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Show DEADLOCK MILES TONOillflES Suspension of Operations Cuts Off $400,000 Month-ly Month-ly Payroll. The labor situation at Tonopah remains re-mains unchanged except that with each hour it becomes more serious. Quiet and order prevail, according to reports from the camp; nevertheless, both men and operators are more determined in their attitude. Later reports state that there is danger of the strike spreading to Goldfield. George Wingfield, one of the largest Nevada operators, has issued the following fol-lowing ultimatum: "There will be no compromise. The men employed on the Divide properties are receiving $5 a day, with room and hoard at $40 a month. If they can better bet-ter themselves elsewhere they are welcome wel-come to go. I will close down the properties I control before I will grant any higher wage demands." At a recent meeting, the operators stated that they had seen no reason to change their decision. In reply, the strikers issued the following statement, according to the Tonopah Laily Times: "This begins the lockout. The men are firm in their demands, which we feel are just, and there is no Bolshevism about our actions. It is a question of getting a living wage or going somewhere some-where else. Some of us who have property prop-erty cannot leave. Others who can go are going or have already departed." The train leaving Tonopah tonight was crowded with men leaving for other camps, and it is expected that the next few days will witness a general exodus from the district. Picket lines were maintained at many of the mines yesterday' and today, for which there is little necessity, for the operators are making no effort to put on any men and do not intend to until the situation clarifies very materially. "We will simply do nothing," said one of the operators tonight, "until the men are willing to go back to work at the present scale. The mines and mills will simply remain closed; that is all there is to it." Guards have been placed at practically practical-ly all of the big mines for the protection protec-tion of property. The suspension of operations cuts off a payroll of approximately approxi-mately $400,000 monthly in the two districts- also cutting off the production of a million ounces of silver per month. Retail merchants and boarding houses have gone on a cash basis. J. E. Hays of the committee of striking strik-ing miners took steps yesterday in behalf be-half of the situation that may bear considerable con-siderable weight in bringing about an adjustment. He sent the following telegram to Washington, with the result that the secretary of labor will have a representative here Saturday or Sunday to go over the situation with both operators op-erators and miners: ' ' To the Honorable Secretary of Labor, Washington, D. C: ' ' Labor situation here, the largest producing camp on the Pacific coast, -.j very serious. The unwarranted advance in living cost compels our asking an advance ad-vance in wages. Immediate action by sending representative here at once. Action Ac-tion by your department will help present pres-ent differences. Have requested oen-ators oen-ators Pittman and Henderson to call on you. J. E. Hayes, Labor Committee.'' Commit-tee.'' The following answers were received: '"Washington. Telegram received. Commissioner Hywel Davies has been assigned to handle Tonopah mine situation. sit-uation. He will communicate wiln you. Kerwin. ' ' "Hollywood, Aug. 20. J. E. Hayes: My associate Jos"eph Lord, will arrive about Saturday or Sundav in response to your wire to Secretary Wilson. Hywel, Hy-wel, Federal Mediator.'" Mr. Hayes also sent the following telegrams to Senators Pittman and Henderson: Hen-derson: "Have wired Secretary of Labor Wilson Wil-son for immediate investigation by his representatives of living costs here. Such action will help settle present serious labor conditions. Please see him immediately." |