The Ordway new era., 1907-12-27
NUMEROUS DELEGATIONS AS.
SURE HIM THAT TROOPS
WERE NEEDED.
WOMEN TERRI RORIzED
STATEMENTS OF THE AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF LABOR
A REVELATION.

Goldheld, Nev.-DclcgatiOns from
th" Women's club Of Goldficld and
irCm the chamber of commerce
Merchants association and Mining OK.
change. called on General Funston
Saturday afternoon to further ac1ralut
MIN with the conditions which nave
prevailed in GoIdhcld previous "a the
coming OF the United States 'roups
ana the situation which led % the
sending of Governor Sparks dtsnltCh
to Washington asking that troops he
sent here.
The visit Of these delegations doubt.
less was because of the efforts tnuL
are constantly being made to have the
troops recalled,
General Funston said after the con
fercncCs were over that the sia;c-
mcnts made to him were n rcvcI i,iun.
especially those made by the ladira
who are the wives OF prominent e. j.
zcns of GoldACld
The statements, he said, showed
that for days the women OF GoIln"ld
had lived in a state OF constant ,"rIor,
until the arrival Of the company Of
troops. though no instances Of any
thing more than trivial annoyauCcs
were cited.
Saturday night Secretary Er5 Of
the Goldhcld Mine Owners As-osil-
ton. said that arrangements huy"
been made TO bring a number Of
miners from California, Utah. Mon
tant. Arizona and Wyoming. and that
about $50 will arrive soon. No In
formation ms to their movements or
th.. fYNn NNsl tbnVr t.if1 % ItH
obtained, and the union men character
izr the statement as false.
No men have arrived in the camp
from other mining districts to tai"
tho places of the strikers Of the W"St-
crn Federation. The mine operators
report that m1rc OF the Western F"l-
Grafton men who formerly worked Ia
the mines have returned to work, alter
signing the agreement to rcuOuucc tac
Western Federation.
The federation men deny this.
II any considerable number OF strike
breakers are to he brought here, II In
becoming evident that tn" plan -5 to
quietly bring them in small lois, ana
provide places for thea and put them
to work with the least Ostcntation pos
siElc.
Both the mine operators and iAc
labor leaders say that they Will "Cl-
come the United States labor comma
sioncrs. and the officers OF the Minei"
union are positive in their statement
that no violence will be attempted. ann
that the strike will be settled quietly.
Sunday n delegation from the Amer
ican Federation Gf Labor called upon
General Funston. who Is continuing
his investigation of conditions her"
with n view of determining the nece"'
sity for the presence OF federal troops
In Goldfeld.
"Thesc gentlemen made the most re-.
markable statement have yet heard.
said General Funston. in an interview
with the representative OF the hSSo
ciated Press Sunday night. lhrir
statement is that for months they NV
lived in constant fear. They have Con
sidprcd II necessary for thelr SCH Pl'
lection to 20 armed at all times anu
have been compelled to avoid pGtSohu
contact with members OF the western
Federation of Miners in order 20 P'V
vent serious trouble. This conan non W
affairs. they have told me, oD.d'ucu
until the arrival of the united oi"isS
troops, since when the CONDITIONS H"''
been greatly changed.
General Funston stated that ne con-
sidered that this statement OF the 'o'l
ditions came from men VINO nave otsn .,
In n better position to know the ie'i
situotion than any others VINO nave
talked to him since his arrival.
Members of the commission sent U;
prosiJant Roosevelt arrived in Cod
field Sunday night. They are Er. Ennil.s
Neill. labor commissioner; Heroe.
Knox Smith, commissioner OF corpo1n
tIons, and Lawrence Murray assis1ant
secretary Of the department OF com
merce and labor. They are s
companied by F. Patterson as Sec'e'
tary.