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Show v GOLD MINERS REJECT OPERATORS' PROPOSAL The strike at Grass Valley. Cal.. i.s still a dead iock. accord in p to the fodowins : :o n i '.'ne Nevada State J o u ma! : proposal by ihe pold mine operators o'fr-ri 1 1 l; thr strikint; miners a waze in-;ease in-;ease of. 10 per cent, payment of half t-u- wages for tim lust durinp the strike, and the est aul isninen t of a free market. I v.-a s rejected by the men. They demand a -traiht increase of 50 cn;s a day. "The mines are filling with water since tiie pumr) men were called off a few days ; aro. and serio'is tiamage will be done unlets the work of unwaterinp is begun ' Pooii. Much of the machinery in the iow- . or workings has b--r:n removed by the comr'p. nies. More than a thousand men I are effects j by tiie strike, many of whom already na. e soup'n l work eite where.' |