The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-05
Trouble With Unions Brewing.


The southern Nevada district is all thor
OuEhly unionized and the labor Organlza-
tons have control of the situation. Little
trouble has 50 far been experienced on this
account because. while wages have been
reasonably high, Il Is believed they nave
not been excessive in view of the cOndI-
lions generally
It has long been feared, however. that
some act on the part Of the union or the
employers would precipltate some UnpleaS-
antneSS and something has happened this
week to increase the uneaSiness. It was
over small matter
Officers Of the Industrial Workers of
America and the Western Federation OF
Miners called upon the local manager OF
the Western Union and demanded that
the messenger boys be paid $50 per month
in lieu of the SO they have been TeceiV-
ing, and that the whole office force join
the Industrial Workers forthwith The
manager communicated with headquarters
and received word that while the company
was willing to consider any complaint on
the part of its employees, il could not COM
pei them to join the unions The boys were
then called out and quit Saturday Some
of them wanted to work but were not al
lowed to do so. Meanwhile notice was
given that unless the employees made APP
pliCatiUn to join the union by June the
office would be fOrcibly closed In reply
30 this the Western Union officials or
dered that the office be closed the mo-
ment any violence YVES offered and the
employees that wished were to be offered
transportation to San Francisco. Thus
matter stands at this writing
1t will surprise many unfamiliar with
the Nevada situation 10 hear that the 10
cal office of the Western Union has been
a very profitable one, There probably IS
not a city in the United States the size
of GOldfield that has paid more for tele-
grams. From reliable sources it is learned
that the receipts average $500 per day
and as this only accounts for messages
paid for here, earnings are prObab twice
as much
The GoIdfieId brokers are anxious to
have some competition in the telegraph
business and TO that end have petuOned
the Postal company 70 build a line to TINS
camp. The Western Union service has not
been satisfactory at all All messages to
the east are first forwarded to San Fran
cisco and delays are long and constant
New Developments and Strikes.
The phenomenal production Of gold at
the Mohawk ground continues and is on
( the increase. Thu developments this week
have all been of a bull nature and the
stock mas held firm at high prices 1t IS
claimed with every show of authenticity
that the ore body IS showing I'D bigger
than ever. on the 15i-fOOt level the vein
.Jr shoot whatever il Il. Is ninety-fiVe feet
wide and there Is TO decrease III values
the 111 to 80 tons per day averaging about
$40 per ton. Saturday q special shipment
was made of twenty tons running Sl.Jo
per ton. The four other leases on this
ground are working night and day i'm the
hope of catching UP with the ore body and
J the scene IS most animated
Combination Fraction adjoining the Mo-
hawk on the east. has doubled i'm price
& on the exchange. This company has start
ed tunnel in the direction of the No
hawk shoot and competent authority as
SertS that the ore VIII be encountered
The Ish lease on the Combination which
broke into ore before the Mohawk and
which event really pTeCipitated the Tevi-
val in that rich portion of the camp. is
still in high values and is a shipper only
second to the Mohawk in size
On the St Ives the developments are
+ past the encouraging state and there
is nothing in sight but ore Two hundred
tons are stored in sacks on the dump and
/ are valued at something like $4,000.