The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-02-03
SHOOTING ARRAY AT CLIFFORD
Death Takes Frank Ganahl, a
Wounded Union Miner-George
Cole Shot in Arm.

Miners Union, were shot aud severely
wounded at Clifford, A miles east Of
Tonopah, last Saturday afternoon by J.
II. H~ennessey. a non. Union miner.
Cole, Ganahl and Walter Fancher,
composing a Miners Union Committee,
had gone to the Elftman mine in re-
ponse to statements to the effect
that Max Elftman. the %leaser, was
not paying the Union scale, which is
$3.50 to top men and s. a day to under
ground miners.
Clifford. where the tragedy occurred,
is one of the new camps in Nye
| County, and at the time of its discovery
last August caused quite n stampede.
1t is near Stone Cabin and not far from
Typo.
Union Men Not Armed.
Cole, Ganahl and Fancher were all
unarmed when they went to the mine.
They say they were on a peaceful
mission and that none of them expected
or tried to provoke trouble, Ganahl
| having q kitten in his arms when the
trouble began.
They approached an Italian who was
working and upon asking him what
| wages he was receiving he replied 50 a
day. He was told that if he was re-
| ceiving that price that it was all right;
if not that he would be classed as a
scab. When they finished their CONVEX
| sation with the Italian Elftman cried
out: what is your definition of a
scab?"
Cole replied with a curse upon scabs
in general and Elftman answered in
kind, cursing Union men. As he flung
back his answer he attempted to strike
| Cole and Ganahl caught him around
the waist, pinning his arms to his side.
Shooting Done by an Outsider.
Whipping out his revolver Hennessey
shot Ganahl through the back and then
fired at Cole. the ball passing through
his hat. Cole tried to disarm him but
received another shot through the
hand. Hennessey then defied the
miners, who hal rushed up to arrest
him, but was overpowered and dis
armed by a miner named Wendell as
he was trying to dra W his gun and fire
a fourth shot.
Hennessey was a total outsider, is not
interested in the Elftman lease aud so
far as known was not employed by him.
GanaM Fatally Wounded.
The wounded men were removed to
Tonopah. and Ginahl, who was shot
through the right lung. died Tuesday
morning. He contracted pneumonia
and there were never any hopes enter
tanned for his recovery. He was 20
years of age and a son of the late Judge
Ganahl of Spokane. Wash. He is also
a brother to Mrs. Roy L. Stoddard of
Goldfeld.
Cole will probably lose his arm, as
it is shattered above the elbow. He is
we'll known throughout Nevada and
before going to Tonopah was for some
time Pr esident Of the Miners Union at
DeLamar, Lincoln County. He was an
Assemblyman from .Nye County in the
last session of the Nevada Legislature.
Eftmqn Makes a Statement.
Elftman aud Hepnessey were placed
} under arrest and taken to Tonopah.
. Elftman gave bail at once. but Hennes-
say is still in Jail and a charge of muir
der was lodged against him when
/. Ganahl died. A similar charge was
also placed against Max Elftman. To
: a Tonopah Sun reporter Elftman gave
t out the following statement for publ
s cation:
"The published statement made.
s quoting me regarding Unions. is abso
: lutely false. ! have always been il
favor of employing Union men. have
been paying and will continue to pay
standard Union scale. The man / EN-.
ployed that morning at the place is a
e Union mau in good standing so far as ]
could ascertain. I did not attempt t.
: draw a gun and, on the contrary, tried
to step aside. when l was struck from
f behind and overpowered. The facts in
e the case will be brought ont at the
y right time"
y Feeling among the Union men at
Clifford is very bitter. They state
that they have been called to the Eft
f man mine several times to inform
9 miners that they were being paid les:
than the Union scale. The men had
always quit when called upon or else
demanded and received the scale.
;, Artesian Water for Reno.
The City Council has ordered the