Show A the Circle With the S Soviet oviet ii- ii From the Diary of a Proletarian A J By Murr Murray y Schick 1 Copyright 1920 SEVENTH INSTALMENT L. L MAY 16 C C Comrade Anderson today reported the mines in operation The men were were gro grouped ped according to the mines they worked In before the strike Each group group elected its own shift shUt bosses Each nationality had a a candidate of Its it own race and the candidates representing the prevailing nationality in the gr group up won out This did not p please ease Anderson lie He said it would surely cause contention which would interfere with the work 7 Instead of eight the men are working six-hour six shifts We haven't men enough to run four shifts so the mines are idle six hours of the day The theory was vas that the men would accomplish as as much Hn lin fr six hours as they used to in in eight Anderson does not believe it will work out that way t especially with new shift bosses and nd so much Jealousy among the different n nationalities There There There-is' a great eat scarcity of ot explosives explosives explosives' and mine supplies The merchants merchants mer mar chants here are almost out and the supplies will have to be replenished from Salt alt Lake City MAY 17 9 Comrade Anderson admitted today that the men were were not r getting out more than more j than three-fourths three of the he ore they did when working the hour eight-hour shifts He lI He proposed that we take all the men out of th the mines and make up a fourth shift shUt for the producers At AtT that rate I told him you II soon have all the devel developed ed ore taken takeno o ou out and we wo will vill h have ve no for tor several months while you are looking frit new ore bodies Weve We've simply got to keep up prospecting and development develop- develop ment work ment-work vork or the camp will go to smash Comrade Wells Vetis listened to th the argument for a a. time Then he said we were both right But for the present when we yve need money no badly he ruled we will have to work full tull crews on the producing mines As fast as we can well we'll reopen the I. v Continued tomorrow |