The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-29

ticular. and so long as It continues to
operate 70 VIII do so, as II believes i'm
ogeole'ice 20 law IL nQ iess expects taai
when II does so it shall receive the fun
protection in the operation of its prop
erty That the law of this state guaran-
Tn reply to the secretary Of the board
OF arbitration of the state ] stated that
this company has always and does now
and Is willing at all times 20 submit 60
tne board or arbitration any grievance
that may exist between the employer and
inc employe covering such questions as
may properly come before the board, but
there had not up to that time. nor has
there since been any grievances present
cd by the employees Of our company to
IN which there could be any differences
10 be brought before the board of arbi-
tration for settlement.
Question Of Arbitration.
am also informed that a committee
representing a fraction Of the former en-
wrote your eNcellency. to which YOU re-
piled. as did also the secretary OF the
BOARD OF arbitration asking n they would
submit their grievances To 2 board OF
have been wholly ignored and to which
no reply has been received. but I'm answer
70 why they ignored these letters a ma
uonal organizer who Is here said that a
local lodge OF their union one Of which
mas been ORGANIZED at Sunnyside since
tHe stIlke. mad no authority In the mat
ter, and the matter had therefore been
referred 20 their chief officers i'm Colo
RADIO for action.
Again your attention is called to the
circular notice which bears out this
proposition, wherein. as before quoted IL
states That all must Quit work until
Sucn time as the coal companies agree TO
"a joint conference with representatives
OF bOth sides. Tt would be useless,
therefore,, and without purpose or result,
even Though YOU and the commercial
bodies Of the state believe that our posi-
Won IN declining TO recognize the United
Mlnc Workers is wrong. which I do not
uiderstand TO be the case. but. on the
contrary, for me. TO meet any local repre-
sentative OF the United Mine Workers.
or a committee from the ranks of the
strikers who now belong to the union
70 undertake 70 settle this question in
dependent of their chief officers meaning
the parties who signed the circular. viz:
Jyuu MltcheI, president: T. J. Lewis.
wee president; w. B. Wilson, secretary
and treasurer; William Howells district
president. GEORGE W. KRAMER.
Vice President.
I'VE did not ask them to recognize
the union" said Colonel Holmes. after
reading the dispatch. "AU we re-
quested was that they treat with their
employees. 1t was the intention that n
mass meeting should be held in each of
the camps and committees appointed
to represent the miners. I do not know
what the next step viii be-"
After receiving the telegram fron1-NTr.
Kramer, Colonel Holmes sent the fol-
lowing dispatch.
q. W Kramer, V. p. Utah Fuel Co.,
Helper Utah.
In behalf Of the Commercial club Of
salt Lake City. 7 thank you for the
liberal reduction in the price of coal,
made by the Utah Fuel company.
+. F. HOLMES, President.
Governor Wells sent a message ask
ing MI Kramer to confer with him.
Il am anxious to obtain an anicable
settlement Of this strike" said the gov
ernor. ITO that end I have asked Mr..
Kramer to meet me Monday afternoon"
Discuss Price Of Coal
The special committee Of the Com
merciai club which is dealing with the
coal situation had a meeting yesterday
afternoon. AS the companies had al
reauy reduced the price Of coal. there
was little remaining to be done. How
ever, the committee listened 10 P. J.
Quealy and p. G.. Kittle Of the KEN
merer Fuel company; f. p. Griddle Of
the Central Coal & Coke company. and
Robert Marsh of the Diamond Fuel
company. They were all primed to
make a case for the operators as to
profits and they presented their figures
The committee took no action.