Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-10-27 | Page 7 | Echo of the Colorado Strike

miners refused to join the mine owners association telluride colo oct 23 eighty miners employed at the alta mines and mill struck last night when notices were posted requiring all em aloyes to take out cards of membership in the mine owners association when the great strike in this district was called off about a year ago by the western federation of miners the aline owners association mada a rule that air m en working in the mines and mills must join their association for a time this rule was enforced but of late has been allowed to become inert recently the owners of the alta properties gave notice to the that they must hire only such men as were sanctioned by tho membership in the mine owners association the attempt to carry out this order caused the alta men to strike