Show MEN MN CONTINUE TO WORK AT T MURRAY SMELTING PUT PLANT Ye Yesterday ter a. a was the rn Jay set ct for or tho time laborers to walk out omit nt at the Murray raJ smelter operated by hJ the American Smelting Smelting and md Refining company but It I seems that there is no prospect of or a n astrike strike occurring for or th the men are HC alt all allin altin ni in their places today When interrogated interrogated gated on the mater of or leaving the smelting meliD company company's s 's employment th the themen men inca appeared to bo be very cr much mich surprised surprised sur sur- ur cr that anyone should have gotten this i idea ea They claim that the they made madeno no demand upon the company compan but hut sim simply simply imph im ply ph petitioned it i to increase their wa wage wago 1 scale Manager C. C W. W Whitley Whitt of the tIme smelting company informed inform the tik workmen work men th that the company was waR not not in a position to comply with their r request and the incident wa was loBed Hosed The American Smelting and in ing company plant at Murray uray has haR not Tot ot been aide able to accumulate much surplus stock a as the tho lend and silver fi cr ores have not been sent to this market in large quantities for more more than a year past rat As a result thero there has not only been very pry sharp barp competition to procure sufficient suf ore to keep a portion of the immense im iii ir immense mense furnaces down the valley valcy fed led but time the smelting companies elai claim i that there is little or no profit in operating tho the plants plant below capacity At times time some of the lead smelting plants plant have ha e been tn running at le less s than 50 per cent of c capacity and some Bore ven very low treatment treatment treat treat- ment charges s have ha been made mamle iu in an effort fort to to get et moro oro shippers into the market Under these c conditions it i list has been claimed that th the tho smelting company can easily sH afford aford to lo close down it its ItS plant for several c months and ml take in a n supply sup ply of ore that will Trill run the plant al almost almost nl al- most up to capacity ei durin during the r re remainder remainder re- re main r of o the year rear Some of of the tho lar largest largest larg larg- est producing properties may mav curtail the production during a port portion n of the tl summer months The Time price pret I if mif lead lad i inot H is Hnot not satisfactory to lo the small mal producers though tho market for tho timo white metal has been very materially improved for I several weeks pa past t. t Tho The fact that th the I Silver Kin King Coalition Coalton mine will wi curtail curtail cur cur- tail tai its is production for some me time while repairs are arc he being JJ made to its is shaft shaf will wi conic come a as a H hard blow to ro the Murray Mur In ray r mv plant plant Tho The Coalition has hns been een the largest shipper of silver load or ores s to the valley wiley smelter of any my of the mines mine in in tho the c country for a great ct many years tar |