The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-12

President Smith, of the Sterling Gold
Mining and Milling company, whose
properties in Nye county, New, are
just now involved by the actions of
party Of Jumpers, accompanied by At
torney John NJ Cannon, returned yes
terday morning from Belmont, New,
where they went for the purpose of Sc
curing warrants for the arrest of the
people who were holding the claims of
the company by means of force. Before
leaving Belmont the gentlemen had the
satisfaction of seeing the sheriff leave
for the properties, 250 miles away TO
the south. armed with the necessary
authority of law TO effect the arrest of
the men. They did not then know of
the shooting which had taken place
and which resulted so disastrously for
Foote and his associates. 1t is now
very probable that when the sheriff
arrives on the scene of the trouble,
which he cannot do before Saturday or
Sunday, that official will find things
pretty much self-adjusted, and his
posse will not be needed. The killing
Of Foote and Longstreet scattered the
crowd Of desperadoes to the winds and
left the Montgomerys in control of the
mines The latter will hold the CLAIMS
for the company, although they are
not now members thereof. AS mat
ter of fact, the Montgomerys have not
yet been paid in full for their interests
in the properties by the company. 1t
is therefore absolutely necessary that
they make ths transfer in order that
they may secure the remainder of the
purchase price
When it became evident that no set
tlement of the difficulty could be eff
fected without the aid Of the strong
arm of the law President Smith
started from Belmont for the mines,
going around by MARVEL, Cal, while
Attorney. Cannon went in from Battle
Mountain, New. 1t required some con-
sidera bic persuasion On the part of the
gentlemen to induce the county to
shoulder the necessary expense to be
entailed in making Inc arrest, on ac-
{ cunt Of its involved condition; but
*hey finally secured warrants, one for
Foote another for LongStreet, a third
for Meyer and a fourth for Morris. It
will now be very hard work to serve
the processes OF law. Having COM
pleted their work in Belmont AIessrs.
Smith and Cannon returned to Utah.
Messrs. Langford and Hugh Cannon
are at the properties looking after the
Interests of the company Both are
ievel-headed men and the affairs Of the
corporation are safe in their hands. 1t
is thought that by this time the COM
pany has regained full control.
Had it not been for the present trou-
fble the new ten-stamp mill on the
properties would have been placed in
operation some days ago. but now it is
-l,t known, of course, when it will get
dvRn to working order. Everything is
in place and ready for the treatment
of ores. This mill is to be operated by
means of gasoline engine on account
of the absence of fuel at the mines.
With the ten stamps dropping in ad
dition to the Huntington mills on the
Johnnie, it is anticipated that the re-
duction of gold bars will be in the
neighborhoed Of $1,000 daily
as they did not reach a point where
they could obtain direct communica-
ton with the mines. neither of the re-
turning gentlemen are in possession of
any additional facts relative to the
shooting which occurred there. Mr..
Smith is of the opinion, however, that
the trouble is now practically over. He
will return within the next few days.
Hon. Allen @. Campbell is well ac-
oUainted with the Montgomery boys
and is Of the opinion that they will
come out ahead of the Macarthur
crowd. Only a few days after the dis
covery of the Chispa group the Mont
gomerys invited Mr.. Campbell to in
spect it and the others of the group
which also gave great promise. Ac-
companied by three other experts the
gentleman named visited the proper
ties and found the locators at work
panning out the gold from the ores. MT.
Campbell is of the opinion that the
slayers of Foote and Longstreet should
receive the united thanks of the peo-
pie Of the west, rather than prosecu-
ton for murder A pension would not
be out Of the way, he thinks