Show t w S SOLDIERS SET TO GUARD MINERS Company of Infantry Will Attempt to Preserve Order at Fairbanks Alaska During Strike I Trouble Is Outcome of Demand for I Higher Wages and Shorter Hours and Attempt to Operate Mines Independently of Western Federation Washington By direction of the president Acting Secretary Oliver on Thursday ordered a company of infantry In-fantry from Fort Gibbon In Alaska to Fairbanks In that territory to preserve pre-serve order during tho mining strike In that section Telegrams from Fair banks to the attorney general stated that open air mass meetings are be ng held by tho striking miners and that threats of violence havo been made Tho distance from Fort Gibbon to 1alrbanhs is 155 miles and tho troops will be carried by sleds over the route which Is said to be a very good one If there is urgent necessity for the presence of the soldiers at Fair junks they can get there In four or five days But under ordinary conditions condi-tions the trip takes six or seven days Fairbanks Is In the center of a minIng min-Ing country with a population of 7 000 or 8000 Persons In Washington familiar with the conditions existing at Fairbanks say the trouble Is tho outcome of a strike a year or more ago for higher wages and shorter hours for miners This tho operators however refused and their determination determi-nation to operate their mines Independently Inde-pendently of tho Western Federation 01 Minors may It Is feared lead to trouble |