Show 4 STRIKE AT THE THEt MURRAY SMELTER J t 7 ll Refuse to Work Worl Be caus cau for Raise Is Refused j 1500 MEN MAY BE IDLE STRIKERS ARE QUIET AND TROU TROUBLE TROUBLE TROUBLE BLE IS NOT ANTICIPATED Eighty blast furnace at the American Smelting Refining com coni con Danys plant In Murray went on strike yesterday morning when the company refused to increase their wages ages 25 cents per day Five out of thi th eight fur furnaces furnaces naces at the were shut down yesterday and Superintendent Norton was unable to secure men to replace the strikers All Al the men connected with wih the te blast blat furnaces in front in including including Including tappers switchmen shelters and yardmen walked out The em behind the furnaces refuse to take te places of the men In front L Unless the furnaces are started up today about 1500 men will be thrown out of work at the smelter Superintendent Superintendent Superintendent Norton believes that enough men can be secured to keep the furnaces in operation and chat the tat te strike will wl have little effect on oi 0 the te reg regular regular 1 ular daily daiy output output Ultimatum Given Wednesday The petition petton asking aking for a raise of 25 cents per day was written out and properly signed Wednesday morning It I was wa sent to Superintendent Norton the same day giving the company until Saturday morning to post a notice of concession at the office previous to the going on of the 7 shift The no notice notice notice tice was not posted yesterday morn morning morning mornIng ing and the tle day shift shit refused to go to work About 3 the afternoon shift lined up In front of the smelter ready ready to go to work work Superintendent Norton came out and asked aked them to togo toA togo A go to work but said that the raise could not be granted them at that tat time The morning shift came ce off of and the af afternoon afternoon afternoon shift faced right about and walked down the hill bill hi with them The strikers on the morning shift fh t stood out in the street and when the afternoon shift struck they threw their hats hat in inthe inthe inthe the air and cheered them The strike is said to be the result t resul T of a raise given give to the te Greek and Ital Italian Ial ItalIan ian furnace men a short shor time ago The foreigners received per day and petitioned the company for an in increase increase crease of 25 cents per day The com corn company company pany granted the increase which brought their ter wages up to the te amount paid the American blast furnace em In view of this it is said the theother theother theother other asked for an Increase of 25 cents per day making their wages per day instead of The strikers claim that tat the American I Smelting Refining company pays the te lowest wages of any of the smelting companies and that the work w rk is just justas p J as a hard J A Late Late Shift Goes to Work The 11 1 shift shit went to work last lat night without any trouble A full ful shift was put to work last lat night and two more of the furnaces will wil be tired fired tred up It I is possible that the strike will wil close closedown cose closedown down about three of the furnaces until other men can cn be secured and It i is likely that or men working In other parts part of the te smelter will wIl be laid off of today The strikers were quiet last lat night and it Is said have not asked the other smelter men to strike with wih them City 4 Marshal Michael Mauss does not an anticipate F any trouble and It is possible that the wage scale will wil be agreed upon in the course of a day or two The Italians Greeks and AustrIans who ho struck for a raise rale of 25 cents per day at the Bingham Consolidated Mining Smelting company a week ago have left leC Bingham Junction Most of them went to Idaho where they se secured secured secured cured work on a ditch through the em employment employment employment agencies in Salt Sal Lake City |