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

company and the Utah Fuel company
less than per cent comes from this state.
For thirteen years the. highest rate Ter
ton on comTuerciai coal from ogden to san
Francisco has been s. ner ton which We
have considered too high. For seven
years it was 81 per ton. on oct the
southern Pacific Railroad company RAISES
it TO Si25 when we managed to get in :
few tons. and on the End Of November n
was still further raised 20 S. per ton. and
there ls no coal going into san francisco
Here is one Of the principal industries
or your state You should have lU.ttN
miners Only per cent Of the coal going
satch range, some OF it comes from
Wales. some from Japan. some from the
north, known as the Wellington coal The
is Sl.50 more from ogden to San Francisco
than coal is sold for IN San Francisco.
Opening Of the Mines.
When asked how long it would be be-
fore he could replace the strikers Mr.
Kramer said he hoped TO have the mines
at Castle Gate working by Jan. T. 1904
There is no trouble there. and no necns-
sity for troops, as there are sixty guards
on duty.
The company has been blamed for
bringing i'm the Italian workers, and Il
has been said that the reason FOR this
was that they could be employed cheaper.
What have YOU TO say about thisT' asked
Governor Wells.
The Castle Gate mine is what we
might call an Italian mine, because Of
the large number of Italians there COM
pared with the number Of the other min
crs. answered Mr. Kramer. AT Castle
Gate there are $50 Italians, JOG English
speaking and ten Austrians This is not
true, however. at the ether mines. AT
Sdnuysldc there are 1865 English. 2i6 tai
laRs. 90 AUstrians. At Clear Creek 1S
rims. III lt1lians. niUcty-fiVe English
speaking. At Winter Quarters 1S1 English
speaking, 126 Firms. sevent y-four Italians
and few others All / know of the
Italians is from what Mr.. Williams has
told me. They have always been there,
and sometimes they viii come and wait
around for several weeks to get on the
work When an Italian gets a position he
VIII have his friends and relatives come
20 him, and Castle Gate has been an
Italian camp for fifteen years.
Troops Are Needed.
Mr.. Kramer said that he had, agents
out trying to get men 20 take the place
Of the strikers. Then Governor Wells
asked Mr.. Kramer the following Ques-
"Do you think that the troops could he
safely Withdrawn within the next two
weeks III YOU succeed i'm your policy OF
putting other men at work. and before all
the striking element had left the camp2T
NO. ] believe any intmation that the
troops would De withdrawn will just hold
the situation as it is until the troops were
ont of the way. and then trouble would
ensue. was Mr.. TIramer's answer.
You positively say that there Is. in
your opinion, danger to the lives aud
property Of men who ConsCientiously de-
sire to continue AT work at the present
time. and that the condition VIII continue
until YOU are able TO get other men 60
work I'm the mines2 asked the governor.
Yes sirs' was the answer
The Interview ended with the statement
by Mr.. Kramer that it is the intention OF
the company TO put a different class of
men at work in the Castle Gate mines.
and the remark by Coal Mine Inspector
Conner Thomas that the coal mines Of
Utah. especially. those Of the Utah Fuel
company. are well ventilated; that the
union can have no grievance gainst the
company on that point.