Show Strike Closes Coal Mine At Al Hiawatha Special to The Telegram HIAWATHA Carbon County Dec 14 The 14 The Hiawatha mine of the United states States Fuel Fuet Co was as idle Tuesday after c f the third shift refused to o enter the mine for 11 pm p.m. work Monday S. S J. J Craighead vice pr president and nd general manager of th the company said aid Tuesday About miners min are affected by what company officials Ls termed a quickie strike Officials said the men failed to report for work on the gravey graveyard graveyard grave y yard rd shift Monday day and ana that miners min mm- ers ers failed to report again Tuesday morning SIft Shift Di Mr Cf said id t the e mine ha has been working ng only three and four day days a week due to to lack of of orders for coal He said the union wanted the th company tg wor orI o ly- ly the day and afternoon shifts in order that the men might get a longer w work rk week The fhe problem was wag discussed by management and th the union mine committee on Thursday Dec 9 6 at t which time the management stated stated stated stat stat- ed that to go on a a. two two shift basis would necessitate the laying of off of approximately company officials explained It was brought out at the meetIng meet meet- ing that the reduced demand for coal and nd the resultant shorter working time resulted larg largely ly from the Copper Corp strike inasmuch as 83 normally is a large consumer of coal from the Hiawatha mine The power and heating heating heat ing lug plants within its Utah operations operations operations opera opera- consume a great amount of coal purchased by the company Company officials estimated that when is in full fun operation operation operation opera opera- tion it burns about 20 carloads of coal daily at this time of the year Strike Temporary The management explained this was only a temporary situation and stated it did not want to lay off for a temporary situation situation situation sit sit- especially before Christmas Christ Christ- mas The The company said no decision was reached readied at the Dec 9 meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing the union stating that the matter would be discussed at a union meeting Sunday Officials of the United Mine MineWorkers MineWorkers Workers union with which the Hi Hiawatha watha miners are affiliated were unavailable for comment Tuesday |