The herald., 1895-09-24
MR.. HENRY'S GOLD MINES
The Story of a Sad-Eyed Man
From Arkansas
TOO GOOD TO BE STRAIGHT
He Is Entirely Too Liberal in the
Matter of Wages
The Whole Thing on Its Face Is Of Suspi-
eious Merit-How it Is to Be
Worked
TOO GOOD TO BE STRAIGHT

| On Sunday morning a modest little adj
vertisement appeared in the papers to
the effect that 500 miners and laborers
were wanted for gold mines in Araknsas
at wages ranging from $3.50 to 50 per
day, with board guaranteed at $3.50 per
week. Applicants were directed TO call
| AT the Eureka grocery, corner of Wall and
Sixth streets, for further particulars. This
little advertisement was supple mented
yesterday by the following attractive
''dodger," whica was distributed quite
freely in the localities where laboring
men and those seeking employment most
40 congregate:
Wanted-500 miners and laborers. We
have some gold mines in Arkansas which
We are going TO open at once, and have
decided to take the above number OF men
from Los Angeles. To those not having
enough money to pay full fare we Will
advance part and deduct from wages. we
will pay from $3.50 to So Der dav. Board
guaranteed t $3.50 per week. Six months
work guaranteed. Must start by LIST of Oc-
stober. Call on W.Henry. Eureka grocery,
Sixth and Wall streets.
In view OF the fact that there are hun
dreds of men in Los Angeles who would
jump at employment at S1.50 day, or
even 81. il thew were sure OF getting 1t.
and that the ruling rates for labor are
even lower IN Arkansas than on this
coast. Herald reporter was detailed to
investigate this very liberal offer of Mr..
Henry and ascertain. ii possible. what
there was back of it. Accordingly, visit
was made to the locality named, tho
Eureka grocery, between and O'Clock
ana the room was dimiy lighted by
coal oil lamp on top of the shelves. On
one side were ranged several rows OF Cal
ifornia canned fruit and on the other was
n small counter with very modest array
of staple groceries. Two hundred dollars
would be liberal estimate for all the
sock in sight. 4 sad-eyed man with a
sandy whisker was tilted back in a chair,
apparently resting after his labors in ex-
planning his plans to man who stepped
out of the store as the reporter stepped in.
In answer to an inquiry the sad-eyed man
modestly admitted that he was the Mr..
Henry who wanted tho men, and having
loosened up on the reporter suggesting
that he would like to become a member
of the party il he could be convinced
that the thing was not n fake, the sad
eyed man talked very freely. No, there
wa no fake about his circular. He was
able to make every assertion good. As
to the ownership of the mine? Yes. he
was the owner, he and his partner, and
they were situated in the White River
hills near Rogers junction and Seligman,
on the line between Arkansas and Mis-.
souri,. He owned forty acres and his part
ner forty more. and if anyone doubted his
ability to make good his offer he could
put up the coin at once to convince him.
As to the character OF the mines, they
were very rich in free cold in a sort of
slate formation; no. the gold was not in
the slate, but in dirt between the layers
of slate, which would wash out, no mills
being required. There were lead mines,
30 ~1t,r.I Sos al
to transportation. yes, that bad all been
arranged. By Especial arrangement with
the santa Fe they would guarantee to de
liver the men at the mines at S15 per
head. Oh. no, he had not secured SIS
rate; that WAS what he would charge the
men; it would cost him little more,
but he was willing TO pay that himself
and trust to the future development of the
mines 10 get it back. No; he could not
tell what the railroad rate was; these
railroad companies are very suspicious
and that was a secret between himself
and the head railroad man. he did not
know his name, and it would not be right
for him TO give it away. AS to adva ncing
money to those not having sufficient to
pay their fare,yes, that was bona fide,
too. Every mao who desired to go would
have to deposit So if he boarded himself
in transit. or 81 if he was boarded by the
owners; this deposit was absolutely nee
not back out; the balance of the trans.
portation would be deducted from the
first months wages. Ample provision
had bsen made for feeding the men on
the way. and a bountiful supply of can.
ned goods. cakes, ETC., would be taken
along for this purpose. Yes, he wanted
to start as soon after the LIST of October as
possible, as be did not want to wait un-
I'll the dead or winter; he wanted to be
back in Los Angeles in two months as
his lungs We're weak and he could not
st md the climate OF the east Had many
called? Oh, yes, nuUherless inquiiers
had been To see about it, but very few
had as yet made the necessary deposit.
How many? Oh only ifteen or twenty.
If he could not get the necessary number
what would he do2 Why, return the
money to those who had deposited it and
abandon it--at least so far as Los Angeles
was concerned.
AS has been remarked, the sad eyed
man had said that his lungs ware weak,
and the long conversation was telling on
him. Not a soul had called while the re-
porter was there, but the sad.eyed man
is evidently of q hopeful turn of mind,
and looks for better returns from his
dodgers today. OF course, Mr.. Henry
NAV be all right; there is Just about one
chance in ten millions that his gold mines
in Arkansas are there as he represents,
and that he really wants the men he ad-
vertises for.
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