Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-23

To the directors Of hie comnnnv catd
that Inc wear 1901 wotid mss into bis
tory az one of tbe most satisfantorv ,'' 90
The Anthraclte coal Interes,s ~ ,ho
country ever known and adds tha
Commercial and FluancIa, cbronic,a,s
comment ON the renort NJ president
Oliphant Of The DelaWare q Hidden ~
follows, "The average ~ antbrs
cite selling nrices for lqot must ba,sa
been 30 TO 40 cents higher Than in INA
and the nroflts M No coal rinine 49,
eratIons or the Dalarare g. IIndsor i,
1901 was 81 iO7 907 ~
The atatement .idic,,ies 90 ohsnrd
The offer of prasident puer ,ha 49,
oenized snokesman M me coal trne, %
suhn,i, he hooIs n, I've cool aar1a, "
ments ~ nroye " ina, ~aoes o" cov ugPSs wv,
heincreasad and sa,'o. ,.f,l,,ht,, a.. NV
q0 ner cent Of All Col nroa,aod ~, ~.
anthracite reeions 10 49, ,,ina. :" , W
cd and oneratsd he ~ ,srin,,s onai
CARRYING railroads tha f,otsht 81 go
for Delivering a Ton of ants"ao V'a", ooo1
arc three times as graa, 40 ,hosa 80
other roads TO- haui,ng a 'on 90 NJ
,nminons coaI me mro a., os oa,,
seoueno. Inc EnaI dena,t,nerts min
arc actuallv earnirg onor,,a,,a ,'rne,s
on n leeifibate hnsi,ees ,nav opd IA
appear Ia he losing n,onov To-. the
reason that Tho railroad denartrants
consume The nrofts M he coal danort.
mems nv cbarging bo cool dopart
ments exorbltanf fpeleht rates Thus
they rob peter IN nav pauI Il can.
not be said In extennai,on that there 10
any pecuniary necessity for this triple
of frelght--yery much more trouble.
some to handle and more perlsbable-
are carried AT a far lower rate"
In this connection the statement
calls attention to the fact that ton
Of coal as the consumer understands II
Is not a ton of coal az the miner Is
paid for Il. that Is to say, that the ton
Of coal the customer weighs 2,2i0
pounds while the miner Is being paid
for his labor he Is required to pro-
duce and load from 2,I40 10 2,l9O pounds
for a ton, against which fragrant In
justice the anthracite mine workers so
vigorously and justly protest
The companies assert mat the ex-
cess weight rs required to compensate
them FOR impurities and refuse matter
that IL loaded with the coal and cam
not De marketed. III their statement
'''
" necessary 70 continue system OF
uochins ny when AZ tiines they arbl-
lrarlly ueuuct from miners earnings
Iloln ~ w 10 per cent oi lhe total az
pena,ty lor loau'ng impurities Tor
M"'cn tney uaSe alieauy pehaiizeu Nun
III eNVeSS "els"t
DEMAND OF MINERS.
II must DE obvious 10 every lntelll-
gem observer that the coal companies
NERVE considerable income IRON the
continuance OF ms system OF measur-
ing the earnings OF thelr employees, as
they mus receive large amount OF
marketable coal Tor when they return
no compensation 10 the miners. the
miners nave asked that the coal they
produce shall De honestly weighed ana
correctly recorded ms recltal OF facts
dlsposes OF the operators claim that
they cannot AFFORD to pay living wages
Tor faithful service ana uneeaslng toll
anna surroundings constantly fraught
win the graVest danger.
the statement tells OF the fatalities
among miners ana says Eight times
as many men and boys are Killed ana
injured annually IN the anthracite coal
mines OF Pennsylvania az were Killed
and wounded In the American ranks IN
the spanlsh-American war IN Cuba.
The statement says that according TO
the reports oil various chleis Oh ponce
there has been less infraction OF laws
and fewer arrests during the Time the
strike mas been IN progress thah TOT
Ike period preceding H.
Concluding, the statement says II u
now apparent that the real purpose OF
the coal operators Is TO destroy organl-
cation among their workmen' II by any
chance they should succeed IN their de-
sign-Which is not AZ an nkely ahother
labor organization VIII spring IRON the
ruins OF the United Mine workers oil
America, ana the contest ior hVlns
wages, Tor humane conditions OF en-
ployment, for better education Ior
higher citizenship, VIII go on uhtil the
men who produce coal the originating
OF commerce and Industry, the product