The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-03-20

Closely following the mass meet
ing OF mine owners, business men
and other citizens of Colo field. at
which the Goldfield Business Mons
and Mine Owners association was
organized for the purpose of secur-
ing a settlement fthe stormy labor
conditions that have existed there for
some time and which for time
threatened to break out in interni-
cine warfare, comes the announce
ment that the labor organization that
is known as the Industrial Workers
of the World has been outnumbered
and has met defeat at the hands of
the American Federation of Labor.
Upon the completion of the organ
ization Of the business men for the
purpose of strengthening out the la
Dor troubles in the camp, clerks
union WAS organized by the American
Federation of Labor. and members of
the new organization We're employed
in the stores an offices of Goldfield,
displacing tn emembers of the I. w.
W. who had been ordered to refuse
to work with any other employees not
members of the organization. For
days the stores and shops had been
closed and commercial interests were
paralyzcd.
In forming the organization of the
business men and mine owners which
tended to bring order out of chaos,
the members of that body resolved
that theY would refuse to give en-
ployment to any person who in any
capacity was a member of the |. W.
". They also resolved than any or
ganizatian OF miners independent Of
the |. ". w. would be given full rec
by the mine owners, but the
|. w. ". members were TO be debar-
red from employment in the mines.
The matter of wages, hours of en-
and kindred topics were not
discussed by the business men in the
organization. The following state
ment was issued by Milton NJ Deitch,
president of the Goldfield Chamber of
Commerce, in the Goldfeld News, be-
fore the American Federation of La
Dor succeeded in displacing the Nom
bers OF the /. W. w with members of
the newly organized aud aniliating
clerks union:
The labor difficulties in GoldfeId
are not between employer and en-
ploye bGt betWeu the recently organ
lied Industrial Workers of lhe World
ana the american Federation Of La
hor. No wage question is involved.
OF the former have
demanded that the latter join the /.
W W. OF be declared unfair If they
did so the members OF the American
Federation OF Labor would become
seabs against their own organization
and would be unable 10 secure en-
elseWhera where the |. w.
w are not recognized The Western
Federation Of Miners has become af-
fiiated with The l. W. ". The |. w.
W is much stronger numerically
than the Western Federation of Mi
ners. according to the election recent
ly held, when only one or two miners
were elected 10 positions Of trust in
the order. There is presented the
unusual spectacle of the president of
the I. W. W being bartender and
the business agent an ey-waiter. AL
though the fight is primarily between
the two labor organizations, Ameri-
can independence and American man
hood are involved The business in
terests of the camp are aligned with
those OF the miners also in the same
are the other labor organi-
cations which are not allied with the
|. w. w. | predict that there will be
such a settlement of the situation in
as will convince the people
of the United States that American
exists here and that it does
not fear to assert itself
SOON TO INSTALL