Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-03-29
An outnr-au. An.ir.

About II O'Clock last Saturday
forenoon a body Of armed men from
the Miners Union entered Ri;chie'S
barber shop in Virginia City where
II. W. TanScrnan. the newly ap.
pointed Superintendent Of the Hale
( No-crUSS mine. was being shaved
and hustled him out OF the shop and
into 4 carriage IL waiting and drove
him through the streets % Virginia
City and out On the Geicer grade
where they ordered him out Of the
carriage and tod him mere. 10 re
turn.
NJ. Richie had jus: la,herAi Mr..
TansernAn's face. preparatory 10 -
inc over :; the ssNo2d riGss, wheu i
dozen ren With drawn pistols entered
the shop aud hs.d ;koSS poe<a; Uhs-s
tn stNNi A2i L Gozs0 =c-c lifted
Ta-csEcaza coz - ths chair AMI ca.
1ei him - tie <s0~I TznrsrnNa.
bsilssS and NuA;le& =SS Gt;ei into 4
tSo seated carriage between iwo
armed usa while the driver and an
other man occupied the tooaI seat.
!. crowd q! armed men surrounded
the Carriage and two men with drawn
pistols marched ar the horses heads.
The carriage Was driven down Taylor
street In ID. along d TO Sutton ave
nue., up Sutton avenue to & street
and ont G street 10 the Gciger grade.
At Dead Mans Point the team Was
stopped and all got out of the car
riage. Tangerman's captors then
searched him for Il list Of Union min.
es whom he alleged had applied to
him for work. Not finding the list,
the men warned Tangermau tot to re.
turn TO the Comstock and he promised
he would not. They then ordered
him to walk down the grade aud not
TO turn back. Tangerman complied
with their ordurs and started towards
Reno, where he arrived about 3 o.
clock in the afternoon and went i'm.
mediately TO the Office OF United States
District Attorney Jones and consulted
him about the condition of affairs on
the Comstock.
The causes hat led up to this ont.
rageous treatment of Mr.. Tangerman
are known TO our readers. The new
directors of the Hale Il NorcrosS ap. !
pointed him Superintendent of the
mine, but when they attempted 10
put him ii charge OF the works all
the miners walked out and refused to
work under him. For reasons not
stated the Miners Union opposed Nj.
lhngermans appointment and mott. |
fled the President OF the company. Mr.. |
Lynch, that members OF the Union
would not be permitted to work under |
him and asked that his appointment |
be revoked. This Mr.. Lynch refused
to do unless charges were preferred
and substantiated against Mr.. Tan.
german.
In h litigation Of Fox against the
old Hale & Norcross Management.
Mr.. Tangerman has taken an active
part IN the interest of Fox, and hy so
doing has won the bitter enmity ofulI
whose interests led them to spous
the cause of the old directory. and il
Is more than likely that his course in
this suit Is the cause Of the outrageous
treatment he received at the hands OF
a portion of the Comstock miners last
Saturday. But whatever NAV have
actuated the members Of the Miners
Union Ill their course toward Mr.. Tan
german, 1t will be "A very hard matter
Tor them to convince the law abiding
people OF the State that the heavy
hand of the law should not be laid
upon them.
What right have members Of n
Miners Union or any other orpau.
lied body Of men to lay y%iolen, hands
on q peaccable citizen Of the Stule
and by force lift him into II carriare
and drive him QUITO the county
where he resides? What nrht have
they to search the person Of n citizen
on the public highway? II such pro.
ceedlngs on the part of the Miners
Unlon Of Storey county he tolerated,
no citizen Of the State is safe. Such
conduct calls for the prompt enforce
ment of the law and the authorities
oi Storey county should not rest until
all who engaged in Saturdays pro-
ccedings are made to feel the laws
heavy hand.
Mr.. Tangcrman should go bacl, 10
virginia City and il necessary the
Governor Shout ! call out the entire
militia OF tho Siltc to protect him in
his rights ms II citizen.