The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-10-31
GOV. ODD|f TELLS
OF ELY STRIKE

RENO, Oct. 30.-Governor Tasker
l.. Oddie, upon arriving in Reno yester-
day, gave out an interview with refer
ence to the strike at Ely, showing that
the chief executive has used every eff.
fort to bring peace to the troubled
community and had done much to ef-
feet settlement. Governor Oddie had
spent thirteen exacting days at Ely,
one OF the strenuous incidents being
when he faced several hundred armed
and excited foreigners who were in
terfering with the receipt of supplies
by the company.
Governor Oddie said today: 81 had
assurances Sunday night at midnight
that the strike would be entirely call
ed off in the Ely and McGill districts
the next day, so I left there Yesterday.
Monday morning, as I felt that my
presence would no longer be required.
spent thirteen days in the district
and kept in close touch with every
thing that went on.
"In regard to my calling in the
state police and declaring martial law
in the district and taking command
myself, | will say that I would do the
very same thing over again should I
be confronted by the same conditions
as | am firmly convinced that the stu
alton as | found it and saw it made it
necessary for me to take the steps |
did. / have already made statement
to the public which some of the papers
of the state have copied, and that goes
into the conditions as / actually saw
them, and | will not repeat them here.
Those unfortunate happenings have
passed and peace and harmony have
been restored. The company has as
sured me that the increase in wages
to its men which they offered before
the strike was called, amounting to
10000 per month, would be paid.
A Great Victory Won.
81 feel that a great victory has been
won in bringing peace and harmony
out of chaos and rioting and all sides
to this controversy should be con-
graduated over the outcome, as well
as the state at large. / cannot give
too much credit to Samuel w. Belford
for the part he has played in bringing
the trouble to an end. He came in af-
ter | had brought the state police into
the district and worked hard and
earnestly toward having the whole
strike called off, and the result of his
efforts have been most successful.
He is a Democrat and / am Re-
publican, and the fact that we have
worked hard together in bringing this
trouble to close, without taking sides
in the matter, shows that no political
capital should be made of it at all.
Praise for State Police.
81 want to mention Captain Donnel-
ly and the state police in this con-
nection. He came inwith his men in
time when / called him
and from the time of his arrival till
was fred by his men. They conducted
themselves as gentlemen all through,
and showed coolness, bravery and
earnestness of purpose in seeing that |
the laws of the state were observed |
and that life and property were pro-
tected, which won for themselves hosts |
of friends throughout the district, and |
among all classes, strikers and ALL
In answer to the Governor request |
that an outhorative statement as to |
the new wage scale be made, the fol |
lowing was received from Manager |
Lakenan:
"The Nevada Consolidated Copper /
and the smelling company
posted wage increase effective Octob-
er lst, amounting to $4,000 per
month. This wage increase is effect
i've regardless of whether the strike |
was called off or not and it applies to
all employees of mines and smelter. 1t |
was made effective before the strike
was called.
&C. B. LAKENAN.'l