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Show Cc., Process 8A Err,t;ry ' f i t : '' I v ! t i Tuesday June 6 2000 Castle Da'e Utai V . M C i7 0 ! 1 V t Saturday, June 10th l , t K 1 n I ! 0 I v - f ' ; ' ; ;l (Continued from page 1) 10am-4p- m LJLiy c0,s$e I .Manufacturers Reps will be here from DEWALT, Stanley Bostitch, Quihrete and Sunroc (Building Decorative Blocks) a Frtrosi lEiarai Kit i Ml I Employees at Deer Creek preparing for the visit for several weeks. The office and bathhouse had been cleaned, painted and polished until it literally shined. Last Thursday morning Deer Creek employees set up tables in the conference room, prepared hard hats, safety glasses, and steel toes for the officials shoes. They also set out pastries, bagels, beverages and fresh fruit to I ofPbiillDiiver at 9 a.m. before moving on to the Hunter Power Plant near Castle Dale for a tour of the facility and lunch. According to Dave Eskelsen, media relations for PacifiCorp, Scottish Power officials were in Emery County to hold a board meeting and tour their newly acquired assets received as part of the merger with PacifiCorp. Mine had been busily LMam;I9R!r2 I! UMWA Local 2176 organizes demonstration: DW926K eKOuKLbb enuTu Danny Quinn Needing answers to their questions concerning the closure for the meeting, along with of Trail Mountain, miners waited hours on Thursday for Scotbaseball caps for souvenirs. tish Power officials to stop and talk with them. 60 60 0 Concrete Mix 1 Post Mix 1 49 around 10:30 a.m. and told those waiting the officials were on the way but he didnt know where they were at that given time. A group of the Local 2176 L 12 noon-- 2 pm only Utah's largest SE manufacturer reps will be there helping everyone on their SUNROC DIAMOND WALL I WINDSOR RETAINING WALL systems. If you need landscaping or structural wall systems come see us. Diamond Wall Windsor Stone Reg. $3.99 Split Grey Reg. $1.60 $Q99 $129 Patio Furniture Country Garden Tete-a-Tete!i4- 179" 7i7 Country Garden Spring Chair 814733 Hi-Ba- Hi-Ba- Glider ck Picnic Table 551 ck 09" 5400T . $110" it 1 99" 1 10" Country Garden Hi-Ba- Swing ck 5410 UiOOiTfii w an - I -- Is ijl I 1 1 -I 1 4 f1 J 1 1 f out! 1 - r Qn fcpfe chock it i. 4 U'uoj'rpf, mnn I 'tf' 6 Master Touch Paint Master Touch Paint f Flat 'j White or Pastel Gal. Whllw Sf7?l70 Exterior Lotex Eggshell Interior Reg. $15.99 Supplier lost Then they patiently waited, along with Energy West official Keith Sinsel, for all the officials to arrive. They waited, waited, and waited. Calls kept coming into the office saying they were on their way, but they never arrived. Wayne Jensen, also from Energy W'est, arrived While Supplies lost UMWA miners along with their union president Forrest Adison, vice-preside- nt Cameron Montgomery, and executive board members Vic Staley, Warren Oviatt and Rick Snyder from the Trail Mountain Mine assembled on SR 31 in Hunting-toCanyon at the base of the private road leading up to the Deer Creek Mine, where officials from Scottish Power were to begin their tour last Thursday. Shortly after Jensen arrived at the mine site, the demonstrators waiting on SR 31 saw a caravan of Chevy Suburbans heading toward them stop, turn around, and drive away from the area. The miners believed these suburbans were carrying the Scottish Power officials. After obtaining the information the caravan had arrived at the Hunter Power Plant, the miners disassembled, and reassembled on SR 10 near the road leading to Hunter Power n Plant. Fred Lupo, UMWA District 22 president, also joined the miners near the power plant as they held their demonstration. When asked his opinion of the merger and the days events, Lupo said, All Scottish Power wants is the transmission lines, not the coal mines. Naturally I am here to give my support to these miners. When they lose their jobs it will not only effect them it will effect the whole community as well. There are real issues here which need to be addressed. The demonstrators did not interfere with traffic to or from the power plant, or Deer Creek Mine, and patiently waited for any official to stop and talk to them, and hear their concerns. They were rewarded for their patience as Bill Landel, Executive of Scottish Power As the caravan of Scottish Power officials left Hunter Plant later that afternoon, the demonstrators were still there, holding up their signs forcing the officials to recognize they were there. As they drove past. Bill Landel called out the window to the miners, See ya next week, to which Earl Nelson, one of the demonstrators replied to him, Well hold you too it! We feel we are not being heard on our concerns about the merger. All the announcements they have made have done nothing but destroy our community. We believe they are not telling us the truth about what is really happening, Cliff McClintock told the Emery County Progress while participating in the dem- onstration. Erwin Cox, also supporting the demonstration said, They and Dee Jens, President of have lied to us straight out! Its Interwest Mining, finally drove been a conspiracy all the way. out from the plant to speak with They never told us they were them. going to shut down the mine. Vice-Preside- The miners were told the Scottish Power officials were on a very tight schedule and could not meet with them, but they might possibly be able to arrange a meeting sometime next week in Portland for the union officials to meet with them at that time. A few of the miners were able to express some of their concerns during this time, but the meeting was very brief. They were sending us to meetings letting us believe we would still have our jobs when all along they had signed a contract with SUFCO and knew they were going to shut us down. I refinanced my home thinking I was going to have a job. You want to know the kind of people we are dealing with here? We are dealing with cold people, said Kerin Phillips, another one of the demonstrators. They dont care anything about us. I was sitting in a restaurant with my wife the day after they announced the shutdown, and these people were in the restaurant laughing and haring a good time. I dont understand how you can destroy 200 peoples lives, then laugh and be merry. They are cold people, very cold people. I asked them about all the promises they have made to our communities. Promises about miners future, our kids futures, the coal leases and other promises. All I was told was we dont think you can mine the coal as cheap as we can buy it,m Marty Mower, another demonstrator said. All I ask is they give us a chance to try! Everything they said we cant do, weve done it. We are some of the best miners in the world. We pulled through after the Wilberg Mine fire and got the mine back up and running, and we can do it again. We have brought our coal down from $19 a ton two years, this past year to $14, and now $12 to $9 a ton this year, and at times lower. Give a us a chance to try, thats all we ask! This statement was made over and over again by all the miners participating in the I i demonstration. 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