| Show compromise WITH filial devoted to labor editions adif lons at fi oldfield CD D FLAGS GS AND LOUD TALK i NOT TOLERATED owners merchants and citizens generally favor union labor the bone of Con conten tron tion is tactics of western fed ration of miners I 1 under the caption of no compromise ie with crime the gold ald N news aws of saturday last lias has a medhot leading editorial devoted to the labor conditions in that hitting mining camp in in getie general ral and the flatern western fea tern federation of miners in cular it is is herewith reproved qed in full there is is not a man in goldfield int ne owner merchant or of whatever occupation occupations who wants to set t union labor driven out of he lie cap there 6 is not an employer of labor lawr in the district who would wt jot rather have union than nonunion non union tabor labor these two facts are so patent that they would not be repeated were it not thai that an attempt is being made to induce the outside public to believe that til th present struggle is not so much against any particular organization as a against union labor generally with the view to ni enking aking goldfield I 1 a at scab ab camp throughout and thus be enabled to reduce wages 0 in m every lire live of industry we believe we speak advisedly adib edly when we assert that the fight of ole e III mine ne operators ope operators is not against won labor as such but against the ti particular organization known as the western federation of miners this they do not regard W a a labor union at all but a mio prin 0 lica organization devoted principally c pally to the dissemination of an a anarchistic and treas treasonable onabe propaganda it has kept the corn com wity 01 lity in coa constant stant turmoil from ite the first the miners have been cn coU conra raged geil by the org organizations n lations zat ions teachings to take the attitude t t etude of pen open enmity to the mine owners vying them protection and corn com wt fort in m criminal courses and tend ng g to create and maintain a terrorism in name of labor but worse than all the west orn n federation of miners has aown own itself to be not only social 6 in is its tenets and pra practices at t brazenly anarchistic ard avd arct conable there is no law appah aly that it is bound to respect no 14 pact between men that it must bey As an organization it had has ailed the hag flag of the country which aich gives it protection and lias has cawed itself by denouncing its ution it is such an organ tion and domi dominated bated by such in in ance and leade leadership ship that it cannot bunot exist in any a with loyal and respecting I 1 ng citizens their capen yen insults to the f nag lag haac n not at been wen infred bent by any means time nie ani again they have flaunt 41 their treasonable cri ensigns signs be rire an outraged people here in COld colefield weld coldfield field in the parade of th P va federation of miners on og sunday Inday january a demon st ratiO w was s mada made in favor of yer r and then i n pris ansin nn at boise boi sc for murder ame the rn ers paraded the streets with nothing but red flags flag vs s banners the most conspicuous banner was kvas one at the head of the parade red with black letters underscored with white bearing these words jf they pack a jury to kill our men anve we will paik palk I 1 hell full of them another banner bore the legend A capitalist for every hair of our brothers head the evening of this day the 20 of january the local tin union on adored id fiery resolutions in im 1 half of the revo revolutionists of hussla sia which alter after reciting a most violent preamble read as f follows we ton working class of nevada in mass meet meeting ing assembled thia this day ot of january 1907 under the auspices of the industrial work arm of the world the western federation of miners ohp socialist labor party and the socialist party of america extend to you true revolutionary grec greeting ting you are our brothers and vi ilsters in the international w working class revolution your enemies are our enemies your cause la is our cause your victory la is our victory we hayi no enemy but the cap capt tallest class our country la Is the world air a flag la is the banner that Is dyed red will with the martyrs blood of ovir class down with capitalism long live iwo the international work lag ing claas 1 republic these resolutions were submit ted by a committee composed of robert randall now representing tha local miners tin union on at federation headquarters at al denver by B H donnelly hi I 1 a time president of the local branch and R II 11 rogers ets and harry ja jardane Jard adine lne loth p prominent eminent in kocul the resolutions resolution were adopted without a single dissenting voice ind md by these resolutions the local miners organization adopted as their flag the banner that is is dyed red with blood or more concisely the martyrs bisely the red bg flig of anarchy it tt announced ed itself a revolution and its only enemy the a ary I 1 ry boda bod capitalism capitalistic clasa clas and salil this organization organisation that lias has dechard de clard r non and property owners against employers and ard men of cavitalo is very m much uch aggrieved that the au loyal citizens of goldfield will hot not treat with it in the operations of their mines and other business enterprises on janti iry this year t this his staunch auriLli st loyal band of patriots expelled two members beca because tise they had accepted cammi commissions from the united states government as deputy marshals the announcement of their action was as follows at a regular meeting of 0 the gold field miners union no 2200 january Ji nuary ag 1907 there waa was passed a motion to expel two members tit of this for prostituting their manhood by hiring themselves ses out as deputy united states marshals la in order to intimidate tho the laboring brothers and arod refusing to resign their positions it Is provided by this union to place their names in tho miners magazine ahe I 1 ile names are ed sheridan and charles smith better kaow i as goldtooth and smithy P this announcement which was published hed in laboring papers issued by the miners union union was signed cd by harry jardine record i ing serC secretary tary dan president and W A wilh secretary men cannot belong to the western federation and serve their country too loyalty to country is treason to that or g animation which proclaims that it has no country our country is the wold our flag the banner that i s s dyed ml red Is if it any wonder the 11 mire oer orser atos of goldfield refuse longo long o 0 recognize such an organization li is it to be wondered at that the loyal citizens of goldfield stand behind the mine owners in an effort to root out this treasonable organization from thin district it his hats been cen driven from every other othet camp in the cotin boundy and shall le te driven from Gold goldfield fild for eld field is a loyal community and will not harbor a nest of anarchists on klay lay ath this year judge frank rank 17 1 7 catigan came canic to goldfield to try che cases of preston and smith western leaders for the murler of one silva a restaurant int keeper who had become e obnoxious to the bittiers nit miners 4 tiers t union upon his arrival he loa 16 1 al cound the following threatening threat erring and intimidating I 1 letter in his mail goldfield may stay 4 1907 J judge 0 b rank langan dear judge there thera are two of our boys now being your court and I 1 want to tell you now that if 1 vou hang tb or bend send them up for life you will dio die like a dog skull and cross bonca bones poison 1 BEWARE for overy noa n an 0 of ours you kill cr gr bend send up to the lien we will kill one of or you for every dalr in the man beam of oura ours you kill jack davis clabone Cla boroo bome bliss wingfield atil a Q lot lut more 1 traitor s b L nime we wll will fait it him eoon soon take warning all signed DEATH the man bis referred to above is C L maxwell well known in price and C irbon county the people of goldfield jold field have seen many illustrations of the in tyranny of these leaders of the western federation lt he e in goldfield last winter they insulted cj the community time and again b then arrogant assumption of authority every nun inan and every business I 1 house in in he the camp but they never had nuite the strangle hold here that alio th had in borne some other camps there the mine owners and citizens had to enter into compact with the western federation whereby they vee ve ec e e c to be spared from violence len e in their lives and property vincent st john was recognized si a the head of 0 the tile radicals radical of the goldfind a I miners miners union and as in n example of the radicalism of that gentleman and his associate high binders we reproduce the following copy of a paper aper dated july 3 10 by and ee between vincent st john dent lent of the miners union of tel TO euridee irida colo and arthur collins collin v asi assistant stant manager of the smuggler gler union company collin coiling was after afterwards ards assassinated it Is hereby agreed beaw en the me kipers union by vincent nt john ach president pro went ident and the smuggler union company by arthur collins assist ant manager aa nager chrt all ail work on said on no COMPROMIS WITH fram pau page 1 mine shall cease for a period of tareo days ending lr iday that said nili miu or rs unload 1 will refrain from viole violence 1 as to the personal property for or iha the 0 balm saino p said smuggler gier union mine ma a employ 1 faur ir guards durla the period the mine mine operators and lusi litsi nesa n sh sen mell of goldfield Gold fidd ha hane wisely concluded to root out this west ern federation of miners INIs ners before they get into the coition poi tion of the of telluride colb where a alie operator had to get writ ten consent of the president of the miners union to put guards upon 21 hs his mine while vii ilc the mine was wa in forced idleness idlene s for a time at it lie de mandof the union the people of the united states will be advised advised by declaration and actions of the western federation era tion that it is not because u the thi minari inin n bave banded together in ip a labor lalor union that aar ar has been declared upon but because they are rc a part of a federation that is t treasonable r ca s anable to the country revolutionary i principles and teachings and tyrannical and lawless in its operations and practices anil antl the business bu biness men of goldfield and these anarchists cannot live side by side in the same community we will rot com compromise promise with crime |
