The Elbert County tribune., 1899-08-17
SHELTER STRIKE OFF
THE DENVER MEN WILL WORK.
Decide to Accept the Terms of the smeIt-
er Managers Work VIII BE Rushed

Decide to Accept the Terms of the smelt-
~r Managers Work VIII BE Rushed
Now.
Denver, August 1.-THE strike Of the
Denver smeltcrmen begun on June
18th. was declared ended yesterday,
after an existence OF fifty-nine days.
A well attended meeting OF the union
last night nj headquarters. $500 Down
ing avenue. adopted recommendation
OF the executive committee. and de-
sared the strike of.
AT 10 o'clock yesterday morning n
meeting OF the executive committee
was held, at which the following report
was adopted:
I'VE. the executive committee Of
SmeItermen's Uuion 93. met Mt room
o. Gyllesfen's hall, al 10 o'clock Au-
gust IL. 1899. and agreed unanimously
us body that under the existing cir
rumstances. that we declare the strikc
of. and that nil union mon return 10
work.
Al tho evening session of the smelf-
ermen the following resolution was
adopted by the whole union;
"Whereas. II has been demonstrated
that there is n large number OF this
unions members who want 10 go back
TO work. and
"whereas. Our executive board rec
ommends that we declare the strike
| on: therefore. he II
"Resolved. That we, the members OF
] Smeltermen's Union 93. In n special
meeting assembled. on this the 18Th
| day of August. 1899. do declare that
we believe our cause Is Just. but under
| the existing circumstances we declare
the strike OF and pledge ourselves to
stay with the union and make II the
means of bettering our CONDITION IN
future years"
The resolution. which bore the sig
untures Of the executive committee,
was adopted by unanimous vote.
In commenting on the failure OF the
strike. !. Il. Bariani. secretary of the
| executive committee. said he wished
The announcement made that the disso-
luton OF the strike was caused Wholly
nv the secession OF the American work
men.
"You can say for me-" he said. that
the foreign element stood pat 10 the
last
Another member OF the union sniu
that the beginning OF the enc OF the
strike came last Friday, when the iirst
descrtions from the union occurred. lie
said that since that time 100 union
smelling men had applied at the two
smelling plants for employment.
Material progress toward an early
r.s,,mptiou OF wosk has been innde at
the Grant plant within the last forty
eight hours. AS Superintendent Liv-
jngstone announced Saturday nttie
was done nt the plant During the dny'
| however. applications FOR work con'ih-
ned TO he received. Among the seven
| tv-dve or more were smeltermen for
merly employed at Pueblo. many old
| employees OF the Grant and some out
sIders.
Beginning this morning active pre-
parations for getting the smelter III
| running order will be made. request
will be made Of the Union Pacific road
TO equip the smeltcr yards with n
switch engine for the immediate hand
ling of cars of ore. Requests have al
rendy been made of nll the rniiroads
running into this city In future to ac-
cont all ore destined for the Grant
plant. Many filed cars have been held
| since the beginning of the strike in the
city wards of the various railroad COM
panies, while thousands more lie be-
tween Denver and remote points In
the state along the main lines of the
Rio Grande, Midland, Santa Fe and
Colorado 4 southern. The managers
of the Grant are hopeful OF clearing
this blockade. At least 800 cars of ore
are ready to he shipped TO Denver in
addition to that stored In bins nt the
| mines.
When the gates of the Grant plant
opcn this morning there will not be
work for the men nlready engaged. At
present only about 125 can he employ
ed This number will he increased as
rapidly as the arrangements Tor dry
ing the blast furnaces are completed.
This viii probably be about Wcdnes-
day night or Thursday morning. The
fiues of six of the company's furnaces
are drying and five OF It's roasters are
In operation. -Four others are in pro-
cess of heating.
II seems only a question OF few
days until the Globe smelter 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 80 men toiled all
! day. One furnace was in full blast
and twenty men worked in removing
, the Stag. This nccessliated the firing
up of the two dump engines, both of
, which We're 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 1t would only be a
matter of n few days. He announced
that 200 men would go to work at the
Globe this morning.
During the day twenty carpenters
worked at re-roofing the furnace room
, and other buildings of the Globe plant.
. The working force at the Globe was
/ increased yesterday by about forty
/ men. many of whom belonged TO the
, union.
One great advantage enjoyed by the
Globe Is the fact that thousands of
tons of ore are within reach. Inside
Z the eightifoot fence which marks the
I boundaries of the plant are i35 cars
containing enough TO keep the plant
busy for nearly three weeks with n
complete force. The Globe men Were
working ten and twelve-hour shifts
! yesterday.