The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-15


smiths, electrical workers. painters and
decorators, paper hangers. linemeu,
stone masons, brickIavers and otbar
skilled craftsmen. Many of those now
under the control of the +. ", W came
TO camp with A. f. L. cards. and were
forced 10 deposit these with the +. ".
W.: but organizers for the A. F, l..
union men will have TO return their
cards TO that federation or lose their
union standing
Federation Is the Leader.
1t is a matter Of common KNOWLEDGE
that the A. +. l.. is the largest organ.
ization Of labor bodies in tho world
Samuel Gompers is its president. and
he has been informed OF the peculiar
condition in Goldfeld. In its treasury
is something like $4,000. 900. and when
il enters Goldfeld it will be prepared
for lively contest. One of its chief
supports rs the typographical union
which is supreme in the mechanical
department of practically every great
newspaper IN America. That union
never vet lost fight. never mobbed
man or insulted woman, but spends
millions of dollars in its battle for de-
sired ends. Hearst. with his belt Of
daily papers. never had an unsatisfac.
tory settlement with the typographical
union. AT Colorado Springs thev have
the finest home in the world FOR de-
crepit members. Their New York chan.
ter, No. 6, known as the "Bie Six -
is the largest local in the world, hav-
ing membership in excess of 5000
OF the organizations under the wing
OF the American Federation the typos
are the Oldest then in order are the
masons and bricklsyers, carpenters and
cigarmakers. The last named are the
largest and wealthiest union in the
world,
The row in Gold6cld began early in
August and was precipitated by trouble
in Tonopah, where the |. w. w. held
footing and were put to rout by the
citizens and miners, who repudiated
them. A powerful element in their
Tonopab defeat was the Daily Sun,
which espoused the cause of the busi.
ness men and miners. George A. Rob-
erts. walking delegate of the ]. w. ".
in Tonopah. expestulatsd with the Tono
pab Sun and was sumharilv kicked out
OF its office. Later he was convicted
of assault upon union man with whom
he disagreed and was sentenced to six
months in Jail. Editor Branson of the
Goldheld Daily Sun. and failing TO
make their fight stick in Tonopah the
l. w. W. attacked Branson through a
boycott of the Goldfeld paper.
Paper Declared Unfair
They paraded the streets with a han.
ner declaring the Goldheld Sun Gun
fair although il is union shop
throughout and had taken no part in
the strife. They notified every Gold
field advertiser that he would be de-
clared unfair unless he discontinued
his patronage Of the Sun. and adyertis-
ers were bluffed into withdrawal of
their business. all except Job work.
upon which the paper has thrived
while no papers were allowed sold on
the streets. although the local Typo
graphical union had published notice
announcing that the Sun was a strictly
union Office Two employees of the
paper who tried TO deliver to regular
subscribers were mobbed hv the Indus.
trial Workers of the World. and since
that time delivery has been exclusively
through the postofice, until within the
past week.
Believing that Branson. at Tonopah,
ycas the sole bone Of contention.
money was raised bv Gold6eld people
to buv him ont and continue rhe paper
under another name. If necessary
When The deal was virtually closed it
was discovered that under the new
management the paper would still be
the World, for the reason that they
were unwilling TO see Branson paid
sum of money with which he might
continue the fight against them Ia
Tonopah. From that time until after
the Labor day prize fight the Goidfeld
Sun has fought IFS battles alone.
The night of the fight Sun printers
sold the paper on the streets and have
continued TO do so ever since, Twice
tbey have been attacked. but each
time defended by prominent mining
men who happened TO witness the out
RACES. Once "Diamondheld' - Jack
Davis. one of the richest mine owners
in camp. succored paper selling print
or hv driving of a mob through an
omipous display Of shoot1ng-Tons; On
another occasion carpenter, w. {.
Clark, who drew mp the plans and
supervised the construction of the
Cans. Nelson arena. was selling Suns on
The street, when he was Kissed and,
hooted as a scab by a mob of |. W. w.
svmpathizers George Wingheld, the
weaIthiest mining man in Nevada, no
ticed the disturbance and scattered the
disturbers. pummeling it's leaders over
their heads with his dubbed xshoot-
cr. That had a sautary effect. and no
physical violence has been IN evidence
since.
Boycotters Are Denounced,
On the night Of September D it was
thought the trouble had ended A mass
meeting of anti-I. W. W's was held
and their methods denounced. In at
tendance were printers, carpenters;
metal workers, blacksmiths, dectrlcaI
workers. painters and decorators hne,
men. paperhangers, stone masons ana
brjcklayers. The meeting was most en-
thusiastic in dcnunciation Of the boy
cotters and in support of the boycottea,
anJ - vas believed that in n few days
the miners, many of whom were
known TO ba antagonist TO the meth,
ods IDS Of the /. W. W, although affiliated
with them. would join, with the r move
ment to organize the American federa,
tion of Labor here in opposition TO the
other organization. which would have
dispelled the clouds, as many other
unions were known 10 be anxious to
sever connections with the l. w. W.
and return to their old allegiance. But
f.o1dG.1d b,s ihus far waited in VAN