Bisbee daily review., 1905-07-08
Fl TIGRE AFFAIR AS
 IT APPEARS AT DOUGLAS
GRAHAM PARTYs FRESENTA- TON OF THE STORY OF TRou- BLE-ARMED MEN GO TO MINE. STOCKHOLDERS INDIGNANT.

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 Yesterday afternoon the managers and present owners of the Ei Tigre gold mine, in Sonora. were congrat- ulating themselves that all of their troubles were over and that all they had to do in the future was to develop their property and take out the un- counted wealth that lies hidden in its shafts and tunnels. Today all is different. A bomb shell has been cx- pioded among the managers et the El Tigre and they are all at sea B. F. Graham with arInel men is on his way to the mine and will likely take posessiOn Of it today and the mana gers of the old company are sure to have a fight in the courts to regain possession of the property which they claim as their own, and which rs worth millions of dollars.
 What All the Trouble Is About.
 Some two months ago when the an uual meeting of the directors of the Fl Tigre was held in Douglas the Kansas City crowd which had by pur- chase secured the ownership of ma iority of the stock of the company. csnsed an entirechange in the man agement of the company. Mir. B. F. Graham. who had been president and manager was turned down and J. D. Sooy. of Kansas City. was elected in his place. New men were put in as attorneys and the personnel of all the chief officials and officers was changed. This did not please NIT. Ora ham and a big bunch of the local stockholders. but all they could do was to abide their time and walt for something to turn up The Ssolnething turned up yesterday. ac- Aording to their story.
 lon the 9th day of this month, Thurs dsly of this week. the mining company ,,nrfer their bond of purchase from inc \six original owners owed them r,avrhent Of s43.200. and accrued inter est l. was to have been paid ID cold lat the Miners & Merchants bank at BiAbee NT. J. D. Sooy and his rnanag6r. Mir DeCamp, went to the hank And offered to pay tne amount which ahey had figured out to be due with a draft This was refused. They then wssnt to the Bank of Bisbee and got the Eold and took 1t to the Miner3
 and Merchants bank and left 1t on deposit to be paid to the original own CTS. as tt.eir interest was set out A mistake Ir1 figuring up the amount due each of eie original owners gave them what they had been looking for and they a. once took steps to get pos session of tie property
 Claim Bond is Forfeited and Mine Re
 ver+s 10 Original Owners.
 The contenti0q of Mir. Graham and those interested Mith him in this mat ter is that the payment. not being made according to contract, the mine is forfeited and the original owners can take possession of it. To put this idea into effect Mr Graham and asso- ciates chartered a special train and made run from BiR last evening. securing some additioIRtO their party here and this morning with their at torney. Judge Richardson. left with a party of armed men to take possession of the property The train pulled out from the Nacozari depot at six o'clock and they are now on the groAnd. The party was armed and while they did not expect to encounter any opposi- ton to their taking possession of the property they are prepared for it. There is TO one at the camp but the working bo5saS and their Mexican employees and they are not likely to put up any fight to hold the property against force. After taking posses sion of the property s1r. Graham ex- poets to hold it unless busted by the Mexican courts.
 Kansas City Owners Excited.
 The Kansas City owners are much excited by the sudden turn in the af- airs of the company. Mir SoOy left for home on the east bound train yes terday morning His manager MT DeCamp left hurriediy after him in the afternoon. Mr McMullen, who has the local office in charge. vent west this morning. declining to tell his destination There is no one in the office of the company today ex- cept the bookkeeper and he is unable to throw any light upon the affairs or tell what the Kansas City people are going to do. There is no telephone line from the railroad out to the Fl Tigre mine and it is impossible to get any word from Mir. Graham and his army Of invasion. They arrived st the station on the Nacozari road carly this morning. but as it is ali of thirty-dye miles out to the mine over mountain roads it will take them all day to get out 10 the property. It is known that the Kansas City people have wired the Mexican government authorities the condition of affairs and asked them to protect the mine from fir. Graham and his party. with police or soldiers, if necessary. to prevent them from taking possession of the property.
 The Stockholders Of the El Tigre.
 If Mir. Graham and his associates succeed in getting control and owner ship of the mine under their present claim, the owners of the stock of the Fl Tigre company will be left out in the cold figliratively with ~the sack tO bold-.> Their company would be left without a mine and their stock would be valueless. There is good deal of this stock held in Douglas and Bisbee. 5rst how much is hard to de- rermine. The stockholders seen are pretty sore about the situation devei- oped and are much excited about their holdings. or course. the Kansas City people and the local stockholders will make every effort to retain posses.