Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
WANT TROOPS TO STAY
MINE OWNERS DEMAND THEM
IN GoLDFIELD.

GOLDFIELD, New, December 2l.-Mine
onerators of Goldfield are 10th to leave the
task Of preserving law and order In the
camp in the hands of Sheriff ingalls,. They
are using every endeavor to prevail on
President Roosevelt to order a portion of
the troops to remain in Goldfeld indef1-
nitely Three kilograms have been sent
at various times today, not only from the
mine owners. but from officers of various
civic bodies and by private individuals
all urging on the President the necessity
of the presence of the troops.
Conditions are Better.
Meantime. it appears that conditions to-
day are much better for peaceful solu-
ton OF the dif1eulty between the miners
and tic ope1 than ever before. c. 2.
Mahoney president of the West
eru Federated 81 Miners, arrived tonight.
and is in CO.'S ultation with the local
miners union. Attorney o. N. Hilton will
leave IN the morning to assist in the Petit
bone defense.
President Mahoney will make pro-
posal to the mine owners on Monday. but
the operators assert that it will receive
the same treatment as the overtures OF
Attorney Hilton, a positive refusal to COM
promise.
Against the Federation.
An officer of the Mine Owners Associa-
ton today said:
..rhese men can go back to work. but
not unless they renounce the Western
Federation"
In the event that the miners do re-
nounce the Western Federation or get
their positions back through some other
proceeding the operators say they will
pay the str ke-breakers now here half a
months pay and send them back to where
they came from.
No more strike breakers came today.
and the operators say no more are COM
ing soon.
There is feeling of apprehension over
the order. for the recall of the troops
which 1t is impossible to conceal.
Plan Of Action Formed.
No communication from the Mine own
ers' Association or the civic bodies of the
city has gone to President Roosevelt re-
garding the removed from the camp OF
the federal troops. A plan of action has
been formed which it Is believed will meet
all requirements.
Sheriff Ingalls is considering as the
main feature of his plans for maintaining
orde; the organization of a large force OF
deputies to be in effect much like COM
pany of state militia. President Dowlen
of the Mine Owners Association Is still
In favor of abandoning the mines for one
year. Members of President Roosevelt s
Investigation committee left today for
Los Angeles, whence they will proceed to
Washington.
Funston Back to San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. December 21.-
Gen. Frederick Funston has returned from
Goldfeld where he had been-since Decem-
Der IL investigating the trouble between
the Go!dfield Mine Owners Association
and the Western Federation of Miners.
There is no denying the fact that the
situation in Goldfield is delicate" said
Gen. Funston LAS things stand now at
the camp. I do not look for trouble. The
troops have avoided displaying sympathy
for either side and the majority of the
union miners seem peaceably inclined
Rut the mine owners have taken very
determined stand and given their ulti-
matum that they will never again employ
n member of the federation. They declare
they will operate their mines with. nom
union labor. although they have not yet
done so to any extent.
IT fear serious trouble II they start
importing non-union miners from the
outside. .
"As to the merits of the case it is not
easy TO form an opinion.