The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-12
EFFECT OF THE STRIKE
May Cause Shut Down of Utah
Mines.


The strike at the smelters was the
chief topic of conversation among min
ing men who frequent Second South
street, yesterday afternoon, and there
were various opinions expressed as to
the effect the trouble would have upon
the producing mines throughout the
state. Some viewed the situation with
dismay and pictured how far reach
ing the strike might be, predicting a
general shutting down of all the mines
which depended upon the trust smelt-
ers for the treatment of their ores.
Others looked at conditions more phil
osophically and did not anticipate any
serious results.
The smelter combine is compelled to
take the product Of some Of the larger
mines whether the strike lasts or not.
The Daly-West, it is understood, has
an contract with Manager Jones, and
no strike clause is mentioned The
Grand Central, it was said yesterday,
has similar contract, also the Mann
moth, so ii matters not whether the
strike goes on Or not. Manager Jones
will keep right on taking ores and pay
ing for them One closely identified
il as his opinion that Mr.. Jones would
find a place for all the ore the Titan
mines could produce if the producers
want to keep their mines in operation.
Just now there is a letting UP in the
production of Colorado mines. The mine
owners there have gone to war with
the snslter trust on account of the in
creased treatment charges and they
are determined to withhold their pro-
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more satisfactory than at present. or
the mine owners join together in the
erection OF independent plants. With
this state of affairs it is drought by
the more conservative ones that the
product Of the Utah mines may be dis
/ tributed among the trust smelters in
Colorado, Montana and at Omaha.
While the larger producers may not
be hurt particularly by the strike just
now, there is no denying the fact that
/ there are a great many miners in the
| state who. Will be shut out entirelyEs5
/ the furnaces are hung Up long at the
| local plants There are a great many
small mines in the different camps
which only send in a car of ore now
and then, so it is not likely i the pres
e.lt trouble continues, that - combine
will take any particular pains to look
/ after them
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and that is where the greatest injury
is likely to come in. In a nut shell, the
/ big producers Will be cared for il posi-
( BILE no matter what happens.
The Centennial-Eureka is sending in
100 tons of ore per day; it is under
| stood in this case there is a strike
clause in the contract between the
mine and smelter management which
states that neither party is bound to its
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at the mine or smelter. General Super
| intendent Allen was il Tintic and could
| not be reached last evening. so no ex-
preston could be gotten from him as TO
! what might happen in event the strike
continues.
Manager Jones of the smelter COM
bine was seen, and when asked if he
had requested the producers to curtaiI
their shipments yet, he replied that he
had not, that he would not do so today,
but after that he could not say what
would happen
Everything would depend On circum-
stances.
Speaking of the strike further, Mr..
Jones said he believed the smelter
hands had made a mistake. He says
they should have come to him before
they struck and presented their griev-
| ances and told him Of their intentions:
then he could have treated with them
himself But when they struck first
the matter was beyond his control, and
| there was nothing for him TO do, ac-
corGing TO the rules that govern the
company, but 10 pass the matter on up
| to the operating committee at Denver
for decision.
Asked what he thought the result
would be. Mr.. Jones said he did not
know, but he supposed if the men quit
work the smelter would have to be
hung up. Further than that he could
| not say.