The daily sentinel., 1908-01-07
NO FIGHT IS MADE
ON true UNION LABOR
Startling Editorial from the Gd6eM News Regarding the Choac Conditions Existing
the Great Gold Camp Ii the Tactics Of the Western Federation that
Have Caused the uble-Sensiona Incidents Showing the
Federaton's Methods-Ihe Tyamy Of Leaders.

every other camp in the country and
shall be driven from Goldfield, for
Goldfield is loyal community aai
will not harbor nest of anarchists.
On May 9th. this year. Judge
Frank Langan came to Goldfield to
try the cases of Preston and Smith,
Western Federation leaders, for the
OF one Silva, restauran
keeper who had become obnoxious to
he found the following threatening
and intimidating letter in his mail:
Goldrield. May 4, 1907.
Judge Frank Langan:
Dear Judge-There are two
of our boys now being tried in
your court and | want to tie"
you now that II you hang them
or send them up for life you
will die like dog. (Skull and
Cross Bones.) Poison.
BEWARE.
kill or send up to the pen we will
kill one of you for every hair n
the mans head or ours you kill.
Jack Davis, Clayborne. Bliss,
Wingfield and a lot more. That
traitor s. b. (name). we will
get him soon.
(Signed) DEATH.
(The man Bliss referred to above
is c. l.. Maxwell, well known lin
Price and Carbon county,
The people of Goldfield have seen
many illustrations of the insolent
tyranny of these leaders of the West
ern Federation here in Goldfield
Last winter they insulted the com
munity time and again by their AFRO
CANT assumption of authority ovel
every man and every business mar
in the camp. But they never hac
quite the strangle hold here that the,
had In some other camps. There the
mine owners and citizens had to en-
ter into compact with the Western
Federation whereby they were to b.
spared from violence in their live,
and property.
Vincent st. John was recognized
as the head of the radicals of tn,
Goldfield miners union, and as ar
example OF the radicalism of that
gentleman and his associate high.
binders. We reproduce the following
copy of a paper dated July 3, 1901
by and between Vincent st. John
president of the miners union oi
Telluride. Colo. and Arthur Collins
assistant manager of the Smugglel
Union company collins was after.
wards assassinated.)
ut is hereby agreed between
the miners union by Vincent St.
John. president. and the Snug
gler Union company, by Arthur
Collins, assistant manager, that
all work on said mine shall
cease for period OF three days
ending Friday; that said min
ers' union will refrain from yio-
lence as to the personal prop
erty for the same period. Said
Smusgler Union mine may en-
ploy four guards during the
period
The mine operators and business
men of Goldfield have wisely con-
cluded to root out this Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners before they get in
to the position of the people of Tell
uride. Colo. where a mine operator
had to get written consent of the
president of the miners union to mt
upon his mine. while the mine
was in forced idleness for a time at
the demand of the union.
The people of the United States
Will be advised by declaration and
actions of the Western Federation.
that 1t is not because the miners have
banded together In labor union that
war has been declared upon them.
but because they are a part of a fed
aration that is reasonable to the
country. revolutionary in principles
md teachings and tyrannical and law
ess In its operations and practices.
md the business men of Goldfield
md these anarchists cannot live side
,y side in the same community. We
VIII not compromise with crime.