Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-05-04 | Page 10 | Shippers of Lead Ores Handicapped

SHIPPERS OF LEAD ORESJiDICAPPED American Smelting- May Ask Cessation of Shipments if Strike Continues. There is no change In the strike situation situa-tion at tho lead smelter of tho American Smelting & Rollnlug company of Murray, Mur-ray, and tho local officials are not able to predict when a settlement will bo effected. ef-fected. Aa ono put the matter on FrI- j day: "The strike1' will bo settled when the men return to work." This Indicates that the company does not intend to comply with tho doniands of the employees for n raise in wages. Customers who are shipping their lead ores to this smelter, and among them nro some of the largest producers of Utah and the western mining region, will bo called upon to cease shipments should the strike be long continued and no way provided for the consignment of their mino product to some other market, Tho American company, under the circumstances. Is not able to sample ores received, nor can the cars Iih unloaded within the yards, no it looks like a general cessation of smelting smelt-ing operations and shipments unlcsa relief re-lief cornea. It is understood that the American labor la-bor Is satlslled with the present pay, the demands being made by the foreign element ele-ment No troublo has beep reported so far and none Is anticipated unless the company attempts to reaumo oiierutlons with now men beforo the prosent strikers weary of their wait and fleck employment elsewhere.