Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-01
The new Nine LAW.
That Is The Present Topic Of Dis
Cusslun kmOng HlDinS Non.
GOES INTO EFFECT on THE 9TH.
Some People Anticipate TrOuble While
others DO Not-Ihe nny on
,Changc--G General Nows.

The all.sbsofbing topic among Utah'S
miulrg men ut proseai, IL the eight
hour law, which goes into full force
and effect on ana after the OH Inst.
As heretofore stated In the NEWS,
n number Of tho States mining com.
p.ules have agreed to pay their men
tue same wages for an olRht.hour str.
vice a. they have been getting for ten
houfs' work, but u majority OF them
have mado It known that With
shorter hours the pay must accori-
ingly DO proporiionatoly losr. Tho
latter proposition has given rlse to
much murmuring among tho diggefa
OF hidden treasures and ue this Ia the
fret DAY OF the month, radical changes
are looked for In the personnel Of the
working foToe Of somo Of thctu com.
panies, unless The management thereof
suddenly and quickly mako known to
their men that their pay under tbs
,ight.hour law will remain the came
az heretofore.
Yesterday somo Of the companies
whose men were on the verge Of las
Ing down their tools, hveftod tuch
movement by posting up noiicos to the
effect that the Jny Of their omployCH
would remain unchanged. Tho MCrgut
company has announced wages u
81 % por day for eight hours WORK, the
same NJ has been paid ioT % ten hour
service, while news from tho Marion
~ IN the effect that tho married men In
their employ will be paid at tho rate
Of 80 cents an hour, while tho single
men viii get 27l cents an hour.
The view taAen Of tho Law by some
mlnun and minU.owneru IN that equal.
~ ne much work cas- be accomplished
by diligent w0rkmen IN eight hours
~ has heretofore bee "a done In ton, anu
their nrgumen. accordingly Is that the
men should receive the came pay un-
der the new law ~ they have been
getting under the old condition Of
aGaifs. In some Of the Sialo's mining
districie, however, tho situation loohb
pomewhat unpleasant, anu unless tho
miuc-ovners ntquiesce In tho demand
Of their employee, anu grant them
future psy on tho same scale a. hrrctj.
lore, trouble h likely 10 enaue AMI may
done TO al concerned.
At Park CITY no trouble al oil Il an.
iiCipated, as nearly all OF the important
mines there have teen WORKING on m
eight.hour uaaly. Tho miueB Of tho
Park being what Ia termed wet mines,
tue employee therein have always bsun
paid good wages, and are therefore we'll
satisfied. The companies that have not
been working their mon ON nn eight.
hour basis have m0stly agreed 10 allow
them the same pay under the new law
o. they have been getting heretofore,
hence everything In that thriving
camp seems 10 DO oiled with an air OF
congeniiiity.
Al Meicur tho outlook 10 not 60
pleasant, Alihaugn reports from the
camp generally SAVIOR OF ngi,alion that
IN not nj all warranted. Conservative,
olear.heRded mining mon assert that
very little trouble, N any, will bo on.
oOunteTod. They say that ~ the conf
panies aud their employtaa are left alone
W the eXoitablc, rlOtUus class who do
light In disturbances, tbou tie chances
Rre that matters will DO Rlludicnled
enthusiastically TO all concerned.
at 10 well.knoWn fact" said n
prominent mining mau To-Day, "lhal
there are seine companies In this State
that cannot huDfd 10 reduce the hours
Of their employees and nay the same
WEgtt. The profits they have realized
from the development Of thuir prop.
erties have teen 50 small that such a
move would be- impossible, and n their
employs insltt Gu having tou houts'
pay iOr eight hours work tho result
vii be that inolo companies will have
q suspend operations entirely and
throw thelr men out Of employment.
Tho wise, discreet miner Will not agi.
tato such move 90 tue part Of his
employer, but will rect satisfied with
tue assurance that hall u loaf " better
than hO loaf at all.'p