The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-16
eN@lD0's Big STRIKE.
TAe Nanes wan De Ce0pessel % shue
Down Ter Lack sfsa Market anA
AaalrsaAs WIN Have - Lay OF
the Larger share 81 Their Men.

DENVER. Cox. June ,s-Thsrty thou
sand men In Colorado viii be out OF work
within the next taree days. unless sseps
are taken 10 end she strike OF the smeissr
oiooe IA Denver. che BimetAiiic and the
ArkAnsAa Valley NJ LeadstIle and the Esi-
closed
The Arso snelier In Denver has complied
with the eighs-hoar las and - SIN run
ninx. The Gugxenhetm smeifer ~ Puenlo
ALSO - running The closed works are un-
Ger guard. but nowhere have they made
men employed In the stamp mills are sx-
pected to strike today. The Porter Fuel
Company at Durango has closed. throwing
~ men out OF work, Should the mines
viii be thrown out Of employment.
ne real crux OF fAe situation seems
TO be with the trust and its employees,
have no trouble II they can dispose Of
their product. they must suspend because
their market - affected The man In
charge Of the trust plants in Colorado
gressive. and Il they refuse 10 participate
n the effort to remove the pending en-
barge upon our prosperity IL Will be be-
premises. The men they have heretofore
employed will not decline to occupy mid
die ground with their employers. tor they
are ,.,,s, doip. % At AFRO and IN Pueblo The
controversy. and they should insist upon
speedy and peAcefui compromise"
Gov. Thomas said there could be no
good reason Why the eighf-ho law should
not be tested without delay, and he add
81 that the people will acquiesce In the
decssaon Of the couSts.
The strike situation can hardly be said
TO have experienced any change since yes
terday. such developments as have oc-
CURED beng really Of q character TO be
anticipated. The executive committee OF
~ fl2f sSlv fSxAz my
letter to J. b. Grant. chairman OF the
operating committee OF the American
6meittnE = Refining Company. asking for
Ing settlement Of the trouble between
the company and its employees Mr.. Grant
replied that while the company stood
Of mutual interest with the employees OF
the company. he could not sec what good
could come OF. "a conference with the Fed
erauon ofnciais. who have no knowledge
rFresicsnt David c, Coates. Of the state
federation OF Labor. after receiving Mr.
Grants reply. said the board would de-
vote Its energies to an endeayor to bring
about conference between the employees
and the trust officials. and he expressed
the belief that such conference would
ssentuaiy lead TO an amicable adjustment
J. b. Grant said today that the American
company stood ready TO start ali Its plants
:, a. once ON the sssht-hour basis. and pay
smelter, n Utah. or the Argo smeltsr. il
Denver. He declared that this was in
strict accordance with the company's orig
inal proposition TO the men. and that the
time -
President Coates. Of the state Federation
q Labor. today assured the manager OF
the Argo smelter in this city thai any
Efforts by agitators TO create discontent
among the employees Of that institution
WAS without the approval Of the federation.
He said that as long ~ the eigh,-hour law
was observed. and the men were satisfied
with the wages. the federation had no
fault to md Later he sent letter TO the
ensitcr. warning the men against being
side. ~
b 2. Smith, financial secretary Of the
Smeltermen's Union. today stated that the
employees OF the smelters would never
again consent to the old twelve hour basis
OF labor. whether the law was sust aIned
oy the courta or not He declared that the
work Ia the smelters had been Increased
until the men could not stand the strain
OF the long hours. and that the present
struggle would have come ANYWAY n The
law had not been passed