The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-09-02
W SIDES OF A A S

situation, reaches some remarka-
Bile conclusions, which may be
briefly summed up as follows:
The miners struck without just
cause; they had no right to strike
because they have money in
the banks and live we'll; they even
eat "the most expensive cuts of
meat" and high priced fruits and
vegetables"
Practically every act of violence
has been committed by union
men.
Most of the men deported were
men without moral standing in
the community.
The mine owners are angels; the
union miners are murderous dew
lis.
The leadership of the Western
Federation is "unwise, arrogant
and unauthorized"
Unionism is dead in the Cripple
Creek district.
Sheldon will be remembered as
the sensational minister" who a
few years ago was placed in
charge of the Topeka Capital for
a week to run the paper cas- Christ
would run it." AS a grating
scheme it proved a great success
and the reverend" gentleman
lined his pockets with several
thousands of i'll gotten coin. AZ
terward he very 6ttingly dropped
completely out of sight and his
very existence was probably un-
known to any but himself until
now, when he comes forward and
attempts to again gain prominence
by telling what he thinks he
knows Of conditions in Colorado.
1t is safe to say that no more
perverted statement of the Colo
RADIO strike and existing conditions
has ever been Ii DC. 1t would al
so b I'd alous 70 give it serious
cons "a ion, fs.om the fact that
tie stamps himself as a
fool or a knave in nearly every
line Of his article-especlally
where he says that the miners
had no right to strike because they
were too we'll fed and had money
in the banks, this being a fair sam
pie of the argument which he
Uses against them.
On the other hand, in the same
issue of the News, an article from
the pen of William English Wall
ing is published. Mr.. Walling is
not a fake gospel expounder, but
is a resident Of Denver and a close
student Of industrial, conditions in
Colorado.
He says that the Colorado
strikes have not been lawless but
on the contrary are among the
most peaceful ever known, this
being the opinion Of the impartial
citizens of the State and of the
investigators who have gone to
the field, Rev Sheldon except
ed, by the way. Mr.. Walling
states that it is a war against
unionism and striking is being
prosecuted as a crime. He cites
the case of a man named Davis,
a member of the Miners Union
Executive Committee at Cripple
Creek who was arrested and held
several months without trial.
When finally brought into court
the prosecuting attorney admitted
that he had no evidence whatever
against him. In 'the meantime
Davis. wife, in constant fear OF
her husbands life, gave prema-
ture birth to a child and both have
since died,
MI. Walling says that there
have been no acts Of lawlessness
proved against the Miners Union
since the strike began and that
there have been ND mobs and no
riots except those Of the Citizens
Alliance; 'tsithef the Federation
or its of6ceh have been convicted
Of any of the innumefable oAenses
with which they have been'charg-
ed. He concludes as follows:
"At an enormous expense the
Unions have been driven from the
principal mines and smeltefs OF
the State. There is not a Union
outside the mines that has failed
n Snffer frori the miners" defeat.