Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-12
WHAT THE MINERS DEMAND.
The Men at Rock Springs stata Their
Grievances and What They Want,
News and Notes From railroad Head
quart0-s-A Lively Time
With Burglars.
The Mincrs' nemnnda.

General Manager Galloway, of the
Union Pacific, received last week de.
tailed statement of tho grievances of the
miners at Louisville who went out on Il
strike about two weeks ago The state.
ment of grievances and demands was ac-
companicd by letter from w +,
Hawes, of Denver, who says
Il herewith hand you grievances ofthc
men ut the Louisville mines, which re
ccivcd this morning by mail from Mr.,
Wclch. If the first three clauses are
grievances of the Louisville men they
should also apply to all other miners in
the state. What they mean by white
Cinnamon in the fourth | Ito not m-
derstand unless they refer to Mr., Welch
and Bevan, who have been more strict in
enforcing or requiring the day men to do
Il full days work. and keeping the work
in better shape since the discharge of
Simpson and Carlton last spring |
have heard lately t hat the men say that
they do not have us easy times since
Bevan and Cummiskcy have had charge
of the underground work; that is. they
arc required to do days work, which |
am led to believe they did not do before.
In the fifth they also make Rock Springs
their cause and the sixth, rs | wired YOU
ON the 2ith of September, is for Mr..
Lewis benefit"
TO l.. j. Welch, EsQ,-Thc following is
Il list or grievances which the Louisville
coal miners desire to have presented to
the Union Coal company;
First--Wc want entry price for turn
ing" of rooms and driving" of
''crOss-cuts.H y
Second-We want for all screened coal
put upon mine cars no more twenty-one
hundred restriction, but we will allow
the company the right to put up gaugers
for protection OF their cars.
Ihird-Ihe company must place all
necessary timbers in or Mt, the working
faces, not places, OF the mines or pay
miners the sum of 81 per lineal yard eX-
ira for the placing OF timbers in or ut
said faces.
Fourth-We-demand the discharge of
the white Cinnamon" of the mine, II
list of whom will be given the company,
when they request Il settlement.
Fifth-No local settlement will be
made, but we demand II general settle
ment of Rock Springs grievances, us
we'll as of Louisville.
SiNth-All grievances now existing, or
that may hereafter arise, to be settled by
inc cOnClllutolS Doafu, lnc decision OF
which will be binding upon miners and
company alike.
These remarkable demands are signed
''Louisville Miners
Three men. John Parker, r. Virgins
and Charles o. Smith, styling themselves
an arbitration board committee, ut Car
bon, have sent to Mr., Meyer, superinten-
dent of the coal d", t,rllent at that place,
no following: cat a meeting Of Pro-
gress assembly, the following resolutions
were passed: That the workingmen of
Carbon do not go to work until every
Chinaman along the U. p. road is dis
charged, and also, that every white man
who is not found guilty of any crime
against the laws of Wyoming, territory
shall be reinstated; also that the Union
Pacific sever all connections with b. g.
and company; also that we demand the
discharge of James Tisdell."
1t is also stated that ut a meeting held
bp the worllmen OF Mine No, 5, at Car
bon, demand was made that the Chi
nese must go from the employ of the
company and j. NJ, Tisdel and w. Il.
Gardner and all white men that there is