Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-04
Its Letter OF Complaint 10 President
Woodruff.
UNION COMMITTEES REPLIED 10.
A Request by ihi Uhiba for the prcsl.
deni 10 Use III, Inilncnce with
Church Members

cradle trouble over ali,ifa. The slrik.
Ing minerB insist ON maintaining
the union rules ia the mine,
and tho company seem, determined
TO operate its own property In lie own
way, both ~ to employee anl wages.
These have been generally regarded Us
differences that should be settled DO.
tween the parties thcmselvcs, but allie.
cations Of Church Interference have
been made by the union, the tx esu,ive
committee of which sent the following
on the subject to the President Of the
Church:
EUREKA, Utah, March @, 1893.
Willord woodruff, Esq.i
Dear Slr-rhorc Ia disput, exist.
Ing between tho late eprloye, and
employers II tho Bulli9n.Brck d
Champion Mining Co., aud tbs al.
rectors, who are supposed TO he mem
befn Of ,hu Church Of which you nrs
President, arc getting Bishops g. find
men q III the places ui tho men who
are standing out 90 maintain the wages
that have long been tue standard " tho
Territory OF Utah.
The ABOVE, coupled with the feliri.
Gus intimidation supposed 10 Jo us1I
hcte anu the meu being shipped here
from Logan, h. causing gossip 10 the
effect that the Church Of Jvius Christ
Of Latter.day Saints In imYllealed ia
reducing the wages VI miners Ia this
district.
Asa committee Of the Eureka Afin.
vrs' union, We dOn't know u such 10
tue case or not, and wuult like you H.
Inform us. Ana farther II II Ia no, 50,
we think II would DO wise on your yaff
10 advise your Bishops not 10 be- uu-
plOymeut agents Tor scab labor, from
tbs Tact that 1t IL liable to aud stigma
to tho many against your doctrines
that It's Advocates have to meet.
fartly understanding the influence u
a Bishop over his ward, you can see
the ~ feeling 10 Is likely to create be.
tween labor unions ana your Church
by filling the gao betw een capital aud
labor with or 10y members tAyOur
Chufc d. AMI we coualdrr 1t Md 10
benefit 10 US " you would advise
members not ~ do 80.
We hDps you will answOs tl,is and
advise Us as ~ your standing as "a
Churoh In this matter, auI IL II IL
neutral, We NIX AS u favor that you al.
wise your members not personally Inn
plicated TO not take sides In disputes
between capital aul labor, and essec al.
~ Ia this one In the Tintlc mining
district.
Yours reHpc fully,
l.. Il. Jacobs,
Preuurnt h. NJ, u,
J. L. HAHN SGroN,
$, 7. BARNES,
Members VI Committee.
To this communication the following
reply was made:
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah,
March 18th, 1893.
l.. T. Jacobs, j. n. Harrington, -, T..
Barnes, Committee OF Miners Union,
Eureka. Guntlcmen-YOur favor VI
the l8th inst. has boen reserved. Per.
NIT me to say In reply thereto that
have no knowledge whatever OF tho
matters OF which you complain. II
any Of our people hlvi NO from
Logan or elsewhere 10 EUREKA TO work
In tho Bullion. Beck and. Champion
compauy's mines have INt been Ia.
formed OF II. Aud mrlher, | will say
That | deem II entirely out Of the
scope OF our religious duties to take
sides or intormeddle between capital
and labor, between employers anu
employed.
You refer to tue bishops OF our
Church. Ii IL a part VI their duty to
help the negdy AMI to ali In finding
employment for those who are Ia need
Of II. Ii is possible that in this way
some may have suggested Tor men 10
go to the minss; la that they would / @
Justified but, II they nave acted as en-.
ployment agents with a special view 10
the present Misunderstanding ut
Tintic, they have boon indiscteet, or,
possibly thoughtloss,nud have gone be-
yond what we consider their lurlsdic.
ton. Yours very tcspsetiully,
W. WooDRUFF.
To this letter Of President Woodruff,s
the secretary OF the union responde 1
as follows:
w. Woodruff, First President OF the
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter
day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah:
Sir-Yours In reply to communlca.
ton from committee VI Eureka Miners
u uiOn was handed 10 me with request
to acknowledge same, and also to con.
vey to you information that will, no
doubt, convince you that the employees
NJ the Bullion-lieck AMI Champion
have been for years subjected to n
system Of persecution, which, II not
submitteJ t., suited IA their discharge.
The object OF this has been 10 MAKE
unjust, because eXOtbitant, profits Tor
the owner OF the busineas-at one time
OF boarding house MS we'll ~ store
keeper, Manager A, u, Hyde.
Ia March, 1901, the boarding house
tyranny was abolished by lhe action OF
the board OF directors OF the company,
on information given them 10y the
Eureka AiinerR Union, copies OF
which viii accompany this. The
BulliOD.Beck and Champion company
iB also In possession OF copies, having
been furnished with them At the time.
In Regard 10 the present difficulty
existing between mat company and
the Miners union, | will simply say
that the reduction sought TO be enforced
IL not Jus itiOd by the condition Of the
mine, and further that thu eompany'a
books submitted 10 the inspection vi
representative OF the employee, Ms
well us TO myself, do not show the true
condition OF the company's alfalfa.
This will appear to you bold aud