Show 1 Lease Work on Mayflower Mine Awaits Settlement of Union Clause Stalemate In the efforts of ot a group of Park City miners to I operate the Mayflower mine on a alease alease I lease from the New Park Mining Com Company pan appeared to be unbroken unbroken un un- un broken Thursday morning A week ago ao a group roup of the miners went Into conference with ml management of the Mayflower offering of of- offering fering a 1 lease leue proposition The Tho group headed by a foreman Leo Loo Hatch latch of Heber City were part of the miners who hall had been laid off oft by the mine because of ot inability to make money under I the present foreign zinc lead policy olic I Work Halted The lease was arranged and the men prepared to go to work Dut But demands by Local of I the tho United Steelworkers halted hailed I Ithe the activity A picket line was was put up but later withdrawn Matt Leahy president of the Park City union contends that the lessees those to whom the lease Is granted must choose choose- their workmen by seniority Leo Hatch representing the lessees contends that under the new lease he and his men may choose on a picked hand basis The contention Is that a com comparatively para para- Ively small group rOUil of eager beavers beavers bea bea- vers comparatively young and bodied able can accomplish more for or the lessees than run of tho th mill workers Lessees are Partners Partner Clark Wilson vice president o oC ot New Park said it was his understanding understanding understanding under under- standing that the lessees were all partners In the new enterprise and that the mine company Itself was thus removed from con conten conten- tion All we want is to see some activity in the mine he said Iid It means so much to the community community community com com- we hope the work cast cau continue Its It's a known and prove proven fact tact the mine loses money at present pre pre- present sent prices when we have to pay paT for or both production and develop develop- ment We bad had hoped the lessees could both develop and produce on their own And they believe belleve they hey can do It and make money Were We're all for them Several times during the past week representatives of the union and the lessees met for talks to tono tono tono no avail Matt Leahy said the th union would deal with n no one ono but jut W W. H. H II II U. Cranmer president of ot New Park |