North Park union., 1902-02-21
JAps DRIVEN OUT
FORCED TO LEAVE COAL MINES.
italian and Other Miners Attack the
eoardins House At Chandler.


italian and Other Miners Attack the
Boarding House at Chandler.
Florence. Colo. Feb. 13.-IArge
numbers OF coal miners late last nigh,
raided the company's boarding houses
/ at the Chandler mine with II deter
mination OF driving out the japanese
miners. In the raid every door and
window in the building was smashed.
This gave the Japanese chance to
make their exit, and all of them came
out OF the holes In the wall ON being
ordered to do 80 and dropped so the
ground. They were soon banded to-
gether. The miners marched them
| down the railroad track and when
! nearly half way 10 Florence they met
! train Of refrigerator cars going to
the mine. The engineer was given or
ders to stop and the Japanese We're
thrown Ike bags into the ears. The
doors were securely locked and the ell
gineer was given orders to leave for
Florence. Just as the train started
back about fifty coal miners boarded
1t and accompanied the Japs here.
Those who did not get on the train
walked In from Chandler
General Superintendent Simpson OF
the Victor Fuel Company, who had
been on the ground for several DAYS,
saw that trouble was near mt hand and
ordered the Rio Grande 10 send up n
train for the Japanese. To make the
event more exciting the Italians fired
several shots into the air There was
no loss Of life. and no damage was
done other than that to the boarding
house. II was evident that yesterdays
meeting would result in an outbreak
and Sheriff Simon this morning stated
that II the japanese had remained
there would not have been one OF them
alive this morning. Seeing that resist
nnce was impossible Mr.. Simpson gave
way TO the miners while they We're
raiding the boarding house, as he said
that he feared an attempt would be
made on his life. As 1t was, 1t was ~
ported that huge boulders. sticks and
other missiles We're hurled at him.
At Florence several deputies and
other officers. including the sheriff,
Kept watch OF the Japs. fearing that an
outbreak might occur In the Rio
Grande yards. The cars were coupled
on TO Rio Grande No. III this morning
and the japanese We're taken east
ward.
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company ordered the Chandler mine
shut down III once. leaving the 400
miners who struck on Tuesday out Of
employment.
I'VE have closed down the Chandler
mine" said Dclos \. Chappelle. presi-
dent of the Victor Coal and Coke Com
pany. last night. I'VE cannot operate
the property pro,itably unless we can
work II TO full capacity. IL has been
producing about 300 tons OF coal day
and with no more expense for top help
and supplies. ii can produce n thou
sand tons. The miners seem to be un-
willing that we should procure addl-
tional labor To work the other half OF
the mine and all we can do is to close
1t down until such time as we can get
labor enough to work II full capacity.
I'VE did not want to employ the
Japanese. We do not like them any
better than the men themselves do. but
we have tried every other possible
source of labor We have sent Ital-
ians to the East. to New York. even
TO Italy. to attract laborcrs here.
When we engaged the Japanese. we
assured our men that we would pay
the Japs exactly the same wages that
we We're paying the whites. that there
would be no cutting of prices, that we
| We're not bringing the men into COM
| pete with white labor. but simply be-
| cause we could get no others. We
told the miners that the laps would
work in another part of the property"