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Show PARK CITY MINE STRIXEENDED Union Accepts Terms, Work Resumes Worksrs went on shift in the Park City Consolidated Mines company com-pany Friday as a four-day strike ended there. Members of Park City Mins and Mill Workers' local union No. 9 voted unanimously to accept a proposal pro-posal worked out between company officials and a striks committee, which, among other points, included: includ-ed: 1 Immediate rehiring of three hoistmen whose discharge precipitated pre-cipitated Park City's second recent re-cent major striks. 2 Hiring within one week of a union pumpman who had not been rehired after settlement of the October, November and December De-cember strike. ' 1 Officially unconfirmed, but reliable, reports that the union will be given preference of placing plac-ing a specified number of men in the workings when operations are resumed on a paying basis. 4 Six other points were included includ-ed In the agreement, which as-sertedly as-sertedly cleared up "misunderstandings" "misunder-standings" between union and company officials and reinterpreted reinter-preted terms of the December 14 The agreement which the union membership voted to accept late Thursday was reached at a conference con-ference late Wednesday between Gloyd M. Wfles, mins general manager; man-ager; David L. 8 tins, company lOMBtri mi hn rUteaa) Cotwa One) ' PARK CITY MINE STRIKE. ENDED a Ceauaaed frees Psse Oae) stockholder; Lawrence Robinson, strike committee "chairmen T Clen Ollleipla, executive board member of the Internationa Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers; F. L. White, vice chairman of the strike committee, and Roy Pentico, committee com-mittee member. It waa understood the company will reserve final right to hire any one of the specified number of union men recommended by the union. However, others agreeable to tha anion may -be recommended If the company declines for hire first nominees. Thia clause will not go into effect until the mine is operating operat-ing on a paying basis, it waa reported. re-ported. ' Issues Statement Mr. White Issued the following tstement: . "At a meeting Thursday night of local union No. 99 proposala from tha Park City Consolidated Mines company -(to end tha strike) were accepted by the union without one dlaaenting vote. Principal points ' gained by the union, which ended the walkout, were: "Rehiring of three holstmen. The company agreed that these men would go back on the hoist at once. . A second point waa that a member mem-ber who formerly worked on a pump, but who had not been To-! hired (after the first strike), will go back to work within one week. "We, the members of local union No. 99, believe that we have established estab-lished our union beyond a doubt and that those men who do not belong will line up with us. "We also feel that we have at last established a little security for the workers of this district, and that the companies now understand that we are a militant group and that we will fight for our rights. We also know that there will be a closer cooperation between the management man-agement and the union, insofar as the Park City Consolidated Mines company Is concerned.. "We do not want turmoil all the e time and just ask for aecurity and peace, but we will at all times insist on fair treatment for our members." Pickets were ordered from the Deer valley road to, the mine workings work-ings as soon as tha vote was an- nounced. Company officials said approximately 60 men of the day shift went to work Friday morning. Operator Pleased Mr. Wiles expressed satisfaction with the vote and agreement, saying: say-ing: "The result is most encouraging encourag-ing and I'm very pleased. I believe we have established a firm foundation founda-tion to go forward, and we'd like to , keep it that way." The strike was called Sunday night, effective Monday morning, when a deadline for rehiring of the tbree discharged hoistmen expired. The men in question, John Mair, Rudolph Swanson and Otto Carpenter, Carpen-ter, were discharged in January, aasertedly because the company discontinued dis-continued operation of one hoist. Union leaders charged, however, a that two hoists on which the men were working were still in operation. opera-tion. The union also charged other points of discrimination by the company. com-pany. The agreement of December 14 provided for rehiring, without discrimination dis-crimination because of' union or atrike activities, all men on payrolls as of October $, 1930, when the strike e began. |