Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-13
TROOPS AXE CAMPED THERE
TROUBLE is IMMINENT.
Mine Owners Claim They VIII Start
Mines Wednesday = Miners Issue
Statement of Their Side-Local Of
ficers Will Not Cooperate With Fed
eral Troops.

Ia the DAY IOr reOpenlng the mines III
Goldfield. An authoritative statement
is made that sufficient men are on the
grounds to work the mines.
the total number of those that have
been quietly brought in and those who
have secretly made application to re-
turn to their former positions is placed
IL 1000. There are about 1900 Western
Federation men out. The men who are
TO take the places of the strikers are
not to be housed at the mines, but will
be scattered through the camp and
protection for each individual will be
guaranteed by the mine owners associ |
alton.
Two propositions have been positive
ly decided upon, the Inall'lg an open
camp for all time and the early lower
ing of the wage scale. AT the same
time the mine owners association is
going to begin vigorous crusade %
lower the cost of living in Goldfield.
The mine owners association is to
be greatly enlarged by the organization
of the Nevada Mine Owners associa-
ton, of which the Goldfeld Mine Own
ers' association will be a part. rne
new organization is already well unCec
way.
The announcement of the determine
ton to open the mines on "Wednesday
is to be made by the Goldfleld Mine
Owners association, and it is expected
that some trouble may ensue.
There are now nine companies of
troops here, the second detachment
from Monterey having gone into per-
manent camp on Combination hill.
within 800 yards of the mill of +he
Goldfield Consolidated company The
first detachment which came from San
Francisco remains in the camp estab
lished in the northwestern part of the
CITY. a mile and a half from the nearest
mine.
,, Colonel Reynolds, commanding all OF
the troops here, is quartered in tent
of the first camp and will remain
there. He refuses to say whether he
. will detail soldiers to patrol the mines
when the attempt is made to reopen
:, but merely states that the troops arr
y here to preserve order and that the.
2 are prepared to handle the situation
Sheriff ingalls, Is Far Away.
., Sheriff ingalls, of Esmeralda county
!. in when Goldfield is located, has gon
~ away to some distant mines and tn
- sheriff's office is in the hands of III
- der Sheriff Bert Knight, who assert
- that he is amply able to handle an
N crisis that may arise from the attem1
10 to reopen the mines
% He has sworn in a dozen deputies
,e He characterizes the statements mad
m by the mine owners that the union me
Vt are arming themselves and preparin
IN to make trouble as false, and say
H. that in his belief, there will be n
i'll effort made to prevent the mine owl
le ers from working the mines with wha
ever men they may employ.
m A telegram which the sheriff sent
a. Governor Sparks protesting again!
rs the presence of federal troops in Col
ov field remains unanswered. There wi
he be no cooperation between the zoe
he peace officers and the troops in II
Ig. event of any trouble.
~ Statements are being issued to Il
in public by both the mine owners ass
in citation and the officials of the loc
miners union setting forth the view
to- of both sides on the situation.
ad From what can be gathered it seen
80 probable that the mine owners assoc
90 alton was primarily responsible for Il
Us presence of the federal troops here, b
nd that it was not intended in the fif
en- place that troops should be sent at n
time. Il was intended to have them
readiness to respond to an urgent ca
he but when the fact became public IN
for the sending of troops was contel
plated the governor was told it wou
ub- be better to have the troops on t
ground. as the miners were incens
ub- over the fact of troops being held
readiness to come, and might CONN
ub- violence at any minute.
The mine owners then saw t
sti- chance to take advantage Of the pr
ence of the troops here to begin pre-
ia: arations to reopen. Denial is ma
Ag- that miners from other camps are
be brought in, and the statement of
chi owners is that they believe enod
men can be had in Goldfeld to reop
ub- during the present week, but at
same time the statement is made OPP
sub " and positively that men from
outside will be brought in if the To-
in u