The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

troops may be recalled from Goldhsid before there Is assured peace in the camp
The life o. q single nan whs has been prominent In the mining and business az
fairs Of the camp and who may have incurred the mmity of the Miners union in
this controversy would not be worth a farthing and the camp would be aban-
donsd and miners and property turned over to these anarchists within a sx
months we're the troops now % be withdrawn
The citizens of Nevada are citizens Of nj common country. They are en-
titled to the sam protection in life and property ~ the most favored regions
Many can into the Nevada desert when IL ~ . wilderness. mrsd by human
foot; q wilderness supposedly impossible for human existence and absolutely
worthless a nstdoual domain Here We hve discovered and given % the country
Of four yearsh have furnished our mints with $20O00O0o in new wealth. We have
here = vtsorous cnv With beautiful homes vpsudtd business blocks paved
streets and many costly public utrites-an the result Of TIT energies and fortt
tude of . brave. hardy, industrious and loyal people. And 10Y that we are set
upon by Al organised band Of outlaws, driven out Of every other state in the
we to be left helpless in or dilemma, impotsnt At home and neglected and aban
donsd from Without We do lot ak more than the people of any other state or
and places wa in the mores settled sections where the government lent a hand
in times Of need, and where society wal better organised and better able to pro-
frontier. who have grappsd with the fuies Of the desert for these many seasons
are not msn Of fragile mould and fatntng heart, but in or unrganissd condition
70 vast desperate treacherous and farreaching - II Is here All that the cnt
ses Of oodned want Is peace and safety to life and property and an opportun-
iy o work out the manifest destiny Of this rich section.
We are not opposed to union miners as such. This il not a fight against Or
ganizsd labor. Let the miners organize a state federation only along lines that
recognise the law in its operations and it can do business here. Nor is this a
fight against high wages. The min owners never thought Of reducing wages a
yea ago, but by successive strikes the miners have brought such . blight upon
the camp that lower wages seem to have been forced upon u.s. sthl. the matter
Of wages IS related to the cst of living is a question for discussion and arbitra-
hn. But whether the mine operators shall be allowed to operate their mines
with miners 4 their W choice, is lot a matter open o discussion; nor whether
those who are willing to work shall be murdered by those who are not willing to
work. There is only on answer to such a proposition.
The leaders If the Miners union say they do lot contemplate violence, and
b.uce tber. 1. no need of toops Possibly 80, But n thev 81 not contemnlat.
the violation of Law. there car be 10 valid objection to the presence If troops in
Godneld. We hear 10 objection from the law abiding business men and mine
operators Of this camp. The only protest has conn from the Miners union in
Denver. Strange, is it not, tina. the only objection should come from the men
who ar charged with violence against the law and the community; from those
who have committed lwiessness and brought ruin upon every community in
which they have operated?
But it is useless to consider further. There is only one question to be settled
titles in their constitutional rights to the enjoyment of life. property and the pm-
suit Of happiness The answer is n the hands If the duly constituted representa-
We hav 10 fe that in that answer the people Of aoldheld will realize their
every right and demand.