Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-24 | Page 2 | Price Miners Puch Walkout

PRICE MINERS PUSH WALKOUT f. f At Sped Special 1 to The Telegram PRICE PRICE S 'S Sept pt First 24 24 First attempts to force a complete m shutdown of ot all nIl soft sort coal Pro production in the the Carbon county area were made today oday when ur v on n strike since Monday stationed themselves at t 34 mines to urge ul unorganized miners walkout to o join the nationwide The action n. n reportedly spread to highways where other miners were stationed to to urge truckers rs hauling haWing coa coal li Tr from in m wig wag wagon n mines to stop work N No violence had been reported Tuesday morning the strikers apparentlY apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap being content to present their heir side to the tho unorganized workers work work- ers still sUll on the job The action decided at a meeting of the union strike committee Monday Monday Mon Mort- day night was declared by by- committee committee commit- commit tee ee members not to bo ho an attempt to o picket the mines Major ajor producers were virtually closed dOwn don only olly a a a few wagon mines operating A jOG pc per cent strike of union workers workers' was claimed while it was reported that many nonunion miners employ employed d principally in wagon wagon mines re remained remained remained re- re away t f George Lambert of of Cheyenne Wyo vice president of f district No 22 United Mine Workers of oC America Americ America Amer Amer- ic ica will wiIl hear reports on strike progress at a meeting at 8 p. p m. m I He was as expected Tuesday afternoon by Frank BonaccI local field representative to take charge of the local walkout First effects of the strike in other industries were felt Tuesday felt Tuesday Tuesday- when 23 trainmen and inspectors of the thc Denver Rio Grande Vest Western r railroad railroad railroad rail rail- rail rail- road were laid off oft The line comp company com corn p pany ny officials said has been loading loading loading load load- ing cars of ot coal per day No layoffs were reported by the Utah Railway company company company- according to R R. J. J Vaughan superintendent Mr Mr JoIr Vaughan Vaugh said his company has been loading cars out of the county d daily