The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-10

Phil Foote, the notorious, wanted in
this city for the robbery Of a gambling
house, and also for several ether
crimes, has at last passed in his
checks, as a result of a lively battle
which took pace at the claims of the
Sterling Gold Mining and Milling COM
pa1ly in Nye county, Nevada. In COM
paly with eight others, almost, If not
quite equally as bad. Foote was en-
deavoring to hold the Chispa mine, one
of the Sterling group, for John Nc
Arthur. who also claims 1T, although
his claim is declared by the Sterling
people, nearly all of whom are Salt
Lake and Logan people, to be abso-
lutely without foundation and ad-
vanced with the idea of forcing pay
ment The Montgomery boys are mem
beers of the Sterling company and an
Associated Press dispatch received in
this city last evening says that these
gentlemen headed a posse of deter
mined men, who were working in the
interests of the company, and sur
prised Foote and his gang while at
breakfast, killing the Salt Lake out
law and one other at the first Volley
ffrea from their rifles. The dispatch
cited is as follows:
LOS ANGELES. Cal, Sept. SIN
formation has just been received here
-. a terrible fight in Nye county,
Nevada. between miners and despera-.
does. which resulted in the instant
killing OF two of the latter and the
probable fatal shooting of third.
The names are Phil FOote, a, gambler;
Check I8ongstreet a half-breed, both
killed, and another half-breed whose
ESme is unknown was badly wounded
FVz1orge and Bob Montgomery and their
rtiends did the shooting. The tragedy
is the result Of an attempt to jump q
claim belonging to the Montgomerys
and others. John Macarthur, who also
claimed the mine, employed Phil Foote,
Billy Meyer Check LongStreet and six
others, well-armed, to guard his in
terestS. While seated at breakfast,
crowd of men, headed by the Mont
gonlery boys, surprised them and
poured a volley into the crowd before
they could reach their weapons or
escape. Foote and Longstreet We're
killed and one of the half-breedS seri-
ously wounded. Meyer succeeded in
getting away.
VA posse Of deputy sheriffs has gone
to the district and further trouble is
expected
Some days ago Messrs Smith and
Langford, of the Sterling company,
who left this city for the purpose of
proceeding to the mines Of the COM
pany and placing in operation the new
mill just moved over from the other
group of mines owned by the company.
drew on the local officers of the COM
pany for a good large sum of money
and conveyed the Information that the
Macarthur crowd had taken foreible
possession of the Chispa property. upon
which is located the new mill and to
which the water line is constructed.
The location of the plant and the ter
Jninal of the water system there made
OF the Chispa an extremely valuable
property to the company, leaving aside
any mineral propositions. and the
jumping of it interfered greatly with
the operations of the company. Many
consultations were held by Messrs.
Smith and Langford with the jumping
crew and the latter demanded the pay
!. nent of $4,000 at once for their alleged
'6ssghts to the prc perty. This demand
met with deserved contempt and the
Sterling people decided TO evoke the
aid of the law in securing the eject
nlent of the interlopers. For this pur-
pose Mr. Smith left for Belmont, Ne
have justice on tap, and while a Man
vel, California. the gentleman prepared
q statement of the entire case and sent
the same forward to the other Utah
stockholders. This statement is as SJl-
lows and contains the facts in the case
to the date of the letter, which is Sep
TENDER 2:
y. z. Langford and myself arrived
mere at 2 D. m. today-Monday-
the mine. We are having some difficult
ty here just now which l will explain.
MI. A. Macarthur, man who once run
the PahIump ranch, has claimed a
right 10 the Chispa mine, because of
a location notice which he put on after
about $4,000 worth of work had been
done by the Harding company, of
whom we bought. His claim is invalid
and we have talked with him about it
many times and have paid him many
bills owing to him from Montgomery
and others whom we owed. Lately he
has become quite vindictive. He has
lost the Pahrump ranch, and now it is
owned by some men from Chicago.
He now tries to vent his spleen on US
by going to Phil Foote, an outlaw from
Salt Lake City. Bill Mayer, an ex-con-
Wet, and Jack Longstreet, a murder
ax These have enlisted some five In
dia5is, and altogether they went upon
cur dump and in the mill, in the night,
armed with guns and pistols.
we were awakened last Wednesday
morning by their firing in the air. We
did not understand its meaning until
our foreman, went up to the mill, when
they informed him that they were in
possession and ordered him off. giving
him letter to Mr. I.angford, which
notified him to keep off the premises
About z a. m. our men went up to go
TO work, but were ordered off.
"At 10 a. IN. Hugh Cannon and my
self went up and were told that if we
crossed a certain line we would be
killed. All this time we were covered
with guns. / told them 1 desired to see
Il .Mr-1 Foote. He came out OF the mill
1and we then learned that Macarthur
fnad engaged them to take possession
ana compel us to give them some