The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-08-21
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New rails viii be put in for a distance of is
miles. and as soon rs this is completed work
Of q similar nature viii be extended to other
districts east and west Of Csrlin. The new
rails are Of 30 pound steel, and new ties will
be put down at the sam time and the track
ballasted aud strengthened all along the sew
eral freight districts betwee cen Montello and
Sparks.
IL is now estimated that there are more
than 1900 miners working in Gold6eld and
the number is increasing steadily, and the pay
roll Of the Consolidated alone is more than
$50, 900 per month. A system Of leasing has
been started in the camp again, and it Is be-
lieved that this viii increase the number OF
miners employed. The mines OF the camp
are producing more rich ore at the present
time than ever before, and it is stated by mine
owners that unless there are more labor
troubles the camp of Gold6eld will have
nearly twice as many men employed in a year
as it now has.
The Jumbo Hotel, at Jumbo, Washoe
County, was burned to the ground Sunday
npiuihS- We1 W oScfJ
contained 20 rooms, a restaurant and barroom.
How the FIRE originated has not been ascer-
tanned. The building was erected about two
years ago by @. ID. Virgillo of Reno and was
furnished throughout. Since the recent revi-
val in Jumbo district, every room in the hotel
had been occupied by men employed at the
Barge mine and other claims. The restaurant
part Of the hotel was conducted by J. Elliott
| of Reno. The loss will be several thousand
dollars.
1t has been rumored that a strike was about
to be declared in Tonopah by the Union
miners, as the agreement on the wage scale
which has existed between the mine owners
and miners was about to be broken. This Is
said to be untrue, however, and it is given
out by the mine owners that although the
agreement is up.at this time, no attempt will
be made to reduce the wage scale. They state
that they are doing development in the mines
for deep mining and that if the ore continues
to hold ont, the same wage scale will be paid
as at present, but that later it may be neces-
sary to reduce the wages of the miners. Until
that time comes, however, there will probably
be no labor troubles.
When the Southern Pacific moved its head.
quarters from Winnemucca to Imlay some
time ago, the company announced that INLAY
would be q dry town, meaning that there
would be no Intoxicating liquors sold there.
This was all very well and no one objected to
it, but it now appears that INLAY is going &c
| ~ N 1r,y kovun IN than opa NAV Thf
springs furnishing the water supply for ths
town are drying up, and the engines of the
Southern Pacific no longer take water there
Water for domestic purposes is a luxury and
will soon be demanding a premium. 1t l.
stated by railroad men that the company viii
soon have to haul water to the camp unless
the springs again become active.
Patrick C. Casey, formerly a railroad maj
Of San Francisco, filled up on Gold6eld whis
ky Monday night and started out to xii
somebody. He saw Mrs. Thomas Heslip ana
Mrs. Frank Mann sitting on the doorstep o
the formers home anil drew his pistol AM
shot Mrs. Heslip, killing her, aud then sho
Mrs. Mann twice in the leg. Frank Dunn
! an undertaken. interfered, and Casey stabbe'
him in the shoulder. His injuries are not sc
: rious. Mrs. Mann may not recover. Casey
who has but one leg. made no effort to escape
! After his arrest there were threats of lynch
ing. On Tuesday Thomas Heslip, the minin
. engineer whose wife was shot dead by Patric
: Casey, committed suicide by taking cyanide O
e potassium. He declared his determination t
: join his wife, and died almost instantly aft
taking the drug. Infatuated to the point c
mob violence upon learning of the suicide G
; Thomas Heslip a band of citizens prepared t
take Casey out that night and hang hin
0 Feeling they could not protect Casey in th
Jail at Goldfeld, the officers Struggled tn
e prisoner into an auto and hurried him to tn
Q Jail at Tonopah, 20 miles distant, wher
Casey Is now lodged. Because Of the fury
the citizens of Goldfeld the District Attorne
has called the Grand Jury to act without d,
lay, this being the only way to p'acate tn
e wrath of the townspeople. The Distrit
v Court has promised that the case Of Case
will be brought to trial Immediately.