Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-08-10
SENATOR ". A. CLARK.
He Interestingly Tells Of Building
Railroads and strikes at His Mines.

He Interestingly Tells Of Building
Railroads and Strikes al His Mines.
Among the oastbound passengers
who were compelled 20 remain In Al
buquerque several hours was United
States Senator w. A Clark ~ Butte.
Mont Mr. Clark was returning from
n visit 10 California points. whore he
has large interests and is enruute 10
New York city and other points In
the east A reporter FOR Tho Citizen
Interviewed the senator aud In seek.
ing Information an TO his business pro.
iects learned that the work on the San
Pedro, Los Angeles a Salt Lake rail.
road, being built by Mr. Clark. Is pro.
crossing favorably the line having
been completed End now In operation
from San Pedro harbor 10 Los An.
goleH. the rolling stock and equipment
being Of the finest seventy. Eve.
pound steel rails were used In laying
the track. Ties. rails. etc. are on the
ground 20 Ia icventy-one miles of
track from Los angeles Ia Rodlands.
the contract for which will hc let IN.
side OF thirty days. A contract has
been let and work Is helng done on
sixty miles Of grading IN Nevada.
Three surveying parties are az work
out from Salt lele 90 determine the
route of the road from that end uf
the line. Mr Clark expects 10 have
the road completed and In active opor.
alton within two years. Tho govern
mcnt Ia now building IA breRkwatnr
nj the hRrbOr NJ san Pedro, which will
later on be followed by dredging work
on the inner harhor that will rcsul,
In making that Cne Of the best ship
ping points on the coast with facilities
that cannot be surpassed
Touching on tre matters of the
strike now on nt his Jerome works.
the senator spoke freely and stated
that the men whj struck were union
men employed In the smcltrrs as mo.
chauics and they were not Joined hy
the miners. that while the men who
struck are union men. they acted In.
dcpendontly either OF the Miners
union aud the American Federation
of Labor and that q was only by a
bare majority, after considerable
wrangling among themselves, that
strike was declared. the manner Of
same being entirely az variance with
the mode of procodu q as set forth In
the by laws Of the union OF which
the men are members. The union by
laws require the union 10 give thirty
days notice. a twOthlrds vote OF the
local union being necessary TO author.
ize action. which must then be rc.
fcrred 10 the executive committee OF
the western headquarters OF the
union for final decision. In regard to
the point on which the walkout was
declared. Mr.. Clark stated Il was a
demand for an oiFhthour day in all
departments OF work In connection
with which he stated that several
months since he voluntarily Cstab.
lshed the oighthour day for all uu.
derground men and In all the hot and
diiliCult places above ground. and at
the smeltcrs. This action was taken
by Mr. Clark before any union was
organized NJ jerome. He also said
that no smelling plant pr mining com.
pany In Arizona are working their
men eight hour days that he has ap
piled 90 his WORKS at Jerome tho
highest wage scale OF Montana which
averages higher than the wages paid
by any plant In Arizona this notwith
standing the far; that II costs double
10 lay az Jerome, az compared with
Butte. coal mining supplies, atruc
tlrhl steel work, etc. That ni Jerome
board Is 81 per week less for the best
there than IL costs In the Montana dis
tricts. Also that nj Jerome the san
itary conditions ere Of tho best. with
excellent water and sewerage system
and adequate AIe protection has re.
Gently been made. MIR Clark stated
that he has always favored unions
and encouraged them and believes
they are n guou thing for all con.
ccrned when their AFFAIRS are managed
by level'hcadcd ard conservative men
OF AFFAIRS and attributes this trouble
like many others, 10 the influence at
agitators who ac, without reason and
proper consideration of the resultant
suffering and coat Of an ill-adyiscI
strike. As a result ~ the shutdown
at Jerome about goo mon will bc ont
of pmplpVmeut