The Lamar register., 1899-08-16
SHELTER STRIKE OFF
TAe nENvgR MEN wlLL woRK.
Decide To Accept the Terms Of the sn,eit-
sr Managers Work VIII Be Rssh-d
New.

Denver, August l4.--The strike OF the
Denver smeltermen begun on Jun.
18th, was declared ended yesterday,
! after an existence OF fifty nine days
A well attended meeting OF the union
last night AT headquarters. $500 Down
Ing avenue. adopted IA recommendation
of the executive committee, and de-
ciared the strike on
At 10 O'Clock yesterday morning n
meeting of the executive committee
was held, at which the following report
was adopted:
we the executive committee 90
Smcltermen's Tuiuu aS, met at rcon
o Gyilesteu's hail. at 10 o'clock. lAu-
gust ~. 1879. and agreed unanimously
as a body that under the existing cir-
cumstnncts, thar we Jselare the strike
work =
Al the evening session of the smelf-
ermen the following resolution was
adopted by the whole unsons
Whereas. Ii has been demonstrated
that there Is a large number OF this
unions members whn want to gu back
TO work; and
Whereas our executive board rt.'''
ommends that we declare the strike
on; therefore. he il
Resolved. That We. the members of
SmcitermeH's Union ael, IN a special
meeting assembled on this the 18th
tlay OF August. Is,el ,lo drrlnrc that
we believe our cause s. JUST. but under
the existing circumstances We declare
the strike on and pledge ourselves 10
stay with the unlon and make II thr
means of hefteriug our condition In
future years.
The resolution. which bore the stg'
natures OF the executive COMMITTEES,
was adopted by a unanimous vote.
In commenting on the failure Of thr
strike. i B BaFiani. secretary uf the
executive committee, said b" wished
the announcement inatis, that the dlsSp-
luton of the strike was caused Wholly
by the secession OF the An1rrira- work
men.
You can say for me, BIZ said. that
the foreign element stood pat I" the
last
Another Inenl,er % the uniun said
that the beginning ~ the cud % ihr
strike came last Friday, when the first
ds-scrtions from the unt0n occurred Hc
said that since uiat tine iea unian
smelling men had applied at ,hs two
smelling plants FOR smpioymrnt.
Material aroHrcs~ toward an e5riy
resumption ~ work has hscu made NJ
the Grant plant within the last tofty-
eighr hours As Superintendent lir-
4
WAS done AZ Tia. plant During the day
however. applications FOR work euntin-
ueh 20 ~ resolved Ainung the Ssyci1-
ty-fiys or more were sfnelterncu for
tnerlv emnloyed at Pueblo. mhny old
employees Of the Grant ard some cut
siderS.
Beginning this morning active Pre-
parations for getting the stneitrr IN
running order VIII n. made. \ rt-Gps-st
-. a
to equip the sineItrr yards with a
switch engine for ihe ltnms,iia;e hand
ling Of ears Of or. Requests have al
ready been made Of all the railroads
running into this city in future 10 nc
cept all ore destined for the Grant
plant MANY filled ears have been held
since the beginning % the strike la the
city yards Of the various railroad COIN
panies, while thousands more lie l-s-
tw,-eu Denver and remote paints In
the state along the masu lines OF she
Rio Grande. Midland, Santa he and
Colorado 4 Southern The managers
Of the Grant are hopeful of clearing
this blockade. \, least 500 cars OF ore
are ready TO bc shipped 80 Denver In
addition TO that stored In bins at tile
mines.
When the gates of the Grant plant
open this morning there VIII not iae
Work Tor the men already engaged. AT
present only about l25 can he employ
ed. This number win bc Increased as
rapidly as the arrangements for dry
ing the blast furnaces are completed
This will probably be about wedues.
day night or Thursday morning The
fiues OF six OF tho coInpany's furnaces
are drying and five Of its roasters are
in operation. -Four others are iu pro-
| cess OF heating.
Ii seems only a question Of few
days until the Globe smelier is again
running. The switch engine was busy
! shifting ore cars for the first time
since the strike was declared With
in the big stockade i5o men toiled all
| day. One furnace was In full blast
and twenty men worked In removing
| the Stag. This necessitated the firing
| up of the two dump engines. both OF
which were put into use, Others were
at work at the roasters, twelve OF
which are being heated.
Yard Foreman Tyler spoke enthusI-
astically OF the prospect of resuming
and intimated that il would only be a
matter OF u few days. He announced
that 200 men would 20 to work at the
Globe this morning.
One great advantage enjoyed by the
Globe is the fact that thousands OF
tons OF ore are within reach. Inside
the elght-foot fence which marks the
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