Show MINERS MINS RUST REQUEST RAISE 1 IN WAGES AT TINTIC MINES MINS In In telling of tho the labor situation In i iTIn TIn Tintic tc tho the Eureka Reporter gives the following views on tho the conditions Over t two o hundred members of or the District Minors Miners union attended the special meeting of that organization last Sunday afternoon and after a lengthy discussion elon of oC matters pertaining to the tho welfare of or the tho men who aro are employed em em- in and around the mines of this district elected a committee committo of of ot five to prel present nt a request to tho the Mine Owners' Owners association n for a S raise ralsa in wages This committee which will wi probably meet with wih the tho owners owner at nt an In early dale Includes the thc following well known union men 1 n Jam James Hanley pre president of the tho local loHI union M. M J. J Daniel Danl 1 Connelly Con Coit- nelly nely Geo Georgo o Burt and George Georgc Hales th the Utter latter later being bens a resident of Mammoth J. J V. W. Morton the secretary of OC the time Tintic District Miners Miners' union hia has hu written to tho the Mine lne Owners' Owners association requesting an interview and and It I Is quite probable that arrangements will bo be made to have this matter malor taken up tp at thin the meeting of tho the operators in Salt Sai La Lake tomorrow Saturday At the meeting on Sunday the members main mem hers bers of tho above aboyo committee were In Instructed Instructed In- In to report to the union after their conference tho the mino owners For the present elt the tue matter maler l Is left fl en entirely entirely en- en in tho the hands of this committee and and It is not nol generally known Just what Increase will wl bo be asked for Miners Miers and mine employees both In- In Ido aido and outside of tho time union feel that the request for a A raise raHe In wages Is I en entirely entirely en- en C- C within reason and that they are aro asking only onh for what hat Is J Jt Justly t duo them The argument which they put tp In support up sup port frt of such a contention I Is th the present high cost of oC everything which they have to buy It I Is stated slated d that while th the wages paid to the te employees of or tho the mines havo hao r remained at a certain point for tor or a a. a number num mini ber her of years ears the price of oC everything C that tho the miner needs has haz been ad advancing t. Then upon time the other hand tIme the miners polut point to the fact fact that thal time tuc tle mining minim business busi busl ness IB is more profitable than It I ha has boon been boenIn hi In many years earl owing to the splendid prices which the metals arc aro now bring bring- In lug ing At th the present time limo muckers rs In th the Tintic mines arc are receiving 7 per pr da day miners miner 3 and ad machine and In some Instances where ant the tho mines mimics mints work seven even days a a. wt week k muckers arc are paid IO and nil tiers East EaSE Will Wi Ship Samuel Sauel Buckley who Is leasing at al the tho East Est Tintic Development property In tho the eastern astern end nd of the district dIstrct expects to lo commence the shipment of zinc ore within the next t ne-t w week k about tons lons carrying about 40 per pel cent cel no now being plied piled pled up on omi onto the to dump There Thero is a a vcr very fair showing of oC zinc ore om or in this property and tho lessee leasco should be bo able to maintain a a. tonnage of ofa ofa ofa a carload a week Mr 11 Buckley has al alread already already al- al read ready tract trac secure secured A. a a favorable smelting contract contract con con- Swansea Installs Is New Compressor The ThO now new electrically driven en compressor Is no now in tn operation at al the tho Swansea Consolidated Consolidated Con Con- property properly at Silver City and this change iu lu ithe the mines mine's equipment will wl anc moan mean meana moana reduction in th the operating as asit a a th expenses expense a ait a aIt of it is now DOW possible tu to dispense wih with ono one the boilers boier The usual heavy tonnage Is being sent lont out from this mine but It I Is 1 generally understood that the oro ore Is of a lower grade than that tat which was placed upon the tho to ge market some time ago and which resulted in tho wiping out of the tha Indebtedness edness to t say aY sy nothing of the accumulation of ot a fair surplus From a a. very veT reliable source soure It is learned lenne that on the tho first of the tho present month the treasury of oC tho the Swansea contained about this tula amount having since been reduced about one halt In the settlement of ot the tho monthly payroll and other expenses It I Is barely possible that tho the Swansea Swansea tonnage will wi be bo reduced the lower grade ore being hold held holdback back ek for the mill mi which tho the Knight people are now preparing to erect creeL Superintendent John Hoffman Hotman states that the present tonnage of ot about of-about about eleven cars a week la is being taken from the and arid levels whore tho the showing Is very encouraging On the 50 Mr Hoffman Hofman HofmanIs Is drifting on another fissure which runs runa parallel with tho the oro ore from front which the oro ore oroIs is b being mined and this drift la is 11 following a a small smal stringer of ot very good lead ore I |