The Lamar register., 1899-06-21
Tltg sMElTER sTRlkE.
Committed os Cancellations Is a, work and
Hope for Saecees.

isehFer. June 1bs~-lhe hcpunttcan
this morning says: For three hours
and Il hnlf yesterday afternoon the
citizens committee OF which presi-
dent Jeffery OF the Denver 4 Rio
Grnnde l,aiiroad is chairman. dis
cussed in secret session the conditions
Of the snielter strike With committees
of the smelter men. Eight members
constituted the smelter mems commit.
tees. four representing the employees Of
the Grant and four the employees OF the
GLOBE. The official result. as given cut
hs Chairman Jefrcry. Is contained In
the following statement:
The committee have. according 20
thair best Judgment, furthcr,d the
opening OF negotiations between the
sneiter managers and their men with
view 10 an early resumption OF
work. and the committee believe that
progress has been made which. in a
few days. may culninate In the re-
opening OF the sInelterx in Denver and
Pueblo. Ii l. learned that the prssi-
dent OF tile American Smelling Com
pany VIII probably arrive In Denver
on "Wednesday, when mutually salts.
factory scale OF wages uazy tss agreed
upon between the managers aud the
men. In the meantime the committee
VIII offer Its services 10 help bring
All THE phases Of the situation were
gone over in detail by the commit
tees ON the question of hours and
compensation Tor an hour day The men
apparently agrSed with the position as
snUesf by the susiter mans gers At
$50 Manager Grant want Into the
conference and remained until >
o'clock. When be came cut he sasd
that there was nothing new in the
situation. but beyond this simple am
nouncenent declined 10 say anything
The nlcmisers pf the citiESn~' commit.
tees weFp as Silent az Mr.. Grant
II Is not certain fllat the uien vssi
await tsle arrival af President Nash
of the American SmeitsDg Company
t-sforc atakfug another move. What
this nfGve may b. wiil probably tec
settled fS-day. Much of the discussion
NJ yesterdays conference lnItinetly rV-
volrsri around the gS-cognitkon II the
union as a uni9n in the determination
et tbs. wage scale ansi the hour SYSTEM.
The mcn argued for SEHh recognition.
tsut the cIt{EoRs' tminmittss. did net f.ti
empowered to consider this matter
An effort ~iil tse made ~ trruf with
the tnen. not as . union. tGt as a canl-
Ifesit,s body. thruuEh their committees,
Whether this viii he SuccsSsful ~ cets.
slsieresl doubtful hy soEns. ot the had
erx, both 81 the union ard Of the state
Federation Of labor. The optimistic
tone percepsit,io in the official state
tnrnt issued by the eitiEens' cammi5tts.
shows THAT the negotiations 50 far a.
they have gone lLavr bss,a carried On Ia
a spirit Of Friendship. and that both
mon and managers are anxious for the
resumption Of work ri the snslters
The citizens committee VIII hold it.
SELF ready 10 perform further seF-riess
pending the arrival of President Nash
Of the company next Wednesday,
The sentiment at ;tc meeting of
striking stutiter men at GyIle~ten's
hall yesterday WIS strongly IN fayoF
OF insisting that the nnien ste rtSoE.-
niEsd by the trust as d eundtfian pre-
eetien. 10 going back to work
A committee az six. appointed TO cen.
fer with Governor T. II. Grant this
morning. was given power 10 act He.
tween the lines OF this Instruction Is
read the Intention Of thr upn to allow
tbs. committee TO arrange a suitable
compromise on the wage scale
The smclter owners on SATURDAY
proved the sincrriiy OF their statements
thar they desired the sIneiter trouble
srJtieti by bringing test suits Ia sKcer
tain the eoastifnttonaliiy OF the eight
hour ias. A decision as 20 whether or
AEtt Ftts i+iNa WIZ nttiAstk aAaH SS - aNN5EstA
this week
An agent aud an employc were
charged before Justice Mullins with
violating the eight-hotT law hy "iallor-
Ing and causing TO Iabur.s two hours in
excess OF thar time af the Omaha and
Grant smelter on June l6Fh Each was
held under 500 bail. ia default OF
which both wes,e ordered committed ia
the county jail, hut never were actually
inearceFated At noon Wolcott 4
Vale applied to the supreme Court for
n writ OF haheas corpus for the re-
lease OF the prisoners. This was at
once granted and thus the case will
come directly before the supreme
Court. Tomorrow a day will he set for
the argument, which may take place
about wednesday. After that a decis-
ion Is possible AT any time and win he
rendered at the earliest convenient
moment
Attorney General II. M. Campbell
and Deputy Attorney General Calvin
f. Reed. both of whom sincerely he.
lieye the law constitutional. viii PRE-
sent the case for the state.
Cuhan- Want Money.
Havana. June 1T.-At Remedies to-