Show Miners And Operators Reach An Agreement The following Is from Sundays Sunday's Salt Lake Tribune Wags Waga conferences between operators and employee of ot Utah metal mines mills and smelters were concluded success success- successfully successfully fully late Saturday but details of ot the agreement reached will not be announced until a contract has been drawn up some time this week This announcement was made by Wil WIl- Wilham liam ham M. M Knerr chairman of ot the state I industrial commission who has presided I a at the conferences which opened on January 3rd with the object of ot drawing Ing up a new contract to take the place of ot the tho one which expired at the thc end of ot 1937 An agreement was reached on all points including the wage age scale Mr Knerr said but both parties decided Nothing should be announced until the transcript of ot the proceedings has been completed and the points agreed to em em- embodied embodied bodied In a contract A committee was appointed to draw the contract and submit it to both par par- parties parties ties before being signed This commit commit- committee committee tee comprises the following James W. W Wade vice president and general man man- manager manager manager ager Tintic Standard Mining company William J. J OConnor O'Connor manager American Smelting and Refining company Ed Ed- Edward Edward Edward I ward L. L Eckman chairman of ot the ne negotiations ne- ne negotiations committee and E. E M. M Royle state secretary International Union ne-j ne of ot Mill and Smelter Workers and Mr Knerr At the conclusion of o the conferences Mr Knerr Issued a statement in which I he be praised the spirit of ot cooperation shown by both employers and I appreciate much said I very he the wholehearted cooperation of ot the commit commit- committee tee representing the employers and the committee e representing the At Atno Atno Atno no time was there any Indication of ot a alack alack lack of ot cooperation in an effort to ar- ar at a satisfactory s conclusion of ot the involved Employers null and were willing to exchange Ideas and showed a tion to accept the sprit spirit of or collective bargaining In good faith I personally feel we have established in the mining Industry an art employer relation relation- relationship relationship relationship ship that will ultimately result In great great- greater er stability of ot the mining Industry of ot the state The 1937 contract entered into last March has continued beyond the ex- ex date of ot December 31 pending the outcome of ot the negotiations It is understood the new contract will willbe willbe willbe be submitted to the union members at their next meeting when the various arlous phases will be discussed and the con- con contract contract tract either accepted or rejected by the members |