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Show STRIKERS ARE TO GO BACK TO WORK Tho union strikers at Ely, Nov , have voted to go back to work. Chas. K. Moyer. president of tho Western Federation of Miners, has sent a telegram tel-egram to Judge 0 NT, Hilton, attorney attor-ney for the federation that the statement state-ment made by C. B. Lakenan, general manager of tho Nevada Consolidated company, Is satlpfactory The men say they will go brck to work at the maximum Increase In pay of 25 cents a day, posted previous to the strike and effective October 1. In his statement Manager Lakenan said the companies would take back any former employe intimidated or coerced. D. C. Jackllng, vice president and general manager of thc Utah Copper company and vice president of the Nevada Consolidated company, which controls the Nevada Consolidated, ox-pressed ox-pressed no surprise when ho received the foregoing Information last nl&ht. He repeated that the Nevada Consolidated Con-solidated had appointed no ono to rcpresout it in negotiations with thc Western Federation of Miners. IIo declared that to connect this company com-pany tn anj way with tho federation was misrepresentation He said the company's namo should not be used in repcTts of any negotiations with the federation. "Mr. Lakennn's statement was perfectly per-fectly clear," he added. "He has expressed ex-pressed the attitude taken by tho Nevada Ne-vada Consolidated and Utah Copper companies all alone. A majority of Mr Lakonan's employes signed a petition pe-tition before tho strike as being not In favor of it The maximum increase In pay was posted before the strike was called in Nevada, voluntarily without any pressure from any organization. organ-ization. We have had no business with tho federation and have none now It was not a flat increase of 25 cents a day, but ranged from 20 to 2o cents "Inasmuch as the strike was called without consulting us and inasmuch as It Ik called off In tho snmo way, we have no consideration to express for the action of the Westorn Federation leaders They have been nt liberty to do as they pleased from the start and wo have had no negotiations with them and will have none." |