Show Miners Confer With Kearns IIi j nt s. s Thought Near Nea Strike Conditions Are Unusual i 1 I I Conferences Between Manager and Men Are Frien Friendly ly and Discussions Ar Are Am Free of III Feeling S ARK C CITY TY Oct 30 At At a meeting of of the striking min miners rs held here tonight in inthe the Dewey theatre the men invited General Manager Thomas Kearns of the Silver King Coalition 1 Mines ines company company com corn pany to come cope cOple down clown to the Dewey De theatre at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- I noon and talk over the strike situation situa tion with them The invitation was I phoned to Senator Ke Kearns at the of offices offices offices of- of of the King mine by P. P H. H Neely county attorney of Summit county who has been acting as mediator Senator Kearns told Mr Neely that he would telephone a definite answer to the invitation at 9 ocl o'clock ck Sunday mornIng S The opening of negotiations be between between be- be tween mine owners owners owners' and mine em em- resulting in the invitation to General Manager Kearns to address the striking miners was the principal development in the local strike situation situation situation situa situa- tion today County Attorney Neely began his efforts toward conciliation shortly after his arrival in Park City yesterday esterday afternoon He secured the consent of ot the miners to a meeting with Senator Kearns and then called upon the senator r. Informing him of the willingness of the men to talk the matter over Men Lunch With Kearns S Senator Kearns suggested to to Mr r. Neely that that the miners appoint three men in whom t they ey had confidence and that Neel Neely and the committee I take lunch with him at the company's boarding house today The miners miner's appoInted appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed a committee consisting of Tom John Murphy Murph Murphy and and Tom Knight They with Neely had luncheon luncheon luncheon lunch lunch- eon with the manager of the the King mine at noon today and spent the entire afternoon going over the situation situation situation situa situa- tion with him Little progress progrEss was made howe however er but it opened the wa way for further furtner negotiations and caused the miners and other residents o of ot the city to look upon the situation more hope hope- fully Kearns told the committee that the statement had been made purporting to come coma from the miners minera that the union had nothing to do with the strike This the senator senator denied and declared that had been Instrumental instrumental instrumental mental in starting the ti The committee left len the mine offices at 5 o'clock tonight and when they arrived in town immediately held a conference with the general executive committee consisting of thirteen members As a result of this meetIng meetIng meeting meet- meet Ing it was decided to make a report to all the miners about the conference conference confer confer- ence and the they wele called together in the Dewey theatre at clock o'clock tonight S for the special committee Tom made a report on lie Ile conference with General Manager Kearns County Attorney Neely alo alJo discussed the conference and the questions which were brought up durIng during during dur dur- ing its progress progress The men then en entered entered entered en- en into the discussion freely At first It lt was suggested that tho the committee com corn mitte e of thirteen ask for tor another conference with the mine manager Want to Meet Kearns Kearn M Members of the committee however however however how how- ever were not fully satisfied that this was the best course of or action Th y expressed an unwillingness to take the entire responsibility for the The matter was discussed at length and the miners finally came cameto came cameS came'S to S the conclusion that the best way to get at the matter was for all of them to hear bear from front Senator Kearns personally As a result of or this de decision decision de- de Attorney Neely was requested to extend an Invitation to the senator to meet the men Sunday afternoon S William Davidson a member of the I executive committee e of the Western Federation of Miners Park City today from Idaho and attended the meeting tonight He made an address In which he admitted th that t the the he was here to Investigate the strike situation His Ills standing however is unofficial as the federation Is not officially conducting the strike Man Many of the striking miners are not members members mem mem- bers of the federation Just what may result from the meeting mecUm with General Manager Manag-er Reams Kearns Sunday in case the Uie m meeting eling is held no one would venture to predict pre pre- dict diet tonight Many expressed the hope however that some agreement could be reached d so that operations might soon be resumed Everything at th the mine has been pea peaceful today A small crew continues continues con- con to operate the hoist and pumps |