Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-30
INTERVIEWS WITH STRIKERS.

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carbon county. comes as near nlling the
bill as anyone
The News caught Mr. Frye while
riding to Scodeld RON Cotton on an
empty coal car yesterday. This is what
hu said
~ the coal company were oyerbear-
Ing and tyranncal in SO dealings with
its employees l would feel constrained
TO side In with movement for the bet
termcnt OF the condition OF the men, but
II IS not. Take the coal company away
from Carbon county and we would
have nothing left but few COW
ranches. The company pays ~ per
cont Of the taxes collected Every
farmer IN the county Is benefited by
the corporation. Take, for instance,
last pay day at Sunnyside when $4,000
I'm gold was brought IN TO help pay
the men. there were b2 peddling wagons
IN Sunnysde. IN all there are about
100 licenses OF s2S "A year each Issued
to farmers who sell their truck I'm the
camps, When the farmers get short
of funds they can come I'm and work
couple Of months IN the mines, ]
tell You that Carbon county Is inter-
ested In this strike,
MEN MIsLED.
The trouble Is that the Italians and
Films have been grossly misled by the
agitators. They We're told that they
could have everything they wanted,
that the state troops were not strong
enough, They are also, ] believe stu
in ignorance that the company Is pro-
tected IN It's contracts by a strike clause
and consequently can hold out indeti-
btely.
MAY CLOSE FOR TEN YEARS.
u know that the union viii never be
recognized. Mr. Kramer said emphatic
ally yesterday that II necessary, he
would close the mines down for 10 years
before he would recognize the union.
believe him. The men have no cause
for complaint | know of one miner
who last pay day got Sis for 20 shifts.
That IL more than most people who
work with their heads and pens earn"
In this connection Il is puzzle what
the men do with the money they earn,
II reports Of good wages are to be cred
tied. The News" has visited a num-
Der Of houses In the various camps
operated by the company during the
past week. The English speaking min
ers are fairly comfortable, but MS rule
their homes are none to we'll furnished,
Among the Italians and Firms such
Injuries as easy chairs, decent tables
and carpets on the floors are practically
unknown. Their surroundings, to use
a hackneyed phrase, beggar description.
Dirt abounds on all sides and they
bring with them all the worst features
OF pauper life OF Europe. This may |
SOUND a hard arralgnment, but II there |
are any Pitt palaces in Clear Creek |
and elsewhere the News overlooked |
them.
ROYAL sPENDERs.
That the average coal miner ia i'm. |
provident is widely known. The situa- !
uon Is summed up concisely by Mrs. |
Mcintosh the wife Of the chief clerk at |
Winter Quarters. THE people are |
improvident." she says, ION nay day / |
have seen women come into the com
pany store and buy all kinds OF use
less articles. / have known women to |
spend as much as $50 at a time on all |
sorts OF things Sooner than mend |
the children's clothes, they win buy
new ones."
Another source Of extravaganza is the
patronage OF the saloons by the men,
who indulge In periodical debauches.
THE UNIVERSAL SLOGAN.
Don't you get enough pay for your
workP' asked the News" of an in |
telllgent young Italian. lie shook his
head.
You got three times as much as you
did In Italy"
Yes"
Well. what Is the trouble?"
we want tho union"
That is the burden of the refrain. The |
Italians and Firms have been led to |
believe If they can make the union |
rampant, they will have the lead pipe |
clnch' on the Utah Fuel company.
But few can speak English, still |
fewer can read or write and none ever
earned as big wages IN Europe.
II any Americans want TO strike, the |
"News'' failed TO find them.
With the exception OF Mrs. May Jones
who carried a flag In the parade OF |
Tuesday, and Ed Arthurs there are APP
parently no Americans in this section |
who desire to strike.