The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-02
! A1AER FIRM III refusal
TO RECOGNIZE union

III kLlJlAlLt UHlUN
continued From Page -
% tilne ~ government official. IL fs now
Nit Jaws OF This state required that
state mine inspector shall examine
scales and test them. The company
70 ]urisqiction over this matter ana
ie always been ready 10 give the mine
Tor every facility for doing this.
llh-We avc willing to pay any miner
"hl is taken from his working place TO
- company work or driving s. per day
.lo give hiss partner the double turn
"niIe rlner is at such work. provided he
can take tho cars.
eAla- the mine superintendent viii
l4the the pay of miners working i'm
pisces whore they have 60 contend with
water. bad roof clod. low coal or any
.sier draw back. So that the pay of such
ipners WIZ equal the miners average
1etlinss tnroughout the mine under ave
efase conditions
No Objection to Check Weighman.
eventh-The state mine law provides
.hdt the miners at any time shall have the
privilege of q check weighman If they
- desire, to be paid by themselves. The
,an.'iy pas never been, and Is not now,
tnc only reason pthCre is not check
Mtlsnman is because the miners have
never taken amy steps To choose one
Nttc la no objection TO the pay OF such
tleeh Weighman being collected through
EiEhth-Begiuning Nov j, the company
ls willing to pay aI drivers and day men
WHO have heretofore been receiving $3.50
per day. 1915 per day. and to pay boy
ritfers propOrUonately- All inside men
VINO have heretofore been paid s. IS per
cay, such as head timbermen, head track
per day
Ninth-The company is willing TO pay all
T,.sloe gay men olrectly conneeleq with
the operation OF the mine. an advance Of
10 per cent over their present wages.
Ieamstcrs viii be expected TO work fun
Tenth-The company has never re-
quired its employees TO purchase coupons.
ana does not now have nor has it ever
ndo the script system I'm effect, nor do
tney expect TO i'm the future. While fl
De- true tnat the company has issued cOu-
pous, e. has been for the purpose Of con-
sLlenee ~ employees ana az lnelr re-
quest, which I'm the future as IN the past,
they make use of or not as they choose;
re tcnth-the company Goes not ieel
tnat 20 should be subjected to the addi-
kionai expense OF paying off on two dill
terent DAYS in the month
TweIfth--In answer 10 No. u. The com
pany believes that it has always treated
IT'S employees with liberality, consideration
spirit Il o% offePPs srt embodiment a NJ ana ana
gives its confidence to those who 20 to
Mofh Immediately, but lJ does not feel
tnat II would be Justice 90 recognize any
particular organization, and therefore
must refuse 90 comply with this demand.
Waited For Reply.
'Afr. Kramer. what further IL anything,
was said by the committee" asked the
governor, and what further was done, *
anything. with your answer to their
Erievances?'f
'rhe committee said they would hold a
meeting that evening and let us know
their conclusions as to article y" replied
SIR Kramer CT waited twenty-fOur
hours at Sunnyside for their answer.
which was not received. and has not YET
heen received, nor have we received any
further reply to our answer. fEhe conn
mittee agreed 20 every one Of these replies
1nul we got down TO No. ~. Some n
zslem who attended this meeting went inn
mediatcly 20 work the next day. About
four or five days afterwards the organ
izers got in there and perfected a tenn
pordry organization
AIR. Kramer then told Of the arrival
upon the scene of the two Colorado agi-
tators OF organizers. who collected Sl.J9
apiece from the men giving them a re-
ceiDt for their money. adding that the
organizers had said % the men that they
bad done wrong, as they should not have
Etfueh unJI aiter tney mad organized,
as under the constellation they could not
give them a charter, but that they could
Etve them "a receipt for their none.
Yesterday al Sunnyside two of the mon
Who Joined this lodge came iu and gave
80 their cards and went to work. Up e.
this. and we have taken them back and
out them Go work. and we viii take any
~. taem back and pun them to work pro
vldmsthcy are not the leading agitators.
Order For a Strike.
A copy for the order for a strike was
then produced by Mr.. Kramer. He said
SO is the same as that issued az Trinidad.
Colo. oct. - He said the call asks the
men to 4uit work until such a time as
Che coal companies VIII conceoe To
operate through a scale agreed upon In
Joint conference Of representative Of
both sides.
.arhat means" added, Mr. Kramer. '.AIr.
Mitchell and ourselves. That we have got
to buy our labor from this union or we
cannot do business. it is not a question
ol taking mp grievances with our en-
Dloycs They cannot take them mp WITH
us. Mr. keIlihcr. when he made that
statement. knew that ne was telling
falsehood. for 10 is impossible for us 90
meet any representatives that are ar
fi!iated with this union. and YOU can
readily see that it would De impossible for
us 90 meet striking employees because they
could not be governed by their own de-
eiSiou in the matter. just as they replied
that they could not take up this question
Denver.
now. governor. that is our position.
We cannot. under any circumstances, deal
with the officers Of this union. The time
has come that we have got TO call halt
in recognizing the union
Loyal to Company.
ar kramer said there are s5I men at
work. They are loyal 90 the company ami
dd not lay down their tools on Nov @.
al Winter Quarters there are 200. ani
about Tho same number at Clear Creek
Those men. ne added, viii quit III the
company takes mp the matter OF recogniz-
ilC the Union. but III is the intention OF
che company 'tO stand by the $50 loyal
men uull % has exhausted every resource
at its command The mines at Castle
Gate have been closed down. A the coke
ovens there were sixty men who were
willing to work. but they had 90 be laid
OF because of the companys inability TO
get matcrial.
DID answer 90 a question by the gov
rrn0r Nr. Kramer said he had no doubt
mines at Winter Quarters Sunuyside
aud Clear Creek under protection. The
first and last mentioned mines viii sup
ulr the necessary fuel Tor Utah. when
SIR Kramer said he had cut off shipping
every pound of coal outside the state, Jhe
~Dont You supply the Southern Pa
cfic?'
Censures Southern Pacific.
"Except the Southern Pacific a small
amount 500 IONS a day. but all other busi-
ness IS cut off. was the ans er. II VIII
state further matter t think YOU ought
to know and matter YOU ought 90 take
up This great Wasatch ranGe we look
uuou as vast st0rehOusc OF coal that
can furnish the people Of the west To is
ono Of the principal industries OF your
state and set does IL supply the people
west OF Ogden and on the Pacific coast q.
Including the entire tonnage shipped by
Tho Union Pacific Coal company, the
1-ommprer Coal comuany, the Diamond
Coal company. the Central Coal a. Coke
We have given a few logi-
raj talks on TREE TEA