Show PS P S WYOMING MINERS I ARE ON STRIKE Operators and Mine Workers Ial Fail rJ to Reach Agreement at the Butte Bulte Conference Ten Thousand Men Are Involved In Strike Which Is Result of the tho Action of Mine Owners In Reducing Reducing Re Re- Wages From 10 to 15 Cent Cents Per Day Mont Resulting from th the failure of ot tho the coal coal mine operators rs and mine workers to reach an agree agreement ement e- e ment meat at a conference which was held in this city all ail of ot the coal mines ithe I in the tho state of ot Wyoming and in control of ot the tho Mine Operators' Operators association of or Wyoming were closed down Monday nl night ht and will remain cl closed sed for tor an indefinite period Ten thousand are Involved in the tho strike which Is the result of ot the action action ac ac- action tion of ot tho the Mine Owners' Owners association in reducing wages wages' from 10 to 15 16 cents per day All AU the principal mines In Inthe inthe the tho state of ot Wyoming are closed down which means all aU of ot the mines where the workmen are organized The principal mines affected by the strike are at Rock Springs Cumberland Cumber land Hanna and Superior employing men and those of ot other companies com com- at Kemmerer Oakley Diamondville Dla- Dla DIetz Kool Monarch and smaller camps employing employ employ- tog ing an additional men The amount of ot wages involved is about dally The dispute leading up to the strike leas has been under discussion for tor moro more than two months culminating in a annal final conference at Butte Mont during during durIng dur dur- ing the past week weel Until noon Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day It was hoped that an agreement could be effected but both the operators operators oper opere and the representatives of the miners refused to concede a point and the order for the night shifts to refuse to go to work was th then n Issued 1 The he miners at the camps Monday night carried home their tools evidently In preparation for tor a strike of ot Indefinite duration |