Show STRIKE CLOSES l JUNCTION PLANT i More Than Thousand Men Are Out at United States Smelting Works PROPERTY IS PROTECTED MEN OFFER TO SAFEGUARD PLANT IN EVERY WAY VAY Yesterday forenoon the company Ci officials daIs cia Is and the representatives of ot the men met in conference Soon after the con conference ference the bulletin was as post posted posted ed At noon a general strike that Is III to toSU say SU a walkout of or men occurred Thence Thenceforward Thenceforward forward until early evening the men left their work and none other appeared to take their places Will Protect Property From the men mn comes co es the tue accepted offer fer of or an engineer and amI fireman and nd to protect the property against fire or other visitation In addition to the tho half of or whom are whites and the time other half halt Greeks and anc Italians and amI Austrian a large lar e number of railway rallay will willbo willbe ill bo ho affected by II the strike It Is estimated that forty railroad men have hac already felt tho the effects of the walkout and that more will come In for a layoff before the settle settlement ment mont comes a settlement Is la the hope of all who are arc interested That which Interferes with operations at Bingham Junction interferes with Bingham City and also ateo In a greater or lesser lesHer degree degres has lias a bearing on the work working workIng working ing of the time Murray Murra smelters Men Appoint Committees The men apparently are prepared to maintain their position At a meeting nl last evening they the appointed a general committee and subcommittees will be appointed Inter later The men will wilt conduct their campaign after the manner of the tIme union striker organization for him Is the first essential The Tho Federation of Labor will hold a special sp wl meeting at which the time Bingham Junction situation will be discussed The Time smelting plant of the United States Smelting Refining Mining company at Bingham BI Junction is closed Between 1100 and 1200 lOO men are Idle There Thero to ill no sign of violence The strike is perhaps I the most peaceful p and and peaceable that has over occurred in this region The company has posted a scale of o wages which in substance Jt it is III claimed is IR an increase of 25 75 cents centi a da lay the de demand demands mand mands of the are for approximately approximately a Increase There is no bitterness s between the company com pan and the time en the differences difference resulting In the Ule walkout w are ar business propositions noth nothing nothing nothing ing more morl nothing less so It Is said by byboth byboth byboth both sides Men Ien authorized to speak sp ak for the corn com company c m pany pan say that they the will pay no more than the scale posted the schedule herewith published the men say they will not re return return return turn to work at the rates set let forth In Inthe inthe the bulletins that Is all there Is to the I Bingham Junction situation up to this time v Long Under Consideration Property at Bingham Junction is safe sara The fhe men before leaving their work f to clean the tile furnaces of or their charges This offer was wae accepted and the tho places where white hot masses mas were wore are arenow arenow arenow now only spaces of dismal cold and black The Time m n before leaving their work also alO cleaned up the tue disorder if there was wa an any about the smelter the yards everything is tidy and neat The men employed ed by the United Stata g company have hae had the tho question n of oJ y a 1 strike long un und under l r consideration As A has boeri noted from time to time there have b en tn meetings of o the men and the po postpone postponement ment merit of the hour when the strike was to have taken place George Gorn W Heintz n a 1 high official of the company la last t evening sairi said The strike was a complete su to tous tous tous us We Ve had no idea that the time men mm would woul go out especially e after the con conference conference ference ferenee which all of or us took as auguring for peace and harmony If so you might call It ft You may say sa that the will not pay any an more wages ages than Ulan thoc tho posted In the schedule We VI do nut not ex expect t any violence the time property seems to be amply protected by b the dep del deputy deputy uty uh sheriffs who arc are on the tIme Yesterday before the t the th com company pany caused this to b be out The Statement About the time limo that the men at the American Smelting Refining Want lant struck on Tuesday the officials of the United States State smelter at Bingham Junction received two or three petition asking for Increase In wage wages These re requests rEquests requests quests were ivere promptly considered and in view of the industrial activity In thin neighborhood the lie entire scale was revised In some eases cases the men who had 1 asked ask d for COr COrmore I more money were given it and on the other otiler hand nd some ome demands were werl un unjust unjust just and could not be acceded to Al Almany Also Abe many men who had not petitioned were given an increase After these thes changes were wert decided on but before they the were put Into effect sev several se seend end eral more petitions were received irom other departments The Thc scale agreed upon was again considered but no changes were made This scale was put Into effect May nay 10 Upon the announce announcement announcement announcement ment of the scale a few of or the dissat dissatisfied dissatIsfied workmen started to leave the plant but the officials of or the company per persuaded persuaded persuaded these men that it was wa better to return to work which they did Hold a Conference The United States Smelting Refining Mining company Invited the th men to ap appoint appoint appoint point a committee to to discuss the matter Continued on Page 10 STRIKE KE CLOSES JUNCTION PLANT Continued from Page 1 l This was done The meeting was held Saturday morning It was decided to postpone further action until Tuesday morning thus giving the officials time to consult with their executive committee In Boston Meanwhile the rates paid for similar work at the other smelting plants were Investigated and it was found as supposed that the United States smelter according to the new scale was paying fully tully as much as any of the smelters con considering considering of course the difference in the operating and living conditions at the var yar various ious bus plants The executive committee therefore decided to uphold the position taken by br the local officials and at the meeting Tuesday morning the scale made effective May 10 was confirmed and an only a few minor changes were made It Is s believed that this scale is acceptable to the men and there will be bc no further dis die discussion discussion OR on the subject Changes for Better However as many of the men com corn complained complained that the smoke at the United States smelter is worse than at other smelters it was decided to make Imme Immediately Immediately some changes in the flues hues of the copper plant which were planned some sometime sometime sometime time ago The copper furnaces have therefore been shut down for a few days pending the completion of these changes The officials of the company compan do not an anticipate anticipate any trouble in starting the cop copper op opper opper per furnaces at the proper time as they are confident their position in the tho mat matter matter matter ter is absolutely fair and is so recognized by the tf the tle men ipen menThe menThe The Scale Offered The scale put Into effect May lIa 10 and which will be effective hereafter at the United States smelters is as follows Copper blast furnaces for eight hours Tappers Tappers helpers 5 Feeders 2 Feeders helpers Swampers on charge trains 2 Matte casters Laborers Copper converters for 8 hours Skimmers 3 Skimmers helpers Punchers Converter helpers Liners tOO Clay mill helpers Lead blast furnaces for S 8 hours Tappers 2 Swampers Laborers iso Charge wheelers 2 Lead roasters for 8 hours Firemen Helpers Repair department for 9 S hours Blacksmiths 15 Machinists I Boilermakers n siS 35 3 5 Pipe fitters 75 |