Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1907-12-09

Goldfeld has given out their stand
on the present trouble and have op-
enly asserted that he mines will Op-
en- this week with non-unior men, that
over the men employed and the OPP
orators viii employ whoever they
wish in the matter. Their statement
issued is as follows:
The owners ard operators Of the
camp have endcavored to live in
peace and harmony with the union 10
the preaen- time nave granted the
highest rate Of wages paid in the
world conceded most unreasonable
demands as To the methods of work
and even concenred that they might
be rob5ct Of their richest ore rather
han come t" an open rapture. But
d. q continuous strikes. the repeat Cd
nu'rages against individual rights. the
banishment from the camp Of men do
SI1ous OF investing in mines the open
lpotInG Of every mine carrying hi-h
grade ore have at last become 50
unnvarabic that We must either close
our mines. hand them over to the
union, or make a desperate effort to
gain thC right TO work them as we
please. We have chosen The latter a.
tentative and propose to make one
final struggle fpr The right to man
age orr own property. The articles
n section one and two goes On to civ.
individual instances of depreciation Of
prominent men. which We're accom-
panied by brutal teatings. 40 man
WhO had ever incurred the enmity OF
The Western Federation has been per
mitted to remain in Goldfeld. and any
man who has dared to defy the
beaten Mp. These attacks. it is said
were extended to merchants who
dared protest against the high handed
practices. continuing the statements
are as lows:
BEATEN a = MURDERED
"Third-Citizens and merchants of
the camp who have dared to protest
against or even to disapprOve these
outraees have been threatened boy.
cotted. beaten up and even murdered
One example OF this case will suffice
Anton Silva was an inOfensive Ital
ian. the proprietor of a restaurant il
the camp. During the strike ir
March, 1907. he dared to sell meals t
the members of carpenters unior
that was opposed to the .teStern Fed
GRAFTON of Miners. and in other ways
incurred the enmity of the union o.
rne evening of March 10. w. R. Pres
ton. the walking delegate of the min
1an !,
oI it's members went to Silvas place
and shot him down in cold blood
Preston and Joe Smith and anothe
officer OF the union were arrested
tried and convicted of this murder
The union is now allowing these tw,
convicts several dollars each is az
pealing for funds to secure their lib
ertY and calling them martyrs
FOu th-The union has encouraged
protected and assisted its member!
n the crime Of stealing ore from tn
mines Of the district The ores o
Co.'s cid are very high grade and il
all the mines are millions of dollar
worth of ore running in value from
s. 10 $40 a pound, this ore has bee1
stolen in way almost beyond belief
During the six months ending Decen
Der 81. 1906. there was stolen from
the Mohawk mine alone not less tha
81 900 OG0: During the past 6 month
there has been taken from the Littl
Florence lease on the Florence min
not less than 81 900 a day. The uniO
has refused to permit underground
watchmen has ordered a strike wher
effective change rooms were place,
upon the properties. has protested
against. and prevented almost ever
effort to prevent this practice and i
every way encouraged the ore thieve
and thwarted the efforts of the min
owners to detect or punish them.
MANY STRIKES
'Fiftll-In violation Of repeate
agreements and understandings til
union has ordered strike after strik
to the incalculable damage of til
mines and enormous losses to th
owners and general arrangement G
tie business of the district. Withou
eGUmcratiuG strikes that went before
from December !. 1906. TO Decombe
/. 1907. there were four genera
strikes in the district resulting i
cDnplet" shE,-ioWns of mining.
total Of more than 90 days were los
BY reason OF the strikes or pract
cally one-fonrth OF the METRE year
without going into details as t
each of these. it Will suffice here t
give the cause of each. Decembel
1906, and January. 1907. for highe
wages. March and April. 1907. be
cause the mine owners refused t
discharge carpenters who aelOnged t
the American Federation of LabO
anl did not belong to the Wester
Federation of Miners. August an
September 1907, because some {
he miners insisted on establiShin
change rooms to prevent the stealth
Of ores November and Decembe,
1907, because the mines We're compel
ed to adopt a system of paving wage
in cashiers checks. the only mediul