Sun | 1917-09-14 | Page 6 | Coalmen Present Their Case

! I COALMEN PRESENT THEIR CASE M i Senator King and Congressman Welling See H 'I I Administrator Garfield On Behalf B r k of Carbon Producers. B ( 'jj WA8IIIMHTON. I) C H.pt 8 Hj I J Through flenalor King and Itepreeen- R ,f Mtlvs Welling, the Utah nml mine Hf ,j owner have suhmllltd to Dr II A H , j Qarfleld, Mm I ndmlnletrnlor a stale- Imeni of conditions In Utah In which It In said Hint the miner of Utah arc rtinrged with tli duty of rurnlahlng n i rnel In the atnte of Idaho Nevada, H California. Washington nml Montana. B ! h well na thr people In Utah The H statement In port follow f "There Ik nt present n fuel famine B throughout nil of theM elatea. This B I , I situation In aggravated b tli fact pj that 'In- Union I'nrlClt Coal iouiiany J I , hM now withdrawn enllrel) from thr J I commercial markel ThU fuel hm- J I T Inn will grow In Intensity as Dip war m ppioaehce At Hip present IIiiip a i large, iniirllmi of Hip threshers In Hip wheal field are unable in ier ate lieeauae "f li" k f fuel sugar factory throughout this Iprrllory l aHpptled with enough fiil for use and through n large wrl of the terrllo mentioned no coal whatever la available. avail-able. It l therefore essential that over) mliip In Utah Ip opcrotid hi Up fullest pnparll) nml Hint Hip output be properly distributed llrrptufiirp Hip mine of I'tnh Iihvp received n schedule of price for Ihelr product rmiKhiic from sevenl) five eonta a ton for slack to hIhiiiI 1160 p,r ton for liimii llcfnre Hip wnr be-Kan be-Kan thp mine had very gnierall) entered en-tered Into ronlrnrl, rurnlshlng a large jirnporttnn of their tonnage ut prices miieh bcloV Hip schedule publlahtd by tho president Thneo prhc mm prove to Ik? Inadequate, Hltiro tin tirpuldrnt'n jirotliwnnllon the) nrp pro htbltetl from nolllnic Ihn prepnrMl uradp, known an lump pimI. ni Hi prle Ihn) hip Ippii rpccUInu lrf-lor lrf-lor U rpiplvlnit hlghnr wokp "nil mlnliiK nmohliipry In roMUm Ihrpp lltiira mm It hpforp Hip nr "I'ntMlpr In morp pxprnnhp nml Hip jiroilticrrw ntnln Hint If Htr nr prp-vntrl prp-vntrl from flllltiK onlrra nl prlcpti hlghpr than Hionp rjnilillnliod h thp prenlitrnt. lint nt Ihn nainn Hiiip urn pomppllpil umlr tontrurt to fill ordprn nt prlcpii much lowpr Hun Hip until 1ipIuIp. tltpy will mil ln nhln to op. rrntc lltrlr ntlnca cxrppt nt grpnt on. HompthltiK llkp 0 wr tint of Ihrlr irotUict U wild In mUnnip fur Hip eumlnc rnr, pltltcr tindpr tontrnrt or hy RtnmllnK nocpiilpil tirilpn. Thp produrpra nrp wllllnR nml nnxloim to comply with tho Inw Th imk Hint In roup Hip) urn tircrritlrd rrom flllhiK tlin rtntidlng ntilcr for lump ion I nt prlfru b!op Hip xhrdnlp pnldl'hrd ty the prmldont. h) Hip mtiip ntlthor Ity thp) alutulil ! rpllPpd nf Hip duly of fllllna; routine ta nt prlPpn lKh thr hrdu1r "It would nppiitr ndl'lilp midpr Hip rlrouinntuiiKHt tlmt Hip rld-iilV i diet hp inadp niipllcnhlp to nil lrt-ilucrra lrt-ilucrra nnd In nil ioivaiiiira nml Hint nil uoiilmtia mndp Wfltrx the wnr omlltlnna ohtnlnpd lx lirKlrd tin-drr tin-drr Ihn wur Mipr of Hip tvldlil Thrt pontmcU MM wnt olll iiipraa-lo iiipraa-lo condition hut nri iiIimi iIpIiiiiipii-tal iIpIiiiiipii-tal In tho puhllt' Inlnrppt In Hip fact tliul th) prrvpitt nn tillihp tllalrl-hutlon tllalrl-hutlon of tiHit Mnn firMirHtUiii urn aoturlna; ronl In InrKP nimntltliM lm-l.iW lm-l.iW pout of proiln. Hon. ut Hip pxiwimw f anmll coiumni-m while whulp rout-mtinltlpa rout-mtinltlpa nrp deprlpl of npppr) rutl Homo of Hippp lnrr wmattnt-rra wmattnt-rra hnp rtintruvta MirlnK na mmh na n half million lona imr wir nml If obliged to aiilxnlt to Hip proper dU-trlliutlon dU-trlliutlon of the fuel aupply would prolnthly ndd In tho lotnl output by 'lipulna; up iipm mllipa In Hip tlo to prold for thvlr own nw.iwIlUva, ThU would lend lo rollMe the o4l fnmlne "All nKreeinciila Hinreforp rnllhiK for prlicn ilthrr hlghpr or lnwwr than " tho iirpaldenl'a puhlUlipd achpduln altoiild Ihi nbroicateil In the public lit territ. There ahould be ho prefrrHl unaumera I'tibtle Inlerwl ileniHiidi there ahould bo no dlwrlmlnutluii In pricea nKnlnat the ainiill ronaumer In favor of Ihn corporation," It la expeutod dflnlte uctlun will aoon bo takpn b) the fiml niltnltiUIra tvr lo ndjuat tho I'tah alluiitlon SITUATION lri WOltHI! 'IIIW HliltlHUh Al.l, 0i;it COAST , Raturday Uat u ilelcgiitlon of San Prunele, Ioa AiiKultw, ri.terumento, fStookton nnd Oakland coalmen nr. rived In Utah to confer with Carbon aunty oporatora In regard In the tuip-ply tuip-ply of ooal whli h can U furnUhed from the flelda Intro It li eatlmated that Hm t'luh mlnm will hav to up ply about n million tona nf ioul more to California till )eur than taat Thla inoludiHt the coal for ahlppldir. but the CMllfornlun were here In the Inter at of Ketllng il for iloiinwlU nnd mauufauturliiK pnrKiaii MB ;-JJ Headed by K C 8hari repreaent' BBVJ i ; Iiik tho Indf PfiubMit Cml and Coke BVJ ' oempany of Kan l'ratulato, the Call HBVJ furulu coalmen were brought liiti. the HBVJ ' Utah flelda nnd made an Inapettloii of HBVJ i ) i the in I up. They ul hll a abort BVM , confurence with Frank K t'larlt) h- HBVJ j,. ii Blatant general manage! of Hip leu BVJ H ii ver und Illu Clramlo, In regard to the HBVJ ( l') cur supply, and wont ier the entire iBHVJ .( k altuatlun In o fur aa Hu wern able HBVJ ' ( J- Anionic the leading coalmen of the HBVJ J J'aalflo Coaat who wero hare to go In-BBH In-BBH M, to the altuatlon nnd dctorinlne what BBJ IM the mined of thla atulo can do to re BBW lleo the altuatlon are U K. UnUli of BBBt ti F; the Sturtcxant Coal lumpanv f Kuu It ' KrunoUco, I. 1. Stein, ruproeentlng the N Htoekton and Oakland denlon and .ft 1 tarry MaCumb and ?(, Yi Tarr r. . (j.) V reientlng tho I.oa Angelia ileuleu In lBBH)iid: tereaU. They vlalted tho mine" at IbBBjU'IH Kenllworth and other pluee In Car BHjI S 1Br l0" county. BBBHS&afL WhIbIi aald that tho California altu- BBBt livltl utlon U terioua, alnoo the demand for BBB rHu hIiIph on tho Atlantic haa practically BBBI fWIrl t)uno RWll' wttl t,ltt Importation of bbbI Jr -iMBBieBMaajaBaarat 1miI from AiMtrnllA nml nlao from llrltlah ColiimMti tnlnna Heretofore Urn Angplen Iihh reeeltid n great part of lie phiI from (Inllup, N. M.. dh trlrla, but the Utah ronl la In grpnter ilmnml, being n tiettpr ateam poI The high price nf fuel nil hiia nUo nddint to the trouble, of the California mnntifnctiirpni nnd nn n rpeiilt Call fornln I pntlrel) dependent on thla alhtn for lla eoal uippty during Hie winter eenaon The greater art of the conl going to Hun Kramlyti from I'tnli will bo tiKpl In fnrtoty nnd domeatli uaea. while Hie Wealrrn Fuel i-mtnli) will carr the grenter mrt of the "off ahore' iHtalnea of Hip loallng of ahliw. Thp lompanlp which nrn Intn-illlng Intn-illlng ptxtl for Hip ahlp line nre In fiilr lomlltlon but -omiipe aupply Ing Hih fmtorlPN lire In n iiunmtnrr na In their Mippl) Th piiriMm of the trip t Utah la l heroine belter acquainted with lo- al loiHlltlnn mid to mi gntige order that delivery ma) be relied upon The Int Mitigation of the Cnllfonilft coal-men coal-men retenled that Hip Utah mine need more miner The enr altuatlon I hitler nt thla tlntp. they wild, than It ha bepn for a number of month Tarr dei lured that the ion I denier of Hoiithern Cnllfurnla would be In n poaltlou to fill nil order providing Ihn I'tnli mine ran get the miner nml thp iiira to earn Hip ronl therp but If there la n ear hortngo Hip altuatlon altua-tlon might lietome aerloua. C. N Hlrevell of thn Indepenttent Coal nnd Cokn lompany wna alau In infrenip with th' California coalmen coal-men T J. O'llrlen of Hip Federal Con I company outlined the altuatlon In Wyoming for them .ION llll,i:itH AttVANOK Al.l I'lllCIIH I'llTY VltSTH In a ilruitnr Utter In tho trade thp Independent Coal nnd Coke tompait) iinmiiiiup Hip abolition of II wile deimrtment. nml It entire output wilt be tnken over b) Hip Alierdeen Coal iiimpau) Wlllliiui (lortnn. formerl) Mile miitiMgi r for the Independent ioiiin), la lo be gemrnl mnnnger of the concern The urgntiltatlon of the berdien CihiI lompan) tin not )t been perfettPil It wa nnilotineed .Momla) Inat Hint thp nrtlelp of In-nirpomtlon In-nirpomtlon probnbl) would b' HIpiI na aoon na Hip nttornp) aehiled to prepare them hud returniil from the I'lielfle Conatf Cnlll thp ntllile or IneoriHirntlou me prepared It U lint probable that the other offleer of the new urganltulhiu will be an-niHiticed an-niHiticed AeeomiHinylng the nnmutneement of the Independent CihiI nnd Coke eempany la a letter from Hie ANt-ilpen ANt-ilpen Ciml nimiHtny bearing the lg-lu'lure lg-lu'lure of flortnn. annnttneltig a prlie mlledule whhh la to be Hindi ef fei -tlve from Heplembtr lat In the mliedule aihanlage I taken of the prwddenl proxMon that jobhlHg iimcern are to be allowed fifteen eenl a ton for bundling coal nml all prlcia iuiled are fifteen cent nlmve Hump rinptl at the mine In the president presi-dent a older Mia i k coal and wippii-Ink wippii-Ink are IMetl at II 10 a ton, rpn of mine at It 7 a lop. and preHtreil oMk nut ami lump, nt l M n Ion at the mine The aauie prlie athetlule ha betn ImwipiI l the Hlandard Fuel coinpau), whlill la the aellllig ngelliy for the Hlandard Coal eomAU). It U under-atiHHl under-atiHHl nlwi that the ume prlie hate been quotid to tbi) trade b) Hip Jobbing Job-bing agem ) of the United Ktate Fuel company The Utah Cue! rompuii) the Hprlng Canyon Coat iinnpun; nml the Cumeron Coal lompuny have no eeiarate wtle organisation and urn iiuoiing Hip prhe nl the mine epetl-fled epetl-fled In the president' order ItliTMI. I'lllCI Altl! 'IO III! I'IMIII 'tills MOVIII WXHIIINOTON. I) C Sept. 10 Itetall coal prlcn will be fixed for ever) rlty and communll) In the iountr. Dr II A (larfleld. the fuel admlnlalrntor, nnnoutued tonight, before be-fore the end of the month They wilt le Imaed on the recommendation of local lo-cal commltteua to bo named by atitte fml iidinlnlatrutor "It I obvlnua," Dr (larfleld aald. "that thn price will van coneldemhl) betwieu loealltln ami between (Ity und couuir) dla-trbt dla-trbt Care will be taken to Imlude all Item whlih ought to be Iniluded. for there I no dlapotlllmi to deprive the local dealt r of hi fair meaaure of profit." Although there la u ahortago of ir. enough will bo had to trunnporl all the coal the country needa Tho fuel lulmlnWtrutliiit, the Interatate toinmeron commlaalon and Judge Hubert S I-ovett. the govcrnuivnt' ill-ret ill-ret tor of priority shipments, will work tohvther to see that cum nre dUtrlb-uled dUtrlb-uled properl) Apportionment of coal a between dlffere'nt part of the tountr) wilt bo made under the personal per-sonal dlnciloii of Dr (larfleld John I' White, president of tho I nllod Mine Workers of Amerlia, was miiiud today as special asaUlaut to Dr (larfleld A representative of bituminous bi-tuminous operators will be named within a few da)s, CITY OW.Mtli C'OAI StINi: IllilNH IIOOK1NO OltDlIltS DRN'VEU, Colo, Sept. lOf-Den-era munlilpul coal market wilt he-tin he-tin taking order for coal Saturday ml delivering Monday, It was an-lounceil an-lounceil today by Ueorge A. Levy, lead of the department UitdIIs coal "III be furnlahed at Jt.lB a ton delve de-lve red I'unhuaes of coal are limited to ads of families whoso Income does I not exceed flft) dollar n month for each adult member of the family and twenty-five dollar far each child The head of the family la required to appear nt one of the four office 10 bo opened Saturday and trnike hi purelinne In person, giving thla Information Infor-mation n n voluntary alntement. I.evy iwy tho city will awin have a thniimnd ton a da available for ante on thla phiu MOVTN MI.NHIIH KHItl" OKI' MltlKK 1'Olt Till! I'ltlKVI IIII.I.INOH, Mont , Sept S A strike of Montana nail miner ha t n averted, temimrnrll) nt leant, by hi Hun of Hip miner' convention here In referring demand for nn Incrpnar of three cent n tun on oantrnct and ten cent a da) for laltorer tt thn In-ternatbiiHvl In-ternatbiiHvl offlPetn of tho United Mine Worker of America. Montana operator reftim-d the demand until the Inireuae I made effective In entn-petlng entn-petlng Wyoming field Tending an pffott to aervire aimllar enneeaitlaM fnim Wjromlng Miiemtiira by thn International In-ternational organleathin thp convention conven-tion today nilouriieil. Cl.ll'OltMNS OCT Aft Hit itr.nt i:i ritKKiiiT iia'ii Itedililloii of ZS lo 10 ptr cent In freight rate nn iiml from Cnatle (lab (Irnnd Jumtlon, Cobi. nml tolnt-taklng tolnt-taklng the samp rnto to Angel-n San l'rniiclcii Oakland, Stmktou, lla kerafleld nml other California point I naked In n petition filed with the Interatate lommerie commUMon laat Mondn) The petition I filed In th tmine of the California Fuel Dealer iiaeni latlou Cooit ami Fuel I'lnili. COI'KN'IIAOK.S. Sept 8 Dlffleul-He Dlffleul-He with the winter aupply of fuel In (terninii) nlread) are being felt. The era of voluntar) or eompulaor) aelec-Hon aelec-Hon or the fllleal patabllnhment for survival In vnrloua brnnohea or trade and Induatr) nlrasidy hna opened and bualiiMM will be concentrated In Hiphp. whllp other wilt shut down, except Hiokp uppl)lng lip.it nnd light, ItHlirn lo 'I heir .fob. DKNVKIt Colo. Sept . Cert) striking miner of the Frederick, Colo . mine of the loulatllp Coal nnd Mining lompan) returned to work to-da) to-da) after Hip comimn) had signed nn ngrieinciit granting recognition of the rolled Mine Worker of America MIOt'Mt Tilt: COli CAMI'M I'ICItSON l. MI ortiicituiM' Amerliiuf Fuel iimhin nt Neeleti I oKTallng full M da) n week. Storr I nl thl lime produilng nbout sUleeu humlrid Ion dall) Hlnndnrdvlllp sixteen lo eighteen bun-ilnnl. bun-ilnnl. Italmt iv tliomnind. Cameron eight hundred ntid Panther about four hundred hun-dred C S llurri wiiil up to Liberty taut Tueeda) to make a bid on the two and a half mile of railroad and tramway grading there lite ctt to the im-pun im-pun will run around twelir llioii-Mild llioii-Mild dollar. I'eerlep Coal cumtan, alntut Italf-wa Italf-wa between Klaitdartlvllle and I tain, will not be In atvape to ahlp much before be-fore the first of Hie year The labor alliiatbm ha Interfere! (Mittipwhat with thi development of that properl) prop-erl) That the government innlemplate the fixing nf retail owl prhe as well a wlHiteaab, is the belief of Malt jke I'll) dealers, who sli ileem It probable prob-able that prlie will lie adjusted In different Im-allUe rather than for live whole count r a In the can wllb the whoVemle prloe fixing Approximate!) Hire hiliidred thou-sand thou-sand ton of coal are In aloragp In Colonido eniHikh fur the estimated normal demand fri.m now until Janit-art Janit-art Ut next mcordlnK to a statement state-ment rorwunlcd to the national inul administrator last Halurdu) b the Colonido Coat iHHilers asaiHlatloii Krneet Hall of 7lon U silling almk In the Sunich Coal coman) In the camM und town of Ciirhon count). The prnierty la controlled by A T. Miller, formerl) coninitid with Hip Kelt hum CimiI comiMiny Years ago Miller wu ihlef dliatiher for the Denver and Itlo (lrande under A ill. Weill) In deferemc to t lie rUet or Dr. 11 A Oarrield, national coal dint tor, the Joint i (inference of coal mine operator op-erator or the central competitive field and official of the United Mine Worker of Amnion lulled nt Indian-um1I, Indian-um1I, Ind fori but Suturda), to ills-ins ills-ins a wagn Inurease for coal miner la poatponed llideflnllel) Three Northern Colorado mine soon will btgln shipping ciml to Denver. Den-ver. Colo whit It will be furnUhed conaumers at lost h) the ill) The cl) has advanced the money for Improvement Im-provement of Ihn mine, nml within alxt) day the mine will be producing treble their present iapailt The mone) advanced b) the city will bo returned tinder an nrruugement with tho mine owntrw The old Wales mine In Sanpete county helm; worked nt this time b) the Hoik Springs (W)o ) Fuel com-I com-I hi n), I shipping about thlrt) tona a da) or u fair!) good gradu of coal. The vein has widened to six fait. It la claimed The Increaao in the vein I about three Inehea to ever) fifty reel Some or the product Is good black-smithing black-smithing coal It Is expected soon to have an output or fifty tons dall) The Denver and Itlo (lrande has filed an una wur with tho public utilities utili-ties commission to the complaints brought h) tho Manufacturers' Association Asso-ciation of Utah, tho traffic bureau of Utah and the sugar companies In regard re-gard to coal rati) tc points In Utah from Carbon county mines nnd alleged al-leged discrimination In tho distribution distribu-tion of coal tars, Tho railroad contends con-tends that Inasmuch as a Inuring on tho points at Issue Is scheduled before Hie lutoratatQ commeice commission I (Continued on pi go eight,) COALMEN PRESENT ' THEIR CASE i tCoinluued from mk lx.) (ittolwr HI), tlir mute utllltlv cum-I cum-I liilitn pliuiild cwtHim m-tlnil. ('out from liM-ul mine In m-IIIiik ut Ml riHtwui hi ti.it for lump nnd thrr. dollar fur run of mine. It U tliiuilHil tlmt CnrlHiu county irnii'rtlii lire nhnrt ut tllU limit nt Iwttt tHtut-flt liutulrwl riMl miner J K. IVtllt U ktlll In lht Huiitlnif. Inn Chidhii rirliU exin-rllnic fur two or more Inn coiihtiu tlmt are luukliiK fur hliliii; rml iruHw)tlnmi. W'uttU (Ami fflinpun)' U living ilf lnrd 111 It ilrVfloniilcnt illllMli;n !)' the nIuwdoiw of iiiHterlul und nirtvhlu-ury nirtvhlu-ury I'omluK In from tlio liunt. Nntloiiul i-'utd rompuny U nultl to Uv on ii dfiil fur Hu Ourdou Crk liuld-liijiv liuld-liijiv to UkiImiiIU. It nU luu railroad rail-road rlchtu of Hity nut uf SprliiK fllvn. Hioflflil Col comimtiy, optrntlriK the old I'nlon I'urlflo mlntw ut tm. tipixT 'iinii. In prvparlnK to immmi him' llll OlllpUt Of tttrlM) llllllllriKl tun dully. 1'iiltil HtutiMi Kuvl tomimny InillillnK mi unnmempiit hull nt 11 lack Hawk fifty ly u hunJrtnl and ln ft mi tlit inuln utrvvt uf thnt rump. AUo it modern two-nlory luwpltnl UuIIUIiik. OlffiTi-iH'! IxlHeen tht cmplo) hiiiI t'tali I'ukI iHimiMtny nt Vntnw at wr ndjiuttl atUfmtortl)' Wtt Kundu!'. Tin (Himpuny made rul lnrrMiMi In linn with tumU nitlou li other loel uompanlm. i Sam C. Klit-rrell. the euiitrHttor. ' 'wan In 1'rlce ovvr night MonOuy and I went to Liberty on Tulay. Ttif camp expei't to 1 tlilpplnic nut lu product ly thu 16th of NovumUr I.llifrty U In Hprlnic Canyun. aUout u mile und n half Imlow thv i-ump of Stnrr. Primarily the IndUHtrh-u mut i pr tected with an ample harw at coal to k-p their putrlnwi turning nml imoltera In operation," wild A. l. I"l4-r-fon. vale manager for Utah fuel oompuny. when hU lUtentlon wm at Tuedu culled to thu matter of thu appointment of a itate futj ndmlnU-irator ndmlnU-irator "When that Important matter mat-ter I attended to It U pr.l at.lo that th admlnUlrator for tht. slat." who I to be appointed nhortly nt keep the iohI fu, well lUmrlhuted mu re ; KurdN i itifM und toHim The coul then will Ik- Hixrtlon.l out to th mnnll oimumer. Thu thlnif of Kr.nli'.t liu-IM.rtHine liu-IM.rtHine In to kep thu iiiIikm run- i nlnit hi i'HMiity und tn mulntiilii thu ; hliihect tuiinuKe Mkwlli rulllni; from the milieu. "' AplMiliilment of n fun iidmliiUtrn-lor iidmliiUtrn-lor for Utuh with deputliN In the Important Im-portant iltlen und Km mi of thu mate will take pin. , u foW tiuiu ,e iM'llef of cm I produeera and dealern, the rwHjlt of nemUofflclul Information whlrh b inn., current In Utah thU week. I'liweru of thio udmlnlatra-tor udmlnlatra-tor will he nucli. It Ij Mild, tlmt nono may lumrd unfulr umountu of fuel. All three iNinihl of rniiwl Htntwi I uel iiimiwiiy over Mouth am workliiff lery day, hut the hour nr nhorter than full time becuuw. of lai k of rnll-iiwd rnll-iiwd w, y , HnntBchi. Hr., ,,r MUii'k lluwk. who wan in town Tuea. day to meet with thu hoard of county i'ummlloni,r. The car HhortaBe U runnliiK nrnund 40 per lent for theae Hmim.