Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-03-11 | Page 1 | Miners May Call off Big Strike

MINERS MAY CALL 1 OFF BIG STRIKE 1 Federation Will Sanction Ac- pffl tion If Men Desire to Sur- iU render Union Cards. pW PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT 11 Recent Changes at Copper ' m Mines Acceptable If Men l Can Return Without M Prejudice. I Chicago, 111., March 11 "We will Ij sanction the calliug off of the cop- per minors' strike it the men them- 1 jljjl selves want lo do it," declared C. mm H. Moyer, president of the AVestern 1 MM Federation of Miners, here today. Moy- lVmw er recommended a referendum vole to determine whether the strikers do- jrH sired to waive their demand for rec- H ognition of the union, to surrender ?H their union cards and return to work II The men could make their own in- ffl dividual terms with the mining com- S panies said Moyer. As far as the JAm Western Federation was concerned, he asserted that tho organization was willing to accept the changes in work- WM ing conditions, which the companies jM have made since the strike, and would 1mm be content to have the strikers ro-turn ro-turn to work with the understanding that they could go without prejudice. H Moyer said he wished to make it plain, however, that the men on strike MM could take any action they deslrod without interference from the fedora-tion. fedora-tion. ., t Charles E. Mahoney, vice president mm of the Western Federation of Miners. mm who was operated on here yesterday MM for appendicitis, had a bad night, ac- WM cording to his physician, and will be in danger for several days. Mahoney had a high temperature jmw after the operation aud was weak to- Mm day. Charles H. Moyer, president of H tho miners' organization, passed tho mm day at the hospital in order to be H near Mahoney. Referendum Vote Called. Calumet, iMlch., March 11. That MM there will be a referendum vote of Mm local members of the Western Fcdera- UM tion of Miners on the proposal to call mm off tho strike which started July 2... H 1913, was announced today by AMI- mm liam Rickard, president of tho Calu- H met local of the union. He declined mm to discuss tho status of the strike MM or the probable result of the ballot- MM lug. Companv managers views Moyoi s mm proposal with Interest but expressed MM no surprise F. W Denton of tho Cop- MM per Range Consolidated, said tho com- MM panies could add nothing to the situa- MM tion. inasmuch as they had constantly MM urged tho men to give up their fede- MM ration memberships and return to James McNaughton of the Calumet H & Hecla said ho did not care... to be MM quoted on "the subject. " mm. mm