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

The industrial situation Godfeld has become very
acute because of differences between the Miners union
and the operators camp and nothing but complete
victory on the part side the other will satisfy the
situation.
The mine operators out by successive strikes and
disputes reached the point where further
they declare to be virtue and they
have issued the fat hereafter they will ignore the
Miners and will operate their mines with such work
men, union union, they may choose to employ.
The mines are and only single important lease
the entire camp at work. thousand miners
are out of employment and walking the Streets many o.
them almost penness The mine operators have resolves
TO keen their properties shut down indefinitely and ar"
boarding up their shafts mailing the doors AM windows
of their mills and other preparing for long SIEGE
MINERS SURPRISED
miners disconnected with the course tnat events
have taken They expecting such an answer TO
their order strike They evidently thought the mine
operators every instance before would meet them
with compromise their demands and resume
work again as before They appear have forgotten the
warnings given by the operators April when they signed
an agreement by which the then existing strike was called
off that if they again violated their agreements and con-
tracts it would be the last time they would ever nave as
union to treat with Mine Operators Association Ii
thew hadn't forgotten it, they evidently regarded the
warnings of that time bluff " they wondn De,
eve after many times the operators had anu
granted concessions they would be able to screw
up courage sufficiently to take final stand ana ngh 'e
union to finish Before they found the mine owners al,
v;ded on policy methods and they evidently supposed
that they could get together and hold togethe n
thew have much their SURPRISE found out to the con
tarv and now discover themselves confronted by solid
body of determined prepared as never 10 carry
ont policy of complete independehce. Inc Pahs VI ~
mine operaors are defined; their campaign completely
mapped out with state and ana
forces behind prevent violence and Doodsned IN
the camp they propose right ahead to the maj con-
summation of their designs
IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF STRIKE
The immediate Of the present situation was the
r;ka order issued by local union because the mine
operators adopted the scrip system In the payment OF
and refused endorse the scrip of the bank or de-
mart any the methods of other EMPLOYERS In
he navment of wages scrip that offered in pay
men of the scrip of the banking mouse OF Jonh
8 Cook Co. which practically the only money IN CIR
at;on in camp and accepted by merchants saloons rail
roads and lines of business at It's full race vaue
| and in the discharge of all obligations.
Rpt II was not so much merits of the strike but be-
cause of the strike and the abrogaons OF contracts
with the Mine Operators Association Under contract
between and miners of April last the miners
agreed that strike boycott would be omcaly de
iarad bv the Miners union bv twothirds vote Of
the organization favor thereof The operators
that the meeting at which the vote for strike was
elared was rreguary called that the call had not been
given general publicity, that only comparatively 1eW
a large minority members of the organization In
other words the strike voted and declared In ean
OF 'he
tract existing Miners and the operators
Association The wothrds clause was inserted In tne con
tract for the of the mine operators so na
of agtators could secretly meet and declare
strike whenever they disposed Ihis provision was
regarded of the most important IN the
the operators this provision that was
with impunity In fact the reckless abandon with
tbe Miners nnion has violated the past has
been of the chief grievances OF the operators
agreement another has been violated Never mas
strike settled by contract between the operators anu
what the latter have violated some Prosisn
assert that good and to be on 80
ong "a thew serve their purposs and the Federation