The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-02
Held Morning Conferencs.

employees.
Held Morning Conference.
The morning conference. held in Gov
ernor Wells Office convened at Il
o'clock and lasted for several hours.
These present, besides the chief exec-
utiVc, were: Secretary of State James
I. Hammond Colonel Edwin H.
Holmes president of the Commercial
club of Salt Lake city: George W.
kramer. vice president of the Titan
Fuel company; w. @. Williams. gen
eral manager of the Utah Fuel COM
pany, Joseph H. Young. general SUI
perintendent Rio Grande Railroad
company; Charles s. Burton. adjutant
general n. G.. T.; Conner Thomas. Utah
coal mine inspector; DIR. Guiseppi Gu
neo- Italian consul for Colorado and
Utah
Governor Wells said to Mr. Kramer
that he had been invited By Colonel
Holmes OF the Commercial club and
himself TO attend the meeting for the
purpose Of answering statements made
by Messrs. Kelliher and Evans. repre-
natives Of The union. with reference
10 the conditions al the mines and
whether or not the striking miners
have grievances against his company
that have not been adjudicated other
than the recognition of the union.
Time to Know the Truth.
The governor said that "ft is high
time the exact truth I'm the matter
should be known and understood by
the public at large He called atten-
ton 90 the fact that It is costing the
state about $500 a day 10 keep the sol
diers i'm the field. and that II their
presence Is not needed any longer ne
wanted to bring them back as soon as
possible.
Replying to a telegram sent him by
Governor Wells and Colonel Holmes
on Nov. p. stating that grievances
other than the recognition of the union
had not been settled by tho company.
Mr.. Kramer said 1T lis the business
of the representatives Of the United
Mine Workers to find grievances" He
stated there are some 2900 employees
Of coal companies within district No.
l5. At the time Of the movement for
the strike there were less than 800
members of the union At meeting
in October held I'm Indianapolis Ind,
the regular initiation fee was raised
To SO
I'm reply to the question by the gov
crpOr whether tho mon had notice that
there was an advance In the price of
wages. Mr. Kramer produced copies Of
several notices which had been posted
throuThout the camps 60 that effect.
Mr.. Kramer then went on to explain
whv miners IN some mines are paid "A
higher scale than in others. adding
that everything depends upon the size
Of the vein.
Mitchell Called Strike.
Mr. Kramer then stated that ON Nov
9 Mr.. Mitchell called a strike. and that
on Nov. n. ut Sunnyside. before there
was any organization before the or
GAMERS got there 200 out Of $50 OF his
"a
the only mine in the state that paid
any attention at that time to the or
ders of Mr.. Mitchell. Continuing, Mr..
Kramer said:
ON the evening Of the Sth Of November
q meeting was called at which nearly all
voted 10 go back TO work: to pay no at
tenrion TO this call. After the vote WAS
taken some 200 stanpeded and drove
everybody out III the hall They went
down TO a point about two miles below
the hall and held a meeting at which
they appointed committee to present
grievances 10 the company.
We got there on the 9th Of November
and had a talk with "a number Of the
boys. We labOred very hard. governor
Mr.. Holmes-tp get this committee 20
present their grievances. ] STAYED there
until the 18th. On the night Of the lltn
we got list Of twelve grievances from l
that committee This committee did not
represent an Of the miners employed
there, but only fraction of them. about
zoo
Mr.. Kramer then produced a copy of
the written grievances which were pre-
scented TO the grievance committee at
a public meeting held at K. of p. hall
on Nov s, by the miners and mine Ia
borers at Sunnyside. They read as
follows,
Grievances Of Miners.
First-That track layers shall lay ano
take ont track in an cross cuts. the com
p9ny to pay $500 per day for driving sam.
Stcond-That we have 2O00 pounds for
a ton instead of 22i0 pounds, the system
used by this company at the present
Third-8ave the scales properly tester /
from time TO time BY government OF (
fetal
Fourth-That the miners receive 90 per /
cent advance on 1000 pounds.
Fifh-Any miner taken from usual
place Of work 60 drive or any other WORK I
shall receive S325 per day.
SiNth-That the company replace the - /
cents per yard taken off entries about /
eight months ago.
seventh-That the miners have a check I
wei gilman at each triple his pay TO be I
deducted through the office
Eighth-That drivers. timbcrmen, track I
men. and all other inside Gay men receive Z
30 per cent per day advance
Ninth-That an outside men connected /
with the mines receive 90 per cent ad /
vance, and teamsters have fifteen minutes :
10 care TOT NItlI Teams clS ANA liif.i
Tenth-That we abolish the coupon ana 4
Eieventh-That we shall receive pay 4
semi-monthly.
Twelfth-That no employees be suspend &
'd or GischarGed for taking part in these &
proceedings and the 'uited Mine Workers .
lf America b. recognized
tSigncdJ WILLIAM CRAWFORD.
Chairman.
DAVID WILSON. secretary
Mr.. Kramer said the company re- :
Piled to the grievances as follows:
Reply of the Company.
To thc Committee Representing The I'm
plOycs OF the Utah Fuel Company at
Sunnyside Mines:
After due and careful consideration OF
ne twelve propositions raised at meet
ng Nov. s 1905. and submitted by you to
as last evening. we make the following
-eply, and I'm doing SO take them up In
-he oreer I'm which they were submitted
Jy you.
First-Referring TO the first proposition.
Hereafter an cross-cuts viii be driven
narrow and s. so per yard paid for same.
company track-layers viii lay switch or
,urve rails
second-As there seems 20 be some con
usion between propositions Nos. and 4,
We win answer them together The com
amy is willing 10 reduce the tonnage
'asis from 2,2W pounds 20 200 pounds.
md for this 2,0J0 pounds is willing to pay
he mlners s. cents, ~ the same as is
low paid for 2,ZH pounds.
Ihird--Rcgardius the question OF hay
ng the scales properly tested from time