The chronicle=news., 1913-09-23
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OF the 10000 to 10000 men usual
ly employed In the mines OF Las Ant
mas. Huerfsno. Fremont. El Paso.
Boulder and R0utt counties. figures
based on Incomplete reports placed
the number Of idle at between 1000
and 5000 How many of these pro-
viously had left the various camps
could not be determined.
Apparently the fight centered in
the Trinidad district. comprising Las
Animas and Huerfano counties,
where most OF the mines are !operat-
ed BY the Colorado Fuel & Iron COM
pany. the Victor-American Fuel
Company and the Rocky Mountain
Fuel company. Normally more than
5000 miners are employed In these
counties and impartial estimates to-
day place the number Of Idle men At
5000.
In Fremont county where about
i.i00 men usually are employed. Z
was said that 1000 are idle. In this
county two small mines employing
about 100 men. continued In opera
tion. From Routt county reports
were that 400 OF the 600 miners were
on strike. Comparatively little ef-
feet OF the strike order wss seen In
the mines Of Boulder county where .
strike has been iu progress for sev.
erai months. The only serious de-
fection was reported At l-ouisviiis
where 900 miners quit.
In lafayette. Msrshsil and Super.
ior conditions were normal.
United Ninc work-rs' officials cx.
prcss qualification over conditions
based ON early reports and predicted
that the tie up would bc practically
complete BY nixht. Some Of the
larger operators stated that their
private reports showed sx hish - g;
per cent Of men At work In some
mines with practically . total stop.
page Of work Ia few eases. They
depressed the belief that many Of the
men would 70 hack TO work In Q few
ldays.
uaioa pirkcts were stationed
around some Of the mines, nossbl
At l.o,iisviiis In northern Colorado.
The union officials continued prep.
arattons to care for strikers aud their
families In the southern colonies -.
tablished In Las Animas and Huer.
fsno and Fremont counties. g.
The chief points at issue are: Rec
osnition Of the union. check weigh.
mea ehossa By the niaess. wage
scale based on tonnage sasss. eight
hoar dsy for ell clsses Of labor: pay
for dead work. and abolition Of the
guard system.
J. =. Wciborn. prc>;icnt Of the
Colorado Fuel Z Iron company. today
expressed qualification over the si,u.
alton. ss,siaR that his reports show
20 per cent OF the miners ., work,
with no dcscelions In his company 4
properties In the Guanison and
Created butte districts. Tic declared
that 20 far 10 his company 10 con.
ccrncd more men eouiinurd At worh
than had b~rn expected. In q
signed statcmcn I he charged that
70 far ~ his company Is concerned
more men continued Al work ,hau
had been expected. In sisucA
staicmens he charged that many ol
those who stayed out Of the mines
today did - because they had b-rr
fn,intdaied." and predicted that
'whrn they scc they will be protect.
ed many will return" lie declared
that the company would take tho
necessary steps 10 protect the men
Al work.
lie expressed confidence iha, there
Ia no danger OF a coal shortage for
domestic consumption and announced
that he did not anticipate having 10
close the steel plant at Pueblo. II.
added that II might become ncscs.
ssry to cnrtail production IN some de.
partmcnis. hut that II ihis was found
necessary those departments which
use the least amount Of coal would
bc continued In operation.
I u. W. Brown. president O: the
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. do.
nicd the report that 200 men had
gone on strike at Louisville In north.
ern Colorado.
Pueblo. Colo, Sept. :3.-Thcre In
. possibility that the Minnequa siesi