The daily tribune., 1905-01-03
A MATTER OF HISTORY. .

years II their ax,stssos. Early IL the
fall ef 1903 u was With greet sorrow
thas the world learpsd through tbe
peso Of sise greet Cripple Greek
ssTihe Of the mixers working In the
Dstallifeross mipes. closing the rich
prodcsers Of that locality. thus shut
ting Oh she ore supply tbas fssds the
three big ore rsduction mills ~
Rlorepca.
Following Close upon the Cripple
Orsek strike came the waltous Of the
Upitsd Nine Workers Of America.
closing very corporation and inde-
pendept coal mine in Fremont
county. except the Royal Gorge coal
mine. and independent concern. xnd
the Chandler mine, owned by the
Victor Fuel company, . corporation.
Then came the closing Of the cement
works at Portland. six miles east Of
Florence, owing 70 its inability to
ssoure ooa:.
II 10 roughly estimated that the
various strikes and the closiuR Of the
large industries In this city reached
. los TO the business interests Of
the county pay rolls In tho follow.
ing amounts:
Coal .nines. es5. 900 per month
for thirteen months.
Mills and cement works, e25. 900
per month for six months.
Other smaller industries dependent
on the mills or coal mines. el6. 900
per month.
Making . total Of 9125. 900 per
month lost 70 the various interests of
the county.
But the oil industry. the old re-
liable rtand-by, was receiving just at
the outbreak Of the labor troubles .
new impetus many new independent
companies came into the field, and
during the past spring and summer
spent over.a quarter Of = million dol.
lars In developing the oil territory.
and Increased the output almost l 600
barrels per day. valued At $50, QUO
Per month additional to the amount
previously produced. making tnat
industry worth about go. 900 per
month to the community.
But the coal atrike resulted In much
good to the county after all. - it
caused . great smount Of development
BY local people and independent COM
pAniee. New mines have been opened
and at the present time the Santa FL
railway 10 contracting = spur from
Rockville to Radiant. . distance Of six
miles. and about eight miles south Of
Florence, where 1t 10 opening up the
largest mine in the county. which will
begin shipment BY the second week in
January. and which It 10 estimated
will give employment to 400 or 500
men Tha improvements on other
Fremont county mines are being made
preparatory 70 . big coal business
during the year 1906. making this
county one Of the leading coal counties
in the state. At present every
coal mine in the county is working
. large force Of men. and were it
possible for the railroads to furnish
cars. the shipments would easily be
increa,ed. It is estimated that the
pay rolls among the coal mines Of
the county for the next year alone
will reach close to $3.50. 600 psr
month
Although Florence has been up
against it good and hard the last
year. the past three months in busi-
mess orioles have shown decided
improvement. Merchants report the
best trade In four years. the people
seem prosperous and happy, and are
looking forward to prosperous 1905.
and the indications are at the present
time that their Anticipatians will be
realized.
Her coal mines arc all busy, the
mills are crowded with ore. the CO.
msnt works hes orders ahead. the oil
Aelds ara producing moro oil than
ever. housss in the city are oco.pied.
aeore rooms are al full and Z general