The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-01

State Of Colorado. II Is terrible to
contemplate. this merciless slaughter.
and 1t must end
ITO describe this condition as Roche
felers war; as has been done by certain
OF the sensat onal newspapers and speak
ers. Ia Infamous. Our interest IL solely in
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
which In simply one of a large number Of
coal operating companies In the State OF
Colorado. j. c. Osgood president OF the
Victor-American Fuel Company. one of
the other large coal companies In Col.
orado. made the following statement to-
day:
THE Idea that Mr. Rockefeller IL
responsible for the strike il absurd
for the other coal companies would
not have recognized the unions re-
CARELESS OF what action he took with
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
The latter company does only abou,
80 per cent. of the coal business in
Colorado.
This shows that our interest In the
coal business of Colorado is only about
IL per cent. OF the total
william r.. Green. secretary treas
urer OF the United Mine Workers OF
America. has issued a statement saying
Nor is II true. as Mr. Rockefeller says.
that the question in contention is the
VI INC Tnlllf'Ns inns mas not
been and Is not now the issue
I'm this connection | desire to quote
from the following letter from the Gov
ernor OF Colorado. dated November 81.
1913. addressed to j. +. Welborn John
e. Osgood. u. ". Brown operators. and
7. y. Evans. Archie Allison David Ham
mon. miners. Denver:
II desire to make n suggestion for
the termination of the present in
latr al al
insurmountable obstacle to settle
ment was the recognition OF the
union. and almost every other ma
terial difference between you hinged
about that question, or Ia covered by
existing law.
There Ia no law compelling the
operators to recognize the union nor
to permit the employees to exact that
recognition. The statute does pro-
vide. however for the right to join
union " the miners so wish without
coercion or Interference.
81 suggest the following as salts
factory solution; Tho employment OF
check weighman as provided by
law the carrying out in good faith
the statute making II unlawful to
ms. the so called truck or script
system IN the payment of men the
enforcement of the law for an eight
hour day; that all employees shall
have the right to buy where they will
that all employees shall have a semi
monthly payday; that all employees
have the right 10 board whore they
please; the enforcement OF the coal
mine inspection law of 1918. pro-
viding for the safety of the mine and
the protection of the life and health
OF the employees that all EMPLOYEES
on strike shall be given employment
except where their places have been
filled or where they have been guilty
OF violence or other unlawful acts,
and that where places have been filled.
other work will be furnished as soon
as practicable.
"rhe operators letter of acceptance of
these suggestions. dated November 81.
1918. says: We accept your suggestions
for termination of the strike of our
former employees. We invite them to re-
turn to work on the terms mentioned by
you and assure you and our former EN-
ployees that we will conform In good
faith 10 all the suggestions contained in
your letter."