Show STATEMENT OF I THE STRIKERS I Their Th ir Version of the Causes Causas j Leading Up to Trouble t WILLING WILLINGTO TO RETURN TO WORK PLEA SOU PO WORKERS I I II H Special tu to The Herald HeraU Holpe Utah Dec is 15 the statement of the s select lec lect c t i by the unions at the HIt various s I Int I sent ent nt to the Utah F 1 l company and turned 1 down Statement of Strikers t v r Ei os v lC Acc President 1 tah tab Fuel F and the Pleasant Valley Ule Coal liIL Salt Lake Lak t u II I th tah near Sir Vs til cems tu h be gom som l c rn ng the rd il ii il i I th ioa coal eval o f fI tins Ills I state tate tnt t d t tJ by you ou ili I II t I submit tl the fell that it ma may remove J i l OUS vit t v voter 1 ind d and t tot ml t lo n estai i I r jt n th the niP im UI s ami Ih h u r U fe eti 1 that t kI t 1 will u lIt iI I i pro ro to brU 1 I fer to um eun of tin tui 01 es leading iw iP to tL the th prO re ent ln I m mp me I u what hat strained relations exiting existing h tw ep tile the th and nd the eni I It H is 13 claimed we are Informed that thre re was wall wasn wa n f r rason awn on for tor th Ih h of if f tnt tho th com corn ceasing work and th h t they hey did didn n nt t have hae nor ha hat had 1 th the they j in io tf th thi past pant pa t an angri any gri ance ot Or grounds of complaint 81 thc th cc coal a l companies r That 1 hat there ha hs been complaints upon the thy part 01 oi th thy back f fr r a num nurn bei be of years ears Bin must t be bt f t nc d bv by b all who are art familiar with th the sets facts H it la is true that thy the ilk did not 11 ways reach tbt h for tor tb renon reacon that it wa was felt f lt b by th the that tons woUld not be gi ct n and that the thi th pu pt RUlon of the w would mid b be jeopardized 1 Strike Three Years go goIt It lt is II Ic welt well ell known thit that about three thre ear ugo ago the dissatisfaction dl sat lf at Wirier Wirter Quarters Quarters upon the port Ill rt of Ir f the th employee 01 ni n nithe th the company was su II such h that a Ii general occurred at that place pia Ct One the of thE grievances then wa was that the amount w and ind nil bOa tho b request t was tor to an Increase of wages In Instead Instead stead of an increase the conj com an any re reduced r the price of mining coal caul from to hI SlOts cents per JKr ton lon to 90 50 fOnt nta per ton In some som of or the mines Fonn rl the miners miner wei welo paid lOr r driving iro i in the mine at Sunnyside Latterly this compensation t I tf has been eA taken from them Within Vs the past year y ar the companIes reduced redu ed the tae price for driving entries in their mines There have also alO been man y complaints complaint because e eor of or the failure of the companies to fur furnish fish nish sufficient or proper timbers rails rail ties et f etc t and In requiring the miners to perform work not properly within the scope of or their lr employment ment There have ha VI also been bet n small and not infrequent re reductions reductions In the wages of the employee until their average avee monthly earnings have hae not exceeded M Numerous N merou statements bare hae been published pub hed purporting to haw have ha emanated from the companies 8 showing earnings greatly in excess of the fore foregoing foregoing going but we have bave no hesitancy in say sav saving saying ing that the figures figure published are moor incorrect and nd misleading The same publications publications also Incorrectly state Mate the number of month otra days In which the employee work each Misleading This failure results doubtless from the fact that the company compan records record do hot show that work Is III performed by the mt mi miena era ena except upon days when co coal l is ac actually actually sent ent by them from the mIne mines Frequently the miners are engaged for fer forone one oue or more day days each week in breaking down coal eoal and d preparing to send end it from the mines mUtes These day days are not shown bown or r 1 counted cou ted by the U th company notwithstanding the fact that the they are an numerous and also aloo onerous upon the employee It J t is 11 true that in some instances where nere conditions were favorable in the mine the earnings have been comparatively large lar but a an ex examination eXamination of the earnings of all an the em eui will wilt show that our position is l cor correct correct TOOt An impartial tax will show soo that such employee have been compelled to exercise the most rigid and nd that it has been difficult to support them themselves themselves selves h and nd their families It Jt will wUl also be remembered that during th the past few years eana the prices paid by th the employee for living expenses ell have materially increased so 80 I that their condition has hu boOn been be n growing less tess favorable with the passage pa e of the years For several years rears the employee I have discussed the foregoing and other questions so vitally vitalI Important to them and have han felt that they the had Just grounds gronda demand demands tor tee which to predicate higher upon wages wage and better conditions in and around the mines Grievances It U would not perhaps b ha be profitable nor norin nOrt noris in is t It necessary ar at this time to ta mint int out more t learly dearl why these complaint fI were not given greater reater publicity Early in No November 0 vember of this year vear y r the employee submit submitted of ot ted to you vou sonic some of or the grievances grievance which they complain with a view v of hav having having et ol aa ing the w same m redressed Tn In a communication tion from you to the committee col represent re ent entIn lug In th thc h employee of the tb tta Fw Purl J corn com eo at ut the e Sunny n side min mines r e under date R Rl Ra Re RT of Ilo Nov 11 1908 BOS 1 you considered some aume oT trw the a referred T e dm to an snit l t rem l uv some e of them Th The nio t im lOt one onea nes were wen either not ci nt hl bv by b you vou ur tr Ir the concession w WI was wasta b ta a modification of the origin original ell Sin then the fm l have han be been bOen n wan wait ait ln In log for H a fair and ind nd arak amk ble adjustment dJu of o all aU p pint pinta int of f difference between th tb com corn cornand panl nh x and Hd s sincerely That a p arable a lui lution jn might m ht he bf quIck 1 el elfed fj fd d It Is to state stat It ir that the an deeply the p IOd ed nt of all n 11 x m is b bets tw tn c ii and the companies comp nl II they th are lr ton pon daH toll toil for fr brt bread id and h f wom O ti ant and children mu mut t If tie arc are not kl i permitted to re return r f turn to tl work Tl are rt ire anxious to tn rc PC Kl Mini um l work feeling f li g that the winter which is bf bd for them will bring untold suffering sorrow to them and nd to t their How Howver er the purpose J tins tion primarily m Is to tu 14 aid In reaching a com corn common cornmon mon ground upon which th the companies and the can an stand and which will nil result In the immediate settlement lUent of al hI trouble and the resumption of or work I M n th part of the employee A Accord tord InI w pr present ent for fr your consideration tn the i i which hun have been n the principal the tb om cOrn I t or of f diffen n between parr panh s and the em mp ves and we h di ir that th t upon iI i satisfactory n moval of th thear f u of ef difference the empoe will t f wlad gIai Iad to Immediately itel I resume work In order to tu avoId l any ny mi misunderstanding wf we put Ul the matters of lu Ia sue suc rm n t turin form Irm and in U the UK shape ot o 4 as liS I foil follwe w I c Requests Bequests I lirt Fir track la rw shall la lay NOd nd 00 I tak tk out tIt truck track In ill al all I 11 th thy lom om lomp p pal pai it to hI pay pai 12 Ii o 11 i ivr tr r y yard for d driving l ing sam arm I Ot PI ond That au pounds pound constitute A It atoil toil tOl instead of it pounds th thy system i o used by th tb companies Third That t the calc be properly test teat tested ed td fn from m time to time lime t me hv by y a gov nt o or of offit fit al That th tb h miners mIne receive 20 percell per perre re ft cell t Ivance JV on P pounds That ut all ml tr l taken tak n from his Usual lial place of to LI drive or to do doa ui a thee lither work rec recel f a r J 3 per 11 la hl That th the mp ui replace r pla the 6 it per yard taken off Ott fr about a t month ago aco and t t miners nil w work orIE l hg K In places where w see they the have be to o 0 contend wIth viti water bad roofs r clod low coal or i 11 11 i other ti lad I i l i equal to the miners mine average earn in if ic throughout the mine under average COD n StI fik nth mith tin tIJI miners have haw LI If check III It t e mch his pu n to tl b t deducted 1 11 tite th lin Eighth Eight n l fl ho the drawers timber men and all other inside day daymen daYmen men receive reee 2 20 0 per cent per day isy advance Ninth That the coupon and scrip system eye aye tem tern be abolished aboU Tenth That all a II outside men connected t wit i the lIw mints mimics re reoh f K 20 per fr cent ad advin van vin an and amil I t teamsters ter have hl fifteen u ado I to fir Care fo teams leams as formerly employee be paid monthly 1 Twelfth That no be he suspended or discharged for taking part in these e epro proceedings pro and that the United Mine MineWorkers N Yorkers Workers of or America Amerl be he recognized recognised n to the that c of the companies mi mit be I 1 er mit t ImI d lo III I jin jilIn j mItI ti iu Qt jiul ud thai tha thera b be no die crimination against such net as af may isay unite with th such each MC fl a aser a of ot ivr air all provided pr dp l b Itt the too theof law Jaws of r tb the state stale be furnished d for th the bettor pr pro er na linn of or the h and aad 54 I lives of f the Fourteenth That tracks track to and stumps be put pat In hi by company track men me Fifteenth When n a sp r IS driven up Ute the th side I de of or a pillar the price per ton shall h he F th tb 8 fim em a f in rooms r om nth That be driven every seventy feet in rooms rOom required by bythe bythe bythe the laws of the state Seventeenth That a plentiful supply of ties props prop and rails rail be b kept In each working place Eighteenth That an D equal turn be of offered offend fend each eal miner an each esek he be n a i fair chance hance to obtain the same 1 Nineteenth That the th be kept free tree from water wat r and d fake fa of rock Twentieth That an of ef 20 m per pee percent coot cent be paid to mon sen working w on coke ovens oven and aRd that they tile slum shall not t be com corn pelted l to load the rock first That a supply of r water for tor domestic dom and other purpose purposes I be supplied Plea Flea Pl For Per the I From your our communication of Nov No 11 above hove a referred to we understand that several of the above requests reQue tB ar are re con conceded ceded by bv you The Tile eleventh request t in n ruIng payment pa Dt semimonthly we weun understand un you joti have bave not seceded acceded ed to toWe toWe We respectfully request that upon this i point you adopt the view entertained by bythe j 1 the While White It would entail as 8 5 i suggested b by bj v you iu some additional trouble upon the companies we feel fel f that tb t it tt l I would be ot of sue eu h great grea t fit to tu the employee that their wishes willbe hould h ui l V h respected You are an familiar famUlar I I wi a in to conditions of the and andin andI I Ithe in the I h gnat a I benefits benefit Which II would result from rom semi semimonthly payments Vie We e fe ri feet l t confident nt that further consideration ot or i this important request will induce Indue you i ito to accede ac de to the terms of the twelfth I Truest request We regard this U proposition as ab asor of or considerable importance and aad feel con confident confident that its It II acceptance ace by Uy you ou will produce lasting tasting and beneficial results I Inot not only to the employee but to the com corn companies I panics You will pardon us WI if 11 we suggest that wt Wv do not perceive aay any sound rea reason reason son eon wh why ef of any an person or com corn should hould not be permitted if it theY desire desir to unite with any fraternal be benevol suitable lwI or organization organization nevol nt or 1 other proper and ana It Is ill a matter of o public knowledge that such organisations as aa the t Ancient Order of United Workmen the I of Pythias Woodmen of the tOO World and nav mav proved of ofa great a benefit bennt to the laboring classes c The I features sick benefit funds anti ami Kindred characteristics have made uch b o invaluable to the members ana their families Besides Be the I advantages adva n s above referred to the le fra fTc fraternal tema I and social features ot such organ organizations exercise a most moet Important moral and educational effect all n persons conne connected ted therewith To persona t em employed employed In tn and around coal alae there are more or less dangers N rt to life Ine and limb and sickness s frequently Y overtakes tb bread d winner of the Unless UJ l such uch i are connected o with an n organ that hat t Win Will for hips III in sickness and death ath hardship and sufferings inevitably h It It cannot be 1 fairly fair contended on tented that greater objections can be urged against union on organisations than tha n can ca n be e against t the or organisations above t tee to Objects orthe of Union One of the th primary objects of the union organizations Is to secure MC benefits I to the families of the be members of such uh organizations and the morn and aa Intellect Intellectual ual usi ua I development d of or fhe members ber is III a ameet most meet Important consideration In addi addition addition tion the th fraternal and of ot such b organizations I are emphasised tJ and r the benefits benefit which are fA derived de are apparent appa nt to all 11 who have made mad v of the matter ter This T I proposition thin tion is t not a C th the employ employment ment mont by bv the th company of ot potions persons ns who are not members of 01 audi uch organisation It is not a demand That only ditty members of such shaU ahall b be ean not nor is la it itc contemplated c that Ut suck such organization it d tf n shall dictate the policy polky y of the t ot 0 e the mines or condu Its IU op u On the tte contrary oe oie ot QT the chief designs I e ot or such Cuch organization is to coope oo la he ev ery secure the very be bIt t results and the highest t benefits to 0 all ll concerned r d hr he halt naif of Jf those whom hon W we represent ent we earnestly state that ho O re r b J JIng hug Ing made it for the t g what are called c Jed nonunion men inca fruits from t tWe W We only ask that we be permitted e to af 0 affiliate 1 with such lIuch r we e de desire 1 sire and that there ther shall abali be n dope batten matton against us or others other who may y m i with such luch organizations by reason thereof This Thill proposition t that the employee of the t e company who are not nut now at work hall s permItted to tor return r turn and that there shall be no DO di dl crimination against them by reason n of the fact tact that they th y may my belong bel to a union organization n or may have haV been engaged m In what bat la lit described In hi the prose press pressas preas as the th present ent pre strike We we feel feal per persuaded persuaded persuaded that full tull consideration of the po so position of the undersigned unde and those thoe whom I they represent upon this Important prop proposition proposition proposition will lead you to Indorse the same me and fully In the wishes of the thet t We understand fht you are Ie desirous of operating the mines of the companies to their tell full capacity and we desire to state tat that those whom we rep ren represent D resent ent re earnestly earne |