The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-01-01
MINING OUTLOOK FOR 1904

With the close o fthe year 1903 the
mining industry in the United States
may be said to be in a prosperous con-
dition, though the trials Of the past
year have been numerous and severe
in some districts. This has mostly been
due to labor disturbances. These have
been confined to no one state or re
gion. Nolorado, Arizona, California.
Nevada, Montana and Utah have been
the states chiefly alIected. Miners
union have had usually a peaceful.
n prosperous existence in the mining
regions of the west for many years, ana
II is only within the past threeror fou.
years that they have SHOWN a DISPOSE
ton to depart from methods in secur-
ing their desires which would meet
with the moral support of the people
generally. About four years ago the
miners of the occur dAlene distriss,
Idaho, in an effort to gam their poln.,
destroyed the Bunker hill and SUI
livan mill at Wardner. Since her this
sort OF thing has become 10 be recog-
nized as a weapon of the lawless e.e
ment, to be employed wnen other
means fail. TINS Arson and murder
are not approved by the people of the
western mining states as a method 10
securing desll ed end is SHOWN by the
fact tAat in several states it has been
necessary to call out the militia to
protect property.
That the better class of union min
ers also disapproye of such measures
ic Ax-t.nn4At lr ,1 $500 r.
the Cripple Greek district, Colorado,
the mine managers have shown tneI.
ability 10 secure all the men they re-,
quire, who are not members of the,
Western Federation OF Miners, or who
nave lett 1t, Wnen the proper protec-
ton is Afforded the men VINO are peace
fuzzy disposed, ana only desi.e an OPP
portunty TO earn an honest living a,
their CHOSEN Gaining. in southeastern
Arizona a similar result is reported il.
the copper res lons ana IN Ulan tbs
militia Is Proceeding the property OF
the coal companies anu the llvvs Ga
men ueslIlns 20 woIk, and II is no.
unlikely the result lne.e VIII be thS
same as II mas peen at Grippe Creen.
1t is rue that the trouble at Cripple
Creek and leliu.lue, as wel as in TIC
Coio4auo ana Utan coal MINES, is st.l
unsettled, out the OUTLOOK tor me IL
TUE as not -unp4omlsing. IN Claiborne
tneIe nave peen several strikes In VA.
ious ulstlic1s. IA TIE ou,ne4 part o.
the STATE, anu III soulAe4n nevada t4e
nl.neAs ga4neu nothing; IN Amado.
ana IaiaNe.as coantle the miner,
gained lnelr aenai4us made last 1ai4,
but a new aliiiculty wnicn promise.
corporations, las recently occuIle1
se.eiai uis,ic,s scattered IA
the LIE INDUSTRY mas bone or
paospe. ousis, w4ln a nopeIul ou1Ioon
tor Tie co.I.ng year.
1t is evloen. enai the better class o.
miners, those VINO nave houses an
pioperl yoI tAelr owa-tue result o.
tLe.r nausDy and Iruganty-ao no.
care 10 Jeopa. al4e their homes Ior thN
sake oI uncrealn gam, ana a seaso.-
: OF lnI~nvs Win me posslple excite
nlenl OF a ',p4 ushs WIN the milit.a
In d numper OF instances 1T is knoWh
that IA ospeetlve stiInes nave been aN
.er.eu " the cIea4 -slsnte4ness OF tu-s
: bettef element OF the ORGANIZED n
in aisellcts where they have worhe-
peacefully M contenlediy Tor years,
ana eMne1e there was no thought Oh
strike or lroatre of any kind untl tn,
3 sIsleai inuthsir midst OF the protes-
slonai agltator. The influence OF thes
wih~r neaas as spreading, and the u
loook ior lsO4 IN the mining industry
:. Is more y .oinlsing Ihat it has been for
several montns past.-Mining anu
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