Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-28

have been too late to sell the property at any price to anybody"
 If the vein could be recovered, what difference would that maker" asked one of the disaffected share holders.
 Tt would make the difference that you would be holding the sack instead of the other fellow" retorted Seagrue, bluntly.
 The chairman, one of the larger mi nority stockholders, proved one of the least tractable of the dissatisfied. He rose to reply to Seagrue's address. You are telling us,' he said coldly, that you disposed of one of the best quartz properties in the Superstition mountains for a song, because your foreman told you the vein had pinched out. And you say your expert corrob- orated his statement. By what right did you go ahead in this fashion with out calling US together to decide whether we did not want further ex- pert advice on the possibility or 10 eating the vein"
 That part of the matter has been threshed out already" said Seagrue angrily.
 No, it hasn't" retorted the chair man. 'Not to our satisfaction. Where the investment is so large. our inter- ests should have been given the most careful consideration before you dis posed of them"
 You wouldn't have got ten cents out of your interests" exclaimed Sea grue. ''if you had tried what you now propose"
 Even that wouldn't have been se- rious matter" persisted the chairman, "as compared to what you have done. None of us here are dependent on dividends from the Superstition mines for our bread and butter. We feel, as business men, that we are entitled to consideration. You haven't given us that. By your own confession, you have disposed of this property under false pretenses. You have, by your conduct toward your competitors, jus tified the suspicion that has arisen among your own associates, MT. Sea grue."
 T don't wish to make any unfair in- situations or to assert what I cannot prove, but" interposed second share holder from the foot of the table, q want to call forth your attention ard the attention of every mar in this meeting to the fact that the moment it is discovered by the Tidewater peo- pie that this mine was salted, we shall be called on to refund every dollar of the money paid to us."
 If that is the case" sneered Sea grue, T should say you fellows had bet ter stop talking. Your greatest safe ty," he added, without much display of sympathy for the uneasy ones, Ties in keeping your mouths shut"
 ''It is matter of no moment what ever," declared the stubborn chair man. "how much the thing is dis cussed. You know the men in this room, Mir. Seagrue, we'll enough to know that we should all take the same position concerning what you confess you, yourself, have done in this mat ter. No matter what happened, we should never approve such proceed ings."
 As things stand, don't know what else you can do," said Seagrue. sul- lenly. You talk here as if you owned this mine. I want you to understand that I hold the control of it, and you will do as say"
 "No,' declared one stockholder. jumping up. T won't do any such thing"
 Then you may do as you wish," re- piled Seagrue. loftily, but I an through with the Superstition mine"
 The heated discussion continued. Almost everyone in the room took sides against Seagrue. Finally, at bay himself, and realizing the trouble the minority stockholders could gut hin to, he made a further conciliatory pro- posal. As we cannot agree" he saiG, T am willing to buy your shares in the mine at their par value"
 This seemed to pour little oil upon the troubled waters. After some fur ther wrangling, details were actually arranged then and there for the trans fer of the minority shares, ana the meeting closed in better feeling than it had opened.
 At the mine. Helen and George Storm were talking together when the foreman joined them. Helen asked him about the work.
 If you'll come this way he sug- gested, "Ill show you exactly where we're going to drill today
 A messenger handed Helen a dis patch. It was from Rhinelander an- nouncing the completion of the trans fer and advising her he would arrive on No. 8.
 First, we'll go down and meet MT. Rhinelander." said Storm to the fore man. When we come back we'll see where you're working"
 Rhinelander returned we'll pleased