The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-05
FEDERATION TAKES ACTION
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terday. A good portion of the time
/ was spent with those who are prepar-
/ ing for them the draught of the arbi-
I tration measure that they hope to have
1 enacted into law. They had cOnsulta-
tious also with REPRESENTATIVES Ham
| lin Hall and Gardner, and were as
sured of the friendly assistance or these
4 and many other members This COM
roittee had also consultation with the
state arbitration board, and found the
members Of that organization anxious
to have the law under which they were
Ouerating radically modified TO the Ell
feet that differences between employers
and employees may be arbiuated, no
matter what the conditions, when the
request for arbitration is sent in The
REPRESENTATIVES of the striking miners
favor law that VIII make arbitration
COMPULSORY alike on the men and the
company. and they are of the opinion
that no other kind OF a law on the
subject viii be effective.
Messrs. George. Rooney and Hoye
were very indignant because of reports
circulated rejecting on their character
and the character of the men they rep
resent Some of these reports are to
the effect that they are professional ag-
itators saloon Ioafers. buns and the
ike. In reply to these charges, the
men now in this city said they felt
EOliAnGllEu 10 4A4cth0 a tA-AG4A1Ns o. NA+NE
were among strangers.
"A number of the leaders in this
strike" they said. ARE total abStaineTS
from strong drink and as a whole Utah
cannot show a. better class of men than
those involved in the strike. President
Bell. Secretary Walker and Mr.. George
are known TO be total abstainers, and
the men who constitute the executive
committee of the strikers are among
the best and most respectable citizens
of Carbon county.
No Guard Needed.
s'The statement that it was necessary
for the company to import armed men
to guard life and DrOperty at ScOfield
and Clear Creek is a gratuitOuS insult
statement of General Manager Sharp
to the effect that there had not been a
moments trouble in the camps since
the strike was declared IS proof that
no guards were needed; and this state
ment of Mr.. SharD'S is backed up by a
similar one from the board Of arbitra-
ton and bv the testimony of the mar
shall of Scofield. The fact that the
strike has been going on for three
weeks without the slightest trouble of
any kind speaks very well. We think,
for the high character of the men en-
gagged in the movement
Fred Wolf. a member of the eXecu-
tive committee, came to Salt Lake yes
terday from Clear Greek, and he stated
that not a man had yet applied for
work to the company in either of the
camps. and he thought the men were
more determined to hang together than
ever since the trouble began Instead
of men applying for work it was stated
by these representatives of the miners
that many men had apOlogized for hav-
ing worked after the strike was de-
clared. As to the ability of the men
to hold out for any length of time. it
was stated last night at the federation
meeting, in reply to a direct question
that there had been but two appIica.-
tiOnS thus far for help. and that the
strikers were well able to take care OF
themselves for a time at least.
Castlegate Meeting.
Speaking of the CastIegate meeting
of Sunday. these representatives Of the
strikers called attention to the fact
that Thomas l. Reese. who presided
over that meeting, is an officer of the
Pleasant Valley company. and that Mr..
Cameron. the mine superintendent, was
one Of the leading spirits of the meet
ing. They COntrasted with this the
fact that when Mr.. Sharp was invited
to attend the meeting of the miners in
ScOfield. he gTaciOUsly refused to at
tend. no doubt holding the opinion that
his presence there might intimidate
some Of the men and prevent them
from acting with perfect freedom
General Manager Sharp of the Pleas
ant Valley company persisted yesterday
in remaining silent as TO the strike and
its progress. but there was evidence to
prove that no man in the state was
more deeply interested. Attention was
called by Mr.. Sharp to an article in the
Coal Trade Journal Of the date of Jan.
30 1901. The article was a review of
the conditions of the coal business in
San Francisco. Speaking of the strikes
at Gallup and Pleasant Valley. the
article stated that the Southern Pacific
and the Santa Fe would be forced to
enter tho San Francisco market for
coal It was said in the article also
that freight rates from the north were
more favor5 ole, and this was taken to
mean that British Columbia would get
the business formerly done by the
Pleasant Valley people. Fuel oil was
also spoken Of as a substitute for coal
1t is being more largely used in ocean
freighting than ever before, and the
effect of this, it was stated. would be
acutely fel, by coal producers later in
the year.
Marching to Castlegate.
All the information that came from
the scene of the strike yesterday was
Of q nature to stir the blood of all
friends of the striking miners Early in
the day the news came that thiTty-three
of the striking miners had started to