Show MINES MAY RESUME I I I Notices Posted by Pleasant Valley Company 9 STRIKERS AKE LRE WAITING I COMPANY HAS AS LOST ITS POR OB m BUSINESS BUSINE s s I I There was ao no change ChaD e yesterday ter e in inthe inthe the coal strike situation So Solar far as ward a appearances go the men omen are re remore more IDOre determined that ever M tit stay aY put out and aad the coal Is just as firm as ever in its refusal to submit the matter latter I to ta arbitration Ire In fact fa t t the Pleasant Valley people take the pool position tion Hon that they are living up to the be strict letter of the law while w ne the men pen ipe are outside the law Ja in asking for ar arbitration while they are out on a astrike astrike astrike I strike They hold too that this law was enart d at the request of the working men mn of the state stat and that they should above all aJl others ethers be the ones to abide by It and antI have hare ve It ft modi fled lied in the regular way It they are satisfied sati that it needs modification I On the other hand the strikers hold that If they were to return to rk now without any assurances of or arbi f they would in that way sir fur render reDder all aU for which they were con oon coni i tending and place themselves com corn completely completely at the mercy of or the company and that in addition to this they would I confess that they the had bad be been n in the wrong wron Report from Scofield P J the t e third member of the arbitration committee returned to Salt Lake yesterday and reported to ta his hla coworkers the conditions he found amone the strikers at I The miners are more determined that ever to hold bold out until they get I i I their theil Mr Rooney said edid s id At SAt SAtI I first there was considerable division I I among amonI the men and many of or them were I not in favor of or striking but they are I all nil of o one opinion now In addition to this there was a representative of the Castle Gate miners In Scofield to consult cons t tI i with me and I learned from him that tbt the men there were ware very likely to Join the strike In ln the near future I had no word from Sunnyside but I Iwas Iwas Iwas was told the same feeling existed I there There was perfect order orner and quiet among the strikers continued Mr Ir Roomer I saw no evidence that any of the men had be f drinking and In fact it was 50 so quilt quiet and orderly that I you would have It was Sunday in the canto camo While Thile Ue Mr Rooney stated that he was informed that the feeling in favored loining the strike the report comes through h another channel that the miners there are perfectly satisfied with their conditions condition sand and that tha t they are not In with the striking min miners miners mm ers era or ot and Clear Creek eek Awaiting Developments The committee consisting of Messes Memos Hove Hoe Georee and Rooney did nothing In IB Salt Lake yesterday at least noth no h hInl Inc that they would make public The Themen Themen men stated that they were awal and thought that there would be a number of important moves moves made on Monday They looked for forward forward forward ward too to ta Important developments at the of the t e Utah Federation of Labor on Monday night The men men are working quietly on the bill that to ta have submitted d to the legislature mOdifying the arbitration laws of oC the state They will insist too that this or some other law shall pro provide I vide Ide that the ton of the coal miner and the ton of or the coal consumer shall be bethe bethe the same In Ia other words they pur purpose purpose pose to do away with the long ton of 2246 This committee communicated ted yes with the headquarters of the he United Mine lIine Workers of America with i 1 reference to an organizer sent sentI I at once to Scofield The Th reply was Vas that the organizer was at Columbus 0 O and that he would be sent on here as aa soon as he was through there He Heis Heitt is itt exi in Utah in a few days The Themen Themen i men state that they are determined to toI have bave a organization orl and they U e I with the 1 mean an to work In harmony I Utah Federation of Labor LaborThe LaborI LaborThe The committee now in thus this t city cit which I I Is in reality a subcommittee of the ex en executive eXI I committee of the striking min mitt miners mini ers will remain here until there is i some definite outcome of the difficulty difficult This committee was originally a com CO committee I on arbitration but since that I j has fallen through It has become n a committee on the general conduct of the strike The whole executive com corn comI I is composed of J C Bell as asI I chairman Robert Walker as secretary I and Bert Sindin John Landeen Land en John Samuels amuels and Joseph Bron Bronck ck of l lI I and William Eyon F Wolf J Hen Hendrickson Hendrickson on Guy Gu Castelano Frank Plas Uno tino and Leo Hampton of or Clear Creel CreelIn In addition to these the are of course T F Hoye Lewis George and P J Rooney now In the city r to Open Oien Mines Nines The most moot significant news that P J S Rooney brought back from Scofield as indicating the future course of the company compaRY was that notices were posted postel at the mines and in all conspicuous places in Scofield asking time the men to tomake tomake tomake make application individually for work in the mines It was stated In the no notice notice notice tice that the company had lost Its busi busl business ness These in British Columbia and China as asa asa asa a result of the strike and that for this reason it would open upon a small scale scab It was stated in the notice that as soon as there were enough applications applications to run one shift one of or the mines would ouid be opened up Mr Rooney said that there had been no responses to this notice when he left and judging from the temper of the men he thought there would not be a single applicant for work un until until until til the strike was settled He consid considered ered creel that this thin notice was a sign of weakening on the part of the company as it was stated at the time the mines were closed that they were closed In Indefinitely Indefinitely indefinitely definitely and the men were given until yesterday yes to remove their th tools from m the mines So far as he was able to I learn all the men had bad complied with this request and all aIr the tools had been i out W ST G Sharp the general man manager mana acer ager a er of the Pleasant Valley Coal Coat com in re remaining silent on the subject of the strike and said that he had hod nothing whatever er to ta say on the subject for pub pith publication At the same seine time Mr lIr Sharp Sh JIves gives the impression that If a legisla legislative legislative tive live comm tee is appointed to ta inv investigate tI gate t tt 8 5 s leading up to the strike or thi i or other body having au authority authority u i Pi vs S an investigation he is prepared Q tt tu make a full fun showing of or orthe the s side of the controversy and has nothing to feat far from frani fr ht the investigation investigation Pleasant Valley Operations In view ew of the effect that this strike is liable to have haye on the coal supply of or orthis this state and especially Salt Lake some of the figures submitted by b Corner Thomas the state mine miRe inspector in his annual report for 1900 will be of inter interest Interest est eat According to Inspector Thomas Thomias there were 15 men employed e at the I Clear Creek mine last la year at the Castle Gate mine at Winter Quarters Quarters Quarters No 1 at Winter er Quarters No 4 and 2410 at the mine This TIIS makes a total of men out of o a total of less than 1500 I men engaged in coal mining in the entire state I As Ail to the output Mr Yr Thomas report gives the following t figures Clear Clar Creek tons Winter Quarters rs No 1 tons Winter Quarters iNo No 4 tons tona Castle Gate i 8 tons tone Sunn Sunnyside side 1 13 2 tons This makes a dally daft dali average of cal eal f fot fo a the Clear Creek mine nIp of tons lon ini for the Winter WhIter WJ ter Quarters Quartets No NoI I 1 1239 Im for Winter Quarters No 4 o tuna tons for fol the Castle Gate mint mine tt yi 4 tons ons I and for the Sunnyside Sunn mine 44 4 1 tons i The daily output for the nt five l mines for last year W was B tons ton and it is generally understood that the output at the time tima the strike was W in advance of this thi I The T av avea se ge daily output for fur the not nor closed closel WI C a a re ft I suit strike wa s and the removal of this amount amo of af coal from local output is a matter of no DO small I v |