The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-20
WILL NoT RECoGNIzE UNIoN.
Utah Fuel Company Willing to Arbi-
trate All Questions But That One.

y IAN 70 ucA COA4 puAly w l4il4lS TO AIDl~
trate All Questions But That One.
The Utah Fuel company is willing to
submit to arbitration every point in
controversy connected with the strike
at Sunnyside excepting he question of
recognizing the United Mine Workers
of America association, according to a
dispatch received at IL o'clock last
evening by w. Fl. Myers, general sales
agent of the company, from George W.
Kramer, the vice president of the cor
pOratiOn. who is at Castle Gate
The telegram, which is self-eXplan-
atOry and at some length, reviews the
situation at Sunnysise and touches
upon the causes Of the present trouble
at the mines, and reads as follows:
Castle Gate, Utah. Nov 9--W. II. Ny
ers Salt Lake City. Utah: 1 am i'm re-
celpt Of telegram from YOU dictated by
the board Of arbitration, TO which they
ask that wire answer 10 J. y. DaVeler.
secretary of the board the message OF
the board being as follows. After con-
ference with Governor Wells. we under
stand that YOU, on behalf of the Utah
utl SompatN' Wpui0 DE Willhs 70 arpl-
trate differences which now exist between
the Utah Fuel company and certain OF
your employees. Is this cOrrect2'
This company is AT all times willing to
arbitrate any differences that may arise
between the company and it's employees
an questions incident thereto. but it de-
clines To arbitfate any question that has
as its purpose the recognition OF the
mted Mine Workers of. America, or any
other union that arrogates unto itself
the right TO shut down at its own will
or pleasure mines. whether organized or
not, and for the further reason that IT.
would give any such union absolute con-
troll of the selection. employment and re-
tenuon in service and discipline of an
employees. including mine officials. who
would not be members of the union.
Tt is understood that the law creating
the board Of arbitration does not provide
that the board take Jurisdiction pending
a strike, and only when there is not
strike or lockout. and when matters of
employees No grievance whatever had
been presented to the Utah Fuel COM
pauy by any of its employees prior to
their quitting work. At Sunnyside, out
out on strike submitted twelve grievances
several days after they quit work. all OF
which were answered to their committee.
The concessions made by the company,
so faf as its officers are aware. were
satisfactory. as no further COmmuniCa-
ton has been received from this com
mittee.
We are unofncially advised that at a
subsequent meeting held by the 200 men
they voted to continue The strike for the
reason that the company declined TO com
ply with their demand for the exclusive
recognition of the United Mine Workers
of America. Upwards of 400 of the EN-
this demand and are now at work. With
i'm the past few days national organizers
OF the United Mine Workers of America
have been at Sunnyside, and we are in
formed they declined to officially organ
iZe the 300 men. fOr the reason that the
constitution O the organization prevent
ed recogUitio. or authority TO form a
local lodge composed of men who are
upon strike and thereupon organized a
probationary membership ana advised
these men to go back 20 work pending
legal organization IN Ter their cCustitu-
ton
Proper and sufficient notice was given
90 oll employees that unless they returned
TO work Nov. IA they would be discharged
from further service with this company.
ThereupOn about 200 men did not 60 to
work and We're discharged
At Castle Gate outside national organ
iZers succeeded in getting about one
third Of the employees who We're at work
20 join the union. and immediately there
after strike was called without submit
ting to the company any grievance what
ever. and we are therefore unadvised that
there exists for arbitration any grievance
on the part OF the men who have gone
out on strike. The strikers at both Cas-
tie Gate and Sunnyside have undertaken
TO Intimidate and by coercion to prevent
majority of our employees from going
tsigued) GEORGE w. KRAMER.