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Show MINERS OF PARK CITY AGREE TO ARBJ1RATE State Conciliator Knerr to Confer With Both; I Owners of Mines and! Strikers' Committee.' l i Meeting of Workers and Citizens Paves Way for Amicable Method of Adjusting Dispute. Special to Tlie Trbune. FARK CITY, May o Mines of Far'.; I City completely stopped operations today to-day for the first time in fifty year?, when tho cij.'.it or (r.ine huinired men employed io the mines and mil's went) on strike. j The strike was cailr-a Monday mjut j when an ultimatum was prepared and delivered to the mine oirators cnllin; for compliance -with certain coalitions before S o'clock this morning. At this time all the tr.cn. save the pumpmen and engineers, ceased work. Tbeso latter continued at their tasks by virtue of a ! concession obtained by J-Dcriff L. P. j McGarry, who insisted that the mines bo protected from flooding. Word was received in Fark City last night by telephone from Salt Lake that William M. Kucrr, a member of the state industrial commission, wdll ct in touch with the miue operators in Salt Lake tomorrow morning, and will later come to Park City to confer with the strike committee. The following resolution was adopted by the strike committee as a result of the conference held lato tonight between be-tween the strikers and the city council. " In consideration of the fact that negotiations are about to l?o opened up between thc strike committee and the mine operators, the striko comniit-teo comniit-teo has decided that it will be a move in their favor to keep tho Ontario mine pumps in action until G p. m. May 7." At tho call of the. city council more than 500 citizens of Park City, including includ-ing tho striking miners, met at a theater tonight and unanimously authorized au-thorized the strike committee and the city councii to meet in an effort to find some means of arbitrating the present dispute. MAYOR FITZGERALD OPENS DISCUSSION. Mayor J. J. Fitzgerald, in opening the meeting, expressed the earnest do-I sire of the municipal authorities to help find some way out of a situation " that can bring neither profit nor credit to Park City." A large majority of the audience demonstrated their agreement With the aims set forth by the mayor. Free discussion was opened to'anybody w-ho wished to talk. The problems w-ere presented from many points of view. I Chairman PaviJ Gwilliams of the strike committee struck the keynote in a number of addresses when he stated that half a loaf was bettor than no loaf, and that arbitration would seem to offer a solution. Sonic time was devoted to the case of the Ontario mine, which must be kept pumped and would be in a critical situation sit-uation if the pumps stopped. Frank Fleishman, president of the city council and foreman of the Ontario, stated that he considered be had been given altogether alto-gether insufficient notice and that even the extension of time granted to 6 p. m. was inadequate to protect the property. ARGUMENTS MADE WITHOUT BITTERNESS. Another Ontario worker, who stated his belief in the general justice of the strike, asserted that the afternoon meet- i inp, which had voted to ea.ll out tlie pumpmen, wi not representative, in his opinion. Differences of opinion rose (Continued on Pase 2, Column 2.) MINERS OF PARK CITY M STRIKE FOR RAISE (Continued from Paga One.) at this point, but tho discussion iras without acrimony. Speakers on numerous occasions took the floor to indorse the strike committee commit-tee in anything and everything that they might do. A number of workers took a fling at what they called tho Bolshevist (speaker at the afternoon meeting. This unidentified agitator stated in the afternoon that he represented repre-sented b'00 men. "When asked where they were he could make no satisfactory satisfac-tory reply, but launched into a speech (if praise of red principles. lie was called at the night meeting a foreign interloper who spoke for no element among tho miners in Park City. Tho. meeting ended after the audience adopted a resolution encouraging the strike committeo and the city council to unite in an endeavor to find means of arbitration. Tho spirit of the meeting as a whole was without bitterness or bad feeling, either toward the mine workers or the mine owners. This afternoon at 2 o:clock the striking strik-ing miners turned down a motion to delay the coming out of the pumpmen and engineers for another twenty-four hours. This means that unless heroic action is taken the wet mines will face great difficulties. PUMPING ESSENTIAL TO SAVE ONTARIO. It was stated by engineers here today that if tho pumps of tho Ontario Silver Mining company are silenced this historic his-toric property will be lost beyond redemption. re-demption. It was stated by the ruino officials that every effort will be made to continue a large enough force to keep tho water from rising. The city water supply is likewise threatened by the action on the part of the strikers, for this water is drawn from the Silver Hill shaft and the Alliance Al-liance tunnel of the Silver King Coalition Coali-tion property. The reservoir into which the water is drawn from the mine holds about a normal twenty-four hours' supply sup-ply of water. If the pumps are discontinued discon-tinued beyond that period the only sources from which the city could draw water would be from a few remote wells and mountain streams. Tho meeting meet-ing this afternoon was called at the order of tho strike committeo and was attended by nearly three hundred men. STRIKERS ISSUE OFFICIAL BULLETIN. Their strike bulletin reads as follows: 'Workers of Park City wero unanimous unani-mous in the stride vote, walked out to a man and will htay out unt il tho demands de-mands are complied witii. All workers are requested to see the strike committee commit-tee to si'u tbo roll of solidarity to prevent pre-vent discrimination against any man taking part in this strike. There is no room for censuro for tho action taken by the strikers. "The mine owners have had two months to think about this trouble coming. com-ing. They knew of tho dissatisfaction of the employees as to wages and conditions con-ditions in this camp. AVe aro out to win. ' ' A conservative element of tho American-born miners, most of them men with families living hero in Park Citv, attended the meeting in an effort to pive expresion to less radical views. They were overwhelmingly defoateI when a te-t vote came on tho motion to permit the pumpers and engineers of the Ontario mine to continue for another an-other twenty-four .hours. Tho vote was S7 in favor of allowing I these men to continuo and 1SS against the mot ion. The chairman of tho strike committee commit-tee is a Park City man whose parents reside - here. ,Hc is less than ,"U years of ape. (i williams has reeenllv returned to Park City after several vears' absence in the military service of the United States. When the end of tho voting came on the Ontario mine situation the crv went up from all quarters ot the room', "I, of. 'or drown," meaning the mine wlii.-h they all knew would be rendered worthless worth-less if t lie plinijis were slopped. Sheriff J,. I'. MeCarre 0f Summit eountv was early on the prcno this morning and thus far there have been no untoward incident. The miners ha.e congregated ill groups about the streets and in the lodging houses ami poolrooms, pool-rooms, but in perfect order and at no time has trouble of a violent sort threatened. threat-ened. Sheriff Summons Deputies. The sheriff during the day summoned sum-moned seven l--tivc deputies from outlying out-lying parts of the county and these wore mostly on the ground kite iu the afternoon after-noon prepared to protect property and prevent any disturbance. The sheriff nii'l his depot ies have shown a. desire to play the game fairly with both sides of the controversy and severnl cont'er- onces have In hold by the sheriff both with the strike committee and the mine operators. With the closing down of the mines and mills of tho Piirk City district one of the greatest silver groups in the state is cut off from production. Lust week tho seven mines now producing shipped -lJoiv-lO pounds of oro. This was sent out bv tho following mines: Silver King Coalition, l,:il7,u'Ub; .Judge- Mining & Smelling company, !i.o,.(,"li ; Judge Zinc, lo7,.-,00; Ontario Silver Mining Min-ing company, (!s,050; J.a!y Mining coin-pany, coin-pany, Nnildriver Mini,," com pany, llo.oUO; Daly West. Mining company, com-pany, i;iiii,,miu. In addition to these companies is the Silver King Consolidated Mini,,- company, com-pany, which nt tho presenl time js nulling null-ing concentrates and is not producin,. ore. 01: these the Ontario is the oldesT mine, having been discoered in j sr,o marking the beginning f ;l Kine his.' ton- ol prosperity !, tho dislricl :,lld the pouring ol many millions of dollars iulo the slate. Ilenuind.i of Ihe union which p,eciei the strike have not been !,ba,',l I ho men Mill ask the six hour d-.v with 0 per ,: wage and no dis crimination on ucconni of orra i , i,,,, membership. Among the American born element there v, as expressed today some I dissatisfaction with tho pro-n scale, but ouiv a handful of ican citwon.s'hopo to obtain a-' quests made. It was suggested in nuny ' it :r dav that, the present strike j( made possible bv tho rco'!"-1,,: ' wage scale made bv the W" ,'hi s; throughout, tho state two nu,hJ,,C It was pointed out, ho"'"'". ; llie present, scale is a ",oU:. pilf. . than the men were p'tlitit! !.'.' ' jjC I . scale at. present call Vjv uiacliine men and St a - i,.'!:1 ' i 'I'lie recent cut ni:ole il -' ,,. , cents a ilav lor both t"'- j labor. Advances were msy ., war period bv the comr:0:" I al'lcruoou Ihe teamsters , lo sl,.p work as a result JC',.!" . carried bv Ihe a ft ernooll m" .iu jy striking iniuers. This W in order to prev cut tho del" ; plies to the mines. |