Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-15
EDJECENT CITIGS.-
NEWS FROM THa PARK.
Mining aud other Mat'cr4-A Feeling
Arising Out Of the Eureka
Fire.


Nothing OF importance has taken
place in the Park during the past week,
aud the quietness Of everything has
been alnos, painful. Nothing Ike
the present has ever been known here,
and 1t il hoped that times will plea w
soon, when once again the look Of ex.
pectaucy may be seen on the faces OF
all classes.
The one event of the week has been
The question oi whether the Ontario
would shut down, or keep going with
wages at a lower rae.
Superintendent II. G.. Chambers has
been In the Park the greater part Of the
week. A rumjr was started that a
sliding scale Of wages HAL been
adopted, but upon inquiry such was
iound out u be iUolrrect. Several
PROPOSITIONS were nude 10 Mr.. Cham.
| lers by the miners. ono was that half
Of thr wages be paid when due an
the olhor half upon silver re- ching a
point when u would be profitable 70
wofl, II. This proposition would
/ appear, on the facu Of u, 90 DO fair,
but upon considering the matter II wss
seem that tile "oihcr half" would at
, present indications run away behind
should silver not take an upward
shout. Another proposition was made
TO the Effect that nothing In wages, o.
money, be paid out until silver reached
one dollar Ur over, but this company in
the meantime should board the men
AMI carry their accounts al tbs stores.
This was rejected on the same ground.
| Mr.. Chambers called the miners TO-
gcthcr Monday, explained fully the
exact state Ot a1aits, and snd
that the company was willing
10 Try 10 keep running, but that this
| could only be done by thH miners nc.
| coptIng lower wages until silver went
up, when the old scale OF wages would
| lie put In force. The men have been
called together several times during
the week, but no conclusion has been
arrived at yet as b what they viii DO.
IL IL hoped by all thr people here that
tho mon will decide 10 accept this
wages offered for the tlmu being, and
the reasonable argument advanced 10
support thls view i that there Is no
| place for the men 10 80 ~ get work,
and IL IL much better 10 work for lower
wages thar II would 10 TO be Idle,
causing thereby great suffering to
| themselves aud families. Should the
! Ontario mine conclude 10 shut down,
] the same viii also be- true Of tho DAILY.
! This would include both the Ontario
anp Mar.ac mills, and with these
| closed up there would then be nothing
Whatever Ia the camp paying wages,
outside Of the stores.
A large delegation OF Park City
mining men, including David Keith
uf the Anchor, Taos. Kern, Of the
| Silver King, IL. G.. Chambers
] and Ed. kimball OF thu OntgrlN anu
DAILY, a. Is. Emery " this Silver ki1g,
| NJ. NJ. Cole Of .ho CresOent,and others,
went down TO Salt Lake on Weduut.
day evenings train 70 attend the great
silver meeting at the Tneator.
No reports OF orc or bullion ship.
monts during the week, ald the rail-
roads aro coming in for their full share
OF the dullness.
Thursday the TO 8n was Visited by
one OF tho heaviest rainstorms seen In
this section for many years. For
several hOuTs during the day the
d0wnpOur was heavy, and siucs then
there has bosn no sligo OF dust.
Work for the time being is suspnndod
| on the Ontario teacher. The rock
masons have been doing a great
amount OF work on the walls, and the
carpenters have completed the heavi'
est framing, ready to be put up rs soon
a. the walls aru finished.
Jerry Richardson is undismayed on
account Of thu low price OF silver, ns
work ON his new mill Is being pushed
light along, anu he says that when "
Ia completed he win make test
run aud see II II. viii pay 10 continue
the work on the ten thousand ton
dump.
No statement has been made public
yet rs to the exact standing In matters
VI liabilities and assets Of the Park
City Bank. DepUsltors are getting
very Impatient In the long delay, and
We may hear In u lew days that the
dep0sitofs are going to maze strong
demand for statement. Elk. Cashier
Richardson was In town Thursday.
+. A. Minis, director OF the Anchor
company, has been In the city greater
part OF tho week. Mr.. Minis IN from
Michigan, ana eau be depended upon
to work aud fight far the cause OF silver
In his part of the country.
Since the great fire In Eureka, a few
days ago, an extra f0rse OF policemen
hai bsenl put on duty to watch. In.
sufapco companies refuse longer to
carry risks IN mluing towns.
Many people arc leaving the city;
some ride, hut greater number nre
seen wRlking. Such are conditions.
WILL.