Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-31

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to passing from one room to another
to effect a change of clothing, shall
not be barred from future employ
ment.
"All timber trainers and carpen-
ters regularly employed about the
mine shall be under the jurisdiction
of the Western Federation of Miners.
GEO. S. NIXON,
President Goldfeld c. M. Co.
u. w. FINCH,
Gen. Mgr, Goldfield C. M. Co.
"R. E. VICE,
C. H. MacKINNON,
ROBERT MCLEAN,
For Local 220.
REPLY OF THE MINERS.
THE above was presented to a
special meeting of the union, and the
result of the vote upon the question
at issue was reported by the commit
tee in written form, as follows, with
the statement that it was an ultima
tum:
THAT the committee be instruct
ed to notify the mine manager that
they will change clothes on the fol-
lowing conditions:
"'1. That each man be given a
locker, and that he change his outer
clothes without leaving his locker.
80. That all men at work on the
Goldfield Consolidated Mines COM
pany properties who walked out over
change room conditions be reinstat-
ed without discrimination.
SO. That No. 220, w. f. NJ, in
sist on jurisdiction over all men
working in and around the mines
and mills, irrespective of time OF
their employment or nature of work,
except managers and superintend-
ents.'
PROPOSED CHANGE ROOM.
CLAUSE n of the ultimatum de-
livered to the Consolidated by the
union committee last Friday, con
tains a requirement which removes
every source of protection which the
change o is intended to afford to
a mining company where a large
number of men are employed. The
first two paragraphs of the proposal
agreed upon between the officers OF
the Consolidated and the committee
representing the union, contains 2
very material concession, in that Il
states that miners would not be al
lowed to pass a partition between
two rooms in making the change oil
clothing. In making this concession
the company is going as far as car
reasonably be asked Of it. The
change room is intended for the com.
fort and health of the miners, anC
those erected upon the properties Of
the Consolidated have been con,
structed with care and at consider.
able expense to attain this end. 81
far as they are also intended to be 8
protection against ore stealing, theii
existence does not in any way imply
that the miners employed are gen.
orally dishonest, but on the contrary
the mere fact of their employment
and their selection from the grear
number of men applying for work Il
sufficient evidence that the COMPANY
regards them as trustworthy. 1t il
important, however, that the change
room should be so designed that i
will give the company protection
against the occasional dishonest EN-
ploye who is sure to be found amonl
the great number of men on the pay
rolls.
There is no particular difference
between the form of expression il
clause 2 Of the committees ultima
tum and the clause bearing upon tn,
same subject in the proposition sub
mitted to the union.
THE THIRD CLAUSE.
"Clause 8 of the ultimatum in
wolves questions much graver thai
is generally realized. 1t is impera
tive that the miners of Goldheld ant
the residents of the community b.
fully informed as to its meaning. /
is safe to say that not 10 per cent o
the miners of the district understant
the nature of the ultimatum deliver
ed by the union committee to tn,
management of the Consolidated, no
the grave consequences which ma.
ensue from It,. II 1t were concedei
by the company and enforced, :
would prevent the operation of tn
Consolidated mines, and once con
coded by the Consolidated. it woul,
inevitably be demanded of all tn
other operators in the district. 1t I
unfair to the miners of Goldfeld tina
the real issue should be clouded b
the assertion that the controversy /
entirely directed to the change ROOF
question, and that any faction of til
union should endeayor to attain it
end In a union election of officers b
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