The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
Conditions lre Worse Al GoId-
 field Than He Expected
WOMEN IN CONSTANT FEAR
General Funston Will Be Waited Upon By Committees of Citizens Who Will Lay Before Him State
 ment of Conditions.

Goldfeld. New, December 1S.-After having conferred with many citizens of Goldfield today General Funston stated tonight to the Associated Press that he is finding conditions here worse than he had anticipated
 ''The possibilities of further trouble growing out of the difficulties between the mine owners and the miners" he said, "are greater than my information previous to coming to Goldfield had led me to believe. I have just telegraphed a second report to Washington, which 1 is based on the information l have gath | cred today. I do not believe the gover- nor will declare martial law at once. shall not advise such action until it Is absolutely necessary. As to the matter | of patrolling the vicinity of the mines and the streets of the city with the regu- lars that is a procedure that may become | necessary at any hour"
 l Neither General Funston nor Governor l Sparks will yield to the pressure that has been brought to induce them to favor the withdrawal of the troops before the ar I rival of the labor commission from Wash | ington.
 Tomorrow delegation of women, com- posed of members of the Women's club of Goldfield, will call on General Fun ston and lay before him their side Of to the coming of the troops they had 1 lived in constant terror. They will ask that the troops be kept here until all danger of trouble is passed.
 Delegations from the Goldfeld Chamber | of Commerce, the Mine Owners asso- citation and the Goldfield Stock Exchange also will call on General Funston to pre- sent the same matter.
 Tonight there Is a well authenticated ] rilmor that a committee of citizens has been formed ostensibly to act as a vol unteer fire and police department in the residence district but which will be more in the nature of a vigilance committee. 1 A story is circulated that two union men escorted a miner who had gone back to work to point some three miles from i camp, and then brutally beat him and I started him for Tonopah, across the I desert No trace of the miner who was alleged to have been beaten or of the 1 two men who are alleged to have con- l mitted the outrage have been found. l After an all day session the Mine Own 1 CTS association late this afternoon de- 1 cided to continue the card system in | operation and to require all those who gp l to work to sign the agreement renounc- | ing all allegiance to the Western Federa- 1 tion of Miners.
 In support of their refusal to accept ] scrip in payment for wages, the officers 1 of the local union today dug up section | of the constitution of Nevada, which de- clares that no bank shall Issue or cause | to be circulated any money other than l national currency or bank certificates au- thorized by Congress. The Federation of l Miners have maintained more rigorous 1 picketing of the mines than was main l tained yesterday and the guards Of the | Mine Owners association have been more | active. It is said that the Mine Owners l association has 200 strikebreakers on the
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