The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-20
Trouble In Nevada.
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i've mas drawn Iuo cucldi o"'ho'A
ties, with, perhaps, insufficient cause.
It is q revival, upon the soil OF Ne
vada, of the intense struggle between
organized mine labor, with the seat
Of trouble at Goldfeld.
Public attention was rather sharp
" attracted to the situation last week
by a request, filed by the Governor
of the State, for the assistance OF
the military arm of the general gov
eminent of the State, for the assist
ance of the military arm of the gen.
eral Government, Nevada having no
State militia. President Roosevelt re-
sponded as quickly as the order could
be transmitted drought the War De-
partment and on Saturday afternoon
nine companies of regular troops
were landed at Goldfield and placed
in camp in the vicinity OF mines
rendered idle by strike of the work
ingmen there employed.
Governor Sparks, the Nevada exc
cutive, based his appeal to the Fed
eral authorities upon an allegation
of the existance of demonstrations
of violence, unlawful conspiracies and
conditions brought by the mine work.
ers and the obstruction of the exc
cution of the laws of the State by
them. He said that "the constituted
authorities of the State of Nevada
are now and continue to be unable
to protect the people in their rights. .
That the authorities were unable to
apprehend and punish the perpetra-
tors of crimes, specifying the dyna-
hitting of property, commission of
felony, threats against lives and prop
erty and unlawful possession of fire.
arm.
The Governor based his appeal for
Federal assistance on section four of
article four of the Federal Constitu-
ton, which reads:
The United States shall guarantee
to every State in this union a republic
can form of government, and shall
protect each of them against invas-
ion; and on application of the Legis-
lature. or the executive (when the
LEGISLATURE cannot be convened)
against domestic violence.
The action taken by the Governor
came as a surprise to the citizens OF
Goldfield. The sheriff declared that
he was able to maintain order and
had made no request for interference
on the part of the State. Many OF
the county officers and members OF
the State Legislature made formal
protest against the request for Fed
eral troops, stating that there was
no disturbance at Goldfleld and had
been none. The president of the Gold
field miners union declared: There
is no sane man in the district who
will say there was any need for Fed
eral troops in Goldfield."
On the arrival at Goldfield Of the
troops sent from San Francisco, their
commanding officer, Colonel Rey-
mold, was met by Captain William
Cox, of the Governors staff and per-
sonal representative of the Governor,
who was not at the scene. Captain
Cox said that Governor Sparks &C
ton in requesting that troops be sent
to Goldfield was merely a precaution-
airy measure and not based on any
overt acts of the union men.
Shortly after the arrival of the sol
diers of the general Government, the
Goldtield Mine Owners Association
went into session and, so the news
paper accounts say, decided to make
a determined struggle to free Gold
field of union domination and make
it an open samp." 1t it understood
that, under the protection of Federal
authority men are being hired to take
the places of union miners and that
preference is being given to Gold
field workingmen who will abandon
the union. This action is looked up
no in labor circles as clue to the
motive behind the course of the Gov
eminent in calling on Washington for
military support.
From the accounts given by both
sides to the controversy, it is evident
that the miners have made no demon
stration of violence, although there
have been some personal encounters.
The miners instituted a strike
against the payment of their wages
wholly In cashiers or mine company
checks, demanding part payment in
gold, alleging that they were unable
to procure the necessaries of life
with the checks. The situation Is