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Show MAY EXTEND THE 1 BINGHAM STRIKE I ti Western Federation of Miners May Stop Work in gl Nevada and New Mexico Mines of Utah Si Copper Company in Sympathy I STRIKEBREAKERS WILL BE PUT 10 MM I Greek Strikers Say Padrone System of Hiring La- P bor Has Been Used Many Armed Strikers S Are Leaving Their Trenches IE- Salt Lake City, Sept. 20. An announcement an-nouncement by President Charles ILj Mover of the Western Federation of Miners that a member of the executive execu-tive committee was on his way to Ely, Nev., to authorize a strike at the Nevada Ne-vada Consolidated mine and smelter; the return of D. C. Jackllng, general manager of the Utah Copper compain, to his office in Salt Lakcj the movement move-ment of machinery under guard and without interference at the Utah Copper Cop-per works, and extreme quiot among the miners were the developments in the Bingham mine strike this morning. Mr. Jackling said soon after his ars. rival: "The strikers at Bingham do not represent the- sentiment of a majority major-ity of the employes. We will see that the men who want to work are given employment and protection. As to the dale of resumption I am not mepared to speak, but as soon as amuigoments art made to give the employes proper protection the men will be put to work." Mr. Moycr added to ii's earlier statement regarding Ely that the Nevada Ne-vada Consolidated employes? were dissatisfied dis-satisfied with wage' conditions even prior to tlie Bingham trouble and would quit almost to a man when authorized to do po b- the federation. A "donkey" engine, guarded bv 21 'deputy sheriffs moved from the fcot of the mountain to lie So levpl of the Utah Copper company properly this morning. The tltlkers did nothing. noth-ing. Me.n are Jeaying camp at the . rale of LOO to l."0 on t-vcrv trail Bingham, Utah. Sept. 20. NoP a shot was heard In Bingham last night. Tho 5,000 miners on strike for higher high-er wages, impressed, seemingly, by the addresses delivered to them yesterday yes-terday by Governor Spry and others, remained qnieL But early this morning morn-ing they began to assemble at the railroad station and in a little while three hundred of them, chiefly Greeks, were discussing the report that the Utah Copper company proposed to put a few men to work at the steam shovel pits today. The Greeks claimed to have advices ad-vices from Salt Lake that L. G. Sklirls, an employment agent, had 'beeu engaged by tho Utah Copper to forward strikebreakers. The report I -was the more irritating as Sklirls has (been made one of the issues of the strike by tlie Greek element which j asserts that he dictates the employment employ-ment of his countrymen by the mlh-ling mlh-ling companies, levies a toll on their wages and procures the discharge of I those who do not patronize his store. Governor Spry was told yesterday by I many Greek strikers thai they would he willing to waive the wage demands I Sf GUHrtc worn vomnvorl from prirmv The alleged influence of the labor agent Is denied by Assistant Manager Gemmell of the Utah Copper, who insists that Skliris is employed at a fixed salary to supoly them "1th tho men he can supply wnen thoy arc needed, but Is forbidden to collect them while they are employed. Salt Lake City; Sept. 20. A report current early this morning that the Western Federation of Miners would ntlerapt to close down the Nevada. Arizona and New Mexico properties owned by Utah Copper interests and managed by D. C Jackling was par-itally par-itally confirmed by their president, Charles II. Moyer. 'We are contemplating such a movo," he said, 'and have a man on the way to Ely to take up tho matter there '.Mr. Jackling refuses to recognize recog-nize the union in Utah and we see no reason why union men In oilier stateB should work for him. The mon have some pride and nre unwilling to work where they fire not wanted. In fact the miners at tho Novada Consolidated Consolidat-ed at BIy. Nov., arc ready to go out at a moment's notice. Mr. Jackling Is general manager of the Novada Consolidated and officiahs of the union un-ion at Ely have written me asking me if I did "Ot think it adusable that they strike." Mr. Moyer says ho does not believe i there will be any more shooting at j Bingham. He was instrumental In persuading the men to lgave thoir : "shooting gallery" yesterday and he promised Governor Spry that mem- bers of the union who Insisted in breaking the law would be discountenanced discounte-nanced by the union. The Nevada Consolidated mine employs about S.oOO at Ely., at Santa Rita. N. M, 1.500 men nre employed, and the Rav Consolidated has several hundred. The Nevada Consolidated aud Chino. like the Utah Copper mine of Bingham, are worked fcvlth steam shovels at the surface and most of the labor is unskilled. Salt Lake City, ScpL 10. Thejip-pearonce Thejip-pearonce of Governor William Spry and the stale board of labor conciliation concilia-tion and arbitration today as factors in the strike situation at Bingham. Utah, where between four and five thousand miners are hi virtual control i Its' of the mining properties, was the "If most encouraging feature of the dav't r news. ' jji'i' The developments indicative of trouble were the theft of more than ;2t, five thousand pounds of high power iff dynamite from the Utah Construction Era company's stores at Bingham, the in- B ability of the conservative leaders to f& control a certain element of tho strikers and the proposed service of j warrants on a number of strikers re- H sponsible for the shooting and In- ffln tlraidation nt the copper camp. cr The Greek minors, entrenched on Kj the mountain commanding the works !3 of the Utah Copper company, left m their fortress shortly before the ar- M rival of the governor and his peace S( party this afternoon and joined the H audience which listened to an address B by the executive and others, but an R? Interpreter was quoted as declaring ret" that the desertion was only tempo- ?-: rary and the fortress would be re- ffo' occupied as soon as the governor had E fcone. Governor Spry's trip to Bingham Sftr- was the sequence of a long confer- Hp ence between state officials, tho KJJ? county sheriff and the commander of tj2' the state militia and representatives toff of the miners and mining companies. P? No One Hurt. fSt- Fre(uent reports from Bingham j5 told of firing upon mine officials who fe nttomptod to reach or leave their m properties and other conditions of civil warfare, bul there was no men- t-j tlon of, personal Injury -or damage to property and the verdict of the meet- y ing at the capltol was that media- rTT tlon should be attempted before mill- tarv Interference would be justified 3J Promptly at the close of the con- ql ferenco the conferees entered automo- 'l l.iles and started over the mountain M loads for the scene of the trouble. Iff Reports that General Wedgewood of fA the Utah National Guard had indicat- ?j ed that iu an emergency four hundred Pit men and a battalion of artillery could fZ. be mustered for s'trike duty within wM eight hours were made today. rZ News of the governor's start flash- Ll ed ahead to Bingham caused the post- rM pouement bf preparations made by ?M Chief Deunty Sheriff Axel Steele for M a flank attack on the miners en- trenchments. jl The party which reached Bingham with the governor consisted of Chief $ justice of the conciliation board, General Wedgewood. N. P. Stathakos, 'I a well known Qreok banker of Salt i Lake a priest of the Greek Catholic SJ church. Warden Arthur Pratt of the 'M state penitentiary. Charles II. Moyer, fJ9 president of tho Western Federation JU of Miners and W. Persons, U. S. A. EE detailed as Instructor to the National lm Diinrrl fB Talks to Miners. Strikers and citizens in numbers I thronged about the party and there I was no difficulty in collectiong an la audience for Governor Spry, who was II the first speaker. He assured the Sfl miners that thoir right to quit work al wa6 unquestionable and then warned H them not to Interfere with property or jfl violate the law. Mr. Stathakos and fl the Rev. Lambrigos then addressed B the Greek members of the crowd in J their own tongue. jfS The governor was joined by Mr. 9g Mover and General Wedgewood and retired to a boarding house where a m discussion of the situation was re- M sumed. The arguments of the offl- (K clals were for time In which to ar- w range arbitration. w After the conference, Governor Sprv IU made this statement: fM "The sheriff is in full charge of the ! situation and I am confident that he IE can control matters. The count JK 'Commissioners have promised to give .Bj Sheriff Sharp sufficient deputies to !M take 'care of couditions. S "We do not propose to have the JS property of the company and the jJR lives of tbo citizens placed in jcop- dm ard, but the calling out of tlie mill- "M fia will be the last resort." said Gov- M ernor Spry. IS i Continued on Pace Seveu.) MB no Itls oo MAY EXTEND THE BINGHAM STRIKE (Continued From Page One.) At noon the sheriff's forces were In conference discussing tho advleabllitv of disarming the strikers, mostly foreigners, for-eigners, who had cougrogated about the railway station, presumably to await the arrival of strikebreakers. The firemen and engineers of tho camp, who do not belong to tho miners' min-ers' union, called a meeting this morning morn-ing to be held at 2 o'clock in the afternoon af-ternoon for a discussion as to whether they should return to work if requested request-ed to do so by the companies. |
