The chronicle=news., 1913-11-14
PRESS OF COLORADO URGES MINERS TO DROP
PLEA FOR RECOGNITION AND HIGHER WAGES
4n RECOGNIZES JUSTICE OF OTHER FOUR DEMANDS
RESOLUTIONS

perfect right To al 10. This right
IL guaranteed them by the laws OF
the state. and therefore, this first
demand for official recognition OF
the United Mine Workers of Amcrica.
as such. should not he further pressed
by the members Of that orgunisa-
tiOn In accepting y declaration on
which this strike should now be ter
minated. However. the right OF the
miners to belong To u union under
the authority Of the laws oil Colorado
should be recognized and upheld. and
should not be objected 10 by any emf
ployer Of labor.
Second and Fourth Demands.
second demand: a wage Increase
OF 10 per cent.
Fourth demand; Additional pay
FOR additional snd varied work.
In our Judgment these two de-
mnnd should be mcryed into u sin
Yic demand. especially rs both the
second and fourth demands cnntcm-
plate a higher net income In wages
Tor the miners. and our conclusion
IN. therefore. that these demands
should bc consolidated lnd .oIsid-
cred under one general proposition.
Win reference 10 this general
wag. demand. therefore. our cunclu-
sions are a. follow:
III. amount OF money a miner can
earn dcpends on the amount OF work
he can or is willing To perform. In
u published advertisement which re-
Gently appeared In tn. Denver news-
papers. q statement yGs made to the
effect that all the. miners wanted
was "a ,,vtsx ~ASaA0S the cWIorcs-
ment OF the laws affecting the coal
mining Industry"
The question very properly arises.
therefore. as to wnat should be con-
sidcred n living wage.
The average wage earned by the
individual coal miners working IN all
parts OF Colorado. as published in the
advertisements OF the coaI mine own
ers. We find to he approximately -
per day. practically sos per month.
and working eight hours \ day. or
less II they choose This is said to
include the wages earned ny good.
bad ana indifferent miners. The
wages OF some miners ia said to run
AZ low a. s..5 per day. while other
miners individually earn over 500
per day.
A comparison OF the average coal
miners wage for the entire state. Of
81 per day. with the wages earned
by other dlasscs OF laboring men In
Colorado who are equally skilled
with the loal miner. shows that II
the average wages of all coal miners
In Colorado IS SloJ per month. they
are now being paid in our belief what
has been referred to as living
wage: in fact that they are already
being paid u wage entirely in keep
ing with the wages paiu for other
classes Of labor in Colorado.
Therefore. taking the miners at
their published word. we believe that
their original demand for 10 per
cen increase over the present Colo
RADIO scale. and which is later modi-
fled in their advertisement to u de-
mand for living wages. has already
been met by :hc payment of the ex-
listing. scale Of wages Tor mining coal
in this state. and which is higher in
the net wages earned than in any
other state. Therefore. this. the sec
ond and fourth demand upon the
America for living wages IL now be-
ing gifeu the miners by the coal mine
owners
Third Demand: An Eiyht-hour Day.
An c,xht-hour day for all classes
OF labor in AMI around the coal
mines and at coke ovens.
This third demand is one which
is guaranteed to miners employed in
underground mines by the laws Of
Colorado. II the laws OF this state
have been disregarded in the employ
ment OF labor in the coal mining in
dustry. II Is the duty of the governor
to enforce this law. and in this he
should be heartily supported.
Therefore. our conclusion with ref
creme. to the third demand on the
part of the miners employed in un-
foreground mines Is that it should be
guaranteed to them in accordance