Amador ledger., 1903-04-10

tendent w. f. Detert of the leila, J.
ID. Hampton of the Oneida, and Web
Smith of the Kennedy. With each of
these superintendents they left state
ment in writing as follows:
Jackson Miners Union No. lis,
Western Federation of Miners,
JACKSON, CAL, APR. g. 1903.
Supt.---Mine,
Dear Sir:
We, the members of jackson
Miners Union No. lis, through our
representatives, submit to your con-
slderatlon the following demands:
bers of the Western Federation.
End. Reinstatement of all miners
discharged for affiliating with same.
3rd. Establishment of an eight hour
day for all underground work at the
present scale of wages.
H. GOBISH.
SAM RADOvICH.
Signed w. d. OULD.
GEO. THOMAS.
G. ]. PETERS,
The superintendepts were given to
understand that an answer would be ex-
pected to these demands in ten days.
The ten days will expire next Sunday,
On the evening of that day the regular
meeting OF jackson Union will be held,
and the report of the committee re-
ceived and action taken thereon.
Explanatory of the circumstances
which led up to this move on the part
OF the labor organization we may state
that special meeting of JacksonU Union
was held Thursday night, What tran
splred at that gathering we do not
know. 1t is safe to say, however, that
the action taken the following day was
the outcome of the decision reached at
that meeting. According to street ru-
NOR, about TO members responded to
the call for the meeting, and gathered
in the hall on Court street to discuss
the weighty problems involved. The
question OF a strike was brought up.
Ihe conservative element was against
such action, but they were in the min
Ority. We are told that the rules of
organization require three-fOrths vote
to order strike. They managed to
muster just the number. So in the
event of the demands " being refused
a strike of some sort is imminent. What
1t will amount to remains to be seen,
Citizens generally look upon it as a
bluff. The temper of the people is any.
thing but friendly to the disturbance
of our main industry; although MANY
express relief that the labor question
has reached crisis, and its determina-
tiOn is in sight,
Wednesday evening Mr.. Detert, the
superintendent, addressed the men
while they were changing shift, and
requested that "thOse who intended to
go out on strike on Monday, If so
ordered by the union, to step to one
side, in order that the company might
know the amount of money that would
be required to pay them off, as it was
the desire to pay every man in full to
date" The subject OF union or nom
union men was not mentioned. Seven
men declared their intentions, and
stepped out as requested. One of the
number remarked: 81 don't see why
the other three don't come out" from
which it might be inferred that there
were that many more members of the
union in the mine. The men that
stepped out were all Slavonians, and
some of them had worked long time
at the Zeila,
Mr.. Hampton, superintendent of the
Oneida, informed the Ledger that the
committee who waited upon him last
Friday were given to understand that
they could expect no recognition from
him, adding further that he informed
them that one member of the COM
mittee had been discharged from
the Oneida not on account of his
affiliations with the union. 1t was for
other reasons, and under no circum-
stances would he be reinstated. Mr.
Hampton also stated that as far as he
knew his men were all satisfied, and he
expected no trouble.
The Kennedy has discharged no men,
and none have quit, although a rumor
was current that nineteen men had been
given their time. We have heard of
no action being taken one way or the
other at this mine,
AS a aftermath of the proceeding
above related, it was announced early
in the week that w. P. Evarts, the
editor of the Miners Union, had closed
his brief career in journalism, and de-
parted for other fields. The paper has
doubtless been run into the ground,
and slowed away for good. f. M.
Whitmore, who owns the printing ma
terial, was informed Tuesday that the
outfit was left on his hands. Whether
the demise of the organ and the de-
mands made upon the mine owners
are rela ted to each other we are unable
to say.