Troops Arrive to Pitch Tents to Preserve Peace
Garrisoned troops arrived yesterday afternoon and immediately began pitching tents. The colonel commanding stated the purpose is to preserve peace as a security measure.
08 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Tonopah Daily Bonanza
Location
Tonopah, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1907
Page
1
Garrisoned troops arrived yesterday afternoon and immediately began pitching tents. The colonel commanding stated the purpose is to preserve peace as a security measure.
Special to the Bonanza Goldfield Dec 7 reports the first trainload of soldiers arriving at 12 30 pm with a second detachment to the west. Local mine owners arrange sites for camps near the depot and Combination hill as Colonel Reynolds outlines strict camp security. Martial law not declared yet but guards restrict entry while troops erect canvas huts in bitter cold.
The New York market shows extreme instability with a brief aggressive surge in early hours before prices slid again. Traders anticipated a favorable bank statement. the report’s release was delayed after market close. Bond prices remained firm. Stanford beat the Baybarians 14 to 10 in a late afternoon contest.
By Associated Press. December 7 in Santiago de Chile the Banco Mobilario, a key nitrate bank, suspended payments and the Bank of Chile assumed control. Liquidity is in short supply and the financial crisis remains acute.
Denver December 7 Acting general attorney O N Hilton for the Western Federation of Miners received a message from federation president C H Moyer in Boise stating Steve Adams will be turned over to Colorado authorities and brought to Telluride for trial on charges of murdering mine superintendent Arthur Colina and foreman W J Barney. Mitten will go to Telluride to meet Adams and prepare his defense.
New York faces a Sunday near total ban as Justice O Gorman’s ruling prompts strict enforcement of Sabbath closings. Police Commissioner Bingham orders compliance across Greater New York, with Brooklyn cited as the only area planning still active venues under injunctions to allow certain entertainment tomorrow.
Washington December 7 Speaker I Cannon voiced mixed views on organized labor and Samuel Gompers after a plate engravers union visit. He praised Gompers as an organizer and labor leader while asserting he would follow his own legislative path despite Gompers opposition, stressing no dictatorship over voters.
Twenty one sailors involved in recent mutinies in Vladivostok were condemned to death by court martial. Twenty four received varying terms of penal servitude.
At Monongah, West Virginia, 22 bodies were pulled from Valemont Coal Company mines Nos 6 and 8 by 6 30 pm as rescuers search amid black damp. A dozen more were recovered elsewhere. officials tally 478 miners checked as deaths rise past 350 with hundreds more affected. Families face destitution amid ongoing salvage efforts.
Tokyo reports a believed verbal agreement to limit emigration to include students and commercial men with means, aiming to curb laborer migration. The foreign minister would exercise full control. Mrs. Jonis Tati, mother of the secretary of war, died at 12:20 a.m.
Governor’s representative reports a calm, relief-filled scene in Southern City after last night’s unrest. Troops remain present to ensure order and protect civilians as public safety is prioritized. Local officials urge continued vigilance and cooperation.
Special to the Bonanza reports a quiet Goldfield scene with soldiers quartered on hill suburbs to preserve peace. Colonels Reynolds and Cox say troops are garrisoned for public safety, not martial law, as miners and mine owners weigh when openings may begin amid mixed local sentiment.
Secretary Cortelyou announces Panama bond allotments to U S national banks. Average price paid slightly over 10 percent. Allotments ranged in tens of thousands of dollars and upwards, with hundreds of banks bidding for amounts totaling several million dollars.
Copper deposits of high value reportedly found on Greenland’s southern and western coasts. Danish mining concession owners have dispatched engineers and machinery, with Goldala discovered, and officials expect substantial returns from the venture.
In a statement by J Dar ell Brown manager of the Califor nia Safe Deposit and Trust company the claim of insolvency is denied The committee of stock holders believes with depositor cooperation and directorate changes the firm can resume The report of large unsecured loans is untrue The company says it owns most of El Dorado Lumber as a reorganization of American River Land and Lumber and asserts no depositor funds were misused
The New York banking firm of Baring and company, dating to 1840, will be dissolved January 1. Hugo Baring departs for England while Kidder Peabody & company will act as agents of Baring Brothers and company and set up in New York.
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