The Colorado statesman., 1907-08-10


+ Several cars ditched by train +
!. men novices. +
!. Danger of sympathetic strike I.
| + on Denver & Rio Grande. f.
| i Clerks tire of filling strikers +
| i places and threaten to refuse. 4
!. Scores of men from all over +
| + country apply to Colorado & J.
+ Southern for jobs vacated. +
!. Incoming strikebreakers per- +
4. suaded to refuse to fill places of +
+ striking men +
i. i.
| Denver.-No relief is expected from
Washington, D. c., in connection with
the strike situation on the Colorado &
| Southern railway. Martin A. Knapp,
chairman of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and Charles P. Neill,
commissioner of labor, have made no
progress toward settlement, and it
| is now believed that nothing will be
accomplished by the mediators. 1t is
| improbable that they will come to
Denver, and if they do come they will
| have a trying job to bring the men
| and the company together.
A. d. Parker, vice president of the
| Colorado & Southern, says that his
| telegram to the commissioners did not
| ask them to take up the trouble of the
| company with the switchmen, who are
striking for an advance of cents an
| hour, but simply asked them to de-
| eide whether the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen had violated its con-
tract with the company.
The outlook is that the strike will
| spread. Grievance committees of the
| r. nd ofI, dc
| are in the city, and they will make a
demand for an additional cents an
hour for the yardmen also. If this is
done, it will either end the present
| strike or cause it to spread to other
I roads. Every railroad in the West is
| threatened
| Central City, Colo.-To prevent the
closing of their mines, which would en-
tail loss of thousands of dollars, and
| to relieve threatened coal famine, ten
of Central City's most prominent citi-
zens turned "bra1ies" and manned a
train of fifteen cars of fuel destined for
this district. They took charge of the
freight at Golden. where it had been
laid out since the calling of the general
strike Of trainmen on the Colorado &
Southern last week.
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tions and pulled by five engines.
Men Who Manned Train.
following are those who manned
the train: P. r. Alsdorf, secretary of
the local chamber of commerce; Her
mann Lunberg, superintendent of the
Buell. MILL Thomas Cody, sheriff of
Gilpin county; ]. I. Jones, manager of
the o. X. mine; ]. G. Fleschutz, gen.
eral manager of the Pewabic Consoli-
dated Mines Company; John Gundy,
prominent mining man: ]. e. Douben
foreman of the Pewabic mine; Alfred
Skeels, manager of the Gold Collar
Mines Company; Gus Marquis, engi
neer on the East Pewabic; Bert Nc
+ rland, eastern agent of the Pewabic
Consolidated Gold Mines Company.
Leaves Golden at Noon.
They left here on the early morning
passenger, arriving at Golden shortly
after 8 o'clock. The work of switching
the cars was begun Immediately, and
at noon the first section pulled out
Owing to the weakness of the tracks
as a result of the recent flood in the
canon, the train proceeded cautiously
The fuel situation in Gilpin county
had become alarming, because of the
inability of the railroad to haul coal
on account of the strike. and the cham
Der of commerce decided upon the
unique scheme of partial relief. They
issued a call for help and more than a
score responded, but only dozen were
necessary.
Several mines have already closed
down owing to the shortage of coal
and many others will be forced to dc
likewise unless the strike is settled
soon.
For Pumping Purposes.
The coal brought in will be used by
the Fifty Gold Mines Company, which
recently installed pumps and entered
upon an active campaign of develop
ment on its big group.
They are operating a gigantic pumT
in the incline shaft, and over twenty
tons of coal day is used. Had the ar
rival of the fuel been delayed another
day. the pump. which is too large tc
be pulled, would have been allowed tc
drown. This would have caused loss
of $4,000, as 1t would cost fully thai
much to lower the water so that the
pump could again be operated.
Aside from this loss 1t would have
meant the closing down OF fifteen ol
twenty properties drained through the
incline shaft.