The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-11


pany does not own an the land I'M Car
Don county thank God. We VIII Just
move outside their ground and stay
mere year IF we have 10. The union
" ii take care Of us and our families
suppose III went or for SO long THAI
even the vast relief fund OF the union
were exhausted, SO long that other
"hlons were assessed beyond the hmit,
ane We're forced 90 abandon you, would
you continue to loaf around here and
.et your families suffer, on would you
Try TO keep scabs out OF the mines2
Would Have to Give Up.
THAT couldn't happcn. but If it did
w would have TO give up-but don't
Know what a man would do then. The
mted Mine Workers have never lost
}et- The company cannot afford TO
Keep all these guards and soldiers here
rs long as we can stay. lt would ruin
the company. But even If they could,
don believe we would attack the
cabs. They are hurting the company
enough as it IS. OF course some Of the
boys might lose their heads and do
soGething rash. They nearly always
10 in long strikes. but there wouldn't
De much Of it. We think the company
must give up
Nevertheless. there may be serious
trouble when the evictions begin. IL IS
impossible to tell how many or the
Italians, feel.- Demoui- SAYS they are
The most peaceable miners i'm the camp,
statement open to challenge because
none but an Italian knows what these
mcr think and Demolli is long way
from being disinterested-
Urged to Keep the Peace.
lu their addresses to the strikers at
Sunnyside the organizers all urged
them not TO commit acts OF violence,
a g nn rtr
The Herald correspondent, been cOun-
seled 30 resist eviction to the utmost,
which may be construed two ways. as
30 was unqualified Organizer Price
urged the strikers to live UP to the let
ter of the law. and then said this; Il
met the attorney general of titan the
other day and he said to me. The men
--hO dig coal i'm Utah make nearly as
much. If not ali as much, rs the men
who handle the PEN Now, in the name
pf Cod. are not the men who dig coal
entitled TO as much as the men who
whirl the pen2 The attorney general
told me he went into tSe homes Of
miners in Scofeld. You didn't see any
Brussels carpet there, did YOU D said
TO him Then + said: Hasn't my wife
as much right to wear silk dress as
your wife. Mr.. Kramer's wife or Mr..
Williams wife?' He said he supposed
of course, If could afford it, but / tell
YOU. my friends what these men say
TO us is. calico was made for you
people and silk for us That's what
they say to you people
No Wine For Miners.
This led up TO wages, and in that
connection Price said if he could find
a place where he might make $3.50 a
day mining coal he would quit the
business ne Is in" IF you work for
i've years. he said, land are % years
old when you go in, when you are
81 you viii go TO the poorhouse. Yes
bat they say the coal miner drinks
Wei. why in the name of God shouldn't
hc@ Who wouldn't" What else is there
40 do around these camps? But
The miners are not drinking dry wines
al S. a bottle"
Question of Wages.
This led The Herald to take up the
question of wages at Sunnyside. Vice
President Kramer was asked if al the
books were open to The Herald's in
spection. and he said; Yes. absolute
Isl The Herald correspondent then
went 10 superintendent Sharp's office
and asked for several books all of
which were placed in his hands for
examination. The examination re-
sealed that several factors enter into
the wage question. The ability of the
minai and the number of days he
works must be considered. Here are
some sample cases. taken at random
Dy The Herald from No. = mine book.
the idea being TO show the record Of
men who got the highest the lowest
and intermediate. wages There may
Ice men who made more and men who
made less. The Herald's selections be
ing made at random for the purpose
Of avoiding a padded roll. should an
attempt be made to spring one. all
though there is no reason to believe
caything of the kind was contem-
plated
Earnings of individuals
r. schwartz. by the book. mined al
most thirty tons the first four days
81 December. for which he received an
average daily wage of S4.12lz.
W. II. Jones i'm the same time mined
tweuty-three- tons, receiving an aver
age OF S316 per day
j.. Oslund mined thlrty-eight tons. re-
cciving an average Of $5.22ia
d. Milerich miue5 forty-four tons.
receiving an average of S605.
j. Gigson mined tweuty-four tons IN
three days. an average of $40.
The strikers had stated that many OF
them had left several cars Of coal down
in the mine when they quit work. Tt
SIS not likely than many of them left
more than one days coal for the new
men to pick up and fatten their De-
.ember output on. but. as check
against the December record. The Her
I'D correspondent turned hack TO Oc-
ober. before the strike began. These
asses were chosen at random from the
october record
Hamilton Did Well.
Brig Hamilton worked twenty -four
lays I'm October and drew Sl19.57.
r. CYCLIC worked fourteen days and
STOW S4032 for ir. He had a few hours
yard work giving him 81 or So more
COZ his October work.
These were the highest and lowest
nan out of eighteen selected by The
Ierald
Nicls diversion. now on strike mined
1emty-six ana three fourth Tong
onsT the first three days of October.
getting an average OF $4.93 per day
for t. At that time the "long ton
Na- used By the company. The short
tom" IS in use this month and for
hc same amount of coal diversion would