Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-09
Geld BY ARMED FORCE
,,ri1 viii Attempt Arrests About
September i3.
,r,L roorE IN Tng ROBBERY.


IN, Sterling Miriir company IL
,nr1sd Of Utah mon, snd oWn'
y,ll,bls mining property In Southern
y,,sia. Hon. Ouon Smiih,of Logan,
|, s,,ldent Of the company, J. +.
T.s,igri, Of lhi0 city, Is superin.
,stsni, and Hugh Cannon, nlso
dAh city, Is secretary. Tho three
.,slfmen named are now at the
Blss,, Onc Of the company's prop.
,t,. tho JohuDy mine, from which
N 5000 gold brick was brought to
fb.elly recently. The Chispa /. an
olV Of the cDmpany's mines, ac'
galfsd short time ago by purchase.
lbb miuu IL the scene OF trouble
which my culnlinatU on the l3,h,
Tfllay next, on the arrival Of tho
rHIcsr, who are acting IN behalf of the
Sterling company, which has law aud
t,hl en- IT. side, 10 oppUtnd to mob,
d which the notorious Phil Foole,
whose lawlrssnels Ia well SHOWN, aud
who recently escaped from the officers
hsir Il 0nt. TINS mob hCAdei by ono
M.Aihuf, now has pUssessiUn OF the
ChhpA one account Of the affair
CONES from San nernarIinC, Cal,
unitf date Of Sept. q, 90 iOilJw':
News has reached this city VI ~ very
,efi1l. state OF affairs IN the gold
mlIt. Of southern Nevada. a bitiio
10 believed to be Imminent 10 decide
who shall have possession OF u rich
mining claim 10 that portion OF the
silver sisie. IL has lately boon opera.
led by the Sterling Mining and Mill.
ilg company.
Anew days ago the mon Ia the EN-.
pl5y Of the Sterling company were
0usitl and On armed body OF minors
ful 10 possession. The men who were
s0tuiJehly discharged NJ once mott.
Ati the officers Of the company, who
10 turn dispatched an agent 10 Los
Angeles with orders to secure two cRscs
Of rfs'.
TIE guns we're Immediately shipped
and passed through Blake ON Thurs
tN morning en- route u Maavol, from
which point they viii DO sent To tue
scene olihe trouble a. fast ~ they can
lie transferred.
Tue mlae which Ia tue CauEe Ol all
ihh trouble h said 10 be very rich ~
hlsh'gfadu Otr, and has been the
t.uicc N more or less trouble ever
sllee ~ discovery. some SINE In 1893
zoe sltIiing company purchased the
cIilm iiom A.McATlnuT. II 70 situated
about twenty-five miles from Pan.
iump valley anu ueHrly 100 miles from
lle mining camp Of Vanderbilt. o
Alter mpkiug the purchase tho Ster-
Hng company employed large force
oi men and did considerable work for
allme. In the early part OF 1894 the
HoiE was suspended and the mou dis
ehlfged. During 1894 the mIno was
comparatively deserted, no work being
uohei NOl even enough to constitute IA.
'esuient work, M In required by law.
Ihls reached the cara OF Macarthur,
VINO thought he would like 10 again
own the mine, AMI ut once set about TO
I'JQocate the old claim.
Oh Investigation bo discovered that
uleie were i've or six men In ahd
hu'u' Tie camp, left there for the pur.
o'r Of looking after the property OF
we company. Hut Macarthur was not
v % Kept away by any such scheme
aug proceeded 10 move upon the niue.
ne got together n body OF about
Nehly or twenty-five men aud, arm.
~! them with rides, drove out the men
rho were watching tho property aud
away from the premises.
iue men who are with Macarthur
''e determined set and, being lei by
determined leader, red.hOt fight
W. uh looked for AZ soon as the Slet-
,us t,mpany's men return with
'ls't i'ue'' The Macarthur contingent
~! ivy viii keep the mine and work
!9f all II h worth, while the
.'ihng mon say they viii have
',ass'lon II It takes years fighting
me country lie said to be such that
10y, ,..,.nl hlles can keep up long fight
"tn Tue chances Of the outside partipS
w, Wy aole 10 succeed In starving the
lliiie men out.
+. A,uolher account, Rui one 10 be re-
NV "'u upon, is that given by the pTosi-
',.ls o. Iho company In letter u the
',tHhollers In this city. 1t was writ
wa On sept. ., at Marvel, Cal, aud
j. Il, Langtori anu myself arrived
,,o a. pm. tOday-MUnday--from
' u.s., mine. We are having some diIii-
Wy There just now which | VIII OK.
,.A'h' Mt. A. Macarthur, n man
!, uo once run the PahTump ranch, has
..allhed night to the ChispA mine,
,eau5e OF a location nttlcr when he
W, On after about $50, goo worth Of
"y'N had been uOGo 10y tbs Harding
my, Ut whom we bought. His
., .,, u y inValii anu we have talked
T" ',n hlm about It many times anu
',Ie PAID him many blils owing 10
va rom MONTGOMERY and othrTs
y" ~ We owed. La!ely he ha, become
'.'e VindiosIye. lie has lat
PahIump ranch, aud now IL
owned hy some mon from
Hi,cago. He now tries To vent his
'osh Gu Us by going to Phil Fogts,