Douglas Island news., 1908-02-19

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 duct their own union; the wage scale remained the same, s minimum; the miners agreed to change-rooms at the thigh grade" mines and agreed further not to strike again in two years unless authorized by two-thirds majority of a referendum vote.
 Peace again seemed assured, but it was soon evident that trouble was
 brewing among the miners. High grading or stealing of rich ore has heen practiced on an enormous scale since the discovery of the Goldtield bonan- gas. Many fortunes were thus acquir- ed. In August, change-rooms were in- stalled at four mines owned by one company. Two of these mines were in bonanza ore, the other two contained no ore rich enough to steal. The day these change-rooms were put in opera tion trouble began. It is interesting to note that in the case of the first two mines mentioned, the high.grade mines, the men were em barassed and humili- ated by being obliged to undress aud walk across the change rooms, while lu the two latter, the low grade mines, the men, in a semi-nude condition, romped and played like school boys. Because of this alleged indignity put upon them, and despite their agreement not to strike for two years without two. thirds, vote, the miners in these two rich mines walked out. The mine own- CTS, protesting to the union headQuar- ters because of this violation of con- tract, were politely informed that no strike was known of; that the miners had the right to quit work when they pleased. So the production of the camp was again reduced from more than half a million dollars week to the vanishing point. Finally conces- sions were made by the mine owners, slight alterations were made in the chauge-rooms and the miners returned to work.
 When the financial panic swept the country in October, Gold1eld could not expect wholly to escape its effects. In time it became necessary to pay the miners in scrip, and the miners, by advice of their head, who has just been tried for conspiracy in one of the foul est outrages in the history of mining, refused to work if paid in this scrip, although it passed current in Goldfield. Therefore Goldfeld was once more thrown into convulsions and the local authorities being unable or unwilling to cope with the situation and there being no militia in Nevada, Federal troops were sent in.
 It is evident now that no lasting peace can be negotiated with the ire sponsible labor unions controlled by the 1. w. w. and the w. F. M. The mine operators are not only not oppos- ed to, but are willing and anxious to promote the welfare of, organized labor. Anarchy and socialism now rule the Goldteld labor situation and to these the mine operators are unalter- ably and eternally opposed. The best element among the miners have not been allowed to vote their sentiments in the union meetings. When their views were not in accord with those of the few radicals, they were howled down and finally they ceased to attend these meetings where their presence was useless and their persons were endangered. Many men were enticed to miners union hall, were beaten and were taken out on the arid Nevada desert and told to "hike." Large red banners adorned the walls of the union hall, bearing these statements referring to the Boise trials of the heads of the w. F. M.: "For every hair of our brothers heads we shall demand the life of capitalist" and If they pack jury to convict our brothers we will pack he'll with them"
 Therefore radical measures were forced upon the mine operators, who are not few bigoted plutocrats, but who are and who represent vast number of stockholders throughout the country. The determination has been reached by them to stamp out forever w. F. M. and I. w. w. control of Goldfleld labor. The mines will be