The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-28
STRIKE ON AT D|AMONDV|LLE
SIX HUNDRED COAL MINERS
QUIT WORK YESTERDAY.
Demanded an Increase of Wages and
the Reinstatement of Two Dis
charged Employees.
fspecial to The Herald,


Diamondville. Wyo., Nov. H.-The strike
which has been threatened for the pas,
few weeks has at last proven a reality.
This morning 600 miners employed in the
mines of the Diamond Coal & Coke COM
pany Quit work and the mines are IDLE.
rhe trouble has been brewing for some
time ana about Z week ago the MINERS
union demanded a conference with Man,
ager Whyte in order to discuss alleged
grievances Mr.. Whyte came down from
Montana on Wednesday last and held a
conference with the men on Thursday,
the 23rd.
The union demanded raise of 10 cents
per ton. also 10 per cent raise on day
erts and William McCallister. the latter
president of the Miners union, be re-
employed by the company. They were
formerly employed by the company, but
Roberts had quit on account of some
grievance which he had and McCallister
was discharged for being absent from
duty for nine days without leave and
WiInout excuse. AZ the conference - she
cents per ton. but refused to re-employ
the men mentioned. At the meeting OF
the union that night this was apparently
agreed to, as the threatened strike was
declared off and the men returned to
work as usual.
But during the past week the men de-
manded that the two men mentioned be
placed on the pay roll OF the company as
check weighmen at mines 2 and g.
This the company refused and at a meet
ing of the Miners union held yesterday,
a strike was declared, to take effect to-
day.
A number of the men desired to go to
work this morning but were called off
by strikers 1t seems to be the general
opinion that the strike will not last long,
having so slight foundation, but for a
short while at least the company will ma
turally be embarrassed on account of in
ability TO fill coal orders. This will be
only temporary, however, as the output
at other camps of the company can easily
be doubled.
The probabilities are that one result of
the strike will be the disappearance of
bership is largely composed of a certain
foreign element which has been a dis
turbing factor here for some time, and
it is believed that this element will be
Americans. Such a change would not
be at all unacceptable to the community,
especially the business portion, as many
thousands of dollars monthly are sent to
Europe which would and should natur-
ally be put into circulation here.
Another result of the strike may be
the cutting off of the 3-cent raise recent
ly granted 1t is 10 be hoped, however,
the old scale the men made good wages.
ranging from $50 TO $40 per month, the
amount depending entirely upon the
amount of coal mined by each. 1t is
and practically all of the non-union men
are opposed to the strike and this fact
of itself will tend 10 weaken the posi-
ton of the strikers.
ready felt and is gradually becoming
There is no disorder-everything
is quiet and business is being conducted
as usual. The merchants and boarding
house keepers. however. are wearing long.
faces. which will become more elongated
as the strike continues.