The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-14
KEEPS SILENCE
AS TO UNION MEN
Kramer VIII Not Say if He viii
Hire Them.
DECLlHESTOARSWER QUERIES
FUEL co. OFFICIAL EXPRESSES
CONFIDENCE OF WINNING.
n EoRGE w. KRAMER. second vice

p GORGE w. KRAMER. second vice
= president of the Utah Fuel COM
pany, yesterday refused TO answer
directly the question:
IL a union miner, with a union card
IN his pocket should apply for work,
would he get a job in one of the COM
pany's minesH
The reply Of the official was not even
eNasive. Tt was in SUBSTANCE that that
was a matter which he did not care
10 discuss. He gave the impression,
however that union miner is and Will
be. as far as present indications point.
persona non grata at any of the coal
mines in Carbon county
Mr.. Kramer and Henry C. Williams,
general manager of the company, re-
turned early yesterday morning from
Carbon county, where they had been
for several days looking after the in
1erests Of the corporation. When seen
at the company's offices yesterday aft
ernoon, they had little new informa-
tion 10 add TO the stories already told
in The Herald's dispatches regarding
abe progress of the strike.
According to Mr.. Kramer's state
ments there are now more than 1000
men at work in the mines at Sunny
side, Winter Quarters and Clear Creek.
At Sunnyside the number is placed at
something over 500. with about $50 at
Winter Quarters and a little over 300 at
Clear Creek. Speaking Of Sunnyside
particularly, Mr.. Kramer said about 220
men VIII go to work i'm the mines there
this morning. He meant By that, he
added, that the men would go to work
underground-actual miners.
Only Two Ask Back Jobs.
The conversation Of Mr.. Kramer then
turned upon the efforts the company is
making 20 induce the men to go GO
work. He said that a notice had been
posted at clear Greek. offering to take
back all the men who would apply
Tor work. That offer expired at 4 O'Clock
Saturday afternoon.
AT that hour" continued the official
= just two men had applied for work
one was accepted, and the other re-
Jected. Later the latter man was placed
upon the pay rolls of the company
Referring TO Castle Gate, Mr.. kra-
mer said.
2 we have posted notices that we viii
open the mines there on Dec. p. giving
all the men an opportunity TO come
back If they want to. Whether they
viii return to work remains to be seen
At Winter Quarters we have given the
men until Tuesday. Dec 13, to come
back"
1t was at this Juncture that the cues
ti0n was asked, and several times aft
Nl ~ US NiitliifE a UNION luhils Win
union card I'm his pocket. applied To-
work whether ne would be given
position. Each time il was put 60 the
second vice president. he refused Z
answer il. saying 1t was a matter which
he did not care to discuss. or words I,
that effect.
Defends Company Guards.
In most emphatic terms Mr.. Krame
denied that the company's deputies ha'
hen guilty OF lawleSsness, adding tina
lie could cite numerous instances wneru
the strikers had taken matters int
their own hands and carried them il
a high-handed manner.
The siuatiOn as "a whole, as Mr.. kra
mer views it. is most encouraging 70
: the company Men are returning &
work every day. ne contends ard gen
orally speaking. the corporation ha
little to complain of-in that direction.
Governor Heber NJ. Wells said yes
terday that he had received no new in
ktelligence from the scene of the trouble
AS far as he knew personally, Their
had been no change III, conditions sine
Saturday.