Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-24
2 : SPREADING
At SCOFIELD NOW
. .,..ion Of More Than rs Men In
n ,' Clear Creek Men to Quit Work.
Animated Midnight Scenes

cha country today. He said Tine
t5i,,..ont Valley Coal company has never
nod This kind Of trouble with us llen
hotore need not go back 70 the aW-
ri events of last May 20 cite instances
aS' ,bo manner In which the company
has always treated It's employees nl9
nresent agitation and strike Is the e
,,ork ~ imported men. When the AVV
r,en we're killed IN the mine last sprlhs
"A became necessary for the company
IA eel miners wherever 1t could the
corse0uence was that the company
nioked mo anyone that came along, ana
imnorted others. Coal mining is the
same as everything else there are MN
80 op1 miners. OF course man VINO
is moi used TO sgging coal cannot make
Inc wages that an experienced miner
CON who can make HE 81 a day right
along II is this class Of men VINO
are doing all the agitatlng.' Later,
mon the solicitation OF the reporter.
A. Corpenter furnished the News
Win an estimate Of the amount OF
Money an ordinary coal miner can earn
ccofeld At the request
~ the nav master a clerk figured out
The average wage during the last three
months. II developed that every man
there received on an average Of three
doiars a day. "The average would be
much higher" said the clerk 70 every
man worked his full time. This aver
ace OF SO a day for every man includes
nose who only work half time Of their
own choice.
TREATMENT OF MEN,
Continuing. the gentleman above re-
farred 20 went on 10 state that the COM
munication from the committee was IN
correct IN a number Of instances. Take
the first thing. for instance he said.
everybody knows that the price OF
coal has not gone up. Those miners at
scoAeld are working on a contract that
was made May /, 1900 Every pound Of
coal that comes out Of that mine goes
Ia the Southern Pacific on their con-
| tract. Then again there Is the matter
| Of the answer Of the company In regard
10 the demands OF the men II will be
recalled as was published In the public
press at the time. that the men de-
[ mandod immediate answer and that
they ala not give Mr.. Sharp until the
18Th 10 answer. The men have been
treated an right and there Is no cause
| for grumbling. II they are miners they
can earn a wage that many a clerk IN
this city who has 20 keep up appear
ances would only be thankful for
AS TO THREATS.
The gentleman went on to state that
there had been threats made by some
Of the strikers to the effect that they
4 "a q
had been aceeded TO and further that
they did not propose TO starye, and thar
when they got hungry they would break
into the compeny's store AT Scofeld and
help themselves to whatever they
wanted. In the face Of this threat
said he. "can you blame the company
for placing a number Of men at hand
where they would be ready to answer
moments call to protect the property
Of the company.
incidentally he paid a tribute 10 the
memory Of the departed miners who
lost their lives In the great
disaster last May. III those
men, he said. AT any time had a
grievance they took It 20 Bishop Parm-
lee and he talked the matter over with
them and they soon came 20 an agree
able understanding on the particular
subject In those days the majority Of
the miners We're Mormons and hard
workers. but since the outsiders have
come into the camp the Bishop has lost
his influence among the miners the
majority Of whom come from all parts
Of the country. do not think that the
Mormons are actively engaged In
this strike. or course they have quit
work, for the simple reason that they
have TO when the majority says that
they will have to throw down their
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