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Show I I THREE MINES OPEN I j I AND IN OPERATION H fl , j I Salt LnUe, Oct. 13. After a mass K i I ' : meeting held last night, attended by B,i k, nearly 1000 strikers, announcement m ' ! j .wob made by union leaders that tho K J men would return to work at n mo- H s v 'I ment's notice it tho Utah Copper Hi ' I would post notices agreeing to tho H j j following conditions: H' i A flat Increase of CO cents In wages H, J No peonago system In employment H f of laborers. H J No discrimination ngalnst men H j f prominent In tho strike. H 2 ' General Manager V. C. Jackllng H of tho Utah Copper stated last night H ' that no such notices would be posted. l '' Developments at Dlngham yostor- H day. resulted In tho raising of tho H' j ' production of tho Utnh Copper com- a f pnny to 5,000 tons of ore, said by M ' 1 ! olllclnlB to bo one-fourth the capacity 1"' of the mine. Tho Now Englnnd mlno j wns opened with its full forco of thlr- j ty men at work, while tho bucket lino I which carries oro from tho Highland j poy tp U9 Tooelo smelters was put I , in operation. Lato In tho day camo tho news ' that men who had gone hack to their It positions with tho Utah Copper had 'I received a flat Incrcaso In pay of 1 B0 cents a day tho amount for which t fj j tho strlkors havo been contending. H. v Tho company announced that It will B I j' call on tho rallrond men to go to ' .work Monday or draw their pay M ' checks, while pay checks will bo glv- H en many strikers who havo company money coming nt the samo time, !Tho Utah Copper yesterday had , two steam shovels at work nnd an- ' other was fired up. This shovel, tho officials claim, will bo put In opera- I rtlon today. Tho fdrco needed to i handlo each of theso shovels Is nbout I sixty men. Several air drills wcro also added to the machinery In motion. mo-tion. m Gencrnl Manager Jnckllng nnnounc- M ed last night that men wcro at work H In every department of tho mine. It H j, was also announced that no attempt H i would bo made to start work at tho M f j Garflcld mills, to which the Utah Cop- M ! per oro Is shipped until tho supply m of oro on hand (s sufficient to last B , several days. H I Conferred With Moyer. H I Tho opening of the New England H jj mlno followed a conference. between fjj ( Supt. David J. Cook and Pres. C. KO I H. Moyer of tho Western Federation Hfj 1 of Miners. Cook Is said to hnvo 1 told tho union leader that his em- KH ploycr, H. E. Abcrcromblo of Boston Ej had been willing to glvo the 50 cent V? Increnso tlemnnded from tho start but Hg had not been willing to recognize tho H union. Moyer Is said to havo told B ' tho mlno ofllclnl to go ahead, that tho BB, union would not lntorfero. BB Tho sentiment of union leaders was BB reflected In a statement given out by Bfl them nftcr a meeting attended by H ' nearly 1,000 strikers at Bingham last BB night. While tho proceedings of tho BBI meeting wcro kept secret, It wns an- BB nounccd that, under threo conditions BB tl)0 mcn wou'(1 return to work at a BBj j moment's notice. Thoso conditions BBY were that notification bo posted that thoso returning t6 work would receive Bl ' the flat 50 cent raise, that tho com- BBmI pany would dlscourago all attempts BBVS at a peonago system, such as strlk- BBf.jd ers claim was carried on by tho Skll- BBM ris brothers prior to tho strike and BBjf that tho company would not dlscrlm- BBf fq lnnto In Its employment against men BBf f who had taken a lending part In tho BBujl ctrlko. BBn D. C. Jackllng, general manngor BBBJ of the company, announced nftcr ho BBBJ had been Informed of this action last BBBJ night that no such notlco would bo BBBJ posted. Mr. Jnckllng said: BBBJ Jackllng Makes Statement BBBJ "The Utah Copper will post no such BBBJ notlco. Wo hnvo been working all BBBJ the tlmo ngalnst any peonngo system BBb 1 and do not bcllevo that any has ox- BBBJ iBtcd. Tho Idea of such a notlco ns BBBi to tho other conditions is ridiculous. BBB! "Nearly 200 men nro working now j and 5000 tons of oro were mined to BBJI f day. Tho outlook Is brighter than nt BBBJ any tlmo slnco tho strike commotio- H ed. Somo men nro working today t( In every department. Only old em- j ployces were hired todny. This shows J , ' conclusively that our employees nro BBJj not In sympathy with tho strike. BBJ "Two shovels wero In operation BBej and wo expect to havo n third going BBW) tomorrow Wo hopo to lond tietween BB j 7000 and 8,000 tons of oro during tho BB dny. It takes somo tlmo to get tho BBV -ovels coaled, watered and connect- BBM ed un for operation as they have re- BBV , cently been drained and tho piping BBl disconnected in tear of cold weathor." BB j u waB said at Dlngham last night BB t,mt tho men whom tho Utah Copper BBW . expects to put nt work today wero BBBJ 0,J emplojeos, who, hearing of tho BBTI ralss granted thoso who had return- BBi cd to work, had applied for Jobs. BBW With theao nnd tho men now work- BB I i 1ne' and wIth the JPio8e and rail- BBmJ iBBBBk Toad men who may ctll,od ln the BH jflBBB -ok, iU offlolMj bolleve that they will havo between 350 nnd 450 men ln tho mines In n fo'w days. Schweitzer Defends Guards. A statement was given out Inst night by Doputy Sheriff Then Schweitzer, Schweit-zer, concerning charges made that tho guards who entered the homes of strikers miners yesterday had stolen stol-en money from tho occupants. The deputy snld: "In behalf of tho special guards, I desire to brand tho charges made by Greeks that they wcro robbed when guards searched their homes as being be-ing absolutely false. I was present when the searching took placo and know thnt tho guards did not steal and thnt they took every precaution not to disturb tho effects in tho cot-tages cot-tages of tho Greek strikers. As had been expected, they were well supplied sup-plied with firearms and largo quantities quan-tities of ammunition. "We discovered Greeks digging n trench which from nil nppearnnccs was intended for a brenstwork to bo used In shooting down upon surface miners of tho Utnh Copper company. Wo did not determine to search for flro nrmB until wo discovered that trenches wcro being dug." Shovel Men To Stick. Tho steam shovel men havo decided decid-ed to "stick" to their positions In tho Dlngham strike until tho fight for recognition and wago Increase Is over, no matter how far distant that state of affairs may be. This was tho substance of a resolution passed last night at a meeting of Salt I.nko local lo-cal No. 7 of tho steam shovel men's union at the I.nbor Temple ln this city. In addition to tho resolution to stay ln tho fight, tho members decided to send out warnings nnd statements o' conditions at Dlngham to steam shovel shov-el men ln all parts of tho country advising ad-vising them not to go to tho Utah Camps. About sixty wero present, Including A. L. Wilde, business ngent of tho union. C. H. Moyer and Mr. Wlldo said last night that advices from Dlngham and elsewhere hnd assured them that there was 'nothing to' tho reported of ier of the U'-ih Copper company to glvo tho shovtl men an increase Mr. Moyer sail last night that reports re-ports of n larga number of men returning re-turning to work nt tho Hlghlnnd Iloy mine and elsewhere nt Dlnghnm wero untrue, nnd thnt not more than sixty-I sixty-I IU e men In all were at work yesterday. yester-day. Five men, ho stated, was tho total number nt work In the High land Boy Mr. Moyer said that nbout 3,000 miners In Arizona nnd New Mexico copper, mines would bo called out this week, though ho would not stato the exact day when this might bo expected. Declaring thnt alleged robbery and other charged violations of tho law i by special guards at 1'infham will bo punished by vigorous rrusccutlon provided evidence of such violation Is presented to tho county attorney and thero Is positive Identification of tho nccuscd person County Attorney I. B. Wllley yesterday dlrectel a letter-to letter-to A. J. Weber, attorney for striking Greeks nt Dlngham, plainly setting forth tho nttltudo of the county attorney's at-torney's ofllco In tho present strlko trouble and giving assurance thnt It will seo justice done on nil sides to the extent of its ability. Tho letter was In responso to a cr sent by Attorney Weber complaining com-plaining of tho alleged robbery of strikers by special guards, threatened threaten-ed eviction of minors from tholr homes nnd alleged beating and mistreatment mis-treatment of minors by guards. Mr. Webor supplemented his letter with a personal talk with tho county nttorney and, during tho dny a number num-ber of Crotans, with N. P. Stathakos, tho Greek banker, called upon tho attorney at-torney and complained of alleged mistreatment mis-treatment nt tho hands of guards. They declared men had been stopped on the public highway nnd beaten by guards becauso they did not quickly obey commands glvon. Tho names of the Crotans wero not taken but tl9 attorney promised to investigate their cases along with all othors brought to his attention, |