Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-02
BIG CAMP
IN TROUBLE
OVER SCRIP
MINERS DECLARE OPERATORS
ARE UNFAIR
UGLY CHARGES MADE REGARD
ING cAvE-iN
GoIdfIeId Chamber of Commerce VIII
Garry War Against the Smeiter
Trust to Washington
II Necessary

Special to The Herald.
GOLDFIELD, New, Dec. 1.-Three
mines paid dividends last Monday-the
Red Top, 10 cents per share, amounting
to $s5 45O; the Mohawk, 80 cents, amount
ling to s213,O00 and the Consolidated 10
cents. amounting to ss6o,0Oo The greater
part of the Red Top and Mohawk distri-
button goes to the Consolidated company,
which practically owns all of the stock.
At the adjourned meeting of the direct
ors Of the Goldield Consolidated COM
pany Wednesday afternoon it was decided
by the board to pass the payment of the
next or third monthly dividend owing to
the labor conditions and the inability of
the company to secure settlements from
the smeiters. AL the properties Of the
company as we'll as the mills have been
closed down. The pumps on the Mo-
hawk, Red Top and Combination are in
operation and the mines will not be
; flooded.
Practically all properties are tied up
. owing to the walkout of the men, who
refuse to accept plain scrip in payment
; Of their wages. The formal strike order
: reads as follows:
"All employers of labor not paying
) cash or satisfactorily guaranteeing their
) paper will be declared unfair and all
men are warned not to work for them
after November a."
few leases, able at this time to pay
; cash, are still in operation. but the vast
majority of the properties are idle, in
cluding the big Consolidated.
During this suspension the weekly
) tonnage will be severely curtailed and the
date for reopening the mines will depend
entirely when this part of the country
escapes from under the paper basis
The following officers have been elect
ed by the directors of the Goldfeld Con-
soldated Mines company for the ensuing
year: George s. Nixon, presidents. George
Wingfeld, vice president; ]. M. Fenwick
secretary; John 8. Cook, treasurer; John
H. Mackenzie general manager.
There was cave-in on the Mohawk
Combination Leasing company's ground
at o'clock Monday morning. No one was
hurt. and only a few tons of rock came
down, but that was enough to discourage
the management of the leasing company,
) as we'll as the miners employed on the
property. Work was suspended and 400
miners were thrown out of employment
During the day other portions of rock
came down. The lease had only until last
night at midnight to run, and a daily
production of about 400 tons was being
made.
4 Bury Differences
There are charges and counter charges
in regard to the cause of the disaster.
THE leasing company officials stoutly as
lsert that their ground was we'll timbered
! and perfectly safe, but this is denied
by some of the officials of the Conso-
dated, who say that few timbers had
lbeen used and that the pillars which were
supporting the ground were being shot
away. These pillars were in the ore
body 1t is asserted by the Mohawk Com
bination that by undercut work from the
Begole No. timbers as well as the pill
lars became dislodged and that If a cave
in occurred the parties who were working
below them were responsible.
The owners of the Little Florence lease
have very wisely decided to bury their
} differences, and the production of this
| block of ground will be greater than ever.
; The life Of the lease expires in about ten
weeks. The majority OF the stockholders,
) headed by James e. Keelyn of Chicago,
took forcible possession of the mine ten
days ago, when DR.. w. II. Robinson and
George Vickers were away from the
: mine. They had managed the property
and it was freely predicted that it would
be tied up in litigation. After a confer
ence between the two factions ii was de-
cided to place Frank Oliver in charge of
the mine management, and that A. A.
Reer would look after the business end.
The new mine manager is we'll known in
camp and was formerly in charge of the
Florence. He has wide experience all
over the country and is recognized as one
of the most capable and practical man
ayers who has ever operated In this
section Of the state Ore is still being
piled up on the ground and it Is all of a
grade that will crowd the $500 mark
The Goldf1eld chamber of commerce has
begun war upon the smelter trust and
will carry the war to Washington. The
directors met and appo.hted committee
to invite the cooperation of other min
ling camps to send a committee to Wash
ington to induce the president to investi-
gate the smelter trust with special ref
erence to its alleged policy toward Ne
Ivada.
Nevada is being boycotted, 1t is claimed.
by the smelter trust, which has placed
such burdensome conditions on ore ship
pers that shipments are practically pro-
hibited at the time the smelters are TAX
ing all the ore of Colorado and other
states where the trust has large mining
Interests without any restrictions or adj
vance in charges.
The Florence-G Goldfield Mining company
declared dividend of 10 cents share
Thursday on its outstanding stock, pay
able January O. The company is capital
lied at $l250,0O0. with 100000 unissued in
the treasury. The amount to be distrib-
uted is $1o5000. This is the first dividend.
The directors mako no promises for fu-
Iture dividends owing to the disturbed
financial and labor conditions of the
:. camp.