Gilpin observer., 1899-08-17
SHELTER STRIKE OFF
THE DENVER MEN WILL WORK.
er Mauagers-Work VIII he Rushed
Now.

Denver, August 14.-The strike of the
Denver smeltermen begun on June
10Th, was declared ended yesterday,
after an existence of fifty-nine days.
well attended meeting of the union
last night at headquarters, $500 Down
ing avenue, adopted n recommendation
OF the executive committee, and de-
clared the strike off
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning
meeting of the executive committee
was held, at which the following report
was adopted:
I'VE, the executive committee of
Smeltermen's Uuion 93. met at room
8, Gyllesten's hall, at 10 o'clock, Au-
gust 13, 1899, and agreed unanimously
as body that under the existing cir
cumStances, that we declare the strike
Off, and that all union men return to
work.
At the evening session of the sme1t-
ermen the following resolution was
adopted by the whole union:
"Whereas. 1t has been demonstrated
that there is Il large number of this
unions members who want to go back
to work: iand r.
Whereas. Our executive board rec
ommends that we declare the strike
off; therefore. be it
Resolved. That we. the members of
Smeltermen's Unfbn 93. in a special
meeting assembled. on this the 18th
day of August. 1890, 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 it the
means of lettering our condition in
future years" aa-a.aa.rlsll. ss.- 81 .
The resolution, which bore the sig
nof,1raa Of .Yhn : aynn1tivn n itfon
was adopted by n unanimous vote. ''
In commenting. on the failure of the.
strike, j. B. Barianf,' Secretary ofstl6,
executive committee. said he wished
the announcement made, that the disso-
luton Of the strike WIS caused wholly
by the secession of the American work
men. r -a.I -r.eF s..,
"You can say for me- he said, that
the foreign element stood pat to the
last"
Another member of the union said
that the beginning of the end of the
strike came last Friday, when the first
desertions from the union occurred. He
said that since that time 100 union
smelling men had applied at the two
melting plants for employment.
Material progress toward an early
resumption of work has been made at
the Grant plant within. the last forty
eight hours. AS Superintendent Liv-
lngstone announced Saturday little
was done at the plant. During the day,
however applications for work contin-
ned to be received Among the seven
ly-five or more We're smeltermen for
merly employed at Pueblo. many old
employees of the Grant and some out
elders.
Beginning this morning active pre-
parations for getting the smelter in
running order will be made. A request
will be made of the Union Pacific road
to equip the smelter yards with
switch engine for the immediate hand
ling of cars of ore. Requests have al
ready been made of all the railroads !
running into this city in future to ac-
cept all ore destined for the Grant
plant. Many filed cars have been held
since the beginning of the strike in the
city yards 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 & Southern. The managers
of the Grant are hopeful of clearing
this blockade. At least 800 cars of ore
are ready to be shipped to Denver in
addition to that stored in bins at the
mines.
When the gates of the Grant plant
open this morning there VIII not be
work for the men already engaged. At
present only about 125 can be employ
ed. This number will he increased as
rapidly as the arrangements for dry
ing the blast furnaces are completed.
This will probably be about Wednes-
day night or Thursday morning. The
fiues of six of the company's furnaces
are drying and five of its roasters are
in operation. -Four others are in pro-
cess of heating.
1t seems only 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 stoclsade 100 men toiled all
day. One furnace was in full blast
and twenty men worked in removing
the Stag. This necesstated the firing
up of the two dump engines. both of
which We're put into use. Others We're
at work at the roastcrs, twelve of
which are being heated.
During the day twenty carpenters
worked n. 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
the eight-foot fence which marks the
boundaries of the plant are 43J cars
containing enough to keep the plant
busy for nenrly three weeks with n
complete force The Globe men were
working ten and twelve-hour shifts
yesterday.
TWO POLICEMEN KILLED..
Drunken Recruit mt Denver Commits u
fri, nd