The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1907-12-20
FUNSTON IN .
COLDFIELD|
NUMEROUS DELEGATIONS AZ
SURE HIM THAT TROOPS
WERE NEEDED.
WOMEN TERRoRIzEp
STATEMENTS OF THE AMeRIc.u
FEDERATION OF LABOR
A REVELATION.

Goldfield, Nev.-Delegation from
the Women's club of Goldficd ami
frcm the chamber of commerce
Merchants association and Mining OK.
change, called on General Furs,nn
Saturday afternoon to further ac1raIm
him with the conditions which nave
prevailed in Goldfield previous 20 the
coming of the United States tropps
and the situation which led 20 The
sending of Governor Sparks dispatch
to Washington asking that troops be
sent here.
The visit OF these delegations X
less was because of the efforts t5't
are constantly being made to have tae
troops recalled.
General Funston said after the con.
ferences were over that the state
ments made to him were revelliiou.
especially those made by the ladies,
who are the wives of prominent cii-
zons of Goldfield
The statements, he said, showed
that for days the women of Goddcld
haG lived in Il state of constant terror,
until the arrival of the COMPANY ct
troops, though no instances Of any
thing more than trivial annoyanccs
were cited.
Saturday night Secretary Erb of
the Goldfeld Mine Owners As5uoia-
ton, said that arrangements hay,
been made to bring number Of
miners from California, Utah, Mon
tant, Arizona and Wyoming, and that
aEout $50 will arrive soon. No in
formation as to their movements or
the time when they will arrive can lie
obtained, and the union men character
izc the statement as false.
No men have arrived in the camp
from other mining districts to take
the places of the strikers of the West
ern Federation. The mine opera orS
report that more of the Western Fed
Grafton men who formerly worked in
the mines have returned to work, after
signing the agreement to renOunce the
Western Federation.
The federation men deny this.
Ii any considerable number of strike
breakers are to be brought here it isl
becoming evident that the plan is tol
quietly bring them in small lots, and
provide places for them and put themI
to work with the least ostentation -
sibie.
Both the mine operators and the|
labor leaders say that they will Wos1
come the United States labor comm'a,
sioners, and the officers of the Miners
union are positive in their statement
that no violence will be attempted and
that the strike will be settled quietly,
Sunday a delegation from the Amer
iCan Federation Of Labor called upon
General Funston, who is continuing
his investigation of conditions here
with a view of determining the 1eces-
sity for the presence of federal troops
in Goldfeld.
These gentlemen made the most re-
markable statement have yet heard,
said General Funston, in an interview
with the representative of the AaSp'
ciated Press Sunday night. Their
statement is that for months they have
lived in constant fear. They have Con.
sdered it necessary for their self pro
lection to go armed at all times ana
have been compelled to avoid personal
contact with members of the Western
Federation of Miners in order 20 pre-
vent serious trouble This condition "i
affairs, they have told me, Obtained
"ii'i VIC I'll IVA vi lllc ~ Cllltu ''h''N.~
troops, since when the conditions haY9
been greatly changed"
General Funston stated that he con
sidered that this statement of the con
dltions came from men who have DceI
Ill better position to know the rea
situation than any others who have
talked to him since his arrival.
Members of the commission sent by
President Roosevelt arrived in Cod
held Sunday night. They are Oh =
Neil, labor commissioner; He\-
Knox Smith, commissioner of corpora
tons, and Lawrence Murray, assistan
secretary Of the department of com
merce and labor. They are &C
companied by f. Patterson as Secrc
tary.