[353] See Tridon, _The New Unionism_, pp. 105-6. Tridon states (p. 105) that in April a compromise was reached owing to the weakness of the W. F. M. officials. However, it settled nothing, for the struggle continued intermittently through the summer and fall. [354] St. John, _I. W. W., History_ (1917 ed.), p. 18. [355] "What happened at Goldfield," _The Industrial Worker_, Aug. 27, 1910, p. 3, col. 1. [356] _Ibid._ Italics in the original. [357] _Industrial Union Bulletin_, April 20, 1907, Special Correspondence. [358] _Labor troubles at Goldfield, Nevada_, 60th Congress, 1st Session, House Document No. 607, pp. 3-5. [359] _Ibid._, p. 4. [360] Consisting of Lawrence O. Murray, Herbert Knox Smith and Charles P. Neill. Their report as well as other data bearing on the matter are printed in House Document No. 607, 60th Congress, 1st Session. "Papers relative to labor troubles at Goldfield, Nevada." Their report is reprinted in the _Congressional Record_, Feb. 3, 1908. pp. 1484-1487, vol. xlii, no. 35. [361] The reference is to the killing of Tony Silva by M. R. Preston (a member of the Socialist Labor party and its candidate for President of the United States) who was on picket duty for the I. W. W. and the W. F. M. The I. W. W. has always insisted that Preston shot in self-defense and the weight of evidence seems to justify that contention. See "Preston's Crime," _The Weekly People_, July 18, 1908, p. 3, col. 1. (Author's note.) [362] 60th Congress, 1st Session, House Document No. 607, _Labor troubles at Goldfield, Nevada_, pp. 20-21. [363] _Ibid._, p. 21. [364] Editorial, _Miners' Magazine_, Aug. 1, 1912, p. 7, col. 1. [365] Special correspondence, _Journal of Finance_, Chicago, reprinted in the _Weekly People_, June 1, 1907, p. 2, col. 5. [366] Special correspondence, _Journal of Finance_, reprinted in the _Industrial Union Bulletin_, May 18, 1907. [367] Letter to the author, dated October 21, 1912. [368] "The Goldfield Situation," _Weekly People_, April 6, 1907, p. 1. He tells here the complete story of the Goldfield labor troubles of 1906-07. It was also claimed that the I. W. W. forced the wages of railroad laborers in this region from $1.75 for ten hours to $4.50 for eight hours. _Industrial Worker_, Jan. 29, 1910. p. 1, col. 5. [369] Letter to the author dated April 22, 1916. For the Goldfield situation in general, _vide_, "Papers relative to labor troubles at Goldfield, Nev." 60th Congress, 1st Session, Document No. 607, and St. John, "Review of the facts in the situation at Goldfield," _Industrial Union Bulletin_, April 6, 1907, p. 1. [370] St. John, _op. cit._, p. 18. So capitalized in the original. [371] See _infra_, p. 203. [372] _Miners' Magazine_, vol. viii, no. 161, July 26, 1906, p. 13. [373] Fifteenth Convention W. F. M., _Proceedings_, pp. 832-3. [374] Delegate E. J. Foote, _Proceedings_, 3rd Convention, Official Report, no. 3. p. 2, col. 1.