Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1909-06-18

could prevail upon those men to
desist from work, and to this end,
they asked Cnrra's advice as to how
to proceed in the matter, and was
advised to go there in body and
peacefully ask them to desist from
work and join them in this fight.
This the men done and successfully
obtained the consent and co-opera-
ton Of all union and non-unlon men
alike, Though the former inquired by
what authority they we're asking them
as union men. to desist from work,
Cora being accosted on the street by
these men, was asked whether they
could be interfered with and prevent
ed by any non.union man from going
to work. to which answer was made,
that the moral right was the right
by which those men could ask them
to desist from work. During the day
there was about seventy five men
taken into the union and about
ninety mem bers of this union were
involved in The walkout: therefore,
these men had all the right in the
world to ask the other union as we'll
as non-union men to desist from work
in order to successfully carry on
the fight.
Tuesday, the 18th, another special
meeting was held at 10 a. m. lat which
executive board member Hutchinson
was present and called upon to adj
dress the meeting. After pointing
out the emergency which confronted
them and the necessity of organiza-
tion to enforce their demands, the
meeting was adjourned until p. m.
LIN the meantime we proceeded to
enroll those who recognized the ne
ceseity of such organization.
a. there was still seventy men at
the company'S boarding house on the
Kennedy grounds, the men were get
ting restless and dissatisfied and at
the meeting at 2 p. M, a committee
of three was appointed to proceed
under escort of the sheriff to the
Kennedy boarding house, with the
result that all of the men IN the
boarding house quit work immediate
ly and came to town, and the major
ity made application by initiation
and reinstatement for membership in
this union. At this junGture every
mine was at standstiil with the ex-
skip tenders, who we're left at work
for the purpose of hosting water,
with the object in view of being able
to arrive at an amicable adjustment
of the difficulty arising from the er
roneous Interpretation of the law on
the part of the operators. A difficulty
arose, however, which prevented any
settlement being arrived at, III the
fact that the so-called union men
with paidup cards in their pockets,
were bowling that they were unjustly
and forcibly prevented from going to
work by the dog eaters and non-union
men at that. This fact the operators
knew and therefore stood their
ground.
On Friday afternoon, May 14th,
another attempt was made by the
good union and non-union men alike,
to bring about settlement by ap-
pointing a committee of the various
natIonallties, in conjunction with
Hutchinson and Cora, to interview
the superintendents with the purpose
of compromising the differences by
proposing the following schedule Of
hours, pending decision as to the
constitutionality of the law, towit:
"lFirst skip TO start down at seven
O'Clock, take full thirty minutes for
bottom of the shaft at 3 80 p. m.
sharp, thus going one way on the
companies time and one way and
lunch on the mems time" but the
committee was met and stopped by
guards around the Kennedy mine who
refused to permit them to pass or to
carry message to the superintendent
stating what they desired. The COM
mittee then attempted to reach the
superintendent of the Kennedy Min
ing Company at his residence, hut no
sooner had the spokesman passed
within the gate than he was COM
manded by two guards to stop. The
committee then visited the AIgonaut
mine and succeeded in talking with
superintendent. Rainsford, but he
steadfastly refused to listen to any