The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-12-14

T WAS with a feeling of great relief that or people witnessed the coming nln Of
troops to aodaed- There was lot a mar, woman or child who did nos
1 breathe freerw with the consciousness of safety moi before realized for many
II win be with a feeling of ven greater relief. when it becomes known that
the eradication OF the hwlese element nal mai been serroslzms' s community
determined to rule or ruin It It whatever cost
rearing hiatt there might lot be- a fun realization of the gravity of h stua-
tnn in 0odnsd, 70 are especially gatined that General Frederick funston has
mon he reports OF lis subordinates General Funston is a man who has seen
much of border life. both as a citizen and a soldier. He Is keen o perception n
ouck in Ills deductions. The people Of this camp viii be more than content to
leave the question Of the first necessity Of the troops and Of their retention here
after, with 0enrsl. Funston
It has been contsndsd by soms-almost exclusively by the Miners uniona and
its sympathizers. that, because Of tho absence of general violence and riodng
there could be no warrant Tor troops in aoidheid' and their presence here mas
been denounced as an outrage upon h community. which ouid nos % 'us0nea
under tho constitution or defended upon the ground of necessity OF expediency
not Followed the history Of oodned and know the underlying conditions that OBJ
tain hee;a and it is % set or community right before the country At large and
p .as 800. -. wssSrs+or viii he WELCOMED An v . ask is hat he Investigation
be thorouah. We ash that the objects methods and history Of the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners be studied and events that are tanspiins in oodhed be 81.
labor movement be investigated in thu light of their past record in Cripple Creek
Occur dAlene, Telluride, and other camps where labor wars IA been cnalac
terhed with murder, boodshed. rapine and arson Investigate heir prison
records, fr many II them have served their term, while others have been in the
prisoner dock for murder or other crimes in various states Ant It various times
See if any of th@em men were rn u Of tbs Occur d'Alene by United States
troops, and find If othsrsw were not caused to fee by the state militia of Colorado
Inquire who he general officers of the Western Federation of Miners ars. M
now hat thew have only been recently discharged after a trial for murder
discharged because through the lameness Of the Law they could not tecnnicahy %
believed them guilty Inquire who m OF thu past and present omces Of thu
local branch of this union are. and find if some Of them are lot 10 in prison for
murder and others only free because they agreed to leave the country were they
NOT prosecuted. Where a St. John when Arthur Collins vas murdered In Tel
luide, and where vas Re when Silva was murdered in aoidfsid' N ws
his position with the union 1t the time in both places?
After studying the criminal csreero Of these leaders, then investigate the his
tory If the labor troubles If ooldheld. See If here have been any deporta tions of
lawabiding and respected citizens from this camp; II mining and business men of
other states were permitted to come to aoldheld and remain here without suffer
ing the inquidtion Of the Miners union and, in many eases violent election ron
the camp under the most brutal circumstances. See if men have been guaranteed
their rights to live and do business in this community Or rather If they ave not
been assaulted, robbed tGrorized into leaving See If there has been murder
committed IN laboring men who fell foul If the union OF upon the employers OF
independent labor. Ask business me If they have nt been boycotted and held
up to tn scorn Of the public, an driven into bankruptcy or compelled to quit
footing the mines of high grade ores an carrying it off to their fellow conspira-
tors running socaled assay Shops and in quantities that aggregate over million
dollars for tn past year. and what organization protects this vinany?
And in connection with this investigation, study the constitution and bylaws
they do nj tteach and breed awnessnessa anarchy and dscord. There's nothing
in m between the employer and the empoye, they say and that the pro-
duceri is entitled to all he produces. The mines do not belong to the men who dis
covered them or bought them, hut to the men (miners) who made them; con
seQuenny every miner is entitled to all the high grade ore he cal carry away
from a mine These are some Of the teachings Of the Western Federation Of
Miners, whose creed is Socialism, whose aim the destruction of property rights
and whose methods anarchiNic and criminal ~&F4.
And in connection with he question of the troops in aoldhed, we would like
an investigation made Of the ability or the inclination Of the peace omcns Of
Esmeralda county to maintain Law and order in this camp without outside assist
ance. It has been charged that the sherif's ONCE is really In sympathy with the
Western Federation of Miners and that the sheriff himself a member of that
the sherf's ONCE would like to preserve the peace. but that it is unable to do it,
To properly police this town and district and prevent disorder, especially under
strike conditions, would bankrupt the county and the sheriff might not be given
the financial assistance needed There is no minfa in his state to back the
sheriff: our only help is in federal troops.
After General Funston and the committee from Washington have finished
conspiracy and these consphators work in such IN insidious wy that their
operations are not discoverable O. the surface. They do not arm their men and
send them in squads through the Streets to commit murder, assaults and riot
and our inquistors need not expect to see violencs open and above board. armed
and organized, and II 1t is only to inset such conditions that troops al be kept
in 0oldnsid.. " despair. Still. had not the troops one It the time they did
there h n possible question but what there would have been general iotng and
organised resistance to the reopsning o. the mines
The people Of 0oldded view with alarm any slightest suggestion that the