[343] Article I, Section 1, _W. F. M. Constitution_ (1910). In 1916 the Federation changed its name to "The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers."
[344] _Industrial Union Bulletin_, March 30, 1907, p. 2, col. 1.
[346] Report of Acting President Charles Mahoney to the Fifteenth Convention W. F. M., _Proceedings_, p. 33.
[347] _Ibid._, pp. 33-35. This was in the autumn of 1906.
[348] Report of Acting President Mahoney to Fifteenth W. F. M. Convention, _Proceedings_, p. 33.
[349] "Review of the facts in the situation at Goldfield," _Industrial Union Bulletin_, April 6, 1907, p. 1, col. 3.
[350] Report of Acting President Mahoney to Fifteenth Convention W. F. M., _Proceedings_, p. 34.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[364] Editorial, _Miners' Magazine_, Aug. 1, 1912, p. 7, col. 1.