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Show USSR&M STRIKE HALTSOUTPUT Mining production at the Lark and Bingham properties of United Unit-ed States Smelting Refining and Mining Co. was halted at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday by a strike of CIO United Steelworkers of America. The strike, finally decided upon up-on late Tuesday night, was officially of-ficially on when the graveyard snnt went ou duly, ana except for maintenance workers and a construction crew engaged in drilling a new tunnel on the Lark property, work was halted. The company's Midvale smelter, smelt-er, whose workers also are represented rep-resented by the union, was continuing con-tinuing operations, but only with a skeleton crew, inasmuch as some 80 per cent of the workers there are on vacation. A special meeting for all Mid-vale Mid-vale smeltermen, to decide what action will be taken there, was called for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Midvale City Hall, according ac-cording to Angelo Verdu, union staff representative. Four others of the seven non-ferrous non-ferrous mining companies with which the union, was negotiating, reached agreements with union representatives Tuesday, and are continuing operations on a supplemental sup-plemental agreement continuing a previous 30-day extension of negotiations. The four companies are New Park Mining Co. in the Park City district; Combined Metals Reduction Co., operating at Bauer and Butterfield, and Chief Consolidated Mining Co. and Centennial Mining Co. in the Eureka district. Meanwhile meetings between the other two of the seven companies, com-panies, Silver King Coalition Mines Co., and Park Utah Consolidated Con-solidated Mines, in the Park City district, broke up Wednesday noon with no agreement reached. Mr. Verdu said a meeting was held at Park City Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. to discuss the breakdown break-down and decide what action would be taken. The agreements to continue work while, negotiations are conducted at the four companies I provide for a $11.30 rate for the first job class under the proposed job evaluation program and application ap-plication of any wage increase agreed upon retroactively to July 1, when wage provisions in the present contracts expired, according accord-ing to Union staff representatives Strikes were averted July 1st when the union agreed to a 30-day 30-day extension of negotiations. There were no pickets posted at the Lark and Bingham mines when work halted Wednesday morning, but locals at both communities com-munities named welfare commit- tees, in the event of a long siege. The union permitted pump and hoistmen to work in the mine to keep galleries from flooding and to maintain the water supply. The community of Lark depends on the mine there for its culinary water. While the steel workers were busy, the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Work-ers moved toward conducting a strike vote among more than 4000 Kennecott employes. Al Skinner, regional director of IUMMSW and chairman of a joint negotiating committee involving in-volving four other unions in Kennecott wage talks, said all employes would have an opportunity oppor-tunity to cast ballots Thursday and that votes should be tabulated tabu-lated by Friday morning. Mine-Mill represents Kenne-cott's Kenne-cott's employes at the Bingham Open Pit, the Magna-Arthur Mills, the Garfield Water Company, Com-pany, and at properties at Ruth and McGill, Nev., and at Chino and Hurley, N. M. Contracts between Mine-Mill and Kennecott expired June 30. In many cases, the steel workers' work-ers' contracts with he non-ferrous operators did not expire, but negotiations were conducted on the basis of pact provisions authorizing reopening of wage bargaining. O |