Show STERN LOOKING WOK N I MEN WITH GUNS j Riotous Element El ment at Goldfield Awed by Determined Citi Citizens Citizens t zens Committee PARADE WAS ABANDONED MINERS DECIDE TO STAND BY I IW IW IW W W ANOTHER MONTH 4 HI 4 I 4 4 I 4 4 4 4 I f 4 Special Jo 10 The Herald 4 4 Goldfield C Nev Nc March 12 The 4 4 Miners lIners union meeting adjourned at f 11 after deciding to stand by b 4 4 4 the I J AT W w W for another month monthS 4 4 Several S speeches peeches In favor layor of break brcak 4 4 ing away were made There Is ig I a 4 4 strong feeling that at the next meet 4 4 Ing the majority will be against the 4 41 I 1 W v W WIt f 4 4 It looked for a minute tonight as If 4 4 the lid had blown off The guards at atthe 4 4 the Nixon Ixon block claimed they the saw f 4 two men In the tile alley aile at the rear at attempting 4 4 tempting to set lire fir to the building 4 4 They opened fire fiO and the men mn m n ran f 4 As far as can be learned nobody was f I 1 4 hurt burt but the excitement for a few 4 4 4 minutes s was intense 4 t 1 4 The stock exchange e was in session 4 4 in the tile Nixon Ixon block basement at the 4 4 time and there was almost almast a panic 4 4 Had not J T Goodwin formerly of or 4 f Salt SaIt Lake who is now no taller waller on the 4 4 exchange stopped the call at once 4 4 and urged the members to be calm 4 4 somebody might have hae been Injured 4 1 J 4 At midnight the streets are 4 I t 4 deserted and no trouble Is an 4 4 4 tonight 4 t MM M M t Special to The Herald Her ld Goldfield X N y i March 12 The one om I thing that thU Is certain about the labor sit situation situation i In Goldfield is that at this hour i 10 In the evening no overt act of ot violence had Men committed by hy bythe the min mine owners the thc citizens committee or any anyone an anone anyone one representing the union nJ labor l bor ele elc element do ment meat mentA meatA A demonstration was literally 1 by b Jack Davis Das late this afternoon As the sun sank behind bebi d the th hills to the west Davis mounted a wiry broncho and rode up and down the streets He lie e was heavily encumbered with fire antis amis Across the pommel ommel of his saddle was a It shotgun loaded with buckshot Besides this he carried four automatic revolvers A report was wis cur current current current rent and ariI Davis Dais never neer confirmed nor tIe de denied nied it that the man who has been fo so outspoken in his opposition to the J I W U AV w had been notified that he e must leave the city by sundown I made the trails Into this country I am nm not going to make any iny an trails out cut of it U Davis is quoted as saying He Was Not Molested The solitary horseman made an un sive sivo figure t as he hc up and nd down the th trets that were li fre lined With fac men me who are ar avowed Owe support supporters ers of th the I L 1 W V the efforts ot or tHat hat organization maintain hb ot te supremacy In the labor field In this ter tee There was many a d gr threat t against g Davis as but not A t hand thana was wc nl raised d against him Anti And if f there had hall been b en any auy determined desire on on the part of the I J W W people to take talt him off the task would have hac been easy of 01 accomplishment for a fairer mark toe for forthe the rifle of a hidden assassin was never nee presented If a shot had been fired the streets of or Goldfield would have nm run red within an nn hour for nine men out of ot ten are ar carrying a pistol and aid the majority car carry carIT ry IT more than one and that the day passed WIthout bloodshed Is 1 one of the mar marvels marels marvels vels els Cool Counsel Prevailed And nd that no blood was shed Is due to several clr In the first place pIece the advertised parade of miners tory too or preliminary to the formation of ofa ofa ofa a local miners union without affiliation with the I W W failed taUe to material ize Early this morning it was decided that such a demonstration would inevitably tably result in bloodshed and so ao the Cle plan was abandoned for the time at least Another Important factor In the pres pre preservation of a semblance of peace was vas al althe the closing of the saloons s loons and gambling houses For the first time In all the th history of or Goldfield not a drink of any an sort was sold over a bar The closing order was merely merel a request from Ch Chi Chief f Constable Inman who In person or ly ty y deputy visited all aU the thc saloon keepers and lIf ked them If Ir they would not close their places between S and midnight Even the Chief Was Dry I The chief had no authority to order ordera a closing cr I r to enforce such an order and the saloon men knew kne It H Never Nevertheless r I they the unanimously acceded to the request Even the Montezuma Club bar was closed clod and kept closed in spite cf f I the pleading of member members who ho feared ared they th might die if It deprived of their drink or stimulant The really reali looK d more like an tnt arsenal than a club toja tuda Men fen were coming and going all tint day with Ith rifles and andI I shotguns A closet In the club chib was filled with arms and cartridge clips were plied piled high around them m Overcoat pockets bulged suspiciously and here and arid there a butt of a gat protruded It if J Jever ever a seemed prepared lor for serious business it Jt was the tile Montezuma club to today todaY today day and the th advancing a of evening has increased rather rathor than diminished the war warlike warlike like appearance e of or everything Inquest Postponed I IThe The inquest on the body bod of the mur murdered murdered dered restaurant keeper Silva Sliva scheduled for U 11 1 this lila morning was post postponed ported until the same hour tomorrow The examining trials trIal or of Smith and Preston Presto the he latter being charged with the actual assassination aS and the former form r with con conspiracy conspiracy to te commit murder were poSt poh poStponed until tomorrow afternoon The prosecution claims a clear cl ar case against both men and asserts that there Is no doubt of securing a conviction Indeed It was rumored on the street to tonight night that Preston had mail made a confes sign sien Implicating nine other I 1 W Y V V w tacit men In a wholesale sale murder plot The re report report report port It Is that Jack Davis George Wing Wini Wingfield field fleM and so seven ert others othe In addition to the th dead Silva were marked for Jor death The Tue killings were to ho he accomplished at about the same lame hour Preston was the only one ne to make nake good and aRd it te kJ t that anger because of the failure of his hi tel eel fellow tellow low conspirators to carry CalT out put their part Jart of pt the Jhc Nt sree e t him to m fee Developments Expected ed edThe The rumor is given for what w tt it Is w worth werth rth The chief constable co table refuses te t confirm It t and so s do others who be N h on tt the Ih in e Some Som Interesting m Bt i along this line are expected tomorrow I The Tile most trio t strenuous efforts are twin being made by M ll 11 of the officers to conceal nce 11 tR lr k They The een profess Prot that th they tiey J new 1 w th the tha sames ef of the Ur two men arrested toft IB ht VoIt the IH WW hav have newspaper w li representatives believe that they are arr Ing m men n with whose ld thy they are unacquainted ted OH 00 so s grave grav grava a charge ch rge as conspiracy COfI to eem mur murder tier der en Pa Pitt ft ie 9 L 0 LI ii I 4 a J STERN LOOKING MEN WITH GUNS Continued d om oh Page gel 1 Tonight ht the th regular monthly Of the miners affiliated with Ith the West Vest Western We Vestera t lErn era ern i Ia held In Miners hall ball he plu is Jammed tf v t auf guf and hundreds of miners who Wh ire are to ta gain j nithe street anti and building S outside ll I O Hot TIm at Meeting i That some somo speeches are being beins b made is evidenced by the wild applause that is I frequently heard It is I understood tood that one of the questions being debated I Is II as to whether or not the Western oed Ked shall shan withdraw from Crom Toni affiliation with the I W V r W Vt There Is a strong I in tn favor faor of p euch ch but whether It Is strong ng enough to control a majority of o the votes is an open question ques lIuell question tion One thing is certain and that is that the mine operators aTe are determined to crush the 1 t W V AV W If the miners persist In affiliating with the new neV organ oran organization It Is not Improbable that the mines will III all be closed for an Indefinite period while the owners enjoy themselves In Europe and anU elsewhere If IC on the other hand the I r V W V can be put out nut of the tho business for Cor keps keeps there re will he be no I further interruption of the mining indus indu industry I ItrY try in this country of oC Nevada Organizer at Work National l Organizer Hamilton of ot the American Federation of Labor was as brought to Goldfield from Crom Tonopah this afternoon by b on an auto Mr Hamiltons Purpose her he Is to persuade if possible the labor organizations with the I t AV W to withdraw at once If Hamilton s successful the only organizations organizations left to affiliate with the 1 I AV W Wv W V will he the Dishwashers and News Newsboys Newsboys Newsboys boys unions Hamilton will b begin Rin work tomorrow just at the moment the streets though crowded with men are fairly quiet Acting under orders from Chief Inman and the citizens committee sixty determined men thoroughly thorough armed Ire arc mingling with the th crowd prepared pre to quell any disturbance in Its incipiency They are also watching it Is la said to protect the city from rt tt having haing reached the ears eara ars of the commit committee tee from sources believed to be reliable that threats have been ben made to burn the town |