St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-07
ALL QUIET AGAIN.
The Miners and Cinnamon at Rock
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The Miners and Cinnamon at Rock
Springs, VSyO., Not Troublesome.
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. General Mana
ger Galloway of the Union Pacific Railway
company was asked to make statement of
the situation at Rock Springs, Evanston
and other mining camps on the line of that
road, regarding the existing trouble be-
tween the Cinnamon and the miners. Mr.
Galloway said that notice had been served
on Beckwith and Quinn, coal mine con-
tractors at Rock Springs and Evanston, to
remove all Cinnamon from Evanston on to-
day, otherwise serious trouble would ensue.
The United States government has sent
troops there and he assumed that order
would soon be restored. In consequence of
the difficulty experienced" continued Mr..
Galloway, ''in getting reliable American
miners in the territories, contract was
made some ten years ago under which
certain proportion of Cinnamon were en-
gagged. Both classes" he asserted, ''are
now paid fully 80 per cent. higher wages
than are paid in Eastern mines. At Rock
Springs, where the massacre occurred, the
coal companies returns show that during
the past month there were employed about
$50 miners and 500 at Carbon. All those
at Carbon were Americans, while at the
other two places they are divided-tWo-
thirds Chinese and one-third American.
THEIR PAY
is from rs cents to 81 per ton mined, ac
cording to the width of the vein and diff
cultieS encountered in getting out the coal.
Both classes are-paid at the same rate and
have been averaging about So per day for
eight hours work. The Americans, being
more industrious and skillful, get out
larger number of tons than the Cinnamon,
and many of them earn over 500 month.
This scale has been in force many years and
was supposed to be satisfactory to the men.
The only advantage claimed by the coal
company in the employment of Chinese was
that it enabled them to mine sufficient
quantity of coal to keep the trains moving
when the other miners were off on strikes.
Last winter all the men at Carbon went out
by orders of the Southern Colorado Miners
union, while they admitted having no griev-
anceS of their own. The Mormons and
Chinese will not join these unions and
therefore come under their bane. TIE
Mormon miners are now moving their fam
lies away, fearing a repetition of last
weeks trouble" Mr.. Galloway was asked
TO define the policy of his company. He
replied that inoffensive employees of the coal
department and some of its officers have
been driven from their homes, had their
property destroyed and many of them foully
murdered. ''TheY are now awaiting protec-
ton from the territorial or federal authori-
ties, and when they can be assured of this
we will resume operations"
ARRESTING THE MINERS.
Rock SPRINGS, Wyo., Sept. 6.-Ten
miners were arrested to-day by the sheriff
on charge of murder and arson in con-
nection with the recent anti-Chinese out
break. Five other arrests were made yester-
day. There was no attempt to avoid arrest,
and the men have no fear of the result if
brought to trial. Additional arrests are ex-
pected tomorrow. A committee of five,
appointed by the miners and business men
of Rock Springs, are to leave in the morn
ing for Omaha to visit the Union Pacific
officials and present a large amount Of
sworn testimony, asserting decided prefer
ence has been shown the Chinese miners
and that white miners who complained
thereof were made to suffer in various ways
and in many cases We're summarily dis
charged.