The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-23
Miners and Operators Are Still
at Odds After Two
Months of Dis
sention.
NO BREAK IN RANKS
Strikers Are Holding Out While the
Mines Arc Being Worked
at Almost Full
Capacity.
[By J. II. Furay, United Press Stan
Correspondent,1

lby y. II. Huray, Uu1I6Q FTocb Slau
Correspondent
DENVER, Colo, June 23.-That the
plans for a settlement OF the strike
being worked out by the United states
department of labor in Washington
will succeed was the hope expressed
today by leaders OF tho thousands Of
coal miners who have been On strike
in southern Colorado since last Sep
tember. Today nearly two months
after the United States soldiers were
sent into the strike zone, by Presi-
dent Wilson, the contending factions
are no nearer together than they
were during the bloody days immedi-
ately following the battle OF Ludlow.
1t will require the mediation OF an
outside agency to compose their DIFF
ferences.
According to statements to the
United Press by John r. Lawson and
other leaders Of the United Nine
Workers there has been no sign OF
break In the ranks OF the strikers.
On the other hand the Big Three
companies--tae Colorado Fuel and
Iron company. Victor American Fuel
company and Rocky Mountain Fuel
company AL claim production OF
coal very nearly normal for this time
OF the year.
It was stated at the Office of Gov.
~tn0r AfAmoAs today that about 10,
600 miners were at work In the strike
districts, which is more than 80 per
cent for the dull season. ]. w. Wei
born, president OF the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company declares his com
pany has been able to fill all orders
without difficulty.
There has been no trouble Of any
kind in any section OF the strike zone
since the arrival of United States
troops early in May. Subordinates OF
Colonel James Lockett, commanding
in Trinidad, declare there seems to
he disposition ON both sides Of the
difficulty to mark time and await de-
velopments. Under regulations issued
by Secretary of War Garrison, opera
tors may employ strike breakers but
only under rigid restrictions. No OIL
cial or employe Of any operating com
pany is permitted to solicit the SER
vices of men. The only conditions
under which miners may work are
that they apply in person to the sup
erintendent Of each mine, at the mine.
Importation of men to the mine from
any outside point Is forbidden even II
the "outside point" be the general
office OF the company.
In the meantime thousands OF strik-
ers are living in tent colonies and
subsisting on money, food and cloth
ing supplied by the United Mine
Workers. International Vice Presi-
dent Hayes of the union declared to-
day that so far as the officials know
there has been no distress. Opera
tors interviewed today were optimistic
regarding the outlook at the mines,
asserting that in their opinion the
strike is already practically broken.
Miners officials ridicule this claim.
Everything shows, they say that the
strikers are as determined to stand
out for human justice" as they were
when the strike was first called. De-
sertions from their ranks have been
very few they say.
The strike will be the overshadow.
ing issue in the political campaign
next fall. Recently the Colorado Law
and Order party was organized in
Denver, its purpose being to defeat
all candidates for office who failed to
condemn the disorders Of last spring.