The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1918-10-30
THROWS ADDITIONAL LIGHT
ON CAUSES OF LATE STRIKE
Crew Insists That Their Loyalty to
Government Fully Sustains
Their Action


can citizen, l ask for space in your
paper to reply to the article pub
lished in your issue of the 23rd, en-
titled Charges of Disloyalty Causes
Crew to Strike"
There is an old adage, but as true
today as of old, it is this: 1.-The
basest Misrepresentation are some-
times made by telling only part of
the fact in an ac." This is my pur-
pose in replying to the article men,
toned, that the public may know all
the facts in the case and not decide
the case by only part of the facts as
was stated in said article The first
fact was correct: There was strike
or protest against this man Miers,
as boss, because of his being an
alien and suspicioned as holding
pro-German sympathies; but the
mind of the writer is very much in
error as to where Mr.. Richardson
appeared upon the scene-not at
the U. S. r. S. camp, but was called
to the office of the Chief of the
council of Defense, and it was in the
presence of the men he afterwards
fired, in this ofiice-not the camp
that the firing was done. In this of
fee the accusation was proved by the
registration records that he. Miers.
registered as an enemy alien; that
be had been in this country twelve
or thirteen years and had never be-
come citizen; and Mr. Richardson
was informed on this day that this
Ben Miers was under suspicion, and
that proper authorities had been on
his trail for some time, but that up
to the present sufficient evidence
had not been secured to deal with
him; and Furthermore, 1t was stated
at this council, and established, that
Mr.. Hizer, the superintendent of
the camp, had been informed by the
Chief Council before putting him on
the works, as a boss.
But in the face of all this evil
dence, Mr.. Richardson demanded
that these men be fired bodily. and
made the assertion that not one of
them should ever have a days work
for the U. S. r. S. as long as he was
Project Manager; and furthermore
denounced us as l. w w. and agi-
tators.
Now, for his defense of the said
Miers, he said Miers had been un-
fortunate in being caught In this
country since the war was declared.
and furthermore, said that he, Mier,
would have to be given work so that
he could live, and that he had
bought a Liberty Bond He was told
by the Chief of Defense that hun
dreds of just such pleas were being
made to get by on. but they wouldn't
bear the test. Now. the four men
who were fired. and the fifth who |
asked for his time, were American
citizens, men of families and depend |
ent on days labor for their support. |
and all registered under the draft |
and ready to go at their country's |
call, ready not only to buy bonds, |
but to give their lives if need be to |
conquer the nation that is trying to |
subjugate the world.
AS far as l know, Mr.. Miers is
still on the work, and l ask the pub
lie to give us a square deal In their
opinions. Are we l. w. w. for pro-
testing against working under this
alien, as a boss, with these facts
proven? Or are we, as we feel, 100
per cent Americans?
In our dismissal by Mr.. Richard
son he left the inference very plain
to us boys who were fired-he did
not say so in words, but the infer
ence was very palm: Root, hog, or
die, old American, | don't care
which, but must protect Mr.. Miers,
the alien, for further investigation,
for he has bought Liberty Bond"
Now, please Mr. Public, decide
for yourselves as to whether this in
ference is correct or not, from Mr..
words and acts in this
case. This is written by one of the
men that was fired, and | defy the
writer of said article to deny these
facts that have stated and prove
1t to be anything but the facts, be he
private citizen or an official of the
government or whoever he may
chance to be.
tSigned)