Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1908-01-05 | Page 4 | Nevada State Union

NEVADA STATE UNION Thomas OBrien an of Gold Hill at the Head Special to The Herald t Goldfield Jan 4 Thomas OBrien for former former former mer labor commissioner of ot California un under under under der Governor Markham and an old time member of the famous fa mOils Gold Hill Miners Minora union of Virginia City is organizing a state union of the miners along the same lines hues as the Gold Hill Hili This union was in existence tence for forty Corty years year and never uever had a strike OBrien is meeting with encouragement in Goldfield and says he has lIas SiX Z 2 members pledged nearly all aU of whom are Western Vestern Federation men who ho have agreed to quit that organization The Time Miners Union of Nevada Nada will be an OIL independent union confined In member membership membership membership ship strictly to men who work under underground underground underground ground and will be recognized by the operators of the Goldfield district Later it will bo be extended to other camps cams Work Vork Resumed The rhe Mohawk Combination Fraction b and anJa anda a lease on the Atlanta resumed work this morning There are now COO 00 O non nonunion nonunion nonunion union men working In the camp cam and two thirds of them are former The Time operators believe that within a few days das enough men will have deserted the fast sinking federation ship to td t operate all the mines that wish to start up While they will recognize the new union the dis die district district dietrict will remain an open camp During the week ending last night XA O Oton tons ton of or ore were shipped of which the Little Florence sent out tons from the bins valued at t t 10 per ton The Flor Fior Florence Florence ence once Annex shipped tons from the dump worth iO per ton Two masked men entered the tile cabin of J S T Conway a mining man at SOS Val Yal street last night and at the point pf f guns relieved him of a purse con containing contaIning taming seventeen 20 gold pieces They emptied the contents of the purse on the table and left several silver pieces which it contained disdaining anything but gold