Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-17
Colorado Labor Commissioner
Suggests Mediation Between
Miners and Employees as
Solution.
COLORADO FUEL AND
IRON MEN SATISFIED
Official Of Big Company in
Trinidad District Declares
irresponsible A gitatOrs
Caused Trouble.

lIBy Leased Wire 90 Evening Herald
Denver sept i7.--Efforta TO pre-.
vent the threatened strike OF coal
miners IN the southern Colorado fields
we're continued today By state Off
cials ana commercial organizations.
Edwin W. Brake. deputy state labor
commissioner. said tnat he had not
yet received replies to his suggestions
made Yesterday to the miners aud op-
orators, to arbitrate their differences
under the state law. lie declared
that he would require both parties.
10 they declined the offer of arbitra-
tion. To send In sworn statements Civ
Ing their reasons Tor refusal as pro-
vlded by the statute.
Jesse 4. Welborn. president of the
Colorado Fuel and from company. in
timated that the offer OF mediation
would b. rejected by bis corporation.
Don't you Sec" he said. "thAt we
can not possibly aTbitrate when our
own employees are satisfied and don't
want 10 striker"
Mr WclbOrn explained this View ~
taken In convention IN which few
bona fide delegates cf southern coat
cumps were present.
Al the district headquarters ~ tho
/ United Mine workers Il WAS stated
that the communication from the state
labor commls lsHioner was received too
late Ia be acted upon Ia the conven-
tlon but that the policy board Of the
organization probably was authorized
TO accept mediation and call of the
strike tf IN its opinion this waT de-
sirnbie. u was declared that this
policy board wasid eon=sdcr the Brake
letter and announce decision Ad-
/ lutani General John Chase said to-
I day that the published statement That
| the national guard had been ordered
io bo in readiness for service IN tho
strike district was unfounded. The
adluant general suggested that the
report gained circulation from tho
| fact that orders had been issued the
( national guard 90 prepare for inian-
/ try Instructions
! Commissioner Brake estimated that
there are about l5.O00 coal minors 10
! Colorado Of whom about 5000 arc In
/ Hucrfauo and Las Animas counties,
the region most directly concerned Ia
the threatened strike. or these 5000
ne thinks about half arc members Of
tho United Mine Workers. Officers
Of the United Mine Workers estimate
about GOO miners in southern Colo
rado. and declare that nll but 10 per
cent are members Of the order.
Tho plan of the miners organiza
tion. according to ~ officials. is %
call out The men first in southern col
orado. the strike "a inke effect Sep
tomber 23 Later ~ d Is deemed adj
visahie the strike may 90 extended
over the whole of district j .. com
prlslng Colorado. New Mexico and
Utah. they declare.
President Welhorn said today:
"rhe Colorado Fuel and iron COM
pany viii not raise prices OF coal on
account OF the strike"
IIc explained that prices this winfoi
win be governed by the usual cohdi'
tions. regardless nf labor troubles
'rherc is no danger of a coal famine
IN Colorado ne added while there
may hc some curtailmcnt Of output
we shall look after our Colorado pn
irons first"
Nlr Welborn snid 81 was the inteu
don OF the company to keep the mines
in operation "a good force az mei
viii remun with uf-thay have toi,
us so." he declared "our employees
are wen satisfied and have expressed
themselves 90 that effect. rhey have
said repeatedly that they ala not wan
90 engage Va strike"
Tie declared that the recent Trinl
dad con, utlon was made largely %
former strikers from the northern
/ Colorado coal fields. who visited th
camps obtained employment, then az
tended the convention for the purpns