| Show STAIE ON AT DAMONDVILlE SIX HUNDRED A MINERS QUIT WOn T AY Demanded a Increase of Wage and the Reinstatement of Two Discharged charged Employees Special to The Herald Dlamondvllr WSo Nov 27The strike which his been threatened for the past few week lies at last proven a reality This morning 6 mine employed In the mines of the Diamond Coal Coke company com-pany qui work and the mines are Idle rho trouble has ben brewing for sometime some-time and about a week ago the Miner union demanded a conference with Manager Man-ager Whyte In ordcl to discuss alleged grievances Mr Whyte cme down from ontana on Vednesday last and held a conference with the men on Thursday the 2r The unlondemanded a raise of 10 cents per ton also 10 per cent raise on day wages and alsO that two rase Alf Roberts Rob-erts and WillIam rcJster the later Dretcent at the Miners union 0 r employed by the company They were formerly employed by tho company but Roberts hal quit on account of some grievance which he had and IcCalster was discharged for being abet from duty for nine days without leave and without excuse At the conference the I company granted the men a raise ot 3 cents per ton but refused to reemploy the men mentioned At the meeting ot the union that night this was apparently agreed to a5 the threatened strike waS declared off and the men returned to work DS usual But during the past week the men demanded de-manded that the twO men mentioned b pace on the pay rl of the company as check weighmen at mines 2 and 3 This the company refused and at a meeting meet-ing ot toe Miners union held yesterday dayA a strike was declared to take effect to A number of the men desired to go to work this morning but were called ocr by strikers I seems to be the general opinion that the seems will nOL last Ions having s slight a foundation but for a short whIe at lest the company will na turl b embarrassed on account ot inability In-ability to fill coal order This wilt b only temporary however as the output at other camp of the company can easily b double The prbabi1e are that one result of the strike will be the disappearance of the Miner union at this pint Its membership mem-bership Is largely composed of a certain foreign element wblc has been a disturbing dis-turbing facto here for some time and it is believed that this element will b gradually rooted out and replaced by Americans Such a change would not be at all unacceptable to the community especially the business portion I many thousands of doIar monthly are sent to Europe which would and should naturally natur-ally be put Into circulation here Another result of the strike may b the cutting off of the 3ceL raIse recent lv g ltedu I Is tob hoped however tnat tnls will not b don although under the old sCale the men made good wages ranging from SO to 12 per month the amount depending entirely upon the amount ot coal mine by each I Is known that a number ot the union men and practIcally all of the nonunlon men are oppose to the strike and tints fact ot itself will tend to weaken the position posi-tion ot the strikers This undercurrent oC opposition Is already al-ready felt and is gradually becoming stronger There Is no dltrerveithln Is quiet and buslnls Is being conducted as usual The merchns5tsandTbperdtng house keepenn hovtilver dreweeringThng fnces ahicn aIll bee6nemore elongated DS the strike continues |
