Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-06-02
could earn q sad 4 49, y " I 4 ~


mage work as they can make i good
IDEAL more than So. We published .
lot OF figures yesterday. giving the
amount earned by each man This
was FOR the purpose OF drawing com.
pafaious. l. q. BY including the men
Nhose earnings were very small IL
brought down the average to a large
'@teh' Now, the men who earned
iess than two dollars per day, most OF
hen NJ least. are not capable of do
ihs days work. The returns indi.
ease H. II is as The Herald has
tftea On previous occasions. that
many of The men are old. others greeu
anus and some boys, and they were
wen WORK and allowed to make what
hey could and thus eke out an exis-
nee Inc asitators well know that the
operators copld not comply with their
terms to pay 81 and retain the men
IN theii employ for the reason 90
many OF them are not worth even
' 70" as was evidenced by yesterdays
ishits- or course there are cases
mere Rround Is not as favorable for
hakihg good money. but put CONNIE.
'ent workmen in any of the workings
ma NO such low scale will result But
akihE II for granted that the mine is
'of prepitious for big money. Man
isef Losan signed an agreement to
bay ~ par LAY, therefore there is not
round left for the men to stand on
'flH'ing Hll the old and experienced
men aud boys the figures yesterday
''o"ff = net earning in the Champ-
on OF S2.S4.
coming down to the Porter. Hes.
)erus. Ute and Boston mines. every
iie OF the pay rolls will show an aver
!ge OF over So per day. including the
1h the lame and the halt. OF course
he men under these circumstances
% NOT want 81 per day They can
make more and the competent miner
loes not want to make up for the man
Fho slitrks or is not able to perform
days work. This is why Carter.
iehr and others at once try to get out
Of the 81 day offer and say it was
rot made in good faith.
# was evident from the beginning
Yesterday that the representatives of
ne miners were in for all kinds
or objections. Objections followed
rom the start. And to commence
with the committee sent for Mr.. Gehr
several times the evening before and
ne was in town and knew the commit
&c had been appointed, and he kept
as far away as possible and was only
'aught yesterday morning on the
ny Mr.. Gehr has admitted to sew
nral misrepresentation or being mis-
Informed and he knows right well
hat the miner in the La Plata district
g well provided for and gets his mon
" in cash. spends 1t where he pleases
from board down to whiskey.
While on this question we desire to
refer to the printing trades-before
linotypes came into general use. All
type-setting was done by the thors-
and ems. We can go back to The
Herald books and show where five to
seven men were employed each night
mud 1t Will be shown that some men
made all the way from $3.50 to $500
per day while men right by their side.
and working much harder. considered
u blg thing when making $3.50 but
oftener the string was less. Print.
ers are compelled to serve an appren.
uceship of six to ten years before
they can command SO and $3.50. and
the FIRST three years in most places
they work for their board and neces-
sary clothes Many of the miners
without being able to speak word
of English and only able to make their
mark with pen, make SO In our coal
mines after few months apprentice
ship Therefore. taking all things
lnio consideration. the coal miner is
the best paid laborer in La Plata
county The carpenter must serve an
apprenticeship OF three to five years
before becoming proficient and then
many of the coal miners earn more
u oney in eight hours.
To conclude. the whole business has
resolved itself down to this:
That the miners don't want So a day
because they can make more by the
scale,
And the operators will not pay
tonnage scale that will permit incon-
oetents to make So day by Ioafina,
And II It had not been for Gehr the
coal miners of La Plata county would
be twenty thousand dollars better on
the end Of this month, to say nothing
Of work furnished those dependent on
TIE mines working,
And the people of Durango and La
Plata county will not permit this state
Of affairs to last much longer, provid-
ing there are men who want to 90 to
work.