Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-07
CALLOwlY'S COMMENTS
He Says Reliable American Miners
Are Hard to Get III the
Territories.
The Chinese and the MOrmOHs GO'
the Same Wages But Would
Not Join the Unions.
United States Troops TO Protect
.John," and No Further Trouble
Anticipated.
An Interview on the Chinese Mas

An Interview on the Chinese MAS
Sacre.
OMAHA. September 6.-General Manager
Galloway, of the Union Pacific Railway
Company. was asked this afternoon to make
a statement of the situation at Rock Springs,
Evanston, and other mining camps on the
line of that road, regarding the existing
trouble between the white men and the Chi
nese miners. Mr.. Galloway says that notice
has been served on Beckwith 81 Quinn, coal
mine contractors at Rock Springs and
Evanston, to remove all Cinnamon from
Evanston by to-day, otherwise serious
trouble would ensue. The United States
government has sent troops there, and he
assumed that order would soon be restored.
I'm consequence of the difficulty expert
enced,'' continued Mr.. Galloway, in getting
RELIABLE AMERICAN MINERS IN THE TERRI
TORIES,
The contract was made some ten years ago,
under which certain proportion of China
men were engaged. Both classes, he as
serted, are now paid thirty per cent higher
WAGES than are paid in Eastern mines. AT
Rock Springs, where the massacre occurred,
the coal company's returns show that during
the past month there were employed about
800 miners, at Evanston 300, and at Carbon
300. All those at Carbon we're Americans,
while at the other two they were divided,
two-thirds Chinese and one-third Amerl-
cans. Their pay is
FROM sEvENTY-FIvE CENTS TO ONE DOLLAR PER
TON,
According to the width of veins and ditfi-
culties encountered in getting out coal. Both
of he and have
been averaging about So per day to man
for eight hours work. The Americans being
more industrious and skillful get out a
larger number of tons than the Cinnamon,
and many of them earn over 500 per 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 a 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 order of the Southern Colorado Miners
Union, while they admitted having no griey-
ances of their own.
THE MoRMoNs AND CHINESE WILL NOT JOIN
THESE UNIONS,
And therefore come under the bane. The
Mormon miners are now moving their fam1-
lies away, fearing repetition of last weeks
troubles. Mr.. Galloway was asked to define
the policy of his company. He replied that
inoffensive employees of the coal department
and some of its officials have been driven
from their homes, had their property
destroyed and many of them were foully
murdered; they are now awaiting protection
from the Territorial or Federal authorities.
When they can be assured of this we will
resume operations.
The Sheriff of Sweetwater county has
arrested twenty-five supposed leaders of the
Rock Springs riot, including Isaiah White
house, member-elect of the Legislature.
They were taken to Green River. the county
seat, jailed, and will have preliminary
hearing tomorrow. More arrests will follow.
The charges against the prisoners, are muir
der, arson, rioting and robbery. The ruins
Of Chinatown are not yet searched and no
more dead bodies are yet discovered. 1t is
estimated now that the number
of killed will be about fifty, including sew
eral that died of wounds in the surrounding
hills. All Cinnamon at work in the Amy
coal mines, near Evanston, numbering 400,
have been taken to the latter place under an
escort of United States troops. A gatling
gun was sent from here to Evanston yester-
day. The military are under command of
Colonel Anderson, of the Ninth United
States Infantry, and are stationed at Rock
Springs, Evanston and Amy, guarding the
company's property. No further trouble
need be apprehended.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-The latest intelli-
gence received at the War Department from
the scene of the recent disturbances in Wv
Umlng is dispatch from General Schofeld
to General Drum, dated yesterday, as fol-
lows: There is no report of further trouble
since the troops went to the scene of the
disturbance; none is likely to occur during
the presence of the troops. do not see now
any necessity for further instructions being
given