The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-05
FEDERATION
TAKES ACTION
Utah Labor Unions to Fight
Coal Company.
UNANIMOUS VOTE
TO SUPPORT STRIKERS
Company Receives No Applica-
tiOns from Miners.

The Utah Federation Of Labor went
on record last night against the Pleas
ant Valley Coal company and in favor
of the striking miners at SCOlield and
Clear Creek At the meeting in fed
Grafton hail a resolution was unani-
mousIy passed denOuncfng the company
as unfair and requesting all fair mind
ed men to cease trading with the Pleas
ant Valley company until it agrees to
give fair recognition to its employees
This request has all the force Of an or
der upon the members of the fedora
ton and amounts to a complete boy
colt, so far as that organization is con-
cerned; but the men object to the use
of the word boycott as one that is
now never used among union men.
The meeting of the federation was
we'll attended; it was a representative
meeting and the matter in hand was
fully discussed before action was taken.
The representatives of the striking min
ers. T. F-Hoye, P. J. Rooney and Lewis
George. We're present and each made a
statement TO snow the conditions of the
miners and their families, the causes
that led UP to the strike, and the sew
eral steps that mad been taken TO reach
an agreement with the company They
laid before the federation all the facts
that have been published in The Her
aid already. and stated their case in a
dispassionate and straightforward man
ner-
One additional point that was brought
out fOTcibly was to the effect that
when the committee waited upon Mr..
Sharp that committee did not agree to
wait for three days for the cOmpany's
answer; it had no power whatever to
make such a contract; the committee
reported back to the meeting OF miners
and used all the influence they had TO
have the men wait the three days, but
they were voted down and the strike
was ordered. Then the company ignored
the committee altogether and an
uOunced its purpose by posting a notice
in the company store. This slight was
resented by all the men IN the camp
Action Was Unanimous.
After having made their statements
MesSrS. HOVE, George and Rooney
withdrew from the hall and the fed
Grafton went into executive session The
matter was thoroughly discussed but
there was no division of sentiment. All
who spoke were of the opinion that the
miners were justified in their strike and
that they had been fair with the COM
pany. Attention was called to the fact
tnat wages in the coal mines are no
higher now. while the price of coal is
Z
was that the Pleasant Valley Coal com
, pany is an unfair company. and all
members of the federation and all other
fair-minded people we're requested TO
give it no more patronage until justice
was done by 1t to the striking miners.
There was not one vote s-cainst the res
oiution taking this position. and thus
The Jtah Federation of Labor placed
itself side by side with the Building
Trades Council against the company
ana IN favor OF giving the strikers all
the moral and material support in their
power.
3 After the adjournment of the fedora
non meeting the committee on legisla-
ZION Of that organization met with the
committee of the striking miners to dis
cuSs the matter of securing better labor
laws The federation committee is
made UP of Richard Baker, Robert
Wright, Daniel Elton, stephen Tyne
and Arthur Graham. Nothing definite
was done at this meeting, but another
meeting was arranged tor Wednesday
evening, when a programme viii be
agreed upon. What the miners viii
work for in the way of legislation is
a uniform ton of 1000 pounds for the
company and the men alike; a better
arbitration law; the abolishing of the
company's stores, and a semi-monthIy
pay day.
Committee Meets Legislators.
The representatives of the striking
miners spent a quiet but busy day yes
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