, 1921-12-01
ANOTHER MINE
IS REOPENEDI IN
Strike REGION
Third of Normal Force Re-
ports for Resumption in
Walsenburg District
Today.

TRINIDAD. Colo, Dec l-Reopen-
ing OF the Cameron mine IN tbs Wal
senburg district which has been closed
since the miners walked out on a
sympathetic strike following the strike
IN Is company mines in protest
aEainst a so-per cent reduction in
wages was announced by Colorado
Fuel & Iron officials here today.
Eighty-four men reported for work at
Cameron today. only 80 Of whom are
coal miners. according TO company
figures. This is about one-third Of
normal force tor this mine
The Cameron mine was not e9ected
by the reduction in wages which went
into effect November II. Following
the sympathy strike there the com
pany ordered the mine closed. Recent
ly a .meeting of employees WINS held
and by majority vote accepted the re-
duced scale OF wages and filed petit
ton with the state Industrial commits
sion asking that operations be resum-
ed.
Resumption at Cameron increased
the number at work IN Huerfano
county today. the company reports to
e25. or 81 more than yesterday. With
Cameron working the COLORADO Fuel
a Iron now has seven mines in opera
to in the Walsenburg district and
five in the Trinidad district. Com.
pany reports show 1906 men at work
in company mines of Las Animas
county today. is less than yesterday,
the slight drop due. the officials ex-
plain. TO n rearrangemsnt of the
force starting a new month.
Tonnage taken out OF the Trinidad
mines yesterday exceeds the normal
daily output before the strike, officials
say. The production reported IS 1851
o n compared with $500 the normal
average. Huerfano county mines
took out 2ao5 tons.
WALSENBURG, Colo, Dec. l.
John McLennan. district president of
the United Mine Workers OF Amer
lea, today declared that reports he
had received from Cameron mine.
where company officials contend 81
men were working today, were that
only 40 men were working there and
all were men brought to the mine
ffom the outside"
MY information is that none OF
the old employees Mt the Cameron mine
are at work today declared Mr.. Nc
Lehman. "our men also report to me
that they did not sign any petition
asking the Colorado Industrial com
mission to have operations resumed
at the Cameron mine at reduced
wages The men are circulating n
statement today denying they asked
for a resumption at reduced wages
Mr.. McJennan pointed out that the
tonnage figures as given out by the
company at Trinidad and which the
company contend showed more than
III normal daily output before the
strike. were confusing.
THE normal average in those
mines" said he. lis much greater
thai the figures the gives
out. Company officials appear to have
taken as a basis the daily output Just
before the strike for comparison. As
everybody knows. many Of the mines
We're idle or running on short time
just before the strike because of the
slack demand for coaI. 1t would no.
be proper to call hat kind of pro-
duction normal"
Three men held in connection with
the shooting at Oakview mine, before
the strike Of Colorado Fuel & Iron
company employees began, were re-
leased today on $1,000 bond in the
district court. They are charged with
assault with intent to kill. The court
set their trials for the next term of
court. in February.