The chronicle=news., 1913-09-18
STRIKE CALL |SSUE6;;> SITUATION
IS NOW CLEARLY. Defined
Policy Committee Urges Eoery Nine Worker to
Lay Down Tools Tsesday
QUIET FOLLOWS U. N. ". CONVENTION

operators are stili maintaining their
position. solid and unyieidinE. u
fortress Of stubborn opposition A.
strong Ms Gibraltar.
Meantime the systematic prcpara-
| iions 10 care for the striking miners
aud their families are Eoiuk on. Al
ready the exodus Of on-union coal
miners has begun. aud many left the
camps in this county yesterday und
today. \ number departed for III.
old country and other districts. Mos,
of these while not members OF the
union. were induced to leave through
the fear of possible conflict with the
strikers when the waikout II de-
clarcd. The officials OF the rompan.
les operating In this field stiii main
tain that only u small per cent Of the
men employed will walk out aud
that the mines will continue to o..
crate with those that remain. aud the
companies have announced that III.
men who do remain AT work will be
protected.
A number Of rumors gained rircu-
lation yesterday. One was that the
Victor -Amcrican Fuel company had
shipped In u number Of men 10 Hast
inEs to take the place OF those who
have quit or who may xo on strike.
a representative Of the company said
last niRht that this VA. not true.
that there was no reason for III.
company TO import men when II was
quite probable that the strike would
| not seriously effect the operation Ct
the property.
Up TO this time the local situation.
kae pps sep,gnAd- the .aarseusnesa that
would seem 10 warrant the state MI
litla being sent here. The report that
Tho citizen army was mobilixinx and
In readiness to move has been denied
By AdJutant General John Chase and
Governor Ammons. and the latter has
made Il clear that he will not order
out the militia unless conditions b..
come 10 critical that he will be COM
PEELED to take this step.
Denver. Colo. Sept. Is.-Govcrnor
Ammons is confident that the strike
will not develop any serious trouble.
He said yesterday:
II look for the strike to be settled
speedily and all matters adjudicatcd
nmicably within n very short time
few days. In fact. My position Is
one OF strict neutrality. but the con-
tending parties must realize that the
law will be strictly enforced. The
stories that ] have ordered the mill
tia to be In readiness to move IL alb
surd. have not thought OF the mill
tia and am confident that no such
move will he necessary
David W. Brown Of the Rocky
Mountain Fuel company said there
was nothing new in the situation
from the standpoint OF the operators.
He said:
Our miners knew few. II any. OF
the United Mine Workers who pre-
tended to represent them at the
Trinidad convention. Our miners
have been granted practically every
thing they wanted. Conditions arc
the best and they are making more
money than any other miners In the
Cnited States . so why should they
want to strike We believe that a
large percentage OF the men will re-
main at work.
| Denver. Sept. Estate .officers,
officials Of the United Mine Warkers
Of America and Colorado mine oper-
ators today marked time in the strike
situation. No change OF plans was
announced by either party to the
dispute. Deputy Labor Commission
or Brake said he had no further
plans for averting the strike. and
mad not received the replies of tho
miners and the operators to his Of
fer Of mediation.