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Show BUSINESS IN OF PARK GIT! REGRETSTR1KE Already Its Effects on Income In-come of the Mining Camp Are Being Felt in Every Active Avenue. ULTIMATUM ISSUED BY MINE OWNERS Men Must Return to Work by Wednesday; King Property Is Saved From Injury by Flooding. Special to The Tribune. PARK CITY, Nov. 6 At a tardy hour the citizens of Park City are counting the cost of the fiasco that stopped, twelve days since, the tide o wealth that for three decades has been poured into the financial arteries of the state by the great 811ver King mine. Park City is waking to the realization that it is already poorer by just twelve-thirtieths twelve-thirtieths of the $35,000 regular monthly month-ly payroll, as the result of the ill-timed, ill-advised walkout of the employees of the Silver King Coalition Minos company. com-pany. Notices posted late this afternoon by the management of the company give the information, that next Wednesday will be the last day of grace for former for-mer employees of the company if they would claim preference by reason of past service. The same notice Bets forth that the shift bosses who abandoned aban-doned the mine to the water which would have downed it but for the swift and effective action of the management, manage-ment, need not apply for employment. Equally decisive is the announcement in the notices that those may not return re-turn to work who are known to have been, through unreasoning agitation, responsible for the walkout that threatened threat-ened vast damage to the mining property. prop-erty. Flooding Averted. Already three score men are back a,t work. The mine is Bafe from the waters that agitators hoped to see flood it. The prompt action of the management, manage-ment, together with the loyal service of the few men who refused to desert their posts, has saved the mine as a possible place for the strikers to earn their livings. But whether or not it will be operated again soon, no intimation inti-mation has been given out by the management-Assurance has been given, however, that all of the old, trusted employees who return before next Wednesday morning will be given employment. Much improvement work needs to be done on the property. Because of the steady attention to taking out ore, many planned improvements have been long deferred. The men who return will be used on this work, should the mine not be operated immediately. Help Is Offered. Should the company reopen the mine It would not be dependent upon the return re-turn of the miners, for the reason that already many applications for work have been made by residents of the outlying towns, who are experienced miners and who are anxious for a winter's employment. employ-ment. One offer of twenty-five expert shaftmen has been tendered the management manage-ment and not a few coal miners have expressed a desire to try a hand at work in the King ' property, according to information in-formation sent to the management by prominent citizens who are Interested in seeing the mine remain in operation. Protests against the continuation of the strike and appeals for the continued operation op-eration of the mine through the return of the strikers on the company's terms are being made to the strikers by the business men of this city and the surrounding sur-rounding community. Men's Pay Missed. Merchants who have enjoyed the trade of the employees of the mining company com-pany are distressed because of the grave strain that would be placed upon the financial resources of the entire community com-munity if the pay roll of the company should be discontinued for any great length of time. Some are making bold to tell the men that their action in summarily sum-marily quitting work was supreme folly. It is a -common expression In the camp that enough has been lost by each miner to pay for several years his dues under the proposed compensation insurance plan, the unreasoning objection to which by a few inflicted the hardslilp of a strike upon the many. As it is, many of the men who have families dependent upon them are disgusted dis-gusted with themselves as well as the agitators because of their having participated partici-pated in the strike. Each day a few more (Continued on Page Four.) 4 H PARK GUY IS ! HURT BY KING LABORSTRlKE 1 Merchants Urge That Men Return to Work to Save i Distress for Families During1 the Winter. i (Continued from Pan One. men, driven bv common sense, plod their i wav up the hl'U and nmKft application for 1 work. More would go exreot that they ar waiting, each for his neighbor to move. Better Understanding- In th meantime. a btter understanding: ' of the proposed insurance than resulted : from the twisted teachings of the agi- '. tators Is becoming common among the men. Thev are asking themselves If it may not be worth a fair trial. As each answers the question In the affirmative , he arrives at the frame of mind that 1 has made The majority of the former em- l pioyees remain away from the meetings j of the strikers. No meeting held by the etrlfcers has ; numb-red more than 15n men from among .;' ! the 370 former employees, except the one i held last Snndav afternoon In the Dewey theater, at which time Senator Thomas " , Karnf. general manager of the com- panv. addressed the men. The answer? . i given bv him at thar time cleared up many ! points of misunderstanding with regard I to the proposed plan of insurance. Th" i meeting was most orderly and it Is the .i onlv meeting that has been attended by ?. majority of the strikers since the walk-i walk-i out. Violence Avoided. At the other meetings, at which votes to stand firm have been passed, only ,' j the radical element and those easily 1 . have been represented. Many of them . are men with no one dependent upon , them and their willingness to continue the strike at the expense of women and children appeals less each day to the fa-t fa-t hers of families. Because of the substantial rltiznshlo ii of the majorltv of the former employees, no violence has characterized the strike. : , Those who might attempt it have been deterred, both bv the realization that It would not prove popular with most of the men and bv the fact that the prop-ertv prop-ertv has been well protected through the combined action of the management of the company and Sheriff P. F. Ryan. 1 , Chance Is Missed. The opinion recently expressed by a i representative citizen of Park City, who has had occasion to keep In close touch with the situation and whose interest Is . I hut that of a citizen, was to the effect ; that the men should have voted on the question of goir.Et bak to work at Sun-; Sun-; dav's meeting, when there was a majority of '-onservatives present. Good feeling i prevailed, and it is thought that had the (onservatives been as disposed to get in the limelight as were the radicals, the i strike might have ended there with the 1 t aceptanr-e of the invitation extended by i Senator Kearns to employees to return to ork and give the insurance plan a trial. But the conservatives were without a leader. They returned to their homes, there to watch the supply of food and ,' winter provisions grow iow, wnne inn agitators returned to the union hall to continue their propaganda. The follow - i i- g day time checks were written, and l pa', h striking employee became a former eniplovee. Yet the chance to return was prill heid out to the dependable men. as it will be until next Wednesday, after whk'h time the fact of having ben a former for-mer employee will be no rC'-Tnmerdatlon In obtaining work at the compan i I property. : ; Agitators Rule. The lack of unity among the itrlkers. J as evidenced by failure of many to at- tend the meetings, has been attributed to the fa-:t that but fw belong to the loa.l organization of the union, but those who I are acquainted with conditions feel that there is a deeper reason than that assigned as-signed by the agitators, who are dally working to Induce men to Join the local. , , Manv of the men of the &5 per cent who Fiened the Insurance compensation contract con-tract before the walkout was called feel that their loyalty to their fellows wa Irn-,. Irn-,. pojwj upon. Now thev feel that the imposition im-position Is beln continued through the Ind ustrious at tempts of the agitators to brand as scabs all who return to work. The result is thnt many men who would ! otherwise be willing to Join the union are standing back, as they are ptandlng bark from attending the meetings where the radical." hold the chair and the floor. Action Misguided. At the time of the walkout, one man, !' who had been with the company for t we nty -seven y-ars, trailed in the wake of the departing ai.rlke.r8. He wjui choked with emotion he battled between loyalty to the institution that he had so ! long and faithfully served and loyalty to (: iiLs fellow workers in their misguided ac- ; 1 1on. He applied yeMerday for his old : ; r option and was told thfit he could have ! , i ' It be k because of InteKrit y of service i during times that, though trying, offered ,i' no such confusing problem for his honest ; ' , he.-trt and mind a.H the present one. f me of t he f eat ureM t hat o''Rtonel ob-; ob-; i Jectf,n to the plan of ituran'-e vaa that f . ; whlrn provides t hai the lo hopuibtl shall receive ts- r ci u no.r;i (. ion for actual 1 ; . ' servlcea rendereo, the money not eje- 'j ''t r'"def In Kecuring trf;ilrri-jit for si'k or in lured members of tlie naociatlon to r--,' main In the, general fund of the afocla- tion. f j A g! ta t or n nd perform v.-1' h their ov. n i nteiey t a in igiit ppred d the report. 1 hfi t tnis meant, tiie rutting off from the loci I , ho'pl'1!' of all .support that had been go ing to it by the miners This whh proved untrue, when it wan explained by Senator Kearns at Sunday's meeting that the articles ar-ticles of the association called for treatment treat-ment at the local hospital of all cases not of a nature to demand the accommodations accommoda-tions of a more skillful service than it could offer, payment to be made at the same rate as for care in larger hospitals. This, it wa-t; explained, would result in S0 per cent of the cases going to the local lo-cal hospital. The other cases of a serious seri-ous nature. It was explained, would be taken, as provided by the articles of agreement, to the Holy Cross hospital in Salt Lake, to Insure the beBt service that medical and surgical science could offer. Meaning Is Twisted. U is to the credit of the miners that they wish to support the local institution, institu-tion, sav those who have followed tbe case, but it is to the discredit of those who have twisted the meaning of the articles of agreement that they have argued ar-gued that the institution cannot survive upon the basis of payment for services rendered. It is pointed out that, hospitals are maintained upon such a basis in communities com-munities that have less patronage for such institutions than has this one. The difference lies in who gets the dollar of each miner. Under the present system, it goes beyond his control. Under the association as-sociation regime, it would remain in the general fund to retain its pnrchaslns power of service to the contributor or be directed into the channel of insurance. Misconception Cleared. But the misunderstanding accomplished bv representations of the agitators was much cleared by the explanations of Senator Kearns at Sunday's meeting and the untiring effort of P. H Neeley. countv attorney of Summit county, in elucidating the terms of the agreement to the men. His explanation was honest and clear, and he went over it again and 1 again during his several days of earnest endeavor to settle the misunderstanding wrought between the employees and the companv by the industry of agitato The result is that many of tbe men feel that thev acted unadvisedly and without proper deliberation In walking out. Some have had the courage of their new convictions con-victions and gone back to work. To them every protection from interference has been extended by Sheriff P. F. Ryan and his deputies. Pickets Sent Away. On the mining property itself, pickets sent bv the agitators to argue will) returning re-turning empl0 ees have been quikiy sent about their business during the past few dav3 by the mine guards, thirty-four of whom have been deputized by Sheriff Ryan. The result is that the problem has now become one tor each former emploec to solve for himself, lie may embrace the opportunity of returning or he may leave It. In any event, a peaceable outcome Is assured. But the big threat is the approach ap-proach of winter, foreshadowed hy tonight's to-night's storm, with many husbands and lathers out of work, while unmarried men, or men who have Pecured work el.-e- wnere since me puiku mifu, ..lf.-7 ... idle ones to stand firm. It Is being talked by citizens that the unmarried ones might show a little fellow loyally bv taking a united action that would insure comfort , for the winter to the families of the men who were loal enough to walk out when the demand was made. It is an easy thing, sav Fome of the saner citizen-, for an irresponf lble unmarried man. with a twist of reasoning, to vote in a manner that will meHn hunger fur a married man's children. Is Most Unfortunate. The situation was reflected in an editorial edi-torial article, m the last isue of the Park Record. It reads: The great Silver King Coalition works that have done so much the past thirty years In giving employment employ-ment to hundreds of men, thus aiding aid-ing verv materially in the upbuilding of our city, are still Idle, becaube of & disagreement between the manage-ment manage-ment and employees. The, walkout is a most unfortunate affair for Park City and tor t he hundreds of men who are, temporarily at leaM. thrown out of employment. If lft to the cool judement of thse, directly inieresieo, a mijuri'v wuuiu in-nn i- work and gne the- compensation agreement a fair trial, and note lis good or evil effects, as urgd by the management, but. as La always the case when disagreements anwj be j tween employer and employe, pre i- j udiciai Influences are injected into the contest, undue agitation arl-ea in I consequence, and only harm renults i i and Innocent ones are made to suffer. In the opinion o( the Record, while freely admitting the employee! had just grievances, the decision tn walk l out was lil-timed and unnecessary, and an amicable adjustment and understanding un-derstanding miuht have been reached had time been taken to allow tl-.e general manager to arrive In the Uy and the- grievances d'usd with him direct. The Record hps for 1 an early settlement of the dlfn- ullie.". so that our home men will resume work and the great property run-tin run-tin ue In Its ml.-xion of good to our , city, county and state. ! Notice Is Posted. ! The first a't taken by the company In ' abridging Ihe rhances of the former employees em-ployees In returning to work wan taken ! yesterday. It apj-e rs In the bulletins 1 ported, signed bv the general manager, which read as follows; I All former employees of the Bllver I Kin if Coal H Ion Mines company w ho ' wlph to return to work, with tlm e- reptlon of some six shift boose mni some tiiK or eight radical h kUm tui 3 i whose pnrpoHe It was to destroy and drown our property, may return lu , their work provided they report In j person to .JameH I lumen, miperln- i teri'lent, on or before t o'clock p. ni. I Wednesday, the 10th Inst. Tho.vi falling fall-ing to report In person on or hefme that time lu the superl ul r nden t at lite mine will have no further prefer- j ence; marrUyl men preferred. Depends Upon Men. Whether the next week or the next month will S'-e the Hilver King contributing contribut-ing an usual to the welfare of 1'ark '.'Hy through its full monthly pay roll, rb pcndH upon the rrm liner of reception u'l ven this announcement by the men, provided that enough return lo operale the mine and j the company ' hooivH to do no. Hut in ! any event, former employees who do re- ! luin. ar-! a:Hurerj mejiriK uf earning a live- j II hood at the propert y that mUl'l hfi ve ( oefii rendered an unfit place for nnyi man to work for many months lo roui to say nothing of the Iosh of property and t ime, had the. In fa ne, will 1 hat prompt ed the withdra wal of t he pumpmen, end - , rjeern and shift Iporhch from their pon t m of duty succeeded in lis purpowe. Nut u business man In Park Ull y hai brMi he.H rd to say that he would taM hn- k men who would so rtenert their punlllotis of trust and le.vo property to destruction. 'I hi action of the rompany In refuHlnic to again t rust these, to en is n pproved im much hm the ;ictlon. of the hitter in deserting de-serting their pofitH of duty Is censured. |