 Backed by the pro-union Victor and Cripple Creek "Daily Press", the unions elected union members to public office, and split the mining district from El Paso County, by creating Teller County.p.69 Teller County was a union county where the eight-hour workday was enforced, and workers were paid union scale.Unions used social pressure, boycotts, and strikes to ensure that union goals were enforced.The unions were powerful enough to simply announce wages and hours, and any businesses that failed to comply were boycotted.