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Show Silver King to Resume Operations on May 8 Reopening of Park City Mining Property Set as Union Indicates Dispute Settlement Special to Tbe Telegram PARK CITY. May 4 Reopening Reopen-ing of. the Silver King CoalRion Minea company'a property next Monday was announced here Thursday, Thurs-day, when notices were posted railing rail-ing for applications for employment employ-ment Settlement of the union's controversy contro-versy with the company over reemployment re-employment policies was indicated in a statement from F. L. White, chairman of the publicity committee commit-tee of local M of tha International i ft Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Mearle G. Heitzman, manager of operations, aaid that more than 400 men would be employed when the mine ia aperating at full capacity, which he eatimated would be within a months The mine closed In April. 1938, owing to low metal prices, but earlier thia year, when indications were that the mine would resume operations, a question arose between 1 4Ceatutti4 mi Pit Eleteai 1 (Column Oaei GOAL WALKOUT IIIU.SjCERTAill icaasieaas m rase omi miners at 1 sT tomorrow, Rot - toon said, Tha announcamaat by the chair-maa chair-maa indlcatad that tha unloa had rafuaed to eeoept tha laat oompro-mlaa oompro-mlaa offered by tha operators, which called (or exclusive bargaining rights for tha U M W A, and an agreement by tha union (or a checkoff check-off ayitam under which nonunion an ploy ea would pay tha aama duaa to tha labor organisation aa thoaa paid by tha union members. Tha break-up of tha conference came dramatically at tha and of tha morning ayaion, which waa attended attend-ed by Dr. John Steelman, chief me- diator for the U. 8. labor department depart-ment and his aid, James F. Dewey. Only Few Hours The stalemate was reached only a few hours before the ehut-dowa In the eight-state Applachiaa area waa to be extended to outlying regions re-gions under control of the United Mine Workers of America. , Robinson's snnouncement aaid: "This joint subcommittee has failed to agree oa any matters referred re-ferred to It by the joint conference and haa now adjourned and will promptly call the Appalachian conference con-ference for a meeting at S p. m. tomorrow, at which time It will report the disagreement.'' In tha (ace of a dwindling soft coal supply and prospect of a critical criti-cal situation if the deadlock were prolonged, the negotiators have held virtually continuous sessions through the pest month. Almost from the start, Dewey has been an observer, and ten days ago Dr. Steelman was sent here by Secretary Perkins la a special effort to bring about a settlement Will No4 Intervene White House officials Indicated President Roosevelt would not Intervene In-tervene until all other resources of the government had been exhausted. The conference opened March 14. two weeks before the two-year-old contract expired. The Appalachian region produces 70 per cent of the nation's soft coal supply. |