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Show I, S. KDHTES ST HjK CITY Conciliator Hywell Davies Sent to Utah by Federal Department of Labor. Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, May S. In response to a telegram from W. M. Knerr, state industrial commissioner of Utah, the secretary sec-retary of labor today assigned Commissioner Commis-sioner Hywell Davies of the conciliation and adjustment service to go to Park City to confer with the striking miners. The department was advised that 1000 miners there have declared a strike, based on their demand for a six-hour day with wages of $5.50 . Special, to The Tribune. -y PARK CITY, Utah, May 8. With every laboring man in the mines and mills of the camp out, the deadlock reached in the strike situation here last night remains re-mains unchanged. Neither strikers nor mine owners attempted to make any advances ad-vances of a conciliatory nature during the day. The men aro all out and the strike committee reiterated today that they will remain out until their demands are met. The mine managements rested on their previous statements that they would not under any circumstances grant the conditions con-ditions for which the miners struck Tuesday morning. With every hour of the day more miners were leaving town. It was said by both strikers and business busi-ness men of the community that these wero mostly from the floating element, which has long been a subject of concern con-cern both m this and other camps. Observation Ob-servation of the railroads, the stage lines and the walking parties led to an estimate esti-mate of another hundred men who have left camp within tho past twenty -four hours. Leave for Other Fields. Some said that half again as many have put their rolls on their shoulders to movo on to other camps. Many of l them started without destination. Oth-I Oth-I ers are bound for Eureka, Tonopah and ! other Nevada camps. Some went toward j Butte and others to the Colorado mines. I A considerable majority of the men ! who have left in the past two days had I been in the camp but a short while. ! There wero some, however, who hud worked in the mines here for months ; and even years. One man left today j who had been in Park City for five years. I lie was asked why ho should leave so i nutokly, a nd said: "When there have ! been strikes before if was the Park City j miners who started them. This time it i wasn't, and 1'rn not going to hold the bag for trouble t hat rank outsiders are responsible re-sponsible for.' Park City Peaceful. 1 "While his opinion i.s by no means uui-i uui-i versa 11 y shared by the other miners, it i is representative of a certain number of , men who feel tha t 1 hey ha ve been im-i im-i posed upon by persons not interested i I n tlv1 w e I f t re. o f pa r k i y p s a coin - munlty. O'h'T left because they had to ; get jobs shortly. And it was said in : many quarters, part ly. of rour.se. be-: be-: ca use tho wish was fa f her to the : thought, that in today's exodus were a goodly number of 1. W. W. agitators. In the midst of the goings Park City (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) ' tl.i": pri.-.-nt .. V , '.-1. of i: Ec-Lieviri? this, it h 'jrtd h-v nurv taat the strike in Irs L.rerjra prin-'iple of s--':iinrrJr an ad-vHiT-e in Is iuindv j i t if iod. but that the means of iis iiii-ent ;on, the ttroni; demands UKtde and t i L o dire'.'tiun of th'j strike are not representative of the citizen miners of the diti'tut. Tiie pliat,- of the strike, aside from (he a'Xu.sa-tio:i that it has be-n dominated by ti:o I. . '., which has: created mo; t criticism, was tne calling out of pumper and ensineers rrutn the Ontario mine. The drowning' of this mine v. as ealUd by une of the outspoken conservatives today as a ranlc piece of deliberate destruction. More Men Paid Off. There arc few am one the miners, however, who have expressed such an en-ergriii: en-ergriii: viewpoint. Most have contented tnemselves with a tairm; uf the shoulders end a word or two to the effect that the Ontario proprietors were afforded plenty' of opportunity to come to the strikcra' M:tn.y who are known to condemn the 'act which ended the oldest property of the camp, one which lias poured millions aito the state, were chary of speaking today, to-day, apprehending the ill will of some of the leaders who urged the pulling' of the pumps. Additional men were paid off today by the Silver King Coalition and, for" the time being, there fs plenty of ready money in camp. The stores and business houses have not yet felt a ny noticeable effect from the absolute shutting down of all revenue for the miners. Inasmuch as the miners constitute a vast majority 'of the population here, rind most of the others depend in one way or another upon the miners' wages to furnish him supplies or services, the ending of this revenue may create much difficulty for the property owners and permanent residen ts of the ; city, according to general opinion. t j End of Strike a Guess. j If the shutdown is temporary, there 1s 1 little to apprehend in a business sense. None, eon more than venture a guess n.s. to the probable dura tion c. f tiie strike. Any estimate from furty-eight hours to twelve months can he heard on the streets. M inc. operators I in ve maim tilned their silence on plans for the future, while the strikers simply state that they j have expressed their purposes and will stay out until they realize them. I The presence here last night of the 1. ! "VY. W. agitators and their ready and hearty acceptance by a considerable number num-ber of . the strikers is taken as the first definite indication that the present move was first planned and then executed under un-der radical suggestion, if not direction. The strike committee, through its chairman, chair-man, disclaims connection with the strike and any one organization. They assert It is a local matter directed by local men and approved by the miners of the district. dis-trict. Because of the transient character of a considerable body of the miners, to trace directly the outside influences alleged al-leged to have been at work is made difficult. I. W. V. on Wane. It Is known, however, that some of the most energetic workers for tiie strike were compara tiveely recent arrivals from Butte, where the government t r oops were recently re-cently called to quell disorder. It is also known and admitted by the strikers that Wells, the self-professed business agent of the T. W. W. for this district, has been at Park City before last night's meeting and that he has worked among the miners to secure supporters of the program of his orga nization. That tiie influence of tills element will wane as the strike is prolonged is the confident con-fident belief of many, both among the strikers and other citizens. It is stated that these men have no Interests in Park City beyond the spread of their doctrines, and that, with their immediate livelihood cut off by the suspension of work, they will seek "fresh fields for their teachings. U. S. MEDIATES IT PARK CITY (Continued from Page One.) has remained as peaceful as a country village In the dead of winter. Sheriff L. P. McGarry and his efficient deputies have confined their activities to patrol work on the roads and at the mines and mills and thus far have reported not the slightest breach of order. In tho town the idle minors are to be found In small groups discussing the strike and its attendant complications in quiet tones, without excitement and often with something akin to a sense of humor. There hasn't even been a fist fight between argumentatively inclined strikers to provide excitement. Prohibition Is blessed by many as a most favorable element of the situation. Hard liquor, manv have .said, would probably prob-ably create the acti e elements of possibly pos-sibly serious disturbances, but eo far bootleggers have carefully left the camp alone and there has yet to be developed any evidence of drunkenness. The problem of the city's water supply has no! yet been completely solved. There is plenty, however, at present for all ordinary requirements, and city officials of-ficials believe that arrangements will be made shortly whereby Park City will be furnished with adequate water. Chairman Chair-man Crwtlliams of the strike committee said Vday that all Indications favored the miners. "They are all out," be said, "and they will stav out until we win our contentions. conten-tions. The men have stated their position posi-tion and it is now up to the operators." Opinion Diversified. You could pay your money and choose your opinion of tho strike today and find ; some frame of mind that would suit any-, any-, one. There were those who said that the miners werebadly misled by a small num-! num-! ber dominated by I. W. W. agitators. 1 There were others who would tell you j with eoual vehemence that the strike was ! favored by almost every man in the ' camp. A still different opinion expressed 1 today was that a large majority of the ; miners believe that the present, or, rather, 1 recent wage scale was unfair in view of |