The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-22
TRY To PREVENT.
LOOTING Of
MOHAWK
Judge Morrow Enjoins Les
sees of Mine and Orders
Appointment Of Watchers
CHARGES INVOLVE
EXPRESS COMPANY
Goldfeld Operator Says
Wells Fargo Exported
Sacks of Pilfered Ore

Sacks Of Pilfered Ore
Judge w. w. Morrow of the United
States Circuit Court issued an injunc-
tfon TO the owners of the Mohawk mine
of GoIdheId yesterday restraining the
Iessees OF the property from permitting
their employees 10 carry away high
grade gold ore. Watchers have beer
appointed by the court to see that the
Injunction is enforced. and n bond has
been put up by George WinEheId and
his associates in the Mohawk amount
ing TO 100000.
In addition to charging the employees
of two OF the lessees working the
richest parts of the mines. wingield
saws the Wells Fargo Express Com
pany IN Goldheld has acted in Pc
culiar manner He says that wagons
Of Wells Fargo have called under COW
er OF the darkness at the various high
grade ore shops" where. he alleges
the miners sell their stealings, and
have shipped the stolen ore out Of the
State. Wingheld charges that within
the last ninety days more than $1,000
coo has been stolen from the mine.
after listening TO a lengthy petition
by the officials of the Goldfeld Mo-
hawk Mining Company, Judge Nor
row granted the order Of injunction,
and for the purpose of seeing that II
is enforced authorized the appoint
naent Of fifty court watchers and
guards. who were authorized 10 enter
the mine at all times and examine the
men. to see that no ore is being stolen,
This wiz supplement- the efforts OF
the compauy to end the alleged steal
ing Of its ores by the workmen-
RECEIVERS A FORTUNE
Last week the company caused re-
plevin suits TO be brought against
Wells Fargo and the Selby Smelling
and Lead Company and recovered 1Ss
sacks that had been shipped out by
high-grade assay shops. This recovery
had a valuation Of 100000. wingheld
asserts that within the last ninety
days over s1,Ooo.OOo has been stolen,
and that the stealing covers a period
Of two years.
The penalty the miners will incur for
violation Of the courts order is severe
A miner caught stealing viii be haled
before Judge Morrow after being
brought TO this city from the mine and
will be subject to fine and imprison-
ment, or both. at the discretion Of the
Judge, without the right OF jury trial.
The Federal courts sustain their orders
with an iron hand, and since the Su-
preme Court sustained the sentence of
Eugene Debs for contempt Of court
there have been no detected violations
OF the Federal court orders.
In Goldfeld there are thirty-nine So
called assay Offices which Wingleld
calls "high-grade shops" According
to wingheld. only three out of the
thirty-nine are on the square. He as
serts that the miners. after leaving the
rich ore deposits with their alleged
daily stealings. visit the "high-grad
shops" situated between the town and
the mines and there dispose Of their
ill-gotten gains. Thus, says Wing
field. the .'high-grade shop" manages
10 secure two-thirds of the stealings-
STOLEN ORE EXPRESSED
wingaeld asserts that Wells, Fargo
oncfals 60 not deny that their wagons
call at night at these Offices and take
away the loot. He says the ore Is
then taken to the baggage-room and
stored until morning. whence 1t is
shipped to the various fences" near
san Francisco. While not actually con-
cerned IN the looting. Wingheld says
that the Wells, Fargo agents have
been willing TO increase the volume of
the company's business by carrying ore
stolen from the mine owners.
wingheId charges that the lessees are
willing to have the stealing stopped.
but they are afraid Of the unions. They
also lose their share of the profits by
the stealing. Three thousand miners
are employed in the camp. and four
hundred work on the rich deposits.
Three have been arrested and are
awaiting trial for thefts. On them
were found paraphernalia for taking
away thirty pounds of ore Instances
are reported by Goldfeld men of min
ers waiting a chance 70 work in the
Mohawk. and IN one case miner is
aid to have offered a Mohawk employe
Bio : day for the chance OF working in
he mine as a common miner.