noon announces that the papers wer
served, and Receiver Crutchfield tool
: possession OF the property without an
y opposition.