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Show nvniSTE-OWNERS ORGANIZE. An Employment Offlco Is Established at Searchlight. The mlno owners In the Searchlight mining district have taken a radical position posi-tion regarding tho employment question and have inaugurated the card and employment em-ployment system. Twelve of tho largest tlrms havo becomo members and hereafter will hlro all their help through tho ngoncy of one. offlc "A secretary for the association is to have an oitlce In the town of Searchlight, to whom all persons desiring employment," employ-ment," soys the Lincoln County Record, "must apply, if. In tho opinion of tho secretary, the applicant Is of good character char-acter and is qualified to till the situation ho asks for, a card will be issued to him, which will enablo him to siecuro employment employ-ment whnn tliera Is a vacancy, from any irembcr of the association. This card will bo taken up by the foreman whon tho holder is employed, and . returned to the secretary of tho asoelatlOH. When a man changes employers ho must securo a new card. Then Is no expense whatsoever what-soever attached to tho securing of ono of the abovo described cards. "Tho card systom'wlll become effective on February 15, 1005, and applies to thojo now employed. M. E. Paddock has been fippolntod as secretary for tho asjocla-tlcn." |