The chronicle=news., 1913-09-22
EVE Of STRIKE;
CAMPS AND
CITY ARE
QUIET
Exodus Of Miners In.
creases as Hour for
Strike Draws Near

Tomorrow unles. III" unexpected
happens Thousands of coal miner. In
Lar inimas .ounty ard southern
Colorado viii respond tu the s,E!af-
order issued by the iol..y committee
o: til. r.ii,-i Mine Worker OF Amer
lea. following the convention of last
week. lay down their '~nls and enter
upon u period of enforced ihI"ncss
the .nd OF Shi.h ,annct be- 'oT-C. ~
ed. tn. -Nodu. Of inir..f has been
going or all week. Tented Viilss.s
for the shelter of the miners and
their families have spIunf up Ia tn"
vicinity Of the coal -amp>. In i-ss
than tw"niy-four hours the great in-
duh,-iHi .iriesl" viii b" ON and ;h.
miner. hattie cry viii h.s" been
sounded in every coal camp In Colo
RADIO.
Roth the operators and ia" Off
rinis of the 4. II. ". still msintain
their posiiions. All hop" "f : peace
fui settlement has been abandoned.
Just how many miners viii respond
To the strik. order In u matter of con.
I"ctur. hut the mincrp officials de-
clare that I'll" ur-up VIII be com-
p''t". All Ia In readiness for the
s,r,s-. There Is nothiIs that can HI,
done now To prevent tho conflict
Miners swsrmea in.;,. ,ats city
from the camps Saturday and the
streets were conscstcd Saturday
nirh,. IL was nm orderly crowd aud
there was no trouble. Yesterday the
peace and diic, Of an old New En-
gland sabbath settled down over III"
community II war til. calm before
the storm. Miners quietly left their
work today and put themselves In the
care of tn" national arEanizaiio"
Many LEFT for other fields. The small
vacant houses are filling up. The
mines are working today but many
with a short force. The operators
hope that sufficient men will remain
on duty to enable them to operate.
\ meeting was held at Starkvi,ie
on Saturday night, attended. accord
ing to reports. by about $50 people.
Conditions were discussed aud Sricv-
anccs laid before tho super on dent
and bosses. No resolutions were
passed and sentiment appeared to be
about evenly divided as regards the
strike. Supt. James Wilson addressed
the meeting and answered all Qucs-
tions put to him.
At Segundo yesterday "a meeting
was held. attended by about two hun
dred. Frank ]. Hayes and John r.
Lawson. who were scheduled to speak
did not appear anh an unknown man.
n stranger alike to the miners and
mine officials gained the platform
and spoke in place OF the Interna
tional vice president. Mother"
Jones addressed meeting at Wal
scnburg and returned TO this city on
the c. e. $. train last evening.
Vice President Hayes and fntcrna-
tional Board Member John r. Law
son will arrive here tonight and will
speak at meetings at Sopris and Luj-
low tomorrow. His last official u
terance before the strike was made
In Denver last night when discussing
the situation he said:
There will be n complete tie-up
OF coal mines all over the state on
Tuesday. Statements OF conditions
made by the operators are ridicu-
lous. The operators are only trying
to deceive themselves and the public.
This contest of the coal miners #
Colorado is one largely for improve
mcnt of conditions. The operators
have -. stress on the demand for
recognition OF the union. ] see The
Denver Chamber of Commerce also
says that that is the cause of the
strike. They are wrong. Recogni-
tion of the union is only minor
question.
THE miners are fighting for i'm
proved conditions. for rights granted
them by the state law, and they are
eager for n strike. Why. the organ
ization has been preventing a strike
for the last three years.