The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

of the utmost and immediate danger
 at Goldfield, New, is revealed in the or
 ficial correspondence between Governor
 Sparks of that state and the President,
 which is just made public. The governor
 appeal for troops is construced by the
 authorities here to indicate the imminence
 of great peril and if actual violence is
 to occur at all, it is expected before
 the arrival of the troops from California
 in Godfeld. The governors appeal to
 the President, dated at Carson City, yes- terday, follows:
 Appeal of Governor.
 "At Goldfed, Esmeralda county, state or Nevada, there does now exist domestic violence and unlawful combinations do now obstruct and hinder the execution of the laws of the state of Nevada, and now deprives and continues to deprive
 the people of the said section of the rights, privileges, immunites and pro
 tectioA named in the constitution of the
 United States and the state of Nevada, and which are secured by the laws for
 the protection of such rights, privileges
 and immunities, and the constituted au- thorities of the state of Nevada are now ana continue to De ulldDle to pfoltcI the rights of the people and the reaso
 of such inability and the particulars thereof are the following to-wit: Unlaw- isl dynamitng of property. commission of felonies, threats against the lives and property of law-abiding citizens, the un-
 lawful possession of arms and ammuni- tion and the confiscation of dynamite with threats of the unlawful use of the same.
 ''The lawfully constituted officers Of
 this state are unable to apprehend and
 punish the perpetrators of said crimes and to prevent the commission of other threatened crimes and unless the relief hereafter required is granted this state
 the lives and property of large
 number of it's people will be irreparably affected and demaged, contrary to the peace and dignity of the United States and of the state of Nevada
 Therefore, pursuant to article 4. sec tion of the constitution of the United States and to sections 5297 and 529s of the revised statutes, thereof. I John Sparks governor, do hereby respectfully request that your excellency, Theodore Roosevelt President. do send to Goldfeld Esmeralda county, Nevada, two companies of troops of the army of the United States, to suppress unlawful disorder and violence, to protect life and property,
 to restore peace and to insure protection
 of law to the people of the state of Nevada"
 Presidents Order.
 The President S reply dated today: To Acting Secretary of War:
 Referring to the accompanying formal
 request of Governor Sparks of Nevada for federal troops to restore order at Goldfeld please direct General Funston to send a sufficient number of troops to be wholly adequate to meet any emergency It is far better to avoid con | fiict by sending too many troops than by sending too few to run the risk of inviting boodshed.
 THEODORE ROOSEVELT" Views of Funston.
 In his dispatch to the adiutant general , of the army General Funston says: T have just conferred with prom
 inent mining operator of Goldheld, now
 here man thoroughly familiar with all l conditions there. He states that the West l ern Federation of Miners in Goldfeld ! number about 31v0 of whom 100 have rifles and shotguns. Not more than 3Oo of these men might be considered danger | ous and he doubts if they would resist | regular troops. Their leaders are some | of the men who made so much trouble
 in Idaho and Colorado. Danger is that | before the troops can arrive they will blow up mines and kill people The sheriff | is member of the federation and in | sympathy with them. Schedule time of 1 trains is 26 hours; special could make # | in lS. l feel that l should inform de- | partment that every morning paper in | san Francisco knew that the department | had wired me three hours after receipt 1 by me of message. Information came fra tbap Reasons For Action.
 General Oliver, acting secretary of war. today made public all correspon- | dence that the reasons which have im- peiled the administration to dispatch troops to Goldhed might be known. In
 addition to General Funston's first dis patch announcing that the President had l intended to send two companies in the first place to Goldfield came the cor- respondence showing that upon inside jn- formation as to the situation in that min ing camp it had become apparent that a l very much larger force of soldiers would be necessary, on the theory that a small | force would only invite attack or resis- | tance by the lawless element while an l overwhelming force would insure peace | by making it apparent to the lawless ele- ment that resistance would be hopeless M. J. Monette's Statement. | Los Angeles, December 6.-M J. Mo- | nette president of the Los Angeles Ne | vada Mining Exchange, and one of the | operators at Goldfeld, said today: "All of the present trouble at Goldield | is due to the activity of William D. Hay | wood. secretary-treasurer of the West | ern Federation of Miners. It was due ! solely to his influence that the miners re- | fused to accept checks on Goldfield banks | in part payment of their wages some time | ago and at meeting of the miners urged ! them to refuse these checks. I am satis- fled that 70 per cent of the members of