Show WRY w Y TB T ii QUIT WORK WORX Miners Min rs RefuSe to Strip and be bo In Inspected inspected Ina a The Th Tuolumne county California miners union has called a strike at atthe atthe the th Jumper mine near the village of at Stent Hent tnt because of or what they ey t consider hn t il l obnoxious order issued i by the man management management of ot that mine say sayS the Mining and Engineering Engin ering Journal For years the th t t Jumper 1 mine has been t noted for fOI fortl fOIth fort tl th t e rich specimen ores ore it occasionally 5 I induces and aDd at one time tb th the mine was worked Corked for pockets of tOld gold only all aU aUlow low grade ore or that which did not ot t visible gold being ng considered con too Poor or to mine and mill Within recent made in mine yer eurs e JR a change was methods and now no for the most part parta a zone one of or rock of tit considerable r width w which th the gold specimens occur lur has ban been mined and the rook rork mess sent to the he the surface to be crushed m I p j in the mill mUi Where rich gold specimens are found in hi a mine the Ute temptation for miners to appropriate a portion of or the gold is a strong one and one to which on occasion some have been n known to yield In the past there has been some experience of ot this character at the Ute Jumper Jump r and it is presumable that the workings have hae again entered a rich shoot Ii as a the obnoxious order com corn complained of or by the men is one requiring them to strip trip to their naked bodies just lust after coming off o shift and before passing from one apartment of ot the change chane house hou e to another nother The men inert de declared dared this to tobe be humiliating hum latIng and after refusal on the tit t rt art of the management to rescind the Ute objectionable order struck July 3 iI 3 The mine is closed and ani ISA Den awn m are idle This is not the first time Ume where the management of a sped mine has considered it expedient to require the t e miners to strip and said it te Is probable that the management of the Jumper has lias a good reason for is issuing issuing suing such an order at this time This appears s to be one of the disagreeable features feature of operating a mine |