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Show STATE 8F NEVADA III President Will .Withdraw U. S, V- Troops From Goldfield Soon ijfl I as Legislature Convenes. II REPORT OF COMMISSION III ROAST FOR MINE OWNERS III' Relief Expressed That Troops ! 1 1" Were Called to Enforce Rc-II Rc-II I duction in Wages. 'i II f WA STT'I N G T 0 X, Jnu. 12. President 1IK Roosevelt Ism? determined to withdraw JyKp-tlic Federal troops from Goldfield. Nov.. shortly after the Legislature begins its lf special session. Tuesdny. This intcn-X intcn-X tion was made known at the White Kfe Jlonsc today when the report of the W. special investigating commission was j Kv made public, together with a letter J k from the President to Governor Sparks, fa dated January 'J. The President says i' he shall be governed by the rccommen-II' rccommen-II' ilntions in tho report unless the Goy-I Goy-I Iw ornor can show that tho statements in ws "l0 rPr'' aro Dk n accordance with H' tho facts. H The report says: i li '"The conditions did not support the 1& genpral allegations in the Governor's IK', request for troops, nor were his specific ! statements established to any such cx-I' cx-I' ; tent as to justify his use of these stntc-tncnts stntc-tncnts for tho purpose of getting Fcd-6 Fcd-6 1: cral troops.'' i r concludes with this recomiucu- s It dation: "But wo most firmly believe that i ! ujiou the assembling of the Legislature, I, or within a few da3's thereafter, tho If troops should be removed, regardless of : . an- request for their retention that may C '30 made by either tho Legislature or ;he Governor of Nevada, it being essential es-sential that the State of Nevada shall ' understand this situation completely; i shall recognize tho fact that there will, V '. at that date, be thrown upon it; and it J :' f alone, the primary responsibility of '. i keeping order, and that, recognizing this responsibilitv, it may take such ' ' action as is tho duty of the State, and ) i as will be sufficient in the premises." ! President Eevlews Case, it Tn his letter to Governor Sparks, 11 after reviewing the steps so far taken I in the Goldfield mining trouble, the i President continues: ' "T have just received the report of J 5 r these three gentlemen (Murray. Smith J' I and Neill), which sot's forth in the moat '; emphatic language their belief, aftor a '$ careful investigation on the grouud, that there was no warrant whatever for j . i, calling on the President for troops, and I Mr that the troops should not be kopt in-iT- definitely in Goldfield. The report fur-M fur-M ther states that there was no insur-u insur-u Q rcetion against; tho pov. of the State 1 at the time the troops were called for; I that nobody supposed that there was Jf. such an insurrection, and that none of 1 the conditions described in sections ' 5297-8-0 of the Revised Statutes as ; warranting interference by the Federal ' Government existed, and that the effort pfl' was and is plainly an effort by the ' State of Nevada to secure the perform-; perform-; W ancc bv the United Slates of the or-9 or-9 dinarv 'police duties which should, as & a matter of course, be performed by . 1 Nevada herself. The report further ! I r says: 1 ' f State Authorities Negligent. : " 'There is absolutely no question that if the Stato of Nevada and the. i counfcv of Fsracrnlda exerciso the pow-'J pow-'J : ' crs at their disposal thev can maintain I r satisfactory order in Goldfield; tbat ho 1 ', far these authorities have done nothing 1 ; but rely on Federal aid, and their at-j at-j & titude now is expressed by that of ro- I fusing to do .anything and desiring to throw their own "burdens on tho Fedoral Government for the maintenance of those elementary conditions of order for which they, and they only, aro responsible.' re-sponsible.' "The signers of the report express their conviction that the troops should j & remain in Nevada until tho assembling ' of the Legislature, so as to preserve tho j status quo in order that the Legislature I ! f may deal with the situation as it exists. 1 j but that shortly thereafter the troops 3 ' : Ehould bo Tomovcd. j "I agree with the recommendations 2 ' 0 of this report, of which I enclose a I i copy, and shall net accordinglv. Un-1 Un-1 1 i- loss it cau be shovni thai the statements B j nf the report are not in accordance with a j i the facts, it will be incumbent upon tho Legislature of: Nevada, when it cou-y cou-y j venes, itself to provide for enforcement 5 I ;'nf the laws of the State. Tho State of 2 i U Nevada must itself mako a rcsoluto ef-I ef-I 3 I' fort cood faith lo perform the po-I po-I J lt lice duties incident to the existence of I ' '.I State." Uf I Operators' Case Heard. As the operatora' .-weocialioii had in-? in-? fctigated the call for Federal aid, the ; j communion on reaching Goldfield alls al-ls lowed its counsel to present the opcrat-; opcrat-; ors' Bide of tho case fully. This occu-i: occu-i: pied fiye days. At tho end of thc&o i' hearings the report says: j ''Inasmuch as we were by this timo ' ; sutisflcd that the mine operators had a iob in any particular established a case justifying cither the bringing or tho re- J' tention of the troops, we did not deem V it necessary to take any c.vlcnsivo ovi-fl? ovi-fl? I dencc on the other aide, and the hearing jj, !i was substantially nkEcd with a brief ' $ formal interview v.'ith the committee from the miners5 union," i?. Reviewing the conditions leading up ! S t o tho preKcnt strike aud sinco the strike i began, November 27 last, the- report If 1 ''T,'lW8 1,1118 conclusion: 7 "Tho action of tho mine operators i 'I warrants tho boliof that they hud de- i!fll? ti'rmiucd upon a reduction in wages and nt the rcfnBal of employment to moniberH Wtx of tho Wcstfiru Federation of Minors, fclH "'' they feared to take this courso 'JRjSjr f action unlosn they had the protection HP f Federal troops, nnd that they ac-Vtj ac-Vtj "'orditigly laid a plan lo secure' such VI troops and then put thoir programme fjKj Out iu Wages Followed. B Wliori the troops arrived tho mine op-R op-R Gators isKued a slalemont in which they l Continued on i'age Two mBmi I STATE OF NEVADA MUST KEEP ORDER Continued .froin Page Ono indicated a reduction in miners' wages from $5 to $4 a daj, also their intension inten-sion not to emploj' miners who belonged to the union. The report adds: "While this cut in wages and refusal to employ members of the Western Federation Fed-eration bf Miners was not announced until after the axrivnl of the troops, over' indication confirms tho belief that such action W3S in contemplation beforo be-foro the arrival of the troops, was part of the general plan of the mine operators operat-ors to establish their iudepeudonco of tho union and that tho coming of tho troops was expected and urged by thorn to make such a plan feasible." Conditions at Goldfield. the report as-serts, as-serts, did not justify calling for the troopn. The single case of the unlawful uso of dynamite, which failed to ac-complish ac-complish any damage, was surrounded by such circumstances, the report says, as to raiso a reasonable doubt as to the genuineness of the charge that mcm-ers mcm-ers of the union wero responsible. The great bulk of the testimony of the operators op-erators tended to show, according to tho report, not the existence of past or present pres-ent disorder, but tho possibility of future fu-ture disturbances should the troops bo withdrawn. This view was held by many men of almost all classes, but was based on the changed conditions since tho troops had arrived namely, tho declaration of tbo operators reducing wages and refusing to employ union men. Discrimination Forbidden. As to tho refusal of tho operators to employ union men. the report sets forth a statute of tho State- prohibiting such discrimination. Tho commission expresses ex-presses itself as satisfied that out of the entire membership in tha miners' union there are not ovor a few hundred men of dangerous type, while the great majority, probably threo-fonrths of tho membership of tho union, were conceded to be mon of law-abiding tendencies. Tho report adds: "By permitting their organization to be managed and controlled by men of violent tendencies, the union as a body has thus laid itself open to the reproach re-proach of being a vicious organization. "In view of tho, foregoing facts, wo bolicvo there is considerable danger that serious disorders will bo attempted if tho troops bo withdrawn and tho mino operators insist on carrying out their publicly announced policy. But if a handful of men havo controlled the Goldfield Miners' union and committed tho organization to indefeusiblo policies and practices, it is no reason why tho county of Esmeralda and the State of Nevada should tamely submit to tho domination of this samo group and should not nssert their authority and power and enforce respect for law and order without support of Federal troops." |
