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Show BOTH SIDES MARK TIME Little Change In Miners' Strike Small Companies Com-panies Sign Contract Ely. Ncv., Oct. 1. The departure of a committee from tho Stoam Shovel-men Shovel-men s union for Bingham, Utah, to consult with tho Shovelmen there, war, tho only development this morning In the mine strike. A Greek was killed at R:petovn last, night by a countryman Their trouble is said to have been over religion and to havo had no connection with tho strike. The Boston-Ely and the Ely Consolidated Con-solidated Mining companies resumed operations yesterday after they had signed agreements with tho union officials of-ficials to recognize tho union and to grant the Increase of TiO cento a day for all classes of labor About fort men are employed by the two companies com-panies which granted the miners' demands de-mands today Tho XcvaJa Consolidated Consoli-dated and the Giroux Mining companies, com-panies, who employ the majority oi the men In the camp, still refuse to meet with the union officials and have made no attempt to resume operations. opera-tions. Charlen H Mover, president of the Western Federation 6f Aliners. refused re-fused yesterday to modify the strike order to allow the pumpmen in the Giroux shaft to continue at work, and In consequence the mine Is filling wifi water Mr. Moyer said that the company com-pany had shown the labor union no favor and could not expect favors from the miners' union. Bingham, Utah, Oct A. There was no change in the strike situation here today. The business men are worried and a shutdown of several months la feared. Scores of persons are leaving the camp by every train and It Is predicted pre-dicted that several of the business houses can run only a few days longer under present conditions Many of tho strikers themselves are deserting Bingham for other places. Vacant cottages cot-tages and rooms are nuinorous and thero is a general decline in rents Thirty additional deputy sheriffs arrived ar-rived in Bingham yesterday afternoon to take the place of some who have left the camp .1 C. Lowney and Yanco Torszlch, members of the executive board of tho Western Federation of Miners, left for Salt Lake City yesterday afternoon Thoy declined to discuss the nature ot their mission |