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Show OPERATORS MUST MAKE GOOD H m H I Denver and Rio Grande Starts the First of !' I the Week With Plenty of Cars H l, k For Coal Mines. H Itchllltdlllg of n greater portion nf K , r tho Hwfleld hrutieh of Hip Denver nml Sltlo Grande out of Colton wa com pleted last Monday afternoon nt C oc,look atlcr the taking out (if the track by the breaking of the Main H I- moth rcmervolr ilnm whoti Hip first ( ( train In two mouth lacking three B liny went out of Colton to Heofleld. B H wa run to take homo Ihn miner B of the upper camp working on the. B railroad, nn engine tlml brought them B . ilown to near Colton In the morning 1 ' having broken down. On Hip main 1 Una the connection near Kytinr titul B above) Ctnron were made during the H Oenernl Superintendent Thontlwon H of l tin Clull I'liel compntiv stated In BBbI ' if The Hun yesterday while In Price tlml I the ompany propel Ilea Mill lie work Inic full time nl Winter Quarter nml Clear Creek next Monilny after being Idle for two month with n Im In output out-put that can jiovor 1m regained of shout n hundred nml fifty thoiiKtml ton of conl. Utah mine, which I un. ilar lease to Kmlt, Outturn!, I also to resume Mijndny The Union Pacific mine nt Heofleld nro In gifod shape And have everything In readiness to ,' begin at oncu. Vpn lAilh the Heofleld branch ami the main Una, the track are not )rt ready for heavy traffic, hut may bo itcgo. M fB Hated In eafoty by light train. Miner H ij from the upper camp ami from Can- K ' i t (In Onto elsewhere In the county H; J. havn been the salvation of tha Denver H( ( ' . and Itlo (Irande. Without their rf- B, I . ' fort It would havn been Impowilble to U ' i ,.i complete, Oil work In Ihn time It tin B 6 fr .1 liocn nocomplbdiod, hocatiso of the V '. r 1 J scarcity of lbor. Miner have, been B I , paid the an mo wage a nl their rcgu B) I .' Inr employment 11.85 to UiGO n day. W ' ' ji ' About a hundred ami filly men B' l'f , from each of the ramp of Winter V i (k i Quarter and Clear Creek have work B M i i ri1 "" ,no rnllroml nine the flood. Bl' llJ' Thcy WCnl " ,h" "",,ry """ "" BBB'i I Ik change U n Rood n n rel,H but will B 'i Mm be clad In Ret back to their former m M) employment. B 1 fi mtllloN Ol'HIUltUl IH NOT H SIj t)ITI.MISTI(MY A l.(t.S(l HIIOT H ', 4B llaek In Utah from n trip of Meveral M I jKt da) lit the Kail and Middle Wnl, A H J Hm II. Apperon, vlro president and neii- H ' W cral mauHKer of the fulled HiutM H H Kuel eompauy, I erellted with y- H i M liiR that them I lo be the a. route I H M ihortnKe of eon I in the Wenlern H ' iU Mlnte limn wn ever eiprleneed be.' Ht vR torn. The failure of the mllrmid to BB'" 4m 1,uvri lffll'irl( motive power and V n JB niulpment to move Uin i-oal, toRelhcr B t ' I ifffi wl,n "10 m'nv' demand for mldltlonul BBV ' " $' 'Ul'' fr"nl "" orre. I repoiHbl BBT 1 ' iwi for tna lt"0tliii. Appereou myn that BBI 1 jH eetlmale made nhow that the mliiM bT ' Hm' " uf Carluiii. Umvry and Clrnnd counlle BBT ' JW "' ,",'r" "t',,, UIH ''e culled uimn to BBP 'J5f produre a million ton nuira durlnif K ' r Jljc' tna Boinlnif yiHir than wax tner before Lttw' l ill I produced In the hUtory of the mlnliiK H I JV! Indiulry In thU Mate. The Utah rail- B ji way U the hoIuIIuii lo Ihl iiroblem In H Fffu till tato nml In the Went itenernlly. HH JBfj Apportion May, H ijt' Union 1'nrlfh' Hii)Iiir, LIIV i wi T'"' locomotlvtM orderetl for the H' & ,oal rmi1 lai,t November will not be H jjj delivered until October. After a 11 1 B Wp to the llalduln anil Amerleiti loeomo LIlB if .10' "vo wnr," '" I'hltadelphla and other LHH !aB Kalern title ha found thut the Unl- LUB ' US u',t Hll,1,, Rowrnment hn luken over H i i"Mi "le sreoter part of the looomotlvo LH1; PW plant to aid In the proeei-utlon of the LIB 'jl w,ir uRulnt Oermnny. All dnmeitli IB in order are beliiK delnyetl In order that B ml' ,nn Koernmeiit rMulremunl may be Hal rlllexl. Till ha calmed u (horlaKe of H llBli material for car and phrIum uewled H' ' 9i In thU country. H fli; Whllo In CIiIuaeo and OumlHt Ap- B tW' irran eoiiautted with the officer of the Union IMclflc ytein and learned that the Union INulflc Ih nt Iht time tu Iiimt lnrne quautllle of nal Ih IN llnol nnd ulilpplutr It Into Nelirka, H I !-, In order thut the own and the fHc- H' I'll birlea of thai vtnte may have coal H- t , j :' ilurlnir the winter without chIIIrr up- H . ' ' ii S en the WjouiIiik mine to itupply their H U i iiihhU. The Union 1'Mclfir I trylnir to Hh ' ji I nave all of the coal In the Itmli H' k ffi , KprlHR dlntrlet Hint It ran fix rail- H t) tT, j rood purpiwe. Hft' ' nP 'utv ',l' I'ocooioihco. B 4 The Union INielflc I trying to iim- K i ; nerve the fuel vupply of the Weeteru H t HtnlMi." wy Apiiermtn. "We find that H ;' ' the Wfwtern I'aclflc and Salt lake H I 1'N Itoute are urulmr the couervtloii of H'fl fuel oil, und thl mean un addlllowtl H 3 ji ' drain on the Utah mine. The rwtl- H 3 I bj j load are inovlmr the hevlect traffic H "El in their hUtory. nnd till mean that LIB & h.w ' ,n U8 of ooal "J" I'r on the M i Ifjjf iimd. In the Rait Iike City dUlrdt Hvi fH "10 Mnifllteri re couaiimliiK- mure coal LUKV I'fiVt ' "T'10 "ondlng of two humlied ihou- LHV 2r taftSJ jU,,d t(,na of ,,)al t0 "" (oakt f"r 1,OHl H 'Hff "u will nUo cut Into t(ie Utah toal LUBl fifertlM rupply. The production of inl ha LHV ! fiK ,iut k"i,t i1"00 wl"' ,,1 ,,oinnn,i "", a" LUB ilirKl u reult or the vnnhout on the 1' er LUB S'fSl u'"1 "1 Brando Iho mine wan mt LIB ft'lW TtaeU inoro than three hundred thu- H Uljff- wind topi In their production wliKhj H 5?Ki ,hcy nvir ""I I'0 ft,,, ,0 "luku l'l' "' I'l "al'e locomotives wlliic li the Utuh railway ordered kint year will be late In delivery. The two IhoiiMiid mm und uf fit lent motive Miwer to oper ale the ronil rntinot m find unlit No veuiher. Then we expect hut fifteen hundred of the rare. The Utuh rnll wh) In the only eolutlon to the coal problem nnd the MHintr It I In oiern lion the oner coal delherle will Ihj. come crtnler " mini: woiiKiiitH nmi .Mivr .M'1'li.Mt iiuroiii: COMMISSION HHNVKII. Colo.. Aur 17 Janie I" Morati. illxttlrt preeldent of the I'nlted Mine Worker of America, tin leen dlrecleil In a eremptiry order iMiletl br JlldRe lllltter III tlletrlrt court here to appear before the tnle liiilimtrlnl roinmllnti within twn ilny after receipt of the order and teetlfy In the hearing brniiKht by the rummlMhm In an effort lo nettle the roiilrmemy between the Colorado l'ii and Iron eomiMtiy ami union miner employed by the eomimny. The order wn hwued m nppllentlon of Chnlrmnn Itlrnm llllt of the In-dimtrlal In-dimtrlal rommUfilou. The henrlnR wa hcRiin Ihl week mid the Matcuii'iil of Krletancw of the miner nnd the. lepiy of I'reelilenl Welborn of the fuel company rend Into the record. 1'iirilier eeMnton of the lnsirltiK wre preentetl by the fallurn of the miner' rcpreeentatlte, InrlutlliiR Dlntrlct I'realdent Moraii, to appear. Tho miner elated their official offi-cial were out of the (late. hut,notitd appear a noon a they returned (tltliATICST OP I'llOIHK'l ION noon itiiiNo uiouuo i;pn II. U. MiuIrc. preldrnt of the Denier Den-ier nnd Itlo flrmide, pnMed IhroURh I'rlre Hunday murnliiR lnnl en route lo Halt iJiko City In a private train. On the wa to ".Inn he look In the re-pair re-pair to the railroad track throtiKh I'rlce lllver Canyon und Incidentally Inquired at Helper, Cnntlo (lute and eUowhiiro en route a lo the coal ltu-ntlon. ltu-ntlon. ArrlvliiR nt Halt lJike City In the evening, he renewed hi pnimlie to facllllnle the operation of nil the coat mine In the Carbon county field U da) a week for the re inaliiiler hf the Mimmer nnd fall nml through the winter inoiilh. To uceoinplUh Ihl lak II will be ueceiuutr) lo toi Holdler fliinnnll dally with lx humlred nar Itkided with coat, Itallroad men utiook their head when I'realdent Mudge made the promise before the public tilllltle commlUin everul week ago. Muilu'c m Mnkliig CimmI, rlholild l'reldnt Mudge fall to fur-iibth fur-iibth the iiilnea In Oorlwn rountv with iiohrIi car for the grmtenl eoul pro-durtlim pro-durtlim In the hUtory of the field, the line of the Denver and Itlo 0 ramie might fall under Iho wiper-vMuu wiper-vMuu of the gHVrninetit. In turn, II to ntld. It would become the Inllhtl tep In Rotcrnment operation of coat road. Although a flood NWept down through the tul dltlrlct In June, tie niidlnhliig the Heofleld brunch of the Denver und Itlo (Irande and the double dou-ble true I; between Collnn and Helper, President Mutlge nppearetl licforc the public tilllltle eommlMlon und prom ImhI to havo the Heofleld branch mid the double track ylem In operation AurUiI 20th. It wan done. Checking Up liulpmciit. In iiiaklng hi final Inspection. I'revldeut Mudge wa uceompanted by hi general taff. The) traveled In wclul car. ' rreldent Mudge In per win. wltli 1". Ii. Clarity, amUtant gen erul manager of the Utah line, check ml our und locomotive available for vervlce between Helper und Thlitle. The rebuilding or the Heofleld brant h and of the double track main I In which h been dune under th direction of Clarity attracted the p da I attention of l'rldent Mudge, for It U doubtful If a line ever ha been rebuilt with iuul rapidity. When the railroad went out before the flood It rtlf(ed more than three thousand experienced worker from the eoal mine. Owner of the mine In Carbon utility who haw declared that with ample car lajpply they would treble the produelhm of the mine ay If Preeldent Mudge make good Utah will lie leited by It greatest coal boom. COAI, OAKItS I'lXIJl) I'OU IIILMtINC I'Oll OCTOIlIIll Tlie Interstate itomnierce conimU Inn hn fixed October 6th as the date to begin taking testimony In the cao of the indeiieudent ceal operator or I'arlKin county agaiutt rifly(wo Vtt-. Vtt-. rn railroads for a reduction In freight rate lo the Middle Weet and I'uulflo oaat poliita and foi J00,0()0 dam gc iigalmt the Denver and Itlo Irand the Western Pacific, tha (Continued on page eight) i. OPERATORS MUST I '',' MAKE GOOD. B n (Continued from pngo nix ) H X Union Pacific system and the Hull H ' , Ijiko Itoule for ntlegcd dlscrlmlna- B ! Hon In (ho distribution of tar. H I Tho Independent conipoulei are B ' l k- seeking to hnvo the rive (in coal des B 1' tinea In Pacific Coital iiolnlK, mainly t, i ' California tcrtltory, reduced from H )I i 15.75 n ton to M.00 n Ion. In nihil- B ' lion the con I companion are nuking Vfl I that nil differential on con I In tho AVV ' , Mlddl Writ nml I'nrlflo Northwest B be cancelled nml Urn Ulnh ionic lie B I permitted to take tho same rate to H 1 noitlnvesteril points unit tit the mid- PPB, i I llc xrestern point its doc the uw I I I rrom Wyoming nml other Mate, V J Tho railroad rlitlm the)' hnxe ills- BVa I '$ trlbutcd cam to the mine under the HBa ( Interstate commerce rule, It Ik net up S( next. Mill Amillicr Coinpliilnt. t In a pnper flleil with the state piili. pAVS ' ,i tic tilftltle roininlMlon last Tuesilax, pftVJ I ' th Denver nml lllo Ornnite mlinltlril pBVa It supplied ronl from the Castle Onle pftVJ H distrlot for shipment throtiRh Hull pftVJ 1 1, take City nt 1 1.36 n ton, a xva nl pftVJ i ged I'cforn the commission In n pAV ( ompnilut entered l" the Marsh Coal l l Mompnnx nml other. i. Tho complainant sought Id olilnln i ruling from the commission to the tfeet Hint Ihey were entllleil In n re knte from the rnllroml In view nf the (hct Hint they have leen pa) Ing l.n ton. It In said Hint claim totaling four hundred thousand dollar would lie pressed against the Denxer nml lllo Drnnila In litigation In ease the commission com-mission compiled xvlth Hie wishes of the coal companies. ' Tim eommlioilon linn granted n hear InK In the case for Heptcmber & tit. by tho mine Hint the unequnl dlstrl hullon nf tho car ha caused the In dependent operator to loo money, a they were unnhlo In secure car when Ihey were neeileit. apj m Thin en 10 xvn net for July lh. hut BVj1 ' j tho rntlroail were unnhle to tcrt Hie J , evidence nml figure demanded to BVJ ' ' golher In tlmo for the first setting nml pAVf Y , n remit tho en mi n continued J j -, ever until n lntr lUte. I Hi ( i Some Hrlc TliK H I H i IIINailAM, Atlir. 17. The fuel id III- AW ,' I allou hern allow little Improvement. AS j I The dralora are not recelvlnit nny pBV . ' ') erwtl for etornico purpoae nml thu re- pftVJ ( 'j eipt conlt moitly of promiae. J iffef Thnt a tnr nhortnRn yiln( I not AW ' .j aurprlnlnir, If fondlllom on other pari & ,, j) ' iff Hie Itenxir nml lllo Ommle ore AWr h j almllar to thou here. WXj , i '. There la n car In tint ynrda here ftyW V 1 ! ahlch w ilellvrteit Decvrnlier X. ; ' if 1916, nml I allll unlonded. '' -111 V '' ,' 1 I .ll()l)M Till: fOAIi .MINIWl B 1 I'l-.IIKONAI. AM) (rTlimtWIHi: -;'! I Halt Lnko City nitwapnper atnte Hint intl la IicIiik received the re now In very fair itinntlllea liy retnllera. C. N. Howell of Price hia Kune lo Wattl lo take ehnrtte of the com-mlamiry com-mlamiry of lltnli L'ouairui'llou company com-pany ut thnt enuip. He vera I mrtitl mlnea at lllnuhnui ri reautnlnaT operntli)iia after Ik'Iiih eloaetl ilntvn laat weok nml previously tieeuue of Inik of con I. U. (1. Illrd Im reelKiietl hi pitslllon with Conaolliluleil Wiikoii imil Mn ehlnn rompuuy nl Prlett to lake Hie rhlef ulorkahlp with Wiittln Conl etim imiiy. llllnola la till week Imvlnif pulillr henrliiK nt CIiIvuko with the ultjeet of flxlmr the prlea of rtial. Operntor ami union worker nro each In attend nee, Pemllnir It ttiufetenvo with their employer next Wetlneailay, HurrK .Colo., ttwtl miner who want on strike the first of the week, havn returned to W(frk. Hoft conl priced were reduced In :iilnr;t hut Wcdnesdny $1.00 nml 11.10. Thta reduction liieaua it aiivlnir f thirty millions of dollar u eir to thnt city. United Hlnlea Fuel company cntnpa worked four tin) a last week, an) a J. Cameron Hchulti of lilnck llnwk, who waa In Price Tuesday. It now looki aa If nil three tnmp would aoon he vorkluK full lx day a week. IL V. Oltmon. Kenernl auperliileml cut at Cameron, waa down from Hint ntnp laat evenlnir. He told Tho Hun tlio Cameron outiuit now la around five hundred nml fifty ton dally The rtnip I worklns six day n weok. Hecrotnry of lihor Wllaon I nt tllrmlnRliam, Alu., this week trjlnir to effet t n compromlae hetween nper alor nml some twenty-flv thousmid oal mlnera of Hie Kmithern fields on .trlke. John Parry, clerk and operator In Hit) rlumoaldo of fire of Utah l'uel romiutny, lina rlKiid to m with the juurtttrmmter'a corit of the army serxke. 1tula MeCurd) of Salt l.aktt City take hla plntio. Tho end of a atrlkti of thirteen thou sand coal mlnem In Kentucky and Tonneaaee waa Iwllaxed uwtr laat Pat aaaaaaaH , - -.(an urday when twenty-four coal coiiiikih- WJ ' , i i aliened BKreemvitta with Ilia cttal PWB ' 1 mlnera" union aivlnif In to their d WW 'V J niamta. Hl I i rttnte Mine Inspector Howard waa at WW' i i WatlU laat Haturday. lie status thnt k. , (, ' abouUn hundred nud twenty-five men WW1 K l nro nt thla time emplo)ed on construe WJ! lion und other work. He went from w, fVT'l hero to Kenlltvorth und will he In the AS ! (I? J1 ixninty all week. B. f'S Joseph Parmley la wucccedlmc J C. WW Hnovv n a ehlf clerk to J. B. Thonip- WAV if M win, treneral aupurlntendent of I'tah jWJ 1 1 i l'uel company, nt Castlo Onto. Hncw I' (I ha resigned tu go to tho uUtc or K i f "WuahliiKton. where ho will encage In r m an nutomohlle accoatory ImalneM. I At Indlanapolla, Ind.. laul Friday a WS llfiC call to laboring men to "play their aWaWal aJAflP t"irt ,n tn0 wur mnnfully," with un WAV M -tinted loyalty lo tho I'nllcd Statea, BBBBS mfm U'B l""1 III :t stuknient on "Iubor BbWAh Li lmy m7''" Uy Juh" v w,llt0' lllter MM national president of the United Mine Worker of Amcrleo. 'Thn government govern-ment la demanding ooopcrntl(n or Rjtnlxed effort between cmploysr and emplo)e to meet tho country' war requirement," While ald. "The eye of the world nro focused to co how quickly nnd efficiently the government's govern-ment's demand will be met." Colorado tnllroail Hint recently asked the iiIIIIIIm tommlsslon for per mission to ndvnnce conl frelRht rate fifteen cent n ton to Pettier have wlthdrnwn Hie application. Hearing; nt till time Ihey think would be un wise Purel) a n war measure, the Union Pacific announce Hint beginning Aug list 22d cut In Pacific Const passe n-gel n-gel train service will bo made, en aiding n number of locomotive and crew which have heretofore been In passenger serxlce to bo sent Into the coal freight service. J H. Thomiwon, general superintendent. superin-tendent. Went from Price lo the upper I'tah l'uel camp thl (Friday) morn Ing to remain until the properties nl Winter Quarter nnd Clear Creek arc In full swing, which I expected by next Monday or Tuesday nt thn latest. He wn nt Hunnyslde esterdny. Htnte Mine Inspector Howard went oxer nml through things nl Kenll w oith the first of the week nnd found them lo hi entire satisfaction. Un der the supervision of (leneral flupcr Impudent Htwood thnt property I one of the safest an) where In the i-oun-li It I working three and four dn wcckl) at till lime II. II lllood nnd Warren Htoutnour of Ihe public utilities commission Were nt Helper nml nearly plncc )ea lenlay und loda) (Frldn)). Inxesllgat lug ctHtl shipment condition with a view to ascettalnltig If the Denver nml lllo (Iriindn nnd the Utah railway nro providing sufficient car to take care of the output tif the Carbon mine. The illy of Denxer, Colo., will enter the retll iobI business about Hepleni her 1st Arrangement have been mads with enough Independent conl producer of Ihe Northern Colorado field to assure n supply of not If thnn five hundred ion n day. This will be sold only lo person whose In come la below n certain figure not yet determined. .Ion coal dealer plan the consolidation consoli-dation of roal storage nnd It delivery. A the result of an extensive investigation investi-gation of the coal business aa It exists ex-ists with twenty-six separate coal companies In open competition, retail coal merchant have concluded that reduction of expense may be accomplished accom-plished with ready futility. Htorage and delivery co-operation I In no manner related to reslrnlnt of trade. John H. Crltchlow of the United Klntr l-utl company say that tho united delivery )tfin will ellmlnato n acore of difficulties and make It possible for the retailer In arn a reasonable pi of It hi the ale of hi coal. Pending rcr'lpt of detailed Information Infor-mation concerning the president's or tier fixing coat price nt the mine. Utah producer are undecided ns to what effect Ihe proposed achedtiln will have upon Ihe ronl Industry of the state, lly some Ihe price ilelti-iiated ilelti-iiated In Ihe order arc eonsldered Ihe maximum price which may bo charged, while other oxpres the opinion that the figure named ure arbitrary. It I ngrccd, honexer, that the older will In mi xvay affect contract con-tract already In existence. Dealer and operator are aoon In hold it eon fertile lo find out, If ptMlie, "w litre Ihey are at." An ultimatum lo the striking coal miner In Illinois was Issued by Frank Purrlugton, president of thn United Mine Worksr of Amarlui, II lluiils district, last Tuesday. It rail Umn Hie men lo return to work At once and gave them until Thursday In do an, Failure to reHirt by Hint lime mean expulsion from the union. Iteport recvlxtHl by the union uffl-ilabt uffl-ilabt Indicate but two mine in the stale still holding out. Thnao two are nt Ttolurvllle and IIIIUlKiru. All other mlnea hnxe resumed operation. The situation la rapidly clearing, nnd II la hellexed the action presHigea n complete end of the strike before the end of the week. |