Show Vol Y 01 UH No o 0 27 7 fl ELY Y UNIONISTS TO ASK INCREASE IN W AGES AND PRACTICAl Will Request Conference on Demands De Demands Demands De- De mands for Fifty Fifty Cent Cent Raise and Working Agreement HALF THAT ADVANCE GRANTED BY NEVADA CONSOLIDATED CO Believed Refusal Will Re Result and Strike of Three Thousand Five Hundred Men Will Follow Tuesday Special to The Herald E ELY LY Ne Nev Sept 27 The Thc The Ely Central Labor league tonight appointed a a. a conference committee to wait halt on managers of all companies and demand nn an advance of fifty cents a day in wages and anel to arrange arrango for a 3 working agreement a which t practically means menns recognition of the unions unions' The committee is to present a request for a conference t tomorrow morrow naming Monde Monday as the time If I the conference is not granted ranted a strike is to be bo declared Monday effective Tuesday The Nevada Nen Consolidated today posted a notice of an advance e effective October 1 of twenty-five twenty cents to all receiving b 3 3 or more and twenty S cents to all under t that wa wage wag e. e The file general sentiment of the then theD n D n as expressed outside their meetings is against a strike astrike as ns few feel prepared for a struggle the miners live on company property and expect to be ordered off oil They therefore favor or accepting the advance anco offered which amounts to monthly and makes the total pay roll of the Nevada Neva a Consolidated President Moyer addressed the meeting a tonight b He seemed pleaded at the result The strike shik is here regarded as a n life and m death struggle by tho the federation It is not riot believed ed the companies will agree to recognition Three thousand five hundred men would bo be affected U LI L QUIET AT tT I No untoward event transpired d at Bingham yesterday Perfect quiet reigned all d day The strikers were ke Ise keenly kely ly Interested In the news tram from Ely that th the Valley rane Smelting Sz Mining company ha has announced an In Increase increase In- In crease of oC wages wae J J. J C. C Downey member of ot the executive board of ot tho the Western Fedor Federation of or Miners lIners said al that th time the in increase increase increase in- in crease will wUI not nol prevent pro the Nevada lo miners strIking should strike breakers be taken Into That the tho strikers are keeping a clean lookout for strike breakers Is evident Several Sc parties entering the thc canyon In automobiles during recent nights have havo been stopped by armed Greeks Greelis Postmaster Postmaster Post Post- master mater C. C II H. Roberts of ot Bingham was returning returning- from American Fork Fok In a machine accompanied by br Mrs Roberts and her sister Mrs Ix Lottie Sims last night When hen near Lend Lead mine the tho auto auto- were surprised b by a a party oC ot Greeks armed with revolvers demandIng demanding demand demand- Ing In- that the machine be stopped After fter a a. close scrutiny of Mr Ir Roberts Roberts' party part the automobile was permitted to pro- pro coed A meeting of or the switchmen was held at Knights of Pythias hall yesterday yesterday yes yes- afternoon Members of ot the railway mens men's and steam unions attended E. E D. D Harris of at tho the Continued on Page Pago Z Column 3 I 1 El ELY Y UNIONISTS TO ASK RECOGNITION Will Request Conference on Fifty-Cent Fifty Raise and Agreement Continued from Page 1 1 steam presided lIe He made madea a speech advocating the continuance of the he present policy and was followed b by J. J B E. E Fredericks and J J. J C. C Every ery union In the time camp WitS was represented represented Rented at nt the meeting thou though h the tho at attendance attendance attendance at- at did not exceed so o resolutions resolutions reso reso- were passed Sheriff YI Visits Cramp Cn III Sheriff Sharp spent part of ot the time da day at the camp and directed the distribution distribution distribution tion of or deputies on the east cast hilt hill where the thc Cretans W wore were le formerly There Is no particular significance anco In Inthe Inthe inthe the movement mo Time Tho strikers are ore preparing for a long Idleness E While the federation Is 15 prepared pro pro- pared to dJ distribute strike allowances in accordance with the rules of the tho organ organ- organization organization an- an man many strikers will be hard hit II if Ie the strike does continue for fOl an any length of oC time A Greek Greel a I who ho Is said sail to have head of sheep on tho the hills above tho canyon canon liar has offered to supply all all the tho Pie m meat at that thatIs Is required bv ho the strikers and wait until the contest Is over o for lor his mane money There was ws a little little excitement earl early I yesterday w 00 Greeks went to the miners' miners headquarters In a body hOth to protest protest pro pro- I test against what wha thc they term intimidation tion flu They rhey claimed that organizers representing the Utah Copper company campau had been heen among the strikers accompanied accompanied accompanied b by deputy sheriffs The organizers organizers or or- g arc ale s said to have ha attempted io to o persuade the strike strike- Jo to 0 return to work an and promised that their thI wages would be bo Increased When hn argument failed the tho protestants declare the organizers u used ell threats a ts J. J C C. Lowney Loney reported the to tho the sheriff b by telephone and he went enl to at b by auto Sheriff Sharp would woul not discuss the tor matter further urther than to sa say that h he did not In Intend intend In- In tend to tolerate an any Interference by y deputy sheriffs In that re respect Talks on lay 11 D. D C C. Jacking w when whon ion questioned luc about the J lay Illy h Increase In Wl sall surf that tha t It Il has been Jn under tinder con consideration for some somo months The new wage ago scale at the time Sl Valley vine mine goes Into effect October 1 and la is based on co copper per selling at 16 IS cents or more a n pound All s earning 3 SS or more mote a da day will receive an nn Increase of C 25 Ci cents a 0 day Tho Those c receiving Ie less than 3 will get set a 20 O cent increase T This will Increase tile the general 1 payroll of the camp more than a month There will trill be a mass meeting of strikers Striker In tl-c tl Canyon hall tonight ItIs It ItIs Itis Is reported that lh time Greeks will at atten attend attend at- at ten tend In a body hOlly to demonstrate their loyalty loyally to the union A mc mooting meeting of ot strike leaders was held In Salt Bait I Lake lak ike yesterday after which A. A L. L Wilde gat gu e a c out the following statement If Governor Spry refuses to use his best offices to tu call a conference between representatives of If the strikers In who are aro also J I Junion union officials official and tho the mine operators op operators op- op the time strike will bo carried to all nil tho camps In which the Jackling crowd i Is b Interested interested Thu Tho first move will l bo o made at it KU- KU where the men hav ha agreed to stand b by th the am strikers Then strikes will follow In other ca camps m ps Since the beginning of ot the strike the miners have drawn a more than 1 from ruin am ba banks |