The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-10-26
LET THE STRIKE COME ON

~ HE LOCAL Miners Union Will ooa Z . re1orenoum Vte upo tn Case
of the Nevada California Power company as to whether or not that COM
pany shall be declared unfair
The controversy between the union and the Power company was
"4 Ts S.e crse urss and power power ,srvic. Of the Power company which supplies
all the mines and camps of Southern Nevada, is generated at Bishop creek, just
over the California state line Some time since. upon instructions from Denver
the Miners Union headquarters the local union began q campaign to unnnze
the worhne It Bishop and nal them . part Of the miners organization and
thus place the Power company within the hands II the union at this place Agt
.aAms and orsapiusrs were sent imo thu field and = large part 4 the workmsn
vers induced to join the union m thu promise that the union would obtain for
them tho wage scale Of Southern Nevada. But a considerable proportion Of the
miners held out, remained independent and continued . work. Without making
any demands or wen a request Of the Power company for higher wages the
Miners Union ordered a strike o tho Power company. The company Kept N
working Since there has been constant friction, and = growing demand upon
he part If the professional asitatrs of the camp that drastic measures be adopt
IN having = late named OCTOBER 10 70 vote u0n TN rop0'10n u a'caans
the Power company unfair, - or in other words, declaring a sympathetic strike
Of courssa any mine that uses the Power company's1 service will be declared "un-
fair and the union miners will not be permitted 10 work thereon. As nearly
all the big producing mine OF he district use electric power, this would mean,
of COURSE the shutting down of every important property in aoldaeld and every
other camp whore the Power Company operates
Tho nov OF the Miners Union to get possession of the power plant at Bis
hop is directed not so much at the Power company IS at the mine operators Of
aoldheld and elsewhere in this southern territory. The unions propose to rn
thu mining camps Of Southern Nevada just Al they see IT. They hv brought
about strikes upon every pretext nut still do not command the situation; but they
figure that If they get control OF the power stations that furnishes the light and
power to these camps as the heart pumps blood through the arteries Of the body,
thy win have the whole situation within their grasp. And 50 they would with
that plant manned by trusted members If thu union light and pows. could 20
turned OF 1t any minute and min operators o a dozen camps be helpless It
would be a constant menace and threat to force the mine operators to the miners
bidding whatever their grievance or demand.
OF course, the Power company has taken the right view of this situation and
could pay the raj demanded. but more for the mining industry Of Southern
Nevada. They ar making the fight for the mine owners and business men If this
region and they hav had the passive inc moral support It least, Of these people.
. .vmu,tS.uc .sruks this support win no longer be passive mt active. It
win cease then to be the Power companys fight and become the fight Of the mine
an business men # Southern Nevada.
Taking it all in all, it might be just as well if the miners star; this trouble
today. From almost the first days Of this camp there have bean troubles between
the mine operators an the unions. These troubles have never been settled; they
have simply been patched up only Il break out afreh. The operators never have
been able to make a contract or agreement with the miners that the latter would
respect and keep In fact undo recent rulings from headquartes, the local
oragniahon is not permitted to entra n agreement with operators. This being
the case, and with n possibility of peace in this camp under existing relations
between mine employer and employe. we might al well have a ''show down"
once and for all and have a end Ito or troubles. Let the last fight begin today
There never VA a better time. The mines are practically tied up anyhow by the
by a strike; banks are closed, the stock market is at its lowest eb, many of the
weaker business houses have already mccumbed A strike and . prolonged con-
test could not hurt anything more. So let it come. We viii never b 70 better pre-
pared This win be an interstate fight and the governments will intepose for
the preservation Of life and property rights.
But lett thu miners remember that 1t ws q little strike al the Colorado City
mill that ended in the disastrous campaign It Cripple Greek. The conditions are
end TO it.