Salt Lake Tribune | 1896-08-31 | Page 1 | A Heroic Measure

A HEROIC MEASURE Lr LEADVILLE ADVILLE MINE OrERA OPERATORS TORS WILL STOP PUMPING the effect will bo be to drown out tho the mines below them and the loss will bo be heavy TRIBUNE SPECIAL CrAL denver colo aug operators ot of the th leadville mines which are closed down because of tho the strike havo have about concluded to adopt drastic measures to force tho the men to return to work at the th old scale of 1250 a day they held a ine meeting eting hero here last night and arrived at it a decision to order tho the pumps pulled dom tho bon air maid of liln and a dozen ot or pr belonging to it alio c mines those guines ruines throw a a river alvr of bator a day and it if their pumps a ara r oil ell vr alow abdow them will b bo 0 d r 0 w n out ond and forced to shut down donn should they cease opet actions for days ve tho the do dani URU would run up into th tho 0 hundreds hundred ol of t ago thousands hsands us ands and mouths months bould bs bet required to then BO that work could bo be resumed yle miners declare thelt t this his ia A a bluff on the ilia part of tho the opera oper tom utorA but tle the latter declare diclaro they aie ae lit in earn carnat lt and will surely alaert the th cam amal rathor rather than submit to their demands or continue the cho operation of the mines at a lose loba a as they claim they aro are doin dolac ML at this iho present pram nt price of 0 buver r and lea lead 1 I