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Show BliHi SUiff Operators Discuss DeiJ of Miners for Increaslrt of Wages. wLl OWNERS KEPT PR0Wpj Disposition to Be Fair to ff and Give Better Pay WhlffC' . Possible. 9 $ Aside from a mooting 0f a Jb of JBincham mine operators frfl 1 Lako City Thursday nftomooHl U which tho matter of tho domanJ tho miners for an increased wacSllin was discussed", thero Tvas no Wml volopmcnL in this situation. tho mimorouB oporators who jttS'' tho meeting was incliued to dfl -the Diupham labor 3tihjcct or tW tors that camo un at thrlr ,c,.lm.r. C it is understood that tho operates C definitely lhat tho iucrcaaeS ' v ashed by the irnucra cannot jtv time he grunted. Companies Kept Promise. ; 'Bve One versed iu the affairs of tit rtntf trict pointed out that several 1 ago. without any request whatever? ' entirely voluntarily, the corapaaiel ; ' creased tho waR0 scajo of ttfa nS M and bet ore Iho conditions specific flv been gained which figured in thai promise of tho oporators to i tVFRY wages. Tho operators hnd icdia ' that when copper reached a nuiji level, following the starvation w ' metal market rance.s attendant i i the 1907 panic, tho wage seals V M bo increased, but tho increase tj l-arily granted came before copier aptf reached a sustained level at 17 a pound. ! There is no certainty that tm will rotain its present markot pric : 17'i conta per pound, or anything flC this, hut the situation would do eri " Iv different from tho standpoint ofl producors of copper were tho red ai market to reach a sustained : upon which calculations of eiral UfMi could be lmscd for any length of twfP Disposed to Be Fair. )1 That tho employees of the tlfcirrT Copper company, who numbor half men involved, would receive tha bJjiShJ fits of ;i sustained cupper markef-I voluntary company action, was tpg gathered from a statement made Icrdaj- by (Jenoral Manager P. (J. JtfcflTg ling of the TJlnh Copper companrMTr, . The Tribune, I-lr. .1 fielding said'tBaBw wero copper at a sustained market 1MT! T at tho present time tho ronipany bo inclined to grant an increased iMi: of wages to its employees ns a amml of plain justice and in recognitiosKj the cciuitv and right o7 the cmpoj?1 giving thorn an in crossed shaie iu'lfitf increased prosporily of tho compw but such action would ho volonA., and not through a situation involff 1 a disturbance of employees outheSHt of thoso not directly interested in Jt welfnro of tho men themselves. ' M Great Loss to Miners. Should Iho Bingham minors RoMum on a strike it is estimated that monthly loss to the men will btM loss than $500,000 in wages, tlatjfcnr, loss to ttib business circles ot BingiMy.. would bo equally as much, if nota'.4i while tho loss to the owners of properties would bo equal to boftjUp. othors montioned. "Winter "wcathermj bo drawing along soon also, aeiaWIiTjS hardships for those not employed W for those dependent upon thorn, Charles H.. Moyor, president ot Ml Western Federation of iliners, TtilMH in Bingham today to examine inlo Bg situation. |