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Show PHNES STILL CLOSED IN GOLDHELB; END OF TROUBLE IN SIGHT ods of this organization's leaders, and j therefore the Sun was placed under boycott boy-cott by the Industrial Workers. That was what precipitated the open conflict. The boycott was resented by much of the community, and was not sustained by the Western Federation of Miners as a whole, though it had the moral, support of some of the members. Unions affiliated affiliat-ed with the American Federation of Labor, La-bor, such as,jthe printers, carpenters,, plasterers and many others, also derided the boycott on the Sun and resented the organisation of dual unions In these lines by the Industrial Workers. "All these forces are therefore now lined up against the Industrial Workers. How long It will require to subdue this organization is a question none can answer, an-swer, but the mine-owners and business people consider that the closing of the district will have a salutary influence for a peacable solution of this matter. "The greater and more serious matter mat-ter of inaugurating what are known cs 'change houses casts the heaviest shadow over the district. It has not been the custom there, but the mine-owners now bellev they will haver to adopt It as a means for stopping the stealings of vast numbers of high graders who are la the mines. The Federation of Miners U expected ex-pected to fight against the systam. and may go on a prolonged strike against it. If they do the mine-owners will start In 'The situation la Goldfleld is considerably consider-ably Improved, but the mines are still closed," said W. A. Crooks, who arrived this morning from Nevada. He is connected con-nected with Glass & Meyer of Pittsburg, Pa., and having interests at various points in the Sagebrush State, explains that- he made- It his business to investigate investi-gate the labor troubles fully. ' "Two questions will have to be adjusted adjust-ed before the mines of Goldfleld reopen. One of these will have to be a surrender of the power acquired by the Industrial Workers of the World, or rather of Its dictatorial policies, and the granting of authority to the Western Federation of 1 Miners to arbitrate differences between the employers and the various Industrial Workers of the World b ranches. "The Industrial Workers of the World have organised everything in the district. Even the messenger boys, the stenographers, stenog-raphers, the porters 'in stores and saloons, sa-loons, and the laundry workers. As a result re-sult of this thorough organization messenger mes-senger boys are receiving $60 per month' and the wages of all classes of unskilled labor advanced frequently to helghths never dreamed of by the members of the organization themselves. This organization organiza-tion has advanced so much that employers employ-ers dare not refuse demands for higher wages. "The Goldfleld Sun criticised the meth- on a long contest ior suDjugaung me Western Federation strength by Importing Import-ing miners who will work, and In attempting at-tempting to control the situation may call in Federal troops, should outlawry occur. After the trouble-are all -settleO, -a they will be, permanently, you will see Goldfleld stocks go so high that you can't tie a rock to the tail of tbelr kite. In the meantime these stocks will be firmly held, and there will not. be much more depression than Is npw in evidence." |