| Show STRIKE STRIKEs I IS s STill EFFECTIVE Only a Small Proportion of oi the Men Alen Went Vent to Work I Yesterday Deputy Sheriffs Were on Hand Again Last Nigh flight to Protect the Property From Possible Damage I Tin The strike at the Germania smelter fc Sf till on though it has baa assumed pe uliar complications The Th men at rut the It the old Mingo at Sandy and the Highland Boy are ready to io go so golIt out lIt if a leader Jeader arises among them That Inn tilt is i this Is the statement of sev several ej ez eral d al men who work at each place Some iI lit thee the met men even fet feR resentment re that the G r men mend did not tell them there was to be a strike claiming that thatA A Iney would wouW have hiLve out too There has hu aa as a yet yot been no violence anti and no ed The men are calm and peaceful and are determined that twY will have an advance in wages or 11 r Quit work The continuance of the strike depends df on their determination Men from Sandy said yesterday that if r the Germania Ger closed down they would unit quit work at t the other trust smelter Though the strikers are aro peaceful to oil DB api Superintendent Tucker I fused to discuss the grievances of the themen themen themen men with a committee at 3 clock In the afternoon of the th day before and the men say that he was even insulting to them But he was as pleasant enough yesterday after some reflection refie tion and this notice was seen pasted on the walls waIls about the building Tuesday night and yesterday morning ADril 3rd 1900 To the workmen of the Germania smelter In regard to raising wages the mat matter matter matter ter has han been submitted to the ing committee at Denver and it will be impossible to secure a decision be fore one week In lathe the meantime the writer writer requests the men to come to work until the ques tion is settled and would be glad to meet a a committee of the men to talk over the matter should they so desire J H TUCKER Superintendent Varying Accounts of Decision The rhe he stories which air Mr ir Tucker tells of 4 1 r jt I N E k 1 t I a Iii p I I JJ SrI E EF F t U I J 4 1 1 Jf 1 th SCENES AND AD INCIDENTS S AT THE YESTERDAY 4 4 4 ht h n o confidence in their remaining At hie hi request r three deputy sher With w j t h Sans Sam low In charge char were ere r F J m n to the plant last night and andy 1 y were ore there all night to protect ant lant J from possible violence and men mn who wIo are working from in ronce r nf A false fIze move more or a sudden It Ii rel rl I might precipitate te a riot Denial is Made Madet Madere t re has ha b ben n fierce denial dental of oC the theof theor they y of or the tM strike a sa M published in The 1 1 d 11 yesterday morning t ent nt ut Tucker in an Interview yeter etter u ald id d there ere was waa little ls for the s ments and the office of Sheriff Ii 11 Us Ils has been so 80 exercised and ex r e that it declares there was no r f lation for the story sto and yet et dep u iE armed to the teeth pa po pathe t the grounds last night t it T t i to h are the developments of yes yest between Manager ind Superintendent Tucker and a of or the workmen was i l at it 7 ocl k yesterdAy morn Jr t it 10 smelter is working only sixty I tead ead of or Iii 11 men on a shift I h b 40 men hae have quit work and will t Murray the tile Germenia Germani at which most of the thea a 6 purchased their provisions JO a ped credit to strikers and at f th k this morning a meeting or of C I will be held at the home 1 res 8 D Olson the young man h i the v s looked upon upen as 86 6 the leader of t n TIn i n to form a union to conduct conduce 1 pt cst systematically T 11 r situation at present is i confused and n 3 ra 5 n infinite Only Oaly two of the big fur hI t att f r the plant put are in operation o and others are frozen so that they f r r be bt cleaned cle out and put in op Jl It l r for Tor a 8 week or ten tea days even een ih r was nas a full force foree Attempt at Settlement A c of or five live of ot the leading n called on Superintendent f r at 7 yesterday H at t t tr f invitation This was wa the time for J had shift to RO go o to work He HeH Hena na ad i ae 6 he said aid himself him lf yesterday re I this meeting and the account given by bythe byth the th committeemen do not agree The Themen Themen Themen men said yesterday that they the told him himas himas himas as they had done on Tuesday that they the wanted an advance of or 35 cents per day for all men in the employ He denied dented that any specific amount of advance in wages was asked for but they the simply asked for an increase with without without without out stating the amount Mr Tucker told them that he had no authority to raise the wages but that he had written to the operating corn com committee at Denver He told them that he thought he could give them a favorable answer but it would take seven days das Three of the members of the com corn committee committee accepted this proposition and agreed to have the men go to work for seven days Two others would not ac an accept accept the proposition There had been a half settled and confused notion among the workmen that a majority vote ote of the committee on the question of going to work would control them But it did not The vast throng of men who were awaiting In some anxiety the result of the conference were undecided They The would not follow the advice of the ma of the committee to return to work for seven seen days daS It is only a scheme to try and run in men on us said one of them He Hen can n hear from Denver Denyer in less than seven days That was the sentiment of of or the men They grumbled and talked among themselves and arid wandered home Between fifty and men went to work fork At the afternoon shift at 3 about the same Mme number came i out Furnaces Frozen Up Tip For a time early in the th morning it seemed doubtful that the big plant or any an part of it could be kept In opera tion lion during durins the day Two of f the blast had already frozen up and it was only through the t e supreme ef forts fortt of those In charge of the works during Tuesday Tuf S night that the other Continued on Page 2 21 Continued fm Page 1 L tt in opton were ae kept from om g get getting t ting cold and dying out OUt The hope of keeping the two two alve alive ws was not made cerain certain after the strikers com cm fe mi had gone Into conference with Tucker when abou about men wept went to work ok Ts This ot of cout co me lef left the smelter shor short shorthanded hade handed in nearly ever every department Te were enough charge men on hand to kee keep the two lve live furnaces going and don dawn below low they gt got along vcr very wel well with the tappers who pu put in ina inan a an Te The fore force ot of slag wheelers wa wa unde under the usual nube number a anAl out in b te the yard vad te the eUre entire force employed thee there w was Off c dut The ap ce of thIng things around the wor shWe showed clerY clearly that thee these mn men were not in their accustomed pla places and here hete ad and ter there strewn about the premises Wee heaP heaps of sa slag ad and other debrIs Indicating there had been ch coti fusion instead of the usual orde order of thin things Som Some of the yar yard men men I It w wd was said had work d ben been put nut to clearing out the frozen furnaces and a gla glance over there brought to view probably a half dozen men aund around with pic picks long long chisels chisels and other utensils required un unde under de der such lors rids hi is by no means an ey easy ta task for or afe after a fe few weeks ek 91 or months of usage the interior becomes crded corroded with rok rock which In te the cooling process bome becomes as hard th r ee even Worse than it ws in its it crude state state I It sometimes tes takes several wees t to pt pot the there furs furnaces in shape agin again after the they jive oncE once been en fro frozen frozen zen up but but for the smelter ter people this tia time they were allowed to run Tun unusually low before the pips pipes were wera dw drawn from them them FOce On the afternoon shift hit the fore force arnd around t the blat blast furnaces was not so Jare large and In one instance eight men we were In clearing ot out a furnace in the moring morning only one man manthe the ony only one sen seen who said his wase wages were good enough remained on duty Ove Over at te the copper work works the day shift soUt wet went on duty ad and found the fu fur furnaces naces empty but had ben been kept wr warm durn during te the night 10 to prevent dc ton lion Tey They were a a little short handed there but the roas roasts wee were kept fre fired up and t the fune furnaces were agaIn filled wi with t charges agn The was not quit quite s so lage large sever several ba had deserted the rl ranks but toe those who dropped ot out hee here we w not so noticeable a as i in ote other part parts of the works works t this department the wage wages rg range from up t to 2 p per day dayTha The Tha skimmers get 2 first helpers and second helpers In the roasts te the employees gt ad and The strike wa was not apparent in the sampling mi mill whee where everything seemed to bo be gOing along about a as usual Strong Detton Determination Te The determination among tee these Sel termen to their wage wages Is stong strong At this tie time th they are pd paid a as follows A dozen or more yardmen per day abu about 40 wh wheelers er ad and cr car men per dy day about thirty tappers tappen pr per dy day ad and about fifteen feeders 0 per day The Ther are in additon addition me men working on the raes roasters at the copper plant and other labores laborers who are pad paid varying amounts We want the wae wages of eve every one of tese these me men Increased 35 cents pr per day sad said Mr Olson yesterday ced uI If the ad advance advance vance is not mae made ever every one of the them will qui quit and I 1 guess the smelter wi will have t to close down then then We are not making enough mony money to lve live Wa rs cant pay our bis and and have any anything thing lef left oye over so that we are almot almost slave slaves drugging out a miserable eit exist existence enc ence ad and we must have relief VIe We have t this mater matter until the end has been en reached We e wI will not work unless W via get more money for it it Promises have b been n made time a and again by Mr t to be be broken Think of L n which to k keep p pa a family Een Evea at the sm l wag wages we receive we cannot get in a full fuU months work Te The furnace fumes containing the poison ot Of arenc arsenic lead copper an and oth other other er minerals are terrible In the their et ef effects To The inide inside me men in particular suffer greatly Tey They mu must in orde order to keep in heat health lat la of off almot almost a week each month It If tappers ad arid furnace men work steadily it wi will ki kill them in ina ina a a few years Lk Look at ome the old or men around here ad and 50 see if they ae are not broken down down Sometimes the men get leed leaded I It Itis is a a terrible sickness When one is ish h hurt rt by a an accident he may lay off on halt half pay II If Mr Tucker ba had acted on Tuesday as he did thI this morning the smelter woud would have been at work or wit with ful full force But he i insulted te the committee on He told u us to show our clor colors and defied us to come out out We Wethen ve then determined t to sho show him him This moring morning he asked for time to cate with Denver and ake asked us to work for seve seven days until he could receive a replY I If he hd had sad said this on Tsay would have wait waited afternoon every man woud have wat ed now it is to too late Some more meD men m may come to work during the week but only for sven seven da days s You can say ay this positively I If wage wages ae are not advanced by that time out and I be man wi will walk be eyer leve here the me mom at the Sandy smelter wi Ill go out to too The Highland Bo Bomen Boy men S wl will likely follow followS followWill Wil Will Organize Orge Now we ar are going to have an or organization The me men wU will meet at m my house moring at 10 and we wi will for form a union union to car carry on the strike I dont know if Sandy men and these from te the Highland By Boy will il come in for tor we havet time to see them If the they do we wJ will receive them glady gladly Tere There going to be ay any violence unes unless it is cm ed by of the smelter people or deputy sheriffs on onus onus us I If the these people undertake to trample on our right rights we cant be held responsible if some of the me bre ic out in fur fury a and d rome ome damage We have r respect for Mr Jones the manager He has trIed to at act deet decent ly Iy and a at thes these meetings wih with the cm corn he trie tried to talk to 10 us but Mr Tucke Tucker few flew off the and there was nothing for Mr Jones to sy syThe nay The Company Store The men men have anter another complaint Some of th them m chae charge that it is une under understood I stood they must trade at the Mercantile where they sy say i price prices ar are higher r than at other stores i This concern is a tum side isse issue owned by Manger Manager T R R Jone JoneS Superintendent Tuce Tucker and R B P Dayton The sel smelt ung ing ad and refining pa pay checks ar are made payable by the mercantile comy Te They a are marke marked in re red let tars tors Not transferable and the they red read Pay to 5 except amount due dueon dueon on account wih with you The These checks can be cas cashed d by no one except the mercantile company or at leat least they ae are nt nt che cashed by others We have hYe nee never tried to for force ay ayone any anyone one to trade here sid said Mr Dayton Daon of the Sore tore and our prices are lower tha than other stores This check s nt riot transferable because we dont want to be bet beat by hobo laborers when he we give cret credit About bout 75 per percent percent cent of laborers la lay awake nights tr try trying ins ing to beat creditors No more credit wll will bo be extended to strikes strikers according to Mr Dayton This was as illustrated when a Mrs Bate Batemen men mother of f two smelter workmen cae caine hio into the th stor Store Can I get two cupon coupon on J she Joseph eph asked ad and one 00 on George Batema Bateman Did they gout wih with the strikers asked Mr Dayton Dayton No sd said she they he are at work work Al All right replie replied the storekeeper and he two credit bok books good for 5 each Yesterday Mr Day Dayton m wn was very er busy cashing tIme who had caSing ch checks ck or of men inca hd qui quit work ad and who Intended to leave Murray Murry It is thought that abou about 10 received pay and and mot most of them wi will eave Tey They declare declared that they were going going t other point points where tey they sd said t they he could get beter better wage wages M Jones Poston Position Manae Manager T R B Jone me made this ste state meat ment concerning the troubles la last night Wie While I have the authority to h han dIe te the of the company in a general way I 1 felt that 10 In s so serious a mate matter as a geel general strike the aa affair should be handled by the operating committee of which Mr J B Grant is charm chairman ad and to tat that corn com mite the whole business has be been re without comment advice or recommendation on pry my pat part I am therefore eUrel entirely out of f i it ad and have not the faintest t ide idea of what wih will be done don I forwarded the particulars to Dener Denaer lat last night but a as Jet yet hye have r re received ce D no word d from the committee About of the Germania force went back to work worl this p ing lag a settlement ad and thi two morn of the p four furnaces are no now in operation M Nr Tucke Tucker Disagrees But Mr Jones statement i is at vari varia ian a with that of Mr Tucker mae made yesterday ete ay That is |
