The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-17
MINING, MARKETS AND MFTAI
MATTER AFFECTS ALL OF THE STATE
SAY BUSINESS men OF COI Diff D

Goldfield is apparently in peace o.,
out on the hills and see what is going
on. There you will see from $50 to
-oo members of the Western Fedora
'lon of Miners, picketing the mines
SO that no miner can go to or come
from his work without yolley Of
!eers ana curses. The local fedora
,,oh men will not go to work, so
me NINE operators had to go out in
70 other camps and import men. They
are now bringing in many miners
from the Utah fields, first class
american miners, federation men. |
out who have renowned their orga-
hlzation to come to work in Goldfield
because they do not stand for the /
Goldfeld sort of federationists. These
men nave to run gauntlet of scores
ana hundreds of men who line up on
the roads to the mines and fling every
KIND OF vile epithet at them. They 60
lust as far as they can without nro-
Noking the action of the troops: but
II those troops were not there. there
would be rioting and bloodshed on
those hills every day.
Now, the conditions in Goldfield
Just before the troops arrived were
eAactly Inc same as they were in
cripple Creek before the final out
break which resulted in the blowing
up of the indicator mine and the
station at Independence, and the for
Irving of Bull hill with cannon and
the forcible seizure of the mines by
the miners. I know the history of
Inc Cripple Creek labor wars from
n nrl6 fA,. I
!. was my business to know that
ne situation in Goldfield was lead
hs up to exactly the same frightful
consequences as we saw in Cripple
jreek, Telluride. Occur dAlene and
''fer camps. The leaders in those
amps are now the leaders in Gold
leld and at the headquarters at Den
'er
For TINS reason every right think
ng man, woman and child in Gold
leld thanks God that Governor
sparks realized the situation so
icutely and made the call upon Presi-
lent Roosevelt for troops. | know
nat when the troops first came, some
illce holders in Goldfield started a
aper protesting against the COVER
or action. But nearly every one of
meme has since recanted and now
Imports the governor and wants the
roops TO remain. Only a few Of
Gals like the district attorney, the
herlif and one commissioner, who
eel that the calling of troops was a
election upon their official ability
Ed integrity in caring for the stu
ton, are now Directing.
The rpprpcantntivoc< ~ +ba
ederation in Carson City are irving
;, make capital out of the fact that
, arhave asked the mine operators
hoy REFUSE, the question and that :
used and as Certainly they have re- E.
lame them. The -~s man don't Of
.,ve artitrated a numps operators ~
fore. and on compronif times 8.
lfiin--.s and the operators nave o,dhe pa
aSreemen,~ But not III sihsie =. pl
stance have tho miners kept their
with the mine operators
and as an evidence, there were SIN
different strikes of one kind and an
o.her in Goldfeld during the past
wear. What is the use OF compromls-
ing and arbitrating with an organlza-
ton which feels bound to respect an
agreement only so long as IT WORKS
favorably to them.
But I did not intend to enter into
the merits of this discussion. All
meant to say was that there Is as
cord in Goldfield that cannot be
healed and that unless we have ade-
ouate laws and protection there VIII
he internal warfare there indefinitely
until the camp is ruined. This legls-
loture must afford some relief. The
same trouble is likely to come up
anywhere in the state. New camps
are being discovered every little whiie
and many of them likely to grow into
high grade propositions; Gold
fields history will be repeated there.
These camps will be worth too much
TO the state to permit them to be
ruined; so the legislation we ask now
| is not more for Goldfield than ior
the state at large.