The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-07
FIGHT WILL BE BITTER

at its last convention openly sanctioned violation of
contracts that not favorable to the unions.
FIGHT WILL BE BITTER
The mine owners and business of Goldelfd have
not entered into this struggle against the Miners union
without full understanding of its meaning 1t will be
long and hard and uncompromsng fight Cripple Creek,
Telluride dAlene recall the possible riotng and
boodshed that may this struggle 1t well known,
that driven from camp and state to another that
the desperate and fanatica labor agitaors in the
country have gathered at odfed their stand
and it also realized that they will stop nothing short
of assassination and to terrorze community into
complete supneness and FOR TINS reason ana
upon the for assistance in preserving
order and law and the in the absence OF state
militia has made request upon the government to keep
federal troops readiness Godfed and quel
any outbreak and restore order In this fight which is
properties will suffer. 1t is expensive thing to shut
down mine. mine that stands idle for time nils with
in and the physical damage to the mines
of Goldfed will great by prolonged ideuess The
and business of Godfeld also know that the
credit integrity of the camp suffering throughout
the country by successive strikes and during this
fight upon which they just entering they expect to
degree and possibly bring ruin to scores who
wetodo if not independently rich; they also real
ze that takes mining camps some times years TO
from such disasters, but with it all they willing to
future however dreful the present porend
if the camp be assured industrial peace and
strikes agitation and constant turmoil and menace to
life property for all time to Such consumma
on worth any sacrifice the business interests Of
oldfed for they know that when assured peace
does it will bring with it continued prosperity and
make of Golded mining camp of such produetiveness
never before dreamed of in the world of mining.
CALL FOR TROOPS
The executive committee which is conducting the cam
pagn operators do propose that this fight shall
by greater duration entail more loss suf-
ferng than possibly be helped. They realize that in
times great danger and general riotng that the local
be depended to with the situ
district large for the county to polce 1T
would swamp taxpayers for it would not only take
large force but would require their retention perhaps all
winter.
mine operators therefore decided to call the
governor assistance Tuesday two members of the
committee slipped of to Reno and there met Gov
ernor Sparks laid before him the situation The
ernor was already cognzant of conditions having been
touch by trusted personal agents in the district
and he surprised committee by informing them that he
already taken the matter with Washington some ten
DAYS before be able to act inellgenty when
the The had responded to his salts
faction assuring him that troops would be furnished when
the time came call for help The committee returned
convinced that the in full harmony with
their plans and DESIRES and had they reached
Godfeld than telegram received the Associated
stating that the had requested OF washing
ton that troops be held in readiness to be thrown into
odfeld on notice The nearest troops were
at Presdo San Francisco eighteen hours by special
train from Goldfeld.
The public troops had been applied
for by the mine operators decided surprise to the
citizens of odfeld generally On the surface there was
no for the of outside and armed force
as the camp quiet rural community There was
no riotinp agitation disorder apparently The streets
like holiday. True, there had been isolated IN.
stances of awssness such hodups burgarie etc. but
these comparatively few and only fewer than mgnf
have expected in community with so many IDLE men
and such a scarcity money. The only disqueting incl
dent that seemed bearing upon the labor trouble
was the stealing of large quantity of powder from the