Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-06
UTAH COAL MINES
TO WORK MONDAY.
Call Issued by President Mitchell
For a General Strike Will
Not Affect This State.
men HAVE NO GRIEVANCES.
Utah Miners Are All Getting VIVA
The Colorado Men Are Striking
FOr-yhe Situation.

The coal strike called for next Mon
day by President Mitchell and the
other general officers OF the United
Mine Workers II is not believed will
strike Utah. Although the call is for
all miners In Colorado, Utah, New
Mexico and southern Wyoming to walk
out on Monday it Is not anticipated
that the Utah mines viii be in any
wise hampered. The fact is that the
miners of Utah are today receiving
better pay for eight hours work than
are the miners in some other camps
who are working 10 hours. In the
past whenever they have had a griey-
ance they have carried II TO head
quarters and the matter has been ad-
Justed. Another feature ls the fact that
the men are not organized There are
few Americans working in the coal
mines OF Utah. In the mines of sunny
side, Castle Gate, Clear Creek and
other properties Of the Utah Fuel COM
pany the miners are almost all men
from Europe, with Italians, Firms.
English and Welsh predomlnating,
while the coal mines at Sterling, oper-
ated by the Sanpete Valley company,
are worked by local men who have
their homes in the vicinity.
WHAT MIR, WILLIAMS SAYS.
Henry G. Williams, general manager
OF the utah Fuel company, this after
noon stated that he had no reason to
anticipate a strike. He said 1T Is
usual before a strike Is called for the
men to serve notice on the mine owners
or their Intention. We have received
no such notice. neither has any been
posted AS far as | am informed the
men are not organized, and even IL they
We're. we have always in the past been
ready TO listen to them and do what
was equitable and just, We have not
been notified OF any dissatisfaction
among the men, our men, | believe,
are contentedi they work eight hours
q day and receive better pay for this
WORK than DO a number Of miners who
WORK IN other camps 10 hours a day 1t
IS on this eight-hour proposition that
me Colorado miners are proposing to
Walk out take IL that the men are
not ANXIOUS TO strike In any case"
IMMENSE TONNAGE STORED.
The company has an immense tom
mage stored at different POINTS along
the system, while there are $4,000 tons
In the local yards IN this city and
more coming IN every day Coal deal
ers generally do not look for a fuel
famine although Rock Springs has
practically ceased TO ship TO Salt Lake,
presumably on account Of developments
IN Colorado and the demand which
VIII come from that state as soon as
the strike is declared
OTHER CAMPS.
In Rock Springs and the other mines
operated by the Union Pacific In Wyo-
ming II Is not thought that there VIII
be any strike owing TO the fact that
there is no organization there either In
Rock Springs for instance, Cinnamon,
Japs and almost every nationality are
represented, and the men are said to be
cOntented
From Diamondvllle and Kemmerer
comes practically the same story. While
there are no Cinnamon there, the min
ers are not organized.
r J, QUEALY HERE.
Manager r. j. Quealy OF the KEN
merer coal mines. arrived this morning,
and Is an the Nnutsiord, He says the
shut down IN western Montana does not
affect his properties In any way, partlc.
ularly aa his mines have been shipping
TO the Heinze properties rather than 10
the Am9lgamnted he also states
that one reason why so little Rock
Springs coal is reaching this city, Is
because Of scarcity OF cars.