The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-12-06

NOT A MAN WORKING.
Both sides Settle Down for Long
Hard Siege.

NOT A MAN WORKING.
Both sides settle Down for Long
Hard Siege.
Wardner. Idaho, Nov. S0.--The Bunk
err Hill and Sullivan mine and concen-
trating mill are now closed. The mill
men are not members of the miners
union, but belong to the Knights of
Labor. The latter organization has
voted to sustain the miners union in
it's strike and Thursday evening the
mill men, % in number, walked out
and the big works were locked up
Earlier in the day the men employed
on the tramway quit work after being
waited on by committee from the
union, and the bucket train stopped
running. This closes up all the works,
as with the mill and tramway closed
there is no use working men i'm the
mine.
AN ORDERLY THANKSGIVING.
The advent of Thanksgiving follow
ing the payment of wages to the strik-
ers, resulted in more activity on the
streets, but there was no drunkenness
observable. The saloon men did fair
business but 1t was very light for a ma.
tional holiday. "The boys are holding
on to their dollars pretty WE'LL" said one
dispenser of liquors today "They all
realize that there is hard winter In
front of them and that the money they
now have may become very valuable
before the winter goes. Consequently
they are boarding it, and preparing for
the worst"
One of the features of the present
strike is the almost total absence of
comment. People seem to have alb
sorbed the idea that public comment
and public gossip are the forerunners
of trouble and they judiciously refrain
from expressing an opinion as to which
side is right. Even the strikers them
selves refrain from making known theii
feelings in public places. They discuss
the weather, the prospects of the Last
Chance securing favorable judgment
in the supreme court, or other public
topics; but seldom mention the strike
troubles. If you ask a man a direct
question relative to the strike troubles
he will answer you. but he is pretty GER
tain to look around discreetly and see
whether any one is within earshot be
fore answering, and then he speaks
only In confidence.
NON-UNION MINERS LEAVE.
No one anticipates any immediate
troubles from the strike. The non
union men who have been in the mine
have nearly all vanished They left
Wardner very soon after drawing their
pay, and nearly all who remain are
arranging %
men have also departed for other towns
especially where they have no family
ties here. The result is that there are
no antagonizing elements to inname the
strikers, which to n great extent sim
pliiies the situation The fact that the
mine has been kept open by the man
agement with few men at work is
the only element of danger. But this
IS now ended. The strikers say they
We're willing that the company should
clean up its slopes and do any necessary
umbering. The announcement of the
company that it will close it's mine pre-
vented any immediate action by the
strikers. and If the company keeps its
promise and does not import men things
are likely to settle down to n hum
drum state.
THE STRIKERS FIRM.
The strikers are firm on one PROPOSE
tlon however, which is that If the Bun
ker Hill mine opens again it will be
under union principles, and at the same
wages paid the miners in Canyon creek.
We were willing to work for an in
DEFINITE period with merely the recog-
nltion OF the union and the discharge of
the non-union men," said miner. but
the company refused to consider our
proposition or concede us any of our
requests, and as long as we had to CON
test the matter we concluded to include
the wage question and place the Bun
Ker Hin mine on the same footing with
the Gem, the Frisco, the Tiger, the
foorman and the other mines in Can
yon creek, which are now working I'M
uer the union rules. These mines nav
sS'oV TO all underground men, and that
is all we ask from the Bunker HILL"
WIN the Bunker Hin and Sullivan
strike involve any of the other mines
now at work in the Occur dAlenes?"
Therei is no possibility of such a thing.
The agreement with the other working
mines in the Occur d'Alenes provides
that any differences arising will be
submitted to arbitration, and I can see
no way in which they could become in
volved in this fight"
A rumor was afloat today that an adj
vertisement had been inserted in a
Michigan paper for 70 men to work i'm
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan, but il is
not believed the men will come. III
they should, however, it will undoubt-
eddy result in trouble.