The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-25

7 Unless the Utah coal mines are
kept open. the Salt Lake valley .
smelters viii be forced to close /
and practically every mine in the state
outside of Mercur and Gold Mountain /
viii necessarily shut down.
The American Smelling & Refining /
company has only twelve days supply /
OF coke at its immense Murray plant /
Manager c. w. Whitley said yesterday
IL would close down If it become nee Z
essary to ship coke i'm from the east /
TO get fuel, as this would cut out all .
smelling profit and perhaps involve "a
loss The United states company has 4
about "a fifteen days supply. The Bling /
ham Consolidated is in better shape, /
being supplied with enough coke to last
six weeks Without coke, all would
shut down.
This. and the shortage in coal supply.
already getting serious. would in all
probability make necessary the closing
down of practically every mine at Park
City. Tintic Bingham. Alta, American
Fork, Stockton, and in Beaver. county
Running Short Of Coal.
Already some of the properties are
running short of coal At Alta. Ameri-
| can Fork and at some Park City mines
/ it is necessary TO lay in at once sup
ply of coal for all winter, and THIS
| cannot be obtained. As a result, many
4 of the mines viii be forced to shut
down until next spring if the coal sup
ply is cut Off At Mcrcur electric pow
/ er is used and in Pluto county, where
the Annie Laurie and other mines are
! located. there is an ample supply Of
/ wood. so these properties can continue
| work
At the present time the effect is felt
principally in Carbon county where
! miners are out of work and the mer-
chants, dependent on them, are losing
heavily. The payroll of the Utah Fuel
company for the Carbon county mines
during the month of October was as
Castle Gate.
go Miners ..-... ..-... ....-. ..........S299 20
| 81 Coke oven men .............-..... f,21g
IA Other employees OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES l0O''
39S.....- ...... .--... ...... Ssh S5l
sunnyside.
334 Miners ....-- ...... ...... ..-.....S % SIS
/ 96 Coke oven men ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5,6Sl
1872 Other employees ...-................ -4''ll
So. ...... ........... ...... ......S $3.50
Winter Quarters.
1u other employees ................... Slsl
4o5................ ...... ...............S 251la
Clear Creek.
29l Miners ....-- ...-.- .---.- --.----..S ls'255
10 other employees .--...-............. l5,5Si
526...... ...... ..... ...... IS 8llig
Grand total 2I42 employees ......-Sli7. 95a
OF these practically all at sunnyside
and Castle Gate are out. causing loss
of approximately $4,000.
? The figures given include men who
have worked only part of the time and
l consequently an average wage cannot
be obtained by division. General Man
ager Fl. @. Williams declares that min
ers average $3.50 to 1915 a day under
present schedules. The average pay of
metal miners is 50 a day.
Railroad men in the employ Of the
: Rio Grandc Western have been largely
. affected by the strike The output Of
l the mines is about One-thrd the nor
+ NAL and consequently many train
p crews employed on coal traffic nave
been laid Off At the present time
close to 500 men have been affected in
this way, the loss i'm pay amounting 20
D approximately 100000 a month.
Shelters May Close.
The railroad is not in any immediate
] danger from any coal shortage, as it
p has about sixty days supply stored
, If the strike spreads and the supply
b of Utah coke as cut of. the smelters
e viii feel the effects. Nearly all the
] coke made at Suunyside and Castle
E Gate goes to the Salt Lake valley
shelters.
1--WE have about twelve days sup
o. ply on hand" said c. W. Whitley To-
E cal manager Of the American Smeltine
b. & Refining company. 1T all depends
z on the Utah Fuel company whether Wt
+ can keep running after that time. II
e / we can't get cheap coke we viii nave
4 to close. We can't afford to ship coke
B; / IN here from the east as it would cut
Z out all the profit and might entail
1 loss"
r The Murray plant Of the trust is It's
8 largest. About l.o0Q men are employed
IA line Day-rOll being c.osl to $4,000 q
month.
1--WE have about a fifteen days sup
d, ply Of coke on hand said T. r.. Jones
I Of the United states smelter- Rather
than close down we might run for Z