The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-04

mines this afternoon after it was an
nounced that a temporary agreement had
been reached by the union and Edgar Col
Inns, assistant manager. This agreement
is said to be that the company will with
draw all men from the mines except q
few watchmen and make no effort TO re-
sumo work until the strike is amiCably
settled and officially declared off.
As a result of this agreement every
thing Is quiet tonight and If it cOntiI -
tomorrow morning, the sheriff viii doubt
less revoke his request for state troops.
The liberty Bell and TOmbOy miners
have all practically gone out in sympa-
tiny and those properties are all but idle
In the way OF active opera tiors- Miners
were seen coming over the range this
morning from the Ouray and SilvertOn
sides and II Is reported that the Camp Bird
and Revenue mines are also out in SYM
patty, but as TO these last named proper
ties the report cannot be verified
The mayor has ordered all saloons to be
closed from p. m. to q. m. until other
wise notified. Telephone wires have been
cut and there has been no communication
between town and Smuggler Hill all day.
Cause Of the Trouble.
The battle Of today grew out of the
strike inaugurated in the Smuggler Union
mines on May I. the management OF the
company for some two years prior to that
date had been letting contracts for break
ing part of the ore produced by the mines.
about the contract system OF breaking
ore, claiming that a large number of the
contractors could not make wages ans
that some even came out in debt to the
company at the end of the month
The manager of the company was called
on by the local officers or the union and
asked that the contract system be either
abolished or the contractors guaranteed
district wages of IS per day in case they
failed TO earn II contracting The mana
ger declined TO accede to the request and
a strike on this particular property was
ordered.
The mines and mills were shut down
and remained idle until the 18th of June,
when enough non union men and union
men who were dissatisfied with the strike
returned to work in the mines to break
sufficient ore to ksep one OF the mills
running, the other being diSmant-ed for
repairs With this limited force the mill
has been kept steadily running until this
morning.
During this time the local officers Of
the union interviewed the manager of the
company several times endeavoring to
bring about an amicable adjustment Of
the difficulty, but their efforts were fu-
tile. Some two weeks ago a Mr.. Sullivan
ern Federation Of Miners arrived in Tel
luride. consulted the manager, and he
also was unable to accomplish anything
The prolonged strike was having such a
depressing influance on the business IN
terests of Telluride that last Friday a
committee OF business men and mine
managers of Telluride was appointed to
satisfactorily adjust the controversy OW-
ing to the absence Of tie manager OF the
NINE this committee had been unable 10
take any action
The officials Of the local union severely
denounce the violence resortsd to this
morning. Since the resumption of work
IN the mines a feeling of bitterness and
resentment has been growing against the
miners who returned to work