The Calumet news., 1913-10-16
HISTORY OF THE STRIKE
AT The H0MESTAKE MINE

According 10 tho following from
Lead, ;. H., newspaper. concerning che
Homestake strike, the methods re-.
sorted 10 by the Western Federation
OF Miners were similar 10 those adopt
ed by It in this district:
"On tho 10th day of October 1909
mass meeting of the Lead city and
Central city Miners union passed tho
following resolutions:
" Resolved that We demand Of an
eN-membors who are now I'm arrears.
that they shah al once re-lnstatc and
place themselves in good standing I'm
our union and that We demand and
require all eligible mon who are en-
ployed within our jurisdiction, to az
once obtain cards certifying their
membership in the proper local Of Tho
Western Federation Of Miners
RcSolN ed: That any aud all mon
within our jurisdiction who shan see
lit To neglect or ignore these just de-
nands and requirements. shah b."
dealt with IN tho near future accord
inglv rs we may determine To act in
each Of their respective cases
"On the 2lrh day Of October. 1909,
another joint session of the same To-
calls passed the following resolutions
which were published in the local
newspapers as O. notice with orders 10
run three DAYS
Resolved: ~ us, the members IF
the Lead CITY Miners union SO. =. "
r. of VI, ana Central city Minors ul.
ion No. 3, ". r. of NJ. in joint session
assembled. that all men noslectine on
refusing 20 become members i'm good
standing It tho local in whose juris-
diction they may loo working on or
before November -, 1909. Will be do.
ciarcd unfair to the W. f. of NJ. Aud,
be it further
9" Resolved: That We, the membcss
oi the aforesaid union, refuse to worls
with any ana all men who become
unfair 10 our organizations by or
through refusing to comply with the
provisions of this resolution.
The Homostake haQ from the timc
OF iJa beginning been an open camp
Union and non-union men had work,
ed together In the mine without am
discrimination on the part or the
nanaEement. bat superintendent Grier
had always opposed any attempt on
the part of the union to force an en-
ploye into membership, declaring that
the men must be free 10 choose wheth-
er they would or would not hold mem
bcrshlp in the union. The Western
Federation Of Miners is dominated hg
the Socialists, that organization haviuG
declared in favor Of Socialism. The
avowed determination Of the organiza-
ton OF the camp meant If the com
panv allowed such action To succeed,
that the Western Federation would
practically control the HOmestake
mine. The company was then In self
defense compelled TO act. on the 10th
day Of November the United States
court issued a summons I'm a suit IN
stitutcd by the company against tho
Lead Miners union to recover dam
ages resulting from the intimidat ion
OF nom union employees. on the 18th
of November the company gave no
tice that after the first of January,
1910. only non-union men would be
employed. on the evening Of the 2ls.
OF November a strike was voted By !
the union, which matter was referred |
by wire 10 the Federation at Denver |
ON the evening of the cath of Novem-
Der the company shut down it's works !
This is the history of the Home |
stake shutdown from the beginning. |
The men claimed no grievance nor !
had there been any overt action 10 |
indicate the approaching struggle be- |
fore the passage of the resolutions !
given at the head of this article"