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Show THE MliliS' ONION. i Us Letter of Complaint to President Woodruff. umo illinium: uiriirn 10. .V Itnpiwt h; tin U.ilo.i for the I'rril dent lo tlie Hli laflieiiN lllli Church Mtmbrri. The hitler feeling clljoudired by the dliaereemeut betwuon the Ilolllon-ileok Ilolllon-ileok company and llm striking mlntrs doeenot shoar any slgm ot moderation. modera-tion. Already thcro has been cousld-crVale cousld-crVale trouble uveratTills. The striking strik-ing miners Insist on milntalulng tlm union rulci lu the ml no, and the company scentl determlneJ to oemto lis own pn erly lu Its own way, both ns lo employe uud najos. These haro been geller.illy re,;irdel us dlll'eioucci that should he settled bo-tween bo-tween tlm portli-s theimclve, but nlle-galluns nlle-galluns ol Church Interference have been midu by tlin union, lle executive committee of which lent the following ou tl.e subject to tho President of Iho Church. l.unitt.'A, Utah, March u, lb(n. Wllford Woodtull, llsfj.i Dear Blr There Is it illicit existing exist-ing bctuien tho lalu croiluje-and rmploytri if the llullltjn link A Chuiiplon Mining Cr., and the directors, di-rectors, who alosuppceed'lote members mem-bers ot the Church of which juu are Prvaldeut, lirugattlilg HlahOw t.llud mill ti till the places ut tlm man who eri'tlitiulug out to malntitu tin- wage that liav. long been the standard if tno ferilt lyui Ulsh. The auive, wiupl.nl with thenllgl-oui thenllgl-oui Intimidation iupoied tobutiul hole and thomenbu.iig shipped here from lxijan, It causing go-alp to tho ellretlhulthe Church ot Jim-1 lirlit of l.altcr-ila) Balnta Is lniilhaied lu educing Iho wauiof miners lu this UUtrict. Asaoimmltltoof ihe 1'iireka Miners' Min-ers' uulou, we dou't know It tuch li tlin caso or not, and would like ou to Inform us. And farther If It Is nut so, wetiiluklt w uld lu wlsoou jour all" tuadvUe Jour ill.liops nut lube uu-ploymsulugents uu-ploymsulugents for scab fat r, fn.ni tbulaet thai It it liable to aud etlgma lo thu inruiy against jour doctnuis that Ita udvocatea have lo meet, Partlrunders'audlnglheltillueiiceef u lllihop over hla ward, you can ate the III leellug II la likely lo create Le-twiou Le-twiou laU.r unions uud your Church by lilting the gap between ca Its! aud labor with or by members atXyour Churo i. Aud wocouidfrlttleTlidbo it Leneflt to ut If jou would advlae members not to do an, Wu hope you will nmwor this nud aJvho ua ai li your itaudlug ns it Cuuroh In thli nnttor, mid If It li neutral, we ink as u av r that you uj-vlieyour uj-vlieyour imminent rut personally Ini-plicated Ini-plicated lo lut take sides In tliapulra betweeu oipltal and ktliur, and c-ea ally al-ly In this ouo lu the initio mining district. Yours ree.io tlully, li.T. Jacoii.. Pro. i. i. ot i:. M. U, J. T. 1Iaiiiiiuiuv, B. T. llAl.MJ, Members ot Committee, To tblicoruuiuuloallonthefollowlug rejilj waainadt: Bai.T I.AKK ClTV, l'lah, Man ii lath, 1603. 1.T. Jacobt, J, T, llairlngton.B.T. Ilaiuer, Coiniultleeor Mlneia' Union, liumbn: Uentltmen Vcur favor of the latli lull, liu bieu re.-eived. Permit Per-mit metotiy lu reply llieretu that I luvu uo knowledge whatever of the matters of which you imirlnlii. If nuy of our people hive g uu from I.ojan or elsewbt re to i.ureaa to work lu tho Jtiilll jii-Il-ck ant. Champion campauy'smlutsl have i"l been Informed In-formed of It. Aud further, I will say that I deem It entirely out of the scope of our religious Unfit aj to tokti sides or Intermeddle letweeu capital and labor, between emplojers uud emnlojed. Uu refrr to the illshops of our Church. It la a part of their duly to help Ihu untly anl to all In llnoiug emjilojmentfor thoie who are In need of It. It Is possible Ilia t In this way aomu muy have suggested for men lu f;o totheraluei; lu thai they would to iisllfled but, It they have acted as employment em-ployment ageuts with n eolul view lo Ihu preseut inlsiiuderstaudliig ut Tlntlo, they have beeu lullscreut, or, iosilbly thouhlless,aud have gone beyond be-yond what we coonder their urltdlc-lion. urltdlc-lion. Vuura very rceptctlully, W. Woonuui-r. To this letter of President WoodrulT's the secretary of the union respoudod as rollout: W. Wooilruir, l'lrst Preildent ol the Church of Jesus C irlstof latter-day latter-day Balnts, Ball Lake Clly, Utah: Btr Yours lu rcfly tocommunloa-tlou tocommunloa-tlou from conimlltte of I.urcka .Miners' Ui Ion was handed to me with requist to ucknowjudgu same, und itleo to oou-eyto oou-eyto you Informalluii Ihat will, no doubt, touvliiteyou that tho ouiplojea of thu llulllou-lleik and Champion hive beiu for years suljectud to u yalem ol toreeeullon, wnloli, If not eobiultted t trtsultedluthelr discharge. Ihu otjeel ol (tils has beou to tuaae unjutt, necauto ixortllant, trollts fur the uw uer of the tiuiluist at ono lime of boarding houio as well us aloru keoHir, Manager A. I.. Hyde. Iu Manh, lelll, Iho boarding house tyranny was abolished bj the action of tlie board of directors of the compuuv, ou Intormatloti gtim Ihem by tlm Kureka Mluira'i P ritqn, tuples of which will cccomiaily this. The llulllou'lleck audtiiamplou company Uulsilu luuseaslon of o iplen, having beeu furnished with Ihem at Ihe lime. lu regard to the Mil dllllculty existing bsiwtien mat cuiaaiiyuud the Miner's uulou, I will elmiFysjy Ihat tho reduction sought to ha entorced Is not Jus 1 Hi ti by the condition of the mine, uud further (hat t,hd company' books submlllud lo the luipectlou ul lepreseutatlves of the ciuloyi, M well us to tuj'ielf, do not ihow the true oondlll.il ol Ihu coinpiuj's allalrs. This will appear to youu bold uud gwKewBcr'v-'i" """' ""; fiasaatjpjpBitc unwarranted stattintnt turning iioni nhunibli! rt iirrsvn its 1 nm, bulls ueVerlhelrM true, at a full luvtatlga-lion luvtatlga-lion will prove. Tlie use of Church liilluciiio lu aid ufauy person or oorportllon beluga jou assure us "entirely out of the aeon nf our religious dutlia" wu humbly anl not without uoulldeiics rtqucst the nld ! that li Iluenco which your united kIUoii gtvua you, al least to the exlont Ihat tw fiitlutriiso of their authority as Illshoi orotlnr ofllccra vf the Chuichlii nld ol thu lliillloii I lick and Champion Mining piunny nud agslnit tho poor, hnrJ-woiklngaud hnrJ-woiklngaud ImlLs.rlous member ct your Church and others, l.o longer perniiltoJ. Yours rteiec fully, Jtill.N Duiiuirr, Bocreltry, |
