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Show SALT LAKE AND STATE NEWS MEN LAID OFF AT CUMBERLAND-ELY Management Beats Miners by Discharging Dis-charging Men Before Strike Is Called. Further labor difficulties nave brok en out at the property of the Cumber-'and-Ely, at Ely, Nevada, according to reports received from there recentlv. I The troublo, which started before ! Christinas day, has been smolderlug j ui tll it finally burst forth by the lay-' lay-' Ii-g off of all the men working ttm property, which was between 150 anl 200. Some time ago the shovel men working work-ing at the Veteran and Ruth shafts ftruck for higher wages, Heforo giving giv-ing tho company any notice to con-redo con-redo to their domanda they strucK. Ihey gave tho company three days M vhlch to comply with the demand. The men who struck were operating the big steam shovel by which tho i property at that point ja worked, before tho throo days had expired, , all the men on the proporry called a general strike. When this was don'i tho union men found themselves n trouble and had violated their agreement agree-ment It was contended that the men had struck without giving the com-paDy com-paDy a chance to comply with their demands, that there was no notlco or no effort at arbitration. A meeting of the union was held and as the union Is said to see that they had brought trouble for themselves, all tho men were ordered back to work. During the holidays thero was con- fiderablo ill feeling and a strike was threatened at any minute. When the r.ffair reached a climax, several days ago, tho company decided to take ac lion. Instead of waiting for a strlko to bo called the company laid all tho n.tn off and closed down the greater part of tho work. Although It is denied by tho company com-pany the men were laid off to pre-tnt pre-tnt a strike, It Is cortaln that such was tho case. The Impression was given out that It was done to make various repairs and have other wor,c done at the property. It Is not bo-J bo-J hf-ved that tho trouble will last long, as many of the miners aro lindlng employment em-ployment with other mining companies. com-panies. The property on which tho strike occurred oc-curred Is eight miles from the town of Ely and many have already gone t" Ely for work. |