Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-11
WHAT STRIKERS SAY.

The second communication Is signed
by ID. Wilson and another These two
gentlemen state that they are strikers
at Sunnyside and desire to take issue
with Hon. William Howard of Hunting
ton relative to some statements made
by MIN In a communication to the
News" last week. The glst OF the let.
ter Is summed up in the following para
graph:
ut is 81 to join our union and 70
cents per month for dues, which no
working man should refuse to pay. The
miners In this town have all Joined the
union with few exceptions. as there
are only about 30 experienced miners
working in Sunnyside. This shows that
the miners regard the union as their
best friend and protector. We informed
Mr.. Howard personally that II was 81
to Join our union; and how he could
say II was $50 Is beyond our compre-
henson. The miners of Sunnyside are
good citizens, and they also pay their
taxes in full, which Mr.. Howard claims
they do not pay. Mr.. Howard says the
miners are lawless. AS an illustration
| win state: II you are striker and
enter the companys store to purchase
goods you are elected by the company's
hirellngs and their rifles. That is
In Sunnyslde"
For the other side the writers prefer
to be protected by nom de plume,
with two exceptions. They are w. G.
a. Smoot, armed guard at Clear Creek
and former death watch over Peter
Mortensen at the state prison, and j. NJ
Pavlick of Sunnyside.
EXPERIENCED MINERS,
The last named apparently has had
an uncomfortable time at SunnysldC
since his interview appeared in the
News" of Tuesday evening last, He
says, however that the statement he
made to the News was correct but
wishes added that he was treated In
Washington state where he was a
miner equally as well as he is here by
the Utah Fuel company, and that his
experience In the mines at Walsen-
burg, Colo, was that wages there were
10 per cent lower than 10 Utah, He
characterlzes the statement of Demoll
to the effect that farmers are now be-
ing employed by the Utah Coal com
pany as being false. He affirms that
the men now being shipped In are ex-
perienced miners who have worked In
| the mines before. The company, hC
says, are hiring none but practical min
ers. He asks an explanation for the
reason why the Latter-day Saints EN-
| ployed at the mines are perfectly salts
fled with conditions there, while II Is
| the foreigners who are discontinued
He afIirms that the foreigners cannot
| make good wages for the reason that
| a number of them are inexperienced
and cites cases where he had to show
| them how to go about their work dur.
In Tho TINA hp W mn 1 no
| inspector at Castle Gate II do not nay
anything against those who know how
| to mine coal" he concludes but thC
public cannot expect inexperienced mer
| to earn good wages"
sMOOT DENIES.
Deputy Sheriff Shoots arraignment
| comes In the form Of general denie
| OF reports that have emanated from
| Clear Creek. He also throws side
| light on the incident of the armed
| guards calling at each house In thu
camp every morning. His letter II
| sart Is as follows
81 have noticed In every issue OF tho
| daily papers OF Salt Lake City sine
| the beginning OF the coal trouble II
| Carbon county, mean, inslnuuting ant
untruthful statements concerning IN,
HtlS VI utpuNe NHflluH III tue NtIluu,
| camps OF the strikers | am not thor.
| oughly posted as to the work OF IN,
| deputies at Castle Gate, Sunnysde OF
| Scoheld. but so far as my work as
deputy and those associated with mi
| at Clear Creek IN concerned wisl
| to state, that the statements made Il
| the governor by State Organizer Johr
/ Thai, W. r.. Lewis. Demolll and his at,
| torney, j. II, Elder, as appeared In thu
| Salt Lake Herald OF the Sth inst arc
untrue, and are stated for the sole
purpose Of creating sympathy for III,
strikers and to prejudice the communi'
| ty against the coal company. We do moi
| look for the strikers and their sympa
thizers TO tell the truth about u1 bu
| we. did expect better treatment at tht
hands Of the morning dailies Of Sal
| Lake. especially the Herald in It's edl'
| torial Of the sth inst when II brands
with one or two exccptIons) the depu