Show BACKBONE OY OF TONOPAH STRIKE BROKEN tonopah To IN nevada evada june 13 A canvass of the strike situation on seeing to prove that the backbone of the strikers ha has been broken already one company is operating at good head headway iway and another nearly as well with a third about ready with nearly a full crew the mine operators have been slow in starting for two reasons first it was desirable to give all old employees an all opportunity to come back and se second conatO to provide ample acconio accommodation dation and protection for such as did fisli to work now that the union has turned down all overtures from the operators tile the latter have started in earnest to find new miners and to provide for them A good example as to provisions made is seen at the belmont property Provi provision i already has been made for the seventy five men now at work and additional housing abor lor another devent seventy 2 y five is under way and these men will tie brought in as soon as the quarters are ready the hou housa sing of the men consists of houses with 16 cots each provided with wash rooms mid and lavatories all of which including towels linen lilien and blankets are arc new A big cook house has been built fitted with a big range ZD and every sanitary equipment portable houses louses have also been brought in and each contains four rooms with two cots in each room anum A number be r of th these es e have been set aside for use by the mechanics od another set for use ilse of guards etc in addition to five of the 16 cot buildings already erected several more are wild ing and club house sw a completed with i v ith eighteen will be used by supt bupt smith the shift bosses and c cap 0 the gual guards ds an up to date laundry is on the ground also a general merchandise store at which supplies for the ihl m are sold at slight advance above cost at the Ton tonopah opall extension similar accommodations ahle aa ag yg been made for seventy men and these IVI 11 be enlarged to care for double that number at the property proper of the Ton tonopah opall mining company similar measures are wa adopted and as soon as housing accommodations have bell a force of miners will be brought in A bos bosses in crew lias has already been assembled |