Show SMELTER MH TER MEN I IGO GO ON A STRIKE I Austrians of Charge Floor Crew at Murray Plant Refuse to Work WANT HIGHER HIGH R WAGES DEMAND 2 TO NOW GET TO 2 A DAY Fifty Austrian all aU members ot of the floor crew cleW at the smelter of the American Ameri an Smelting Refining com corn comat compan at Murray went on a strike at 11 ii iiO pan pany k Ii last night nIL Those out on 00 strike oclo O CiO o m are an ali a member of the 11 ii shift Thos KO n ll the was completed at 11 I I lock finished bed work and went born om hut but their relief did dM not get any than the gate Th Tb strikers declared that they wont went out n a strike as a mutual protest a t the present pre ent wage scale for tor the themen them men m r n the charge floor They were letting getting from roan to 2 a day and nd they now flow no demand from J to 2 per day Superintendent Morton of the smelter said last night that no petition had hadn been n received from the men asking for foran foran foran an increase in pay and that the first in intimation he h received that th t such was sired aired wa when he saw written walls alls of the thO smelter In Jn chalk yesterday the numerate 1 This he be took to toan the tM wanted mean an that perhaps men more money mone moneTh The Th T duty of the charge floor crew is isto Isto Isto to teed feed the th furnaces of the smelter and f for r that reason their position though un kill il is ill one of the moat most important in HI HIP flip smelter If all three shifts on this fl floor or go so out cot and remain out for hours the entire plant will have haf t to shut down because the fur naif nat will freeze freese and the less loss to the I r will be serious ThO Th rouble in the smelter ha ho been brewing for three days There were among the foreigners that indicated that there was dissatisfaction but nothing serious was anticipated When the time came last night for th the 11 shift to go on duty the men went to the gate of the smelter and after some conversation turned back and went uptown There was no der whatever last night There Is no union among the foreign foreigners ers at work in the smelter but there seems to have been a mutual agreement to go out on strike It is reasonably certain that the shift that should go to work In ln the t e charge floor at 7 this morning and the 3 shift this afternoon will join the others so 50 that all of the men in this department will be on strike Indications last night pointed to the possibility of all the I foreigners employed in the smelter go ing out Two years ears ago there was a general strike at the smelter and several hun bun dred were out for two weeks At that time the strikers won their point and their wages were increased Inc eased During the panic however the wages were cut to what they were before the strike Now the laborers are seeking to have their pay restored |