Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-08-02
WILL NOT REDUCE.
THE VIRGINIA MINERS STAND
BY $500.
They Have Money i'm the Treas.
ury and Aid From Abroad.

| uTI anu AIU FROM ADrOaUe
As no fresh news could be gained
from the only paper published on the
Comstock, relative to the wages sit
uation in Virginia City, an APPEAL
representative has been on the lode
during the past few days cleaning
what hs could of the situation.
One member of the Union who was
| interviewed said:
Our meetings are secret and l
can give you nothing official, except
you can say that it will be big sur
plse if the miners accept any reduc-
ton. Our wages are none too large
and we don't propose to sweat in the
swsltering drifts, and inhale poison
Gus gases for less than $500, while
men are loating about San Francisco
drawing fat salaries as superintend-
ents and secretaries of a dozen differ
ent companies. We have enough
money in our treasury to run us a
long time, and none of our members
who are out of employment will
suffer"
NO FAITH IN PROMISES.
eve don't believe word of this
talk about putting 1000 men to work
at $500. It, all bosh. If the
mine owners meant business, why
don't they put their proposition in
black and white! Suppose they
would put in writing, to put 1000 |
men on for year at So. 80, we'll, |
We would consider that. We will |
not be caught in their trap
BLAME THE MILL RING.
Another miner who declined to
give authority to use his name and
said:
Begin your economy with the
mill, we are all on to the racket, why,
not long ago mine here lost 50, 600
a month and the mill that crushed
the ore made about $1,000 on it.
The mill is the stump hole that takes
the money out Of the mining indus
try, and when the mills cheaper, as
they can and still make profit, there
will be no need of reductionin wages,
Let any outsider go down to those
heated levels and see if he thinks
S4.00 too large and aside from that
l say that under econom; cal manage
ment and cheap milling there need be
no cut in wages.
FALSE REPORTS.
Another miner asserted that the
reports of low grade ore were mis-
leading. ''Why | saw ore i'll a drift
not long ago that assayed $3.50 ton
and the car samples of that same ore
were reported at $40.
'This game has been played a long
time and covers up great deal of
crooked work. We see what's going
on and keep our mouths shut. While
we know these things, we don't pro
pose to make reductions in wages,
because we know that if the mines
were rightly and honestly managed,
there would be no need of reduc-
ton"
THE CHRONICLE.
The feeling against the Virginia
Chronicle is very bitter among the
miners, and over 100 subscribers
have stopped their paper in the last
ten days. This is assigned as the
cause why Coleman, the manager was
obliged to retire. As the paper
blew hot and cold, while not siding
with the miners, it did not dare criti-
else the mine owners. Its neutral
position cost it great deal of bust g,
ness,
AID FROM ABROAD.
The amount claimed to be in the I
treasury of the Union is $40, 900 with s
80, 900 promised from the unions of j
San Francisco and also quite sum =,
from Butte City, Montana, which in ]
4 former occasion was aided by the
Viro;p;, NJ;nors, IT,;o, ,