The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-12
FEDERAL TROOPS
MUST Be NEUTRAL
AND. NOT INTERFERE UNLESS
VIOLENCE IS COMMITTED.
THE OoLDFIELD SITUATION.
Officers Of the Department Of Com
merce and Labor Leave Washing.
ton to lnvestigatesthe Trouble
in Nevada.

Goldfield, New, Dec. 12-.John 8.
Cook stated Wednesday that his bank
is taking up the scrip issued In Gold.
field to the amount of $4,000 and
would be prepared to meet the pay
rolls with gold after Monday. This an
nouncement doubtless will have the
effect OF inducing some members Of
the Western Federation of Miners to
go to work at once.
A conference between Gov. Sparks
sand Col. Reynolds was held Wednes-
day. Adjt. Gen. Ainsworth has direct.
ed Col. Reynolds, I'm command of the
federal troops here, to cause to be
posted here an order from President
Roosevelt to the effect that he Is to
take no sides In the trouble, and to In.
terfere with no person In any way un-
less such a course becomes necessary
to protect life after violence has been
committed.
President Roosevelt's communica.
ton to Col. Reynolds, which was
posted throughout the city by direc.
ton of the president, put different
complexion upon the situation here.
This, coupled with the fact that Gen.
Funston is to arrive in Goldfield to.
day to view the situation and report to
Washington, caused a complete change
In the plan of the mine owners, who
had hoped to be able through Gov.
Sparks to have martial law declared
in Goldfield last night and to reopen
the mines to-day under the active pro.
lection of the federal troops.
Secretary Erb. OF the Mine Owners
association, said last night: 1.-The
hi na t.,, all
tainly resume work. Thursday. A suf-
flcient number of men have been pro.
cured for the purpose. cannot say
what other mines will resume"
This statement leads to the belief
that the whole effort of the mine own.
ers is to be devoted to the reopening
Of this one mine and that no attempt
will be made to operate any other
mine until the arrival of the California
miners, or until more men from the
local union have reported for work, II
more are to be persuaded.
Washington. Dec. 12.-Assistant
Secretary Murray, of the department
of commerce and labor; Charles p.
Neill, commissioner of labor, and Her.
bert Knox Smith, commissioner of COR
porations, have left Washington for
Goldheld, New, to make thorough
investigation of the trouble between
the miners and mine operators at that
place.
II Is understood among officials of
the war department that the purpose
Is to forestall adverse criticism upon
the dispatch of troops to Goldfield be-
fore there had been any rioting, and
intimations that such criticism would
be forthcoming were not lacking in la.
Dor circles. There Is no disposition to
question the right of the president TO
move the troops OF the army of which
he is the commander-in-chief to one
point or another at his own will, and
therefore to send the troops from Cali
fornia into Nevada.
Buk the question might arise as to
\his authority to use the troops now in
Goldfeld, should he decide>to do SO,
for congress has strictly limited the
functions of the regular army In times
of peace. Only recently, In connee-
tion with the balloon races starting in
ST. Louis, II was found that troops
had been illegally employed there, and
war department offitlals are now on
their guard to prevent the employ
ment OF the regular army In any un.
authorized manner. -, fc 5isf,f,,t..,