Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-10
Operators Issue Ultimatum
Reducing Wages Twenty
Per Cent and Refusing En-
pIoyment to Federation
Members.
CARD SYSTEM TO BE
PLACED IN OPERATION
Men Must Pledge Themselves
Not to Belong to Union As
Condition of Workingi
Troops Guard Camp,


Goldfield, New. Dec 9.-The mines
of Goldfield are to b. re-opened on
Thursday next The wage scale is to
be reduced. No member Of the Wes-
terra Federation of Miners will be Civ
en- employment Men will be brought
here TO the number of 500 to take
the places of the strikers meanwhile.
Such was the decision of the exc
cutive committee of the mine owners
association today. The change from
Wednesday to Thursday was made to
allow time to get men from other
points here to replace strikers. Gov
ernor Sparks will come to Goldfield
on Thursday. The troops now here
will be scattered through the camp
and will practically guard the mines.
The card system as used at Cripple
Creek will be introduced Frank A.
Keith, general manager Of the Tono-
pah Mining company, and other prom
inent mining men from other camps
are here i'm consultation with the Gold
field owners.
A stret brawl took place on Main
street today when "A member of the
Western Federation called one of the
army officers a vile name. "Diamon-
field Jack Davis, who was walking
with the officer, grabbed the offender
and held him until an officer ar
rived. An attempt To draw weapons
was prevented by by-standers.
The order given fAf horses for
the tfOOps unuer couAhand of COlonef
REYNOLDS was countermanded this
morning and Il Is doubtless the in
tention to divide the two camps now
established into a number of smaller
camps nearer to the large mines,
where the first attempt to reopen VIII
be made.
Conservative men here not connect
ed with either the owners or miners
organization are. however. OF the
opinion that settlement may yet
be affected. and IL not that an at
tempt will be made TO organize here
a new union to be affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor with
which the mine owners have already
intimated they will be willing to enter
an agreement. The new scale of wa
ges announced today Is based on the
wages paid al TonOpah. where the cost
of living is conceded to be 90 per cent
cheaper than In Goldfield. To cover
this point the mine ownres association
has agreed TO either induce the mer-
chants TO lower their prices or else
to open general stores and boarding
houses wlere prices VIII be lower than
at present. The officers Of the To-
cal miners union say they place lit
tie confidence in the statement of the
mine owners association and that such
statements. which they characterize
as bluffs have been Issued before
and the promises in them not kept
Reports of attempts at intimidation
threat of violence, and even attempts
to commit violence. are being con-
stantly heard tonight but at union
headquarters these are characterized
as fakes and in instances where per-
sonal encounters have occurred the evil
dence ohtainable Is that the disturb
ances were caused by irresponsible
parties and that the union officials
are endeavoring to prevent disorder
and violence. President Charles Nc
Hlnnon. OF the Goldfield miners un-
ion said tonight that the executive
committee was not holding regular
meeting today and that It would not
do so nor the union take any official
action regarding the reduction In wa
ges of the miners union tomorrow
night. the time for holding the reg
ular monthly meeting of the eNecu-
tive committee
Troops are tonight patroning the
ground around the Consolidated and
other prominent mines of the camp
as also are a large number Of deputy
constables sworn In by Constable
Claude inman
II was learned tonight that an at
tempt will be made tomorrow morn
ing TO start work on the Mohawk
combination lease. No underground
work will be attempted. but Manager
Siebert states that he will work the
dumps beginning At o'clock tomor-
row morning and that he has men
enough to handle the work. He has
made no request for deputies or troops
to guard his property or protect the