Show I I I Miners Stage I Walkout af at Bingham Plant BINGHAM l Special About miners staged a walkout Monday 1 morning at the United States Smelting Refining Mining Min Mm- lug ing Co plant here in a demonstration demonstration demonstration demon demon- against a single contract workman Angelo Verdu staff representative representative II of the United Steel SteelWorkers i Workers Porkers of oC America union said it was not nn an authorized work stoppage sanctioned by either local or national representatives of the union The men on the day shift walked off after reporting for work Monday londay morning W. W C. C Page U S S R Ms M's vice president president president dent and general manager expressed expressed expressed ex ex- pressed hope that the difficulty could be straightened out in time for the night shift to begin work or at least by tomorrow The difficulty was that the boys didn't like the attitude of one Mr 11 Verdu said he learned They didn't want to tobe tobe tobe be in the same mine with this individual lIe He said union members had See Page 2 Column 6 Contract Miner Dispute Brings USSR Walkout at Bingham Continued from Page One agreed several weeks ago to discontinue discontinue discontinue dis dis- continue contract working in the mine Under this incentive practice practice practice tice contractors have been making mak mak- making ing more money regularly than men on regular pay schedules Mr 1 Page said Many still are working on a contract basis Mr l Page added hut but they have slowed down so they dont don't make more than those on a day pay schedule He termed the work stoppage main union action against con con- tractors The union said it would allow contractors to continue on this basis pending settlement of our agreement providing contractors contractors con con- tractors made no more than day pay workers Air New Contract ct The union and the mining I company have been negotiating a new contract since May which when completed will be retroactive retroactive retroactive tive to July 1 Mr 1 Page said We Ve hope to negotiate it within a reasonable time This walkout I Imay may hasten it it Mr Page estimated the walkout walkout walkout walk walk- out included workers Dan Edwards mediator for the theS S State t tat a t e Industrial Commission said he didn't know whether or not the S SIC I C would be called in inon inon inon on this walkout because it was not authorized by union heads lIe He said he and others of his group have a meeting set for Tuesday with the union and andU U S S R M Itil Co but said it was only to further discuss the l i evaluation program now be bei carried on at the mine |