The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-06
TRUE STORY OF
THE SITUATION
Federation of Labor Organizer
Returns From Coal Camps.
MASS MEETING IS EXPECTED
DEMoLLI Is DUE IN SALT LAKE
TODAY.

John THAI, organizer FOR the Fed
Grafton Of Labor, sent TO Carbon
~ county to Investigate. returned 10
Salt Lake last evening While he
would not give out the contents OF his
report until # had been submitted to
the body that sent him, he was willing
10 tell some OF his observations i'm the
seat Of the difficulties. His report viii
be made 20 the Federation tomorrow
evening. and IL is expected that mass
meeting OF citizens viii be called for
Tuesday evening 20 hear OF the actual
conditions there and 20 take action.
Tine Utah Fuel company has been
giving out a good many reports i'm Salt
Lake which are far from the truth.
said Mr. Thai. For example. it has
been circulating the report that a rel
fax was carried at the head Of "A pro-
CessiOn at ScOfield. took special pains
40 investigate that and 60 get state
1nents from people who had witnessed
It, I found that the red aags' talked
about were merely bandanna handker-
chiefs I have statements from men
who saw the parade, and they said
there were hats. handkerchiefs and
American flags being waved III there
had been any Dissertation of the flag
there would have been many men in
the parade who would have resented II
70 the point OF riot"
Ine vain Trouble.
Mr. Thai found that the only sticking
Toint az present is the recognition OF
,2he union.
~ III the union is not recognized" said
me, amy concessions the company may
< make viii not last long All that is
asked by the miners is a fair show.
. They are willing TO work with non
suniOn men and TO cOncede every other
demand III they have assurance that
men Will not be discharged because of
their union Affiliations, and If the union
De recognized
The situation has been grossly mis-
represented by the Utah Fuel company
ofhcials They are engaged in a sys-
tematic campaign TO deceive the pub
lic. For example. they claim that the
average wages are $3.50 70 S2.75 "A day.
talked with about thirty miners on
this point and they declare the best a
man can do Is S275 a day. The aver
age Is about $3.50
Eight-Hour Law Violated.
AT the present time a miner is
obliged TO dig 3.340 pounds to get credit
Tor a ton. Besides this the eight-hOur
law passed by the state legislator Is
being continually violated. Men told
Ene they were forced to work from
f2flock in the morning until shutdown,
The company guards are using every
effort % make trouble and start a riot
ful
THE company has been misrepre-
Eenting the number Of men at work
At Clear Greek there are about 14l
. men al work all told. and at Winter
Quarters about 200. while in these two
camps 375 men belong to the union Al
castle Gate the mines are closed down
. but about $50 belong to the union. Al
Sunnyside seventy-fve are working and
. $50 belong 10 the union"
Elders Story.
A. 3. Elder. attorney for Charles
DemOllL arrived I'M this city yesterday
afternoon.
The story of the trial OF Demoli has
only been half told" said he He went
on 20 detail how witnesses on his side
had been kept by armed guards Of the
fuel company from attending DemOlli
trial Demolli himself was expected on
No. OF the Rio GTande but did noI
arrive. Sheriff Hyrum Wilcox came up
Tor a short time, reported a t Utah Fuel
company headquarters and returned.