The officers of the Bassick Mining com
pany have taken steps to protect their
employes and propert. gainst the mob
which recently sent a very insulting
petition to the board of directors at
New York, in which they threatened
to remove forcibly Mr. Perkins, the
superintendent, and Mr. McGregor, the
foreman of the mine, if the company
did not remove them by May 1. To
day the matter came to'a;climax in the
shape of notices served upon about
fifty parties, signed by the citizeps’
committee. The following is a copy of
the notice:
Headquarters Citizens’ Committee, )
Querida, Col., Marph 28, 1883. )
To Mr. W
As your presence is considered to be
uninimical to the substantial interest
of this community and a menace to the
rights of persons and property, you will
be given until 3 o’clock this afternoon
In which to arrange your business affairs
and go. You must not be found here
after that time. 1 his means business.
Take warning.
By Obder of Committee.
Several mefi who iiad received notices
to leave town by 3 o’clock openly de
clared that they would kill some one
before they left, and your correspond
ent started,at 1:30 for the field of bat
tle, and when he was nearing the town
be met parties at every turn in the road
who thought discretion the belter part
of valor and were placing distance be
tween themselves and their former
haunts. Our first ykw of the town
showed a large body of men in the vi
cinity of the office of the Bassick min
ing company, but the streets were very
much deserted, most of the citizens
deeming it advisable to keep near their
homes.
