Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-08-19
LOSS OF LEE IN
COLORADO COAL MINES

Before and since the strike OF the Colorado coal
miners began. September a. 1918. IN. mine owners
refused To meet representative Of their men. al
ways claiming that they had nothing to arbi-
trate"
sane man can deny.
There are TWO SIDES to the Colorado coal
strike.
The mine owners have flooded the country with
their literature attempting to prove that they
have nothing To arbitrate
Many questions are involved In the present In
dustrial struggle In Colorado which merit the at
think prove that there Is SOMETHING to arbitrate
There Is nothing more sacred than NE
When. through criminal negligence. through dis
obeyshce "f the Law. through improper manage
inert and Inadequate ventilation. the mine owners
OF Colorado Kill In their mines almost three times
as many men. per thousand employed as the aver
age for the United States, and four times the aver
axe Of states where operators recognize the United
Mine Workers of America, believe there Is
some thing to arbirate,
None can deny that conservation OF life Is vital
issu. In the future of these United states
Statistics published by the Bureau OF Mines Of
the department Of the Interior show the wanton
disregard in which the Colorado coal operators hold
the lives OF their men.
In 1913 there were 1900 men working In the
mines Of Colorado OF this number ~" we're Killed
81 Nh iJeGs
Eight thousand and thirty-six men worked in
the neighboring state of Wyoming where tn. mine
owners recognize the United Nine Workers In
this state - sss were Killed. OF average 81 ga
p~v sksssasA sa0isyeA.
Missouri. another union state had io.it3 miners
work Net - lest their lives !. The .sses
81 shss state, 81 - average 81 - sss per shss-
sssA.
In the organized state of Iowa, issit miners
were employed 1918. Twessy-siH .ss were
hiiieA. average 81 Isl pes shsssasA.
Illinois. the best organized state In America.
ployed $3.50 miners OF these. lst lost their lives
OF .. average 81 ass pr ssss.ssa
Oklahoma operators employed s5tt men. prac-
tcally all OF them members OF the United Mine
Workers. In this state. 20 men were killed.
- average Sf 80 pev thsssasA.
In Indiana, another organized state, 21<1s men
worked In 1913. siKtysix of them lost their lives
In the mines or O. a,.ras. 81 ass ,.s tAs.ss.A.
Ohio operators employed t5s27 union miners
one hundred and sixty five of them were killed.
average 81 asa ses PER stsssssA.
There ,2s.355 coal miners In the United
states In 1919. Two thousand. seven hundred and
eighty Of these lost their lives average
Of 5.s3 ssss thsssasA.
In ss,srsss, the ser-~ssase Of Hives
shsssasd
Let consider the death list of Colorado miners
In 1910
In that year 1879 employed Three
hundred and nineteen were killed sseeass
NJ avs p~s shsasssd.
TIE average sssk~s ct Killed - tie whsse
Z siseA states 10 that year asa for every
sh~sessA esvis,eA. ~ae-sssessh 81 the
average soobes 81 fasaitstes N tsisseas.
Thes" the facts.
But the perators insist that they have nothing
to arbitrate'
In 1911. ninety -one Colorado miners out of the
ltai5 employed lost their lives OF an average OF
s.35 for every thousand men employed.
In 1919 there were $4,000 At work In Colo
RADIO. OF these - 49, sAsss Hives. SSl ~
average ooobss 81 k1eee1 - the Ua1esA states.
The above figures show OF the many reasons
| for the present strike Of Colorado coal miners.