| Show Wage Sliding Scale Discussed Adoption of or a sliding wage scale for forI Utah metal mines appeared Imminent Saturday when operators and union re representatives re- re representatives representatives I walked arm In arm from froma a three-hour three conference in the Newhouse hotel says Sundays Sunday's Salt Lake Tribune I Up for consideration at the session were the relative merits of ot a scale based on cost of living and the so-called so Butte I scale which Is governed by the price of or copper Excellent progress was made at the meeting and the operators and workers I are very cry close together but negotiations negotiations negotiations have not progressed sufficiently to Justify an announcement said William M. M Knerr rr chairman of the state industrial Indus Indus- Industrial Industrial trial commission who presided Another meeting Is to be held within 10 days s 's and I expect a complete agree agree- agreement agreement I ment can be reached then I After approval of or the wage scale agreement agreement agree agree- agreement ment by the operators and union lead lead- leaders leaders ers the matter will be submitted to a referendum vote of or the union member membership 1 I ship of the state It was announced The Butte scale which Is reported to toI change wages with every cent 1 1 cent variation varia varia- variation variation I tion In the copper price has bas been op operating op- op operating operating since late In 1934 Fixing of a sliding scale for Utah metal mines was requested In the agree agree- agreement agreement ment which settled the recent strike of workers In the Park City Tooele Bingham and Tintic districts Spokesmen for the workers at Satur Satur- Saturdays Saturday's Saturdays Saturday's Saturdays Saturday's days day's meeting was Glen Gillespie dis district chairman of the negotiating com corn committee committee for district 2 2 International Un Un- Union Union TinIon ion of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Among the operators were representatives tives of the Blue Stone Lime and Quart- Quart Quartzite Quartzite zite company Combined Metals Reduction Reduction Reduction tion company International Smelting and Refining Re company Park City Con Con- Consolidated Consolidated Mines company Park Utah Consolidated Mines company Sliver Silver King Coalition Mines company Tintic Stan Stan- Standard Standard Standard dard Mining company and the United States Smelting Refining and Mining company |
