Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-05-05
The Gang of Knockers" Get
Busy Once More.
They Send a Lying Statement About
TOnOpah to the New York World
Which Gives it Publicity.

The gang Of knockers" that has ia
ken advantage of every opportunity
offered, during the past three years, to
lie about Tonopah, has come to life
again. 1t was thought several months
ago, that the gang had been effectually
squelched, but like a cat with nine lives,
it has COM to life again, as the follow
ing rot in the New York World will
show:
"Tonopah, Nevada, April 25, panic
created by the San Francisco disaster
has reached a critical stage here.
While Frisco capital is not largely in
terested here the entire banking and
stock exchange is handled through
Frisco, and nearly all the business men
come from there. Special trains had to
be run to Frisco to carry the crowds of
maddened men and those were so
jammed that many have gone out with
people hanging on the steps for the 500
mile ride. A freight car attached ~
one train was packed to suffocation
with men standing up.
"a. H. Butler & Co., of 20 Broad
street, New York, on the point of open
ing Offices here, have suspended all
operations. Butler is president of the
Santa Fe line of steamers from Frisco,
besides owning several of the largest
mines here.
"Many of the mines have shut down
for the present until the Frisco finan-
cial condition is accurately known.
People in Tonopah take a pessimistic
view of the situation and do not believe
the coast city will even recover.
"At the time of the disaster the
Tonopah Sun issued an extra which for
tabloid proportions surpasses all other
newspaper efforts. The BONANZA ex-
tras were about 10 by IA, printed only
on one side and sold for 10 cents each"
Now isn't that enough to make a
saint swear. There has been no panic
here, or in fact anywhere else in Ne
vada. This city raised nearly $12, 900
for the relief of the suffering and des-
titute in San Francisco, and common
sense will tell any one that such a thing
would not be possible if this city was in
the ''grip of a panic" 1t is true that
special trains were run from here to
assist such persons in rescuing their
loved ones, and it is also true that one
of the trains was crowded, but it is not
true that a freight car was crowded
with men standing up. An empty
freight car was attached to one of the
trains, but it was sealed and there were
no passengers in it.
The A. H. Butler & Co., mentioned in
the alleged dispatch, is a prominent
New York brokerage firm, which is
operating extensively in this section,
Mr.. Butler being vice-president of the
West Tonopah mining company, presi-
dent of the Milbrae and a director of
the Manhattan Oriental.
DR.. G. J. Rittenhouse, son-in-law of
Mr. Butler, is now in Tonopah and he
told a BONANZA representative yester-
day, hat operations on the properties
Butler is interested in, are being pushed
as fast as money and men can do it.
"There has been absolutely no let up In
any particular and every endeavor is
being made, at the present moment, to
increase the forces and hasten the work.
The statement in relation to A. H. But
Ter & Co., is a malicious lie, published
deliberately and knowingly to satisfy
some personal motive, and this oppor.
tunity is taken to deny it most emphat.
ically and to brand the whole article as
an unjust and uncalled for attack upor
the people of Tonopah and the interests
: represented here"
The statement that many of the mine
: in Tonopah shut down, is a lie pure an,
! simple and in keeping with the rest o
the alleged dispatch. None of tn
mines of this camp shut down for on
i minute, nor were they affected in tn
, slightest manner by the disaster
! There has been no attempt to dispos
of Tonopah stocks by the f~ortunat
holders of them in this city, but on tn
contrary there has been and still is
strong demand for them, and prices ar
o firm.
The executive committee of tn
Board of Trade, which has done such
n world of good for Tonopah, took a han
d in the matter Wednesday. At a specii
It meeting held that day, the author {
the alleged dispatch was roundly score
and the committee requested that ii
local papers publish the article with a
If absolute denial of the statements COZ
tanned therein.
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