The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-17
-. ,rinsrs Tell Of Their
Ihe grievances
r., ,oyrgB WITH r. R. MEN.
ar.ulic 1Iining-Murder
sfa.t;iop q rsat yyhisky-A Sad
- raIeer-The Turf
,ocE SPRINGS TROUBLE.
,t Of Grievances from the
A Miners.


wvo.. September ia
m EVANSTON, Wyo., says;
d5 .,- H H. Bromley, assistant to
NJ - dams, Of the Union Pacific
2'a'1 has been engaged for the past
R..--' n investigating the recent dis
t7o .- - At Rock Springs and the mas
t-il--'-1 rl;rese miners. He was met
Ar r.. springs yesterday bya commit
siI9-H!l,!Plla,aIso Two or three of whom
Tee o. ; ;nsrs who had been informally
Fsi' .--jI br a public meeting held soon
de2-. go y ;5,assacre to present the facts
Sit -l-1 80 10 the representatives
IN W -41 company. With them
o. x. Nearsham, of the Knights
va, 80 ,r,anization of the Union Pa
o. i. Law The hearing took place
Gu; ;I - pI,1niley's car and was confined
Vi Oh. -: 10 a statement of grievances
el-.- 1T NJ tbe miners. When queS-
on Pg1ncerning the burning of the
lg-'- CnsTters. and the killing of the
GT.n1en. they declined TO answer,
s5--- that was IN the handS OF the
c;-5 7ttOrities for investigation and
INF. n should say nothing about 1t,
,-rti f,Ilei upon in court. The
,,-isyr-as presented were that
5.ror-.1 had been shown the
TL;ns,4 in giving them the
5sst -7gms in the mine to work; that
.bev se lred these privileges by paying
The MT bosses for them; that white men
were ID. given a fair show; that there
mad ssen fraud in the use OF false
weights bv the bosses, who weighed the
coal rs +! was mined, for which the
-aine-s are paid by the ton; that the
miner. did not then complain for fear
of being discharged, and that the
Chinese we're deceiFei when they were
jr9ueas back. being told that they
Te-e Ing 10 san Francisco; that they
T07id be glad to go away If
they we're furnished Transports
ion TIE testimony concerning the sale
3 priTlegeS was from TWO or three
tananen who said they had paid 500
VI co9n. This turned out to be
dal2.1n between two gangs of China
aal o.. gang purchasing from
slg.bs There was further testimony
70 the eject that a pit-boss named
MeBli had sold a privilege, but it
appeared that when complaint was
mad. 20 Tesdel, the superintendent.
Ao5rle was discharged, TesdeJ
saving if there was any more
room buying they would have to
buy Of him. This was construed
seriously, though there was no attempt
10 show that Tesdel had ever done any
thing Of the kind. A miner named
Davis made statement of his grieY-
ances % the effect that he had been in
the employ Of tae company seven years
and had been put to work in rooms
which Cinnamon had abandoned and
assigned Work where ne could not make
aaeee3t living: He had earned money
elouga to build a house upon
Thleh he said he had spent
S.,iVJ. and when he was discharged !
syn SSIi! u August, he was offered only
2-y iog t. Lie said he would fire it /.
gs,yls se,ing 1t at that price. He was
oHCusi sel a month before the disturb !
LIZ 1;o 'ook place. A miner named /
t INA stated thar he had acted /
. .ems3y;;a[lly as weigh-boss and had |
-oa al- -s-se weights IN use; that he had /
iietOLlea Inc fact and the false weights /
60 laa ussn taken away but, that, whereas
o az Ial expected to be permanently |
ospeyf9 as weigh-boss. he was dis /
dppoIHd and attributed If to his
Otns-s reported the false weights.
M. ,'i miners present intimated that
timo a aa 3een going on for long
in 'I co, anu mat they had neen defrauded
had 'ILss4uence.. No complaint of this
bsCDo est3 made until now, though it
of tbt r. -! over year ago. The names
hear ny :l.llerS who it was alleged had
con rn G'--Seharged because they made
bg tt- isa- we're given Mr.. Bromley, |
Germ, ;-s! Id not appear in person. Con-
sT ANS me desire OF the Chinese to go
chm ;SS,,. mere was the testimony of two
ona :. ~ That they wanted to go and
wa,. = ., .le committee who said there
of 6 ;o o. them who felt the same way
AZ an % proof was offered.
All; ai'e' the hearing n COMMITTEES of
eraI waited on Mr.. Clark, gen.
den,-.ss1 perlntehdent of the GOAL
tbee en- T ;.,.sAt with proposition that all
on ,c a-,.-s.s' including those discharged
t1,Ss sTC1h' OF being engaged in the dis
the cS.s' should be set at work and
s5oplI3- -leSe excluded until there
anees oe d settlement of the griey-
onrs VI. orphaned of. Mr.. Clark at .
com ugIy-ined the proposition as being
comnda' e'e surrender on the part of the
inten5Dos-tV inniey. accompanied by Super
last I pisht Dickinson, left Rock Springs
to.dar and have been at Evanston
ment .. were Ife he had received the state
cont ,o. MesSrs. Beckwith & Quinn.
i0r r' m;.-o .oTs, who furnish the laborers
ca 4'iiss' He finds that Beckwith &
The sr, Ave no responsibility for
thst .Eioyment of the Chinese. but
agen,s . fy have acted simply as
p6rt. o ,o5 the company. He viii so re-
no doH 1Ha IN conversation says he has
tie sa vao' mat the company will take
now 1,-is view Of it when the facts are
isposi,,;ohe says the company has no /
.oa gtofs as to make any one a scape-
aient;So-ui Us own acts; that they have no
abOr. sbo 20 Supplant white by Chinese
6e COZ, ,nat the present management of
Val ~ ~ pany found the SITUATION AT the |
4 ines exactly as it now exists. aud |
4 eo rS.gF had the slightest animation |
Gbsn-epa' d amt against it until this dis !
elea ..e proke out like lightning from |
Ia sgaf sky. While not autbos;iz s1T 70 |
''F the company. he saws. |